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Newspaper Page Texto o o o 53rd Year - Price 10 Cents Subscribers To report Improper or non delivery of the Mail Tribune in Medford phone SP 2-6141 Ash land MU 2-1021. Yreka 841W before 6:45 pjn. daily and 1230 ajn. Sunday. ' If regular delivery arrives shortly after you call please notify office thus eliminating special messenger service. Q Recommended DFORD A feature story about the state fame commission's de velopment of an area alone Rogue River for recreation and wildlife purposes aiAtrs on pate 10 of today's Mail Tribune. United Press Full Leased Wire TJnited Press Full Leased Wire) 56 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 13, 1958 No. 97 LAXJ Me Dr. Eisenhower Starts Central American Mission 21 -Day Trip for Good Will, Facts Washington (UPg Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower flew to Central America Saturday for a 21-day good will and fact finding mission during which he generally will be hidden from public view. Dr. Eisenhower, brother of the President, said in a state ment at the airport that the trip will determine whether any changes are needed in U. S. policies and programs in the area. He left aboard a military transport plane for Panama City, first sto4 on his tour, after conferring with the Pres ident at the White House. Details Withheld Details of his daily engage ments and travel plans were withheld. The strict secrecy ' presumably was imposed by the White House to forestall any repetition of the spitting and stone-throwing demon strations against Vice Presi dent Richard M. Nixon during his spring good will visit to . South America. Informed sources said, for example, that the Johns Hop kiw University president will be kept "virtually invisible" during his stay in Panama. A group of Panamanian stu dents, said to be antagonistic to Panama's president, have asked to meet with Eisen hower. He told newsmen at the airport he would try to squeeze in a chat at tne em bassy during an hour when he is supposed to be changing clothes. Indication of Trouble Another indication that trouble may be brewing came from Guatemala where the newspaper Prensa Libre re ported that "Trujillo ele ments" plan to demonstrate when Eisenhower arrives in Guatemala City. White House Joins Drive for Program , Washington (UPI) The White House joined actively Saturday in attempts by sen ate military experts to draft a generally acceptable com- , promise on President Eisen hower's . defense reorganiza tion plan. Presidential Assistant Bryce N. Harlow, White House re organization expert, paid week-end visits to senate Dem ocratic leader Lyndon B. Johnson (Tex.) and Chairman Styles Bridge (N.H.) of the Senate Republican Policy committee. Both are high ranking members of the Sen ate Armed Services commit tee. Harlow was understood to have discussed modifications of three controversial changes requested by President Eisen hower in the House-approved bill. The visits came in an atmosphere which appeared to , be favorable for compromise. Festival Tickets Run Ahead of 1957 - ' Ashland Ticket sale con : tinue to run more than twice as high as last year at this time, William Patten, general j manager of the Oregon Shake spearean Festival, said Sat- uraay. . He said reservations for the opening night banquet and play are especially heavy, but some tickets still are avail able. Deadline for ticket pur chases to the opening banquet is July 16. . - Sports Bulletins Spokane. Wash. (UPI) The Phoenix Giants jumped on Spokane's Larry Sherry for the second time last week and pranced away with a 6-2 win in the first game of a Pacific Coast League double header last night. Sacramento (UPI) Sac ramento won both games of a double header against the Seattle Rainiers last night with scores of 6-1 and 2-0 at Emmons Field.' Salt Lake City (UPI) C?he Portland Beavers bombarded Salt Lake pitch ing for 18 hits last night to lake their fourth straight Pacific Coast League win from the Bees. 13-5. "This Is Apparently What Dominicans Want," Says Congressman Withrow (Herblock Is (ftogue Kover Form (Gets Contract for EfenovatDon Work Salter and Klien, Rogue River contractors, were awarded a contract for reno vation work and an addition to Medford High school Fri day night. Bids were opened by the school board. ' Salter and Klien submitted a low bid of $356,770. Other bids were sumbitted by H. Barnett, Medford, $365,757, and Myers D. Jones, Medford, $385,624. Work on renovation will start Monday, Leonard May field, superintendent of Med ford schools, said. High school renovation will be completed before school starts this fall, and the, addition will be con structed following that. Shop Rooms The project will make avail able at least 15 more class rooms, including shop rooms, ' construction of which was started earlier this year. The board also approved the sale of $1 million worth of additional bonds to finance construction ; projects . The projects include two new ele mentary schools,. Wilson and Hoover, work at the high school and a multi-purpose stage and dressing room at West Side school. The bonds were approved by district voters in an elec tion Nov. 5, 1957. The two year building program called for about $1,786,000 worth of construction. - The architect was author ized to proceed with plans for the West Side school work. Bids Scheduled Bids will be opened Tues day, July 29, for asphalt pav ing at Hedrick and Oak Grove schools, and experimental as phalt paving of areas under play equipment at West Side, Oak Grove, Wilson and Hoov er schools. Mayfield was au thorized to call for bids for fuel oil for Oak Grove, West Side, Lincoln and the school administration building. Frank Bash was elected chairman of the board, and Bill Barker vice chairman Friday night. The board voted to visit new building projects July 29. Sale of the oldest school bus, which will be replaced with a new vehicle, was au London (UPI) Radio Budapest reported that a fare well ceremony was held in the Hungarian town of Szent endre Saturday for a unit of Russian soldiers being with drawn. 'Miss Jackson At Kiwanis Sponsored County Fair A "Miss Jackson County will be crowned at the Ki-wanis-sponsored county fair next month, it was announced yesterday. Miss America for 1958 is scheduled to make the presentation. The coronation was ar ranged by Arthur M. Savard, general chairman of the fair, and the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce. The fair will be held at the Med ford armory Aug. 21-24. Awards Listed Miss Jackson County's a wards will include county wide acclaim, a magnificent trophy and numerous other prizes. She will also repre sent the county at the Miss Oregon pageant next year at Seaside, Ore. The pageant is a statewide project of Jaycee clubs. on Vacation) thorized, and resignations of two teachers, and election of three others were approved, Resigning were Patricia Stew art, Oak Grove school, and Gwen Weaver, Roosevelt school. Teachers hired were Mrs. Delores Anne Gandee, for pri mary grades; Claude B. Sil- verwood, intermediate: classes at : Washington school, and Miss Mary E. Carolon, pri mary. Khrushchev Says West Trying to Evade Conference Moscow-dJPI) Nikita S. Khrushchev Saturday accused the West of trying to evade a Summit conference and de liberately sabotaging the chances of disarmament. Khrushchev made the charges in a major speech at a Soviet-Czechoslovak friend ship rally in honor of visiting Czech President Antonin No- votny. To keep the engagement the Soviet Premier and Com munist party chief flew back Friday night from East Ber lin where he issued a denun ciation of attempts to split the Communist world. Khrushchev said the West was dodging the Summit con ference by insisting the ques tion of Communist countries of Eastern Europe be placed on the .agenda, knowing the Russians would not agree. Asks Question , "Why is it that the im perialist circles do not wish to hold talks and conclude agreement with us?" Khrush chev asked rhetorically. He said it was because the "fable of the Communist danger is the main threat which holds together that (Western) system of military pacts." Khrushchev ' charged that Western "monopolists" were blocking Summit talks be cause a disarmament agree ment would mean a blow to their pocketbooks. Khrushchev said the West was using the question of con trols to sabotage disarmament. He said the Soviet Union would not be expected to open its innermost secrets to West ern "controllers" until mutual confidence had been establish ed. County' To Glenn Jennings, Dick La mont and Glenn Keyes have been named to the local con test committee by Art Van Leeuwen, president of Med ford Jaycees. The winners, according to the announcement, must pos sess "charm, poise, personal ity and talent." Official Miss America rules have been adopted. The entrant's age as of Sept. 1, 1958, must be be tween 17 and 27 years. She must remain single during the contest period, and to com pete in the Miss Oregon con test she must graduate from high school by the time of the pageant. An entry fee will be charged to defray costs of publicity, photos and registra tion, it was reported. Savard and Van Leeuwan have stated that any city, Goldfine Accuses Group of 'Smear' Drive Against Him Textile Millionaire Home for Week End ' Washington (UPI) Ber nard Goldfine, bristling with anger, bluntly accused House Influence investigators Satur day of conducting a "smear, pry and spy" campaign against him. The New England textile millionaire told reporters as he left for Boston for the week end that the subcom mittee was carrying on a "fishing expedition" in its in quiry into his relations with Chief Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams. He issued his statement at Washington airport as he and his wife boarded a plane. He characterized the subcommit tee, which has had him on the grid for five days, of acting like a "detective agency." Predict Revelations Goldfine was particularly incensed by the fact Rep. John B. Bennett (R-Mich.), a subcommittee member, pre dicted that new revelations would come to light if the group could lay hands on Goldfine's business records. Reading from a prepared statement, Goldfine declared: "That is exactly the point I have been making. This proves repeated statements that this committee is on a fishing expedition and look ing into matters that are not pertinent or relevant to the inquiry at hand. "A Congressional commit tee cannot, and should not, be permitted to take unto it self the role of a detective agency. The purpose of Con gress is legislation and not to smear, pry , and spy as has ,been the case up to now."-- Charges 'Ridiculous ; - Bennett called Goldfine's charges "ridiculous." Chair man Oren Harris (D-Ark.) said the Boston ' businessman was "entirely wrong." There was also a reliable report that subcommittee Chairman Oren Harris (D Ark.) has signed four subpen as which would give investi gators access to Goldfine's business records. The subpenas reportedly would demand that the industrialist-financier give the sub committee records of three of his firms the East Boston company, its subsidiary, Bost Port Development company, and Northfield Mills. Army Reserve Unit Leaves for Camp The 417th engineer brigade from Medford and Grants Pass, Army reserve unit com manded by Col. William H. Prentice, Medford, was to leave today for the Yakima Firing center, Yakima, Wash., for its annual summer camp. The unit, with subordinate units from Montana, plans to under "take construction of permanent development, in cluding surveying and plan ning for a new road from the Yakima Firing center over rugged terrain to the Colum bia river. Medford reservists were scheduled to leave at 6 a.m. today and were to pick up the Grants Pass contingent, in cluding the executive "officer, Lt. Col. Raymond H. Rob- owski, later. The unit will re turn July 26.. Be Crowned service club, county fair ex hibitor or other county group could sponsor a contestant. Van Leeuwan expressed hope that every Jaycee club in the area would participate. ' Judges will select the win ner at special shows during the four-day fair. The winner will be crowned on the night of Aug. 24. Marilyn Van De Bur, Miss America for 1958, will be making her final pub lic appearance in crowning Miss Jackson County before traveling to Atlantic City to crown her own successor, the announcement said. Russ Jamison, manager of the fair, has urged commer cial exhibitors to make res ervations for booth space as soon as possible to facilitate planning of non-commercial exhibits. Stop t Local Man Still . Critical After Friday Accident Others Injured Are Treated, Released Donald Glenn Schrag,' 27, of route 4, box 447B, Medford, Saturday night still was un conscious and in critical con dition, according to Rogue Valley hospital attendants. He was injured in an accident Friday. Schrag was the driver of a car involved in an accident with a Jeep station wagon driven by Richard Bridges Harrison, 30, of box 266, Phoenix. The accident occur red on Culver rd. a half mile from Phoenix about 3:30 p.m. Friday. Others injured were treat ed at Rogue Valley hospital and released Friday. They were Harrison, his wife, Doro thy June, 29, daughter San dray Kay, 15 months, and a passenger, Jesse Marion Chan cellor Jr., 23, of 510 Marie st., Medford, according to hospital attendants. . Drive Toward Phoenix State police said Schrag was driving toward Phoenix on Culver rd. when the car fail ed to make the curve. It ran off the road on the wrong side, skidded on a shoulder and struck the station wagon, police reported. The force of the collision knocked the sta tion wagon-on its side, of ficers said. State police said no action against Schrag is planned at present because of his condi tion. In another accident Clyde Dempsey Chandler, 26, of 2650 Old Highway 99, south, Ashland, was reported in good condition in Ashland General hospital Saturday, according to hospital attendants. He is suffering abrasions. Pinned Inside Truck Chandler was pinned inside the cab of his logging truck Saturday afternoon on the Dead Indian rd., about four miles east of Highway' 66. A wrecker, scoopmdbile and two hydraulic jacks were used to free him. State police said, the truck's brakes failed going downhUl. As the truck rounded a curve, it turned over and skidded 153 feet on its top into a road side ditch. Some logs were thrown as far as 200 feet, po lice said. Chandler told officers he could have jumped but stayed with his truck because of heavy traffic on the road. The truck met two cars on the road and narrowly missed both of them, he told officers. Recess Called in Smith Jury Trial The trial of Roger Smith, 106 Crater Lake highway, was recessed Friday afternoon un til Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. by Circuit Court Judge O. J. Mil lard. ' The state concluded its tes timony Friday at 3 p.m. after more than a dozen witnesses for the defense were called including Medford City Police Captain Clyde Fichtner, and a Jackson county sheriff's deputy. Defense attorney is George Rode. Smith is charged with re moving a safe from Southern Oregon Distributors, 710 South Grape st., on March 30. District Attorney Thomas J. Reeder presented the state's case. Lake Boundary Maps Received by Court Boundary maps of the Emi grant reservoir and vicinity and Howard Prairie dam and reservoir areas are posted in the Jackson county court room in the county court house. The maps show the pro posed outlines of the areas when the Talent irrigation project will be completed, and includes proposed recreation sites. The bureau of reclama tion maps may be viewed by interested persons. Work j""' ' RECEIVE PINS Among. the 43 employees of the State Highway department who were awarded service pins last week were Paul Robertson, left, Medford, and his brother, Lewis, Prospect, (center) who have served in the construction division of the department in this area for 32 and 34 years, respectively. Congratulating them, above, is District Maintenance Superinten dent James F. Putnam. Paul Robertson's Burglary Suspect Escapes Police In Brookings Area Brookings (UPI) A 22- year-old burglary -suspect who escaped from a state police man Saturday en route to po lice headquarters here was being sought by teams of po lice in the Harbor area. . Object of the manhunt was Gerald J. Clemmer of Lake side, wanted for questioning in the burglary of - a hambur ger stand in Trinidad, Calif., Friday night. . Police said Clemmer was on foot and that all highways were being patroled and ad jacent areas combed. Air planes were being used in the search, which is in rugged, isolated rimrock country. He was not believed armed. Car Stuck State policeman Bob Palm er said he came upon Clem mer and a . companion, Paul Zyta, 15, also of Lakeside, with their car stuck on Win chuck river road near Brook ings. He helped them free the vehicle, he said. butfthen no ticed rolls of coins, cartons of cigarettes, a set of new tires and a new radio in the -car. The back seat was also full of hot dogs, he said. Palmer decided to take them back to Brookings and ordered Zyta to ride in the pa trol car. He instructed Clem mer to drive ahead of the po lice car toward Brookings. On a curve, Clemmer pulled over suddenlv and fled into the underbrush, Palmer said. The policeman returned to Brookings with Zyta and the search was launched. The search area is about 13 miles south of where an armed fugitive. Henry Hill, was shot to death last May at tempting to break through a police roadblock. Underwriters Elect Medford Man Pendleton (UPI) The first annual Oregon State Life Underwriter's association con vention ended here Saturday with election of officers. About 200 delegates attended the three-day session. Will B. Caldwell, 55, Med ford, was named president, and Oscar Specht, Salem, as secretary-treasurer. Regional directors named were Gordon Wilson, Portland; Don Thompson, Bend; Joe Mercer, Klamath Falls, and Charles Croley, Albany. The "insuranceman of the the year", award went to Don Robinson, 29, of Salem. Rob ert Mikkelson of Albany re ceived the "rookie insurance man of the year" award. Medford was selected as next year's convention city. Princess Margaret Arrives in Canada For Official Visit Victoria, B.C. (UPI) Britains. pert Princess Mar garet stepped smartly from a luxury airliner Saturday to be welcomed by thousands of cheering Canadians and Am erican tourists to a month long 4,000-mile official tour of Canada. Margaret began her first of ficial visit to the Dominion as the representative of her" sister,. Queen Elizabeth II. But she received a personal tribue of her own when Brit ish Columbia offered her an entire island, to be named in her honor and developed as a park. The Princess made a 19- hour flight from London, with stopovers in Goose Bay, Lab- Army Officers Arrested by King Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) King Hussein of Jordan has arrested 60 army officers and non-coms including his own personal bodyguard to smash what he believed to be a Unit ed Arab Republic plot to as sasinate him, informed sources here said Saturday. They said Hussein was con vinced the plot was financed and directed from Egypt and Syria in an attempt to replace him on the throne and bring Jordan into the U.A.R. The king survived a similar threat to his throne in April, 1957, when he fired his chief of staff Maj. Gen. Mali Abu Nuwar and jailed 60 other of ficers' and men. That crisis brought to pow er strangman Premier Samir El-Rifai. Since then the na tion' has lived under tight po lice control but diplomats here said Rifai eased tension in side Jordan and brought a new calm to the country. Veterans Council Asks Closure on Vets Day The Veterans Allied Council of Jackson county has asked cooperation of businesses and industry in Jackson county to close Veterans Day, Nov. 11.. In a resolution addressed to industrial organizations and business establishments, the Council urged that "Medford and Jackson county take the lead and set the good example for the rest of the state in carrying'out the wishes of the President ... in the proper observance of the one day of the year when we can join to gether to renew our faith in our country and those ' who have so nobly defended it at all costs," son, Wilmer, having been with the depart ment for more than 10 years, also received a service pin. Lewis Robertson, who is two years older than Paul, began working out of Medford in 1924. Paul started in Prospect about two years later and in 1938 they switched jobs. Both men were 24 years old when they went to work for the depart ment. - rador, and Vancouver, B.C. She crossed the Atlantic on a British Overseas Airways Bristol . Britannia "Whisper ing Giant" turbo-prop piloted by Capt. James Percy. Refuelled at Goose Bay The .' plane refuelled at Goose Bay . and then flew across Canada non-stop to Vancouver. Margaret slept through the Labrador stop. At Vancouver, Margaret leff the BOAC plane and boarded a 'Royal Canadian Air. Force C-5 luxury trans port for the short hop to Pat ricia Bay airport, north of Victoria. : Margaret has visited Can ada before, but not as an of ficial representative of the Queen. She made three stop overs in Canada while on oth er tours. Her visit began officially with a message of welcome from Governor General Vin cent Massey. As required by protocol, de fense Minister George Pearkes flew from Ottawa to repre sent the federal government and welcome her to Canada at Vancouver. Then she was greeted to British Columbia by the province's Lieutenant Governor, Frank MacKenzie Ross. . o Court Orders Fee for " Registered Voter List The Jackson county court has signed an order that the county clerk prepare lists of registered voters to be used for political purposes for a third of a cent per name. The order was recommend ed by County Clerk Bereth Hopkins, and will become ef fective immediately. Upon re quest, lists will be furnished for a third of a cent per name for one original list or one legible duplicate list of reg istered voters in the county. The Council noted that many places in Oregon are planning to close Veterans Day, and that-the retail mer chants have gone on record as favoring to close on Nov. 11 "provided local industry would cooperate and give the veterans the opportunity to carry out the full program of Veterans Day." . The resolution noted that it has been impossible to hold any events on Nov. 11 because "90 per cent of the veterans were required to work that day." Veterans Day is regard ed as a legal holiday in Ore gon and nationally, the Coun cil noted. $6.75 Million in Construction Jobs Stopped by AGC Tight Schedule Noted by Official ' A stop-work order by the Associated General Contrac tors.has halted approximate ly $6,750,000 in construction work on the Talent project. This is the second time in less than three months that labor disputes have crippled the project. A strike by con struction workers earlv in May lasted 12 days. "Any delay now is just too bad," James A. Callan. con struction engineer for the . bureau of reclamation, said ' last night. Pretty Tight Program "We are on a pretty tight program this summer," he added. "If it lasts a week it would put us behind quite a bit. It 'would be doubtful if we could finish this year after that." Callan said the two maior jobs halted so far were "very critical" and due for comple tion this year. The AGC's. order was is sued last week in reply to a strike by the Operating En gineers union. The strike be gan in southwest Washington ; Wednesday and spread into northern Oregon Thursday. . No Pickett Observed No pickets have been ob served in the Talent area. However, the AGC said in its order that, "a strike against one is a strike against all." It called on all AGC members employing operating engi neers to halt operations. Sherf Brothers. Sandkav and Birch complied Friday, idling approximately . 180 workers on the Howard Prai rie delivery canal. Chenpv Cherf and Associates stopped worn: yesterday in the Keene Creek ' area, including the dam, power conduit and two tunnels. About 110 workers were involved? .The two con tractors together employ an esumaiea 75 operating engi neers. A total of about $350 mil lion in construction work in Oregon and Washington has been paralyzed so far. This in- eludes the Swift dam on the Lewis river in Washington, two dams on Oreeon's Clack amas river, and most major highway work in Oregon. Highway Work Stops M. C. Linineer and Sons. Medford general contractors. stopped work Friday on nar rowing the center striD on Siskiyou blvd. in Ashland. Labor and management rep resentatives are scheduled to meet in Portland Monday morning with Federal Media tor Leroy Smith. A meeting for nearly four hours Friday produced no results. The un ion is reportedly asking a 98 cents Der hour nackaee Day increase, retroactive to the start of the year, a hiring hall and a termination date of June 30, 1961, for the new contract. The bid contract ex pired June 30 of this year. . The strike in May affected the same two contractors on the Talent project plus the Wismer and Becker and P. .S. Lord combine, which held a $1,787,000 contract. This com bine has taken no action so far in the Dresent situation. The union eventually won a 50 cents per hour wage in crease to be spread over three years. v WEATHER I FORECAST: Continued fair, but not quite so warm today and Monday. High today near 90. Low tonight 48. High Monday 93. TEMPERATURE: Highest Yesterday 91 Lowest Yesterday 5J Our Skies Tonight Sunset today . . 7:8 p.m. . 4:46 a-m. 3:02 a-m. Sunrise tomorrow . The Moon rises , tomorrow and rides high, i MORNING STARS Mars, rising; at 12:18 a.m., is now in the constellation, Pisces, and will soon move Into Aries. Venus, seen near the Moon tonight, is now near Elnath in Taurus and will soon move into the constellation, Gemini.