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Newspaper Page Text0 eroiMiiyi ft 2r HODlihatiOII 53rd Year Price 10 Cents EDFORD 16 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 14, 1958 . No. 98 p)fn) MVlG ivALA. XT REVOLT. SEEH To Be EL fL County Clerk Bereth Hop kins has been directed to issue a certificate of nomination to Robeg; G. Danielson as . dis trict court judge for Jackson county by Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton. The di rective was contained in an opinion received this morning by District Attorney Thomas J. Reeder. The opinion indicated that the proper method of testing Danielson's nomination is through the courts. According to the opinion, Danielson at the time of filing as a candidate for the office of district court judge possessed all the qualifications for office required by state laws, and that there was no withdrawal from candidacy within the time and manner required by law. Complaint Filed Friday afternoon a com plaint was filed in circuit court by Richard J. House, Medford, against Danielson, contesting Danielson's eligi bility for the district court judgeship and requested that E. Roy Bashaw be declared the candidate for the office. In the May 16 primary elec tion Danielson received 7,526 votes while Bashaw received 7,273 votes. The controversy over the election resulted j when Danielson moved fromj Ashland oo Klamath Falls where he served as deputy district attorney of Klamath county prior to the primary. Mrs. Hopkins had requested an opinion on the residence issue and had not issued a cer tificate of election. Duties Ministerial In the opinion,' writted by Lloyd G. Hammel, assistant to the attorney general, it is pointed out that the duties of the county clerk in connection with election matters, are ministerial in nature and in volve the exercise of no judi cial function or discretion. It added that the county clerk has an affirmative duty under the law to issue a certficate of nomination to the candidate receiving a majority of the votes and has no power or duty to pass upon the candi date's eligibility for office or his ability to qualify if elected. Engineers Meet Wi!h Mediator ' Portland . (UPI) A fed eral mediator met today with members of the striking Op erating Engineers Union and Associated General Contrac tors to try to settle a strike which has idled much heavy construction work in Oregon and southwest Washington. The two sides mpt four hours last Friday, also with a mediator present. There was no report if any progress was made. The strike started last Wed nesday in southwest Washing ton and spread into Oregon Thursday. It has idled work on three dam projects, high way projects and other work including the Talent Irriga tion in southern Oregon. Cuba Rebels Promise To Free 29 Servicemen Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (UPI) The Cuban rebels promised today to release 29 American servicemen captives and it was hoped all would be out of the jungles before nightfall. Wednesday tor Festival Ashland Deadline for pur chasing iTckets for "The Feast ing of the Tribe of Will," the opening nigit banquet of the Shakespearean Festival, is Wednesday, July 16, accord ing to General Manager Wil liam Patton. "Those receiving special in vitations and all other patrons planning to attend ae advised to make their reservations im mediately," Patton said. An invitation is not needed o attend the traditional event in Ashland's Lithia park, Pat ton pointed out. The event, which precedes the first per formance of "Much Ado About Nothing," is open to the public. However, all attend ( The opinion concludes, "the jlaw has made adequate pro vision for electors, including defeated candidates, to con test the nomination or elec tion of others. The matter of determining eligibility of can didates is one for the courts. Clerk Has Duty "It is accordingly my opin ion that the county clerk has a duty to issue a certificate of nomination to Danielson who received a majority of the votes cast." It is the general opinion lo cally of legal observers that the case will eventually be tested in, the state supreme court. The complaint filed by House through his attorney Stanley C. Jones, also re quests contestant's costs, dis bursements, and reasonable attorney's fees in the event the action is contested. Mexicans Linked In 'Gang Fights' At Independence Independence. Ore. (UPI) A "gang war" involving Inde pendence youths, Mexican la borers and adults broke out here Sunday night, but city police and Polk county sher iff's deputies had the fighting quieted down before mid night. Polk County Sheriff Tony Neufeldt said state police were standing by as his deputies controlled some 20 to 30 boysi and adults some of whom were reportedly armed with bicycle chains, switcnoiaae knives and iron bars. Officers were told by wit nesses that the flare-up started about 8:30 p.m. . after a fist fight developed between a Mexican youth and an inde pendence youth on the Wil lamette river bank in down town Independence. Disturbance at Ranch Deputies took the two into custody and they were escort ed home later. Another disturbance at the Sunset ranch two miles north of here forced police to dis perse three car - loads of youths. Another fight apparently in volving race differences broke out in front of a drug store but police had it controlled about 11 p.m. Officers said many adults were milling around the streets but few were involved in actual fighting. No arrests were made but police confiscated chains, hay hooks and iron bars. Gruening to Seek Alaska Senate Seat Washington (UPI) Ern est Gruening, former - gov ernor of Alaska, announced Sunday night he will be a candidate for one of the pros pective new state's two seats in the U. S. Senate. The 7 1-y ear-old Gruening, a Democrat, said he has con cluded he could "best serve my fellow Alaskans as a sen ator rather than, in any other public office." He is one of two "senators" Alaska elected earlier to help publicize its battle for statehood. The title was strict ly unofficial, however. Ticket Deadline Set Opening "Feasting" ing must secure reservations. Costumed dancers, singers and the Kilty band will enter tain the banquet guests during the feast. Julie Tummers, own er and operator of Mon Desir dining inn, is catering the dinner. -Invitations Given Scroll invitations to the banquet, state that "Lasses in new caps "serve up a brown haunch of beef and a dish of collops with greens and leeks, flanked by sausages and many a patty crusty with butter and spices. For sallets you shall have orchard and garden stuffs pied with raisins, and to bring the banket to an end, a fins vast sweetpiect called No Mexican Labor To Be Imported For Pear Harvest Large Unemployment Brings Policy Change Pear growers here will start their harvest this season ' without using Mexican nation als as pickers, according to an Oregon state employment service spokesman. The harvest is scheduled to start Aug. 4, according to the spokesman. Following a conference with pear growers and shippers re cently it was decided not to use the Mexicans because of the current unemployment situation, it was explained. During the harvest a total of 2,200 pickers are usually employed. The packing houses employ from 2,500 to 2,600 in addition. No Affect on Work "The Portland papers car ried quite a spread on hail damage to pears in this area," the spokesman said. "How ever, this will not have any affect upon employment. If we can supply growers with enough help, we don't need the Mexican nationals." A total of 500 Mexicans is usually employed as contract labor for the season. The per centage of Mexican nationals brought in is very small com pared with the total number of pickers needed, he said. They have been used in the Medford area for five years. Mexican nationals are not being used in the Milton-Free-water and Pendleton areas for the pea harvest this year, it was pointed out. The labor supply ' is " reported as ade-j quate. Milton-Freewater's har vest is reported as 80 per cent complete and Pendleton's 85 per cent complete. Lebanon Rebels Jubilant at News Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Lebanon's still battling rebels received news of the Iraq coup with open jubilation to day and pledged to step up their fight to topple the pro western regime of President Camille Chamoun. . "This gives us a great new incentive to continue our fight," declared the rebel chief, Saeb Salem. In the Basta rebel quarter of Beirut, rebels jubilantly fired their rifles into the air and danced in the street. The Iraqi revolt was ex pected to, have serious reper cussion in Lebanon. Nosey Porcupine Eludes Policeman A nosey porcupine ap peared early this morning at Fir and Fifth sts. He led a bounty - minded city pa trolman a merry chase, eluding sticks and stones and finally disappeared when the officer resorted to hit .38 calibre pistol. WEATHER FORECAST Fair through Tues day. Low tonight 52, high Tues day 95. TEMP. Highest Yesterday . 90 Lowest This Morning 52 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today .... 7:48 p.m. 4:47 a.m. 3:57 a.m. July IS Sunrise tomorrow ... Moonrise tomorrow . New Moon , PROMINENT STAR Antares, due north 9:06 p.m. In South Africa this star Is seen directly overhead; in New Zea land It appears high In the northern sky. King Henry's Folly." Banquet tickets, covering cost of food and entertain ment in the park, are $2.50. Play tickets have an addition al charge of $2.40, $1.80 and $1.20, Patton said. The Festival company is preparing for two full rounds of dress rehearsals starting Sunday, July 20, Patton an nounced. This year's four plays are "Much Ado About Nothing," "King Lear," "The Merchants of Venice," and "Troilus and Cressida." Fol lowing the July 28 opening, the four plays will rotate with nightly performances through Sept. 4, the general manager said. De Gay He Pays Tribwie To Airinmy oim Bastille Day Premier Reviews Troops in Paris; Navy in Toulon Nationalist Rebel Flag Causes Roars Paris (UPI) Gen. Charles de Gaulle paid tribute to the French army today at a mam moth military parade high lighting France's greatest Bastille Day celebration since the end of World War II. The 67-year-old premier re viewed more than 15,000 troops, including thousands of Algerian Moslem soldiers, drawn up along the Champs- Elysees while a throng of Spectators cheered, wave Tri- I color flags and shouted, "Vive De Gaulle." It was one of the greatest demonstrations of French na tionalism in many years just as De Gaulle had planned it to be. Two thousand young Moslem troops marched in the parade. As they passed the re viewing stand, the .official announcer boomed over the public address system that "Algeria is French" and shout ed: "Don't you believe these people want to be French?" Rebel Flag Appears Three of the parading Al gerian youths whipped "out the" green-and-white flag of the nationalist rebels just .as they passed before the reviewing stand. The cheers of the crowd turned into horrified yells. Po lice moved in quickly and ar rested the youths. It was the only incident of the parade. Following the parade, De Gaulle flew to the big Medit erranean navy base city of Toulon for a similar review of France's navy forces. Gen. Raoul Salan and Brig. Gen. Jacques Massu, key fig ures of the French revolt in Algeria, were cheered loudly by massed Parisians when they entered the reviewing stand. Oregon's Part in Statehood Noted Washington (UPI) No state has contributed more support for Alaskan statehood than Oregon, Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) said today. Neuberger, in a speech pre pared for Senate delivery, re viewed Oregon's role in the statehood cause. He cited backing given to Alaska over the years by the general pub lic, the press, the Chamber of Commerce, trade unions and other groups. He said that the Portland Chamber of Commerce, for example, was advocating Alas kan statehood during a period when the Chamber of Com merce in Seattle was indiffer ent to statehood for the terri tory. He noted that the Port land chamber went on record unanimously in favor of state hood in 1947. MacLaren Parolee Gets Burglary Charges A 16-year-old Gold Hill boy, parolee from MacLaren school for boys at Woodburn, and a 15 -year -old Talent youth, were arrested by Jack son county sheriff's deputies Friday afternoon for the bur glary of Norris Grocery, route 1, box 69, Talent, earlier that day. Reported taken from the store were $23 in cash, candy, cigarettes, cake, pop, and oth er miscellaneous items. The Gold Hill youth was lodged in Jackson county jail and the Talent boy was lodged in the county juvenile detention home. Both were turned over to the juvenile authorities. Washington (UPI) Sen. A. E. Mike Monroney (D Okla.) has warned the Senate that experts agree it would be "a fatal mistake" to delay in creating the proposed new federal aviation agency. The Fish Didn't Keep Well f (Herblock Is Public Hearing Set On Berrydale Area The public hearing on zone changes in the Berrydale area is scheduled to be continued when the city planning com mission meets at 7:30 p.m. to day in city hall. -Also on -tnegnda are-two other zone-change hearings, two reports by the city man ager, reports or action on four subdivisions, one street vaca tion, one request for change in set-back requirements and Order of Antelope Picks Medford Man Lakeview, Ore. (UPI) The 358 members of the Or der of the Antelope held one of their most successful meet ings at Hart mountain July 11-12. Jesse Faha, grand sec retary, said today. C. Ray Johnson, Tillamook, was named as Chief White Tail succeeding Phil Quisep berry. Other officers are John Blair, Lakeview, Grand Jack ass Buckeroo; Ted Leabo, Eu gene, Grand Harmonizer; George Burr, Coquille, King of the . Desert; Bill Moore, Ukiah, Calif., Chief Lookout; Walt Mclntyre, Klamath Falls, Grand Herd Sire; Ed McCart ney, Red Bluff, Calif., Grand Orator; Stewart Patty, Lake view, Keeper of the Warn-, pum; Ray Block, Eugene, Keeper of the Tail; Al Arnst, Portland, Keeper of the Water Hole; Bill Warren, Medford, Keeper of the ;Prongs; Walt Carr, ; Wagontire, Sage jump er; Wilbur " Ostrander, Pistol River, Navigator. Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit ...I L 1 7 2 Baltimore : 2 6 0 Mof ord and Wilson; Brown 'and Triandos. BURNING OUT OF CONTROL, the first major forest fire of the season caused evacua tion of 200 campers in San Bernardino Nattional Forest and burned ever 800 acres be fore bei&g checked. Forest rangers fear possible aem mthntrika. - on Vacation) two requests for zone changes. The Berrydale hearing brought challenges from the floor when the commission met last month. William Doernbach, Mace rd., led sev eral, residents-of the Valley Center subdivision in disput ing the change from restrict ed single family to light , in dustrial zoning in that"-area. ' A second public hearing scheduled for tonight-' will consider, a change.' of zone at East Main and Cottage sts., requested by the city council. The third hearing concerns a change from single family to limited commercial on Merri man rd. from Midway rd. to the north city boundary line. Earl Miller and Allan F. Per ry, commission members, will make a report.' Robert A. Duff,, city man ager, is expected to report on the extension of Modoc ave. in the Crestbrook subdivision and on the vacation of Clark st. at the railroad crossing. . Tentative Approval Tentative approval on the Springbrook subdivision is scheduled also, with a report due from Paul Selby and Hugh Coleman, commission members. M. Thomas Wray, commission president, and Mark G o 1 d y, commission member, are scheduled to re port in connection with final approval of the Rosedale sub division. . Tentative approval of the Edgemont subdivision and fi nal approval of the Brook hurst subdivision are also on the agenda, as well as the va cation of Priddy st. The request for change in setback is listed as involving construction of a service sta tion at Jackson and Bessie sts. The requests for change of zone concern the Roy Car ley property and property on Crater Lake ave. south of the proposed Stevens st., accord ing to the agenda. - County Treasurer Predicts Probable Unexpended Total $600,000 Set as Expected Amount Jackson county's unexpend ed balance will not exceed $600,000 at the end of fiscal year 1958-59, County Treas urer Karl L. Janouch predict ed today. . "This is because of the in creased budget and a smaller unexpended balance from the year just closed," County Treasurer Janouch said. "No appreciable increase in mis cellaneous receipts is fore seen for 1958-59." "It is well to emphasize that the county government needs an unexpended balance of around $1 million at the end of each year to meet ex penditures for the first quar ter of the ensuing year," the treasurer explained. "During this period new receipts are insufficient to balance ex penses." . Generally, the business of the county treasurer's office increased approximately 10 per cent over the previous fis cal year, Janouch reported. Receipts were $1,259,339.01 greater. A total of $790,612.91 more was disbursed. Over $12 million was "nan died" by the office in the re cent fiscal year, the county treasurer stated. Approxi mately one third of this amount was for county gov ernment and the other two thirds consisted of funds from 90 other taxing units and or ganizations, he pointed out. An analysis of the county government fund details shows that 1957-58 county re ceipts were derived from: federal government, 65.5 per cent, $1,749,630.20; state gov ernment, 20.8 per cent, $554, 221.18; local government, 13.1 per cent, $350,192.36; delin quent taxes, 0.6 per cent, $15,087.42. The $350,192.36 in re ceipts from the county gov ernment were collected from: county farm home, 23.9 per cent, $83,592.37; district and justice courts, 22.0 per cent, $77,069.14; county clerk, 15.8 per cent, $55,491.68; county treasurer (interest) 11.2 per cent $39,176.62; health de partment, 10.8 per cent, $37, 965.97; county engineer, 9.3 per cent, $32,507.97; county court, 3.4 per cent, $12,017.02; sheriff's legal department, 2.0 per cent, $6,921.69; and constable 1.6 ' per cent, $5, 449.90. Mleiin Washington (UPI) ' President Eisenhower call- ed late today for an emer gency meeting of the U.N. ' Security Council as early as possible ' Tuesday morning to consider the Iraq revolt. PACTTIHI By United Press International 1 The pro-western government of Iraq fell today in a light ning, army-led revolt that may simultaneously have admin istered a death blow to the Baghdad Pact and the Eisenhower Doctrine for the Middle East. Grave fears were felt for the safetv of Kino Teical 93 staunchest western ally in the appear at a scneauiea Baghdad Pact conference in Istanbul. His whereabouts werp nnrpnnrteH Baghdad mobs killed Crown Prinro AhHnl of the King, and dragged his a rope aooui xne necK. In London, western dinlomatc leareA the Tm rfoiraintO ments could lead to a new threat of general war, particularly if the same fate should befall Jordan. Jordan is Iraq's tiny ana impoverisnea partner an the Arab Federation which was set up to rival the United Arab Republic of President Gamal Abdel Nasser.- j General Takes Over as Premier Baghdad radio said Gen. Ahdnl Kr5m TTa known army commander who led the pre-dawn coup against Feisal, has been installed as premier and defense minister of the new government pledged to end "imperialist" influence in the nation. Kassem, a leftist, set up a cabinet that included three other generals. Highlight's of the day's whirlwind develophients: Additional units of the U.S. fith FIpp naval striking force in the world, were scheduled to move into tne eastern Meaiiterranean within 48 hours. Naval authorities, however, said the move was ordered before erUDtion of the Iran crisis. TnrlnHprl will Vio th olonf aircraft carrier Saratoga and a.ouu marines. , . In London, Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and For eign Secretary Selwvn Llovd alsn mpt in pmerosnrv rnnfur. ence. Later, the British Embassy onstrations in tne states, untain is pledged to defend Iraq against aggression. In Tehran, the Iranian government ordered th border with Iraq closed. King Hussein Closes Borden In Amman, King Hussein's government closed tht bor ders with Lebanon, Syria -and Iraq. in istanDui, otner Moslem members of the Baghdad Pact abandoned plans for a formal summit conference. Moscow Radio broadcast news of the Baghdad coup without comment. Baghdad Radio proclaimed effective immediately. IKE, DULLES CONFER TIT 1 . t Tnr .j i . , w. . vvasmiigiun yuri) rresiaent j&isennower, vace fresi dent Richard M. Nixon and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles held a lengthy emergency meeting today on the revolt in Iraq. Dulles, accompanied by State Department Middle East experts, went to the White House after missing a a National Security council meeting. Eisenhower and Nixon left the NSC meeting immediately and began conferring with Dulles in the President's office, i White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said he ' did not know whether there would be any statement when the emergency parley ends. The Baghdad coud d'etat seemintrlv ranfM tts nffiniai. by surprise. State department officials said there had been no indications from Iraq that opponents of the King were preparing to take drastic action. CONGRESSMEN CALLED . Washington (UPI) President Eisenhower "summoned Democratic and Republican congressional leaders to the White House today for a meeting on the Iraq crisis. There were general feeling among some, of the congres sional leaders that the question of using U.S. troops in the troubled Middle East might be raised at the White House meeting, but no specific word to that effect. Ranking Members Summoned Besides the Democratic and GOP leaders of the Housa and Senate, the President summoned the ranking memberi of both parties on the House and Senate Foreign Relations, Armed Services and Appropriations committees. ' Some -Republican senators who went to the White House today for a regular GOP meeting described the President as 'extremely disturbed" over Middle East developments. (See. Stories on Page 5) Famous Sno-Caf To Be Displayed One of the most famous ve hicles in the world a Tuck er Sno-Cat which crossed the Antartic continent will , be on display in Medford Tues day and Wednesday. The veteran vehicle, one of four Sno-Cats which made the 3,150-mile trek across Antarc tica by way of the South Pole Schrag Unconscious Hospital Reports Donald Glenn Schrag, 27, of route 4, box 447B, Med ford, was reported still un conscious and in critical con dition at Rogue Valley hos pital today. He was injured in an automobile accident July 11 on Culyer rd. a half mile from Phoenix. . Four other persons involv ed in the two vehicle colli sion were treated at Rogue Valley hospital and released. Clyde Dempsey Chandler, 26, of 2650 Old Highway 99, south, Ashland, was reported still in good condition in Ash land General hospital. He was ininrprt Katnrriav when the brakes on the logging truck he was driving failed on thej Dead Indian rd., about four miles east of Highway 66. I SI Arab world, who failed to body through the streets with the fleet's full complement of reported "Considerable dem martial law throughout Iraq with Sir Vivian Fuchs expedi tion, was purchased by the Tucker Sno-Cat company. It will be available for public inspection tomorrow and the next day in the parking lot of the First National bank, at Sixth and Front' sts. The Tucker company re cently was awarded the Navy certificate of merit for its co operation and . standards in making the Sno-Cats used by the Navy in Operation Deep Freeze, the Antarctic expedi tion which was part of the International G e o p h ysical Year studies. Mill Worker Hurt By Chipping Machine Oscar C. Phipps, 35, of 2304 Lotus lane, Medford, was . i n . r,, . iaK.cn io nogue vaney Hos pital by Medford ambulance at 9:50 a.m. today following an accident at Medford For est Products company. Phipps, working at a chip per for the company, was re ported to have received cuts on the right thigh. Washington (UPI) A fed eral grand jury may be sum moned this week to investi gate the alleged theft of the "Paperman papers" in the Adams-Goldfine cast.