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Newspaper Page Texto o IM an a nn III IM one $q G 53rd year Medford 16 Pages Power Outages Reported in Area; Lightning Due " Thunderstorms y e t erday afternon started at lmt 40 small forest fires nd ctusefi several power outages J (sting up to 12 hours in scrn rti of southern Oregon. ' More Jfn hlf the foraat fir h hffa controlled, Sterna O pnuif r mt laaat six Oth, C "J .13 Still ui mij !, a '". Th lfcfjt eoTUvt aboufc 1 prc t nscaew , Gorge rt nt Piospsc. Curt Nnim, arfUa for the southwest 4it(ict o tha state departmpn c arastry, ais" the f g . in grass and brush, i?t hit been een- trolled. May la 01 -: NehaiM ait up to dark last night SW Tire had been SDotied in Jackson and Jo sephine, counties, but as of this morning 10 of them stil were unaccounted for. They are either smouldering and not visible, or have gone out, he said. o ' V T. S. (Tenny) Moye, fire control officer for the Rogue River National forest, id It fires were spotted in the for e's! most of therg in the Cm cacfe portio in otha Butta Falls area The weather bureau pre dicted more thunderstorm ac tivity late this afternoon and evening in southern Oregon. Moore indicated storm later today may De mor severe than yesterday's. Supplement Lookouts 0 Both the sta? department of forestry and the forest "service planned to supple ment eir lookouts witfi rplane patrols this afternoon. Xow clouds and fog this morning hindered plane re connaissance. TheOforest service request ed four smokejumpers for a iquarter-afc-e fire at the head of Three Mi"g creek (jn the east side of Cascades, but most pther action has been by ground crews, Moore said. About 35 men worked all night in the national forest, and have controlled all but four of the small fires, Moore said. State crews were dispatch ed to 15 fires, nine of whtch have been controlled. Crews were at the scene of six oth ers this morning. Nesheim said he was sure there are more fires, but fog and low clouds during the night and early morniShouiB prevent ed lookouts from spotting them. Lightning fires were scat tered over gie whole south west district, Nesheim said. Work All Night California Oregon Power company crews of some 20 men worked all night Tues day and until noon today re storing power in scattered areas throughout the county, company officials reported this morning. Tuesday's storm caused no "major" damage, officials said, but many transformers and line fuses were blown due to the heavy lightning. Outages occurred, some for more than 12 hours, in the rural areas, with the city of Medford having only brief blackouts. ... Rural areas in which indi vidual customers were with out power included Camp White, Eagle Point, Sams Val ley, Prospect, Trail and Shady Cove. A 58-minute power failure resulted in- Ashland when lightning struck cutouts at the Workman mill and knock ed out fuses on Ashland Mirle - rd., Normal ave., and at the Lithia Lumber company, ac cording to E. C. Biegel, city superintendent, Asks MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1958 tarts -40 Forest "Black Hand" Or Not, It Tries To Leave No Fingerprint! (Her block Is Meeting to Discuss Recreation Sites Scheduled Representatives of the bu reau of reclamation and the national park service will raeet with the county court on July 30 to discuss a con tract - for administration of recreation sites in the Talent irrigation project, County Commissioner Ralph James said yesterday. James Callan, project en gineer, and Gordon Whitaker of the regional office at Boise, Jdaho, are expected to repre sent the bureau. Neal Butter field, Portland, is expected to be among the representatives of the park service. Court Studying Sampla Callan said the agreement will be similar to a sample agreement, now being studied by the county court, which applies to the Owyhee reser voir in eastern Oregon. The sample license agreement is WEATHER FORBCAST: Considerable cloudiness tonight andThursday with scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms both days. Low tonight 58. High Thursday 85. Our Skies Tonight 3 Temp. Highest Yesterday 96 Lowest this Morning ; 64 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 02 Sunset today 7:47 p.m. Sunset tomorrow 4:49 a.m. New Moon today 10:33 p.m. Moonset today 7:31 p.m. PROMINENT STARS Regulus. sets 8:S7 p.m. Vesa. high overhead 11.06 p.m. PROMINENT CONSTEL- XATIONS Saggitarrlus, in the south far below Vega. Campaign for Veterans Expected to By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent . Washington The campaign to get the Veterans Adminis tration to use Camp White near Medford as a veterans hospital is expected to reach a new peak this week as the House Veterans Committee opens hearings on this and other issues. Sen. Wayne Morse and Rep. Charles O. Porter, with the dedicated help of a Medford furniture merchant, A. Eu gene Orr, have been pushing the project for months. Congressman Porter plans to testify later this week be fore the Veterans Committee, armed with facts, supplied by Orr, that favor the Camp White hospital. The VA, up to now, has re mained opposed to the idea. It contends that the veterans hospital facilities at Portland, Vancouver and Roseburg are sufficient. Orr argues that southern Oregon veterans must be transported too far. He re ported that an American Leg ion survey showed 60,050 vet feir on Vacation) July 30 between the bureau of recla mation and the state highway commission. It states that the bureau shall transfer, with certain ex ceptions, exclusive, jurisdic tion and control to the com mission. . Exceptions include any private rights existing be fore the agreement, and the right of officers, agents and employee of the United States to enter any section of the recreation area. The sample agreement also states the bureau will have primary jurisdiction over a reclamation zone kept to in sure proper operation and protection of the reservoir. Submit Plan ' ' The commission is required to submit a plan for develop ment of thee area to the Na tional Park Service and the bureau for review and ap proval. Following approval of the plan the commission is al lowed to construct, maintain and operate all facilities and services "incident t o recrea tional use." The commission also may issue licenses or permits for concessions. However, these must first be submitted to the bureau for its approval. Other requirements include enforcement of regulations to protect the. people using the area and plants, fish and wild life; regular report of reve nues from concessions; and protection of the federal gov ernment from suit. Increase in Washington This Week erans living within 100 miles of Camp White. He said the survey also revealed 92 pa tients from the area in the VA hospitals at Portland and Vancouver. In addition, Orr said vet erans from northern Cali fornia who go to other hos pitals would probably raise the total number of patients from the Medford area, with in a radius of 100 miles, to 162. At the VA domiciliary at Camp White, authorized by Congress in 1948, only resi dents of the domiciliary are admitted- to the infirmary. Orr said the average patient load there is 17 to 20 patients. He said during the past year, 251 men were transferred from there to a VA hospital. Of these, 17 had to be flown out by Mercy Flight, Inc.," at a cost of $115 per patient, and 40 went by ground ambu lance. Orr wants the VA to estab lish a 100-bed general medical and surgical hospital at Camp White. Tha House committee has Price 10 cents Tribune No. 100 Sanitary Service Plans Use of Area Near Jacksonville The City Sanitary Service plans to use a new garbage dumping site in the Jackson ville area regardless of ob jections of area residents, ac cording to A. Boitano, oper ator of the service. "The dumping spot we plan to use is at least three-eighths of a mile away from the near est habitation," Boitano said. "It won't hurt anybody. We have several canyons we can use on the new property." County Judge Rodney Keat ing said today the county court has received numerous complaints about the pro posed garbage dumping site. County Commissio n er Ralph James said the county can do nothing about it unless the dump users break the law. The matter will be on the agenda at the next monthly meeting of the county plan ning commission, Jack Eaton, county planning technician, said. No Action Planned Meanwhile, Ervin B. Ho- gan, Jacksonville city attor ney, said no legal action is planned at this time. Jackson ville residents are seriously disturbed over the matter, he added. He said he understood the 360 acres recently pur chased by the service borders on the Jacksonville city lim its. Boitano said his company plans to start dumping on the site in August. Then the gar bage dump on Barnett rd. will be closed. The sanitary service is also using the Med ford garbage dump in the Camp White area. However, Medford City Manager Robert A. Duff said the city dump is too flat and the section being used by. the sanitary service is rapidly being filled. The hardpan soil also makes it difficult to use the dump, Duff said. Salem (UPI) Oregon's civil defense warning system underwent a three-hour test alert this morning as the na tional air. warning system held a, surprise exercise. IBasebaBfl NATIONAL LEAGUE (1st game) Cincinnati 4 7 0 Chicago 5 8 1 Haddix, Jeffcoat (9) and Burgess; Phillips, Hobbie (4), Elston (9) and Neeman. Fires Hospital at Camp White requested VA officials to testify on the feasibility of the plan. In letters to Congressman Porter, the VA has opposed the plan in recent months. A major reason why the VA has been opposed was cited by William S. Middleton, chief medical director for the VA. He said: "The Jackson county census of practicing physicians does not show any specialists avail able in cardiology, lung and chest diseases, and proctology. The number of other special ists is quite limited. This bears out our contention that it would be exceedingly diffi cult to obtain and retain the professional personnel re quired to maintain the desired standard of care and treat ment. Therefore, we could not in good conscience request authority to establish a hos pital at Camp White." Dr. Middleton added that "the question of whether beds should be increased is one of high policy involving, among other things, the extent to which the federal government Congress Closes Ranks Behind Ike on Decision Some Reported Privately Unhappy , Washington (UPI) A grave concerned , Congress generally closed ranks today behind President Eisenhow er's decision to land Marines in Lebanon although some strongly dissenting voices were heard. While unity was the public keynote, many members were privately unhappy. And behind the scenes some of Congress' foreign policy ex perts were bitterly critical of U. S. intelligence for its ap parent failure to glean any ad vance inkling of the Iraq re volt which toppled that na tion's pro-Western govern ment. The Senate Foreign Rela tions Committee Tuesday de cided -to make a long-range non-partisan" study of Amer ican foreign policy and invite Secretary of State John Fos ter Dulles to report as soon as possible on the Mideast pic ture. Undersecretary of State Christian A. Herter arranged to give the group a briefing this afternoon on the situa tion, i Call for Unity Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas and Republican Leader Wil liam F. Knowland of Califor nia both called for unity and support for Eisenhower's ac tion. In both Houses a majority of members appeared solidly behind the President although many openly voiced regret the action had to be taken. "The President has stated the causes that led to his ac tion," Johnson said. "The na tion, I am confident, will unite to bring the matter to a sat isfactory conclusion." Work Stops on 2 More Talent Jobs Work has stopped on two other segments of the Talent project, James Callan, project engineer for the Bureau of Reclamation here, said today. Yesterday, the Wismer, Becker and P. S. Lord com bine closed down construc tion at the Greensprings pow er plant. Today, A. A. Heintz Construction company, Port land, stopped work on the Howard Prairie dam project, Callan said. The power plant has been employing an estimated 75 men and Howard Prairie dam about 35 men, Callan ex plained. Construction work was called off previously at the Emigrant reservoir. Rais ing of the reservoir dam was scheduled to start Monday. The latest work stoppages brings the total of men idle to almost 400. The halt on construction on the Talent project entered its fifth day today. should provide facilities for nonservice - connected disabil ities." This is one of the policy questions the committee is ex ploring. The committee also contends that the number of beds for veterans has been reduced by the VA without explanation. Porter plans to supply the committee with a list of 73 practicing doctors and sur geons, including 42 specialists, in Jackson county to counter the contention of the VA that insufficient professional per sonnel in the area makes the proposal infeasible. Morse introduced a bill in 1954 to require establishment at Camp White of hospital facilities of not less than 100 beds in a general medical and surgical ward and not less than 200 convalescent beds. The bill didn't get anywhere. Porter has had drafted a new bill for a hospital, but has deferred "introducing it until the committee hearings clarify the intention of "the VA. KING FEISAL ( Denounced as 'Traitor' King Feisal of Iraq Reported Killed by Guard Tehran, Iran (UPI) King Feisal was shot and killed Monday by a member of his own palace guard, Iran's am bassador in Baghdad reported today. The ambassador reported the assassination took place on the first day of the revolt in telephone calls to the Iran government. He also reported that Crown Prince Abdul Illah was shot and killed at the same time. Rebel radio broadcasts from Tehran had told of the death of Abdul Illah and said he was dragged through the streets by a mob and his body burned. But this was the first authoritative report on the fate of King Feisal. Rebels Silent Only Tuesday night reports circulated in Amman, capital of neighboring Jordan, that Feisal was still alive, barri caded in his castle and direct ing the fight against the reb els. The rebel radio has never announced the death of the 23-year-old King but de nounced him as a "traitor." Unconfirmed reports reached Ankara earlier that he had been killed. The rebels who overthrew Feisal's government in a coup d'etat Monday also were re ported to have murdered Pre-, mier Nursi EsSaid, the staunchly pro-Western diplo. mat who directed Iran's af fairs for many years. Hussein Takes Over Feisal was king of the com bined Arab Federation of Iraq and Jordan, and his death left King Hussein of Jordan to try and govern both countries. Hussein is 21. The ambassador's report on Feisal today said a soldier rep resenting the new regime en tered the palace to present an ultimatum from the rebels. The King and Crown Prince were standing together when the soldier entered the room, the ambassador said. When they saw the soldier approaching Abdul Illah reached toward his holster but before he could draw his pistol a member of his own royal palace guard shot them both. The ambassador said the new regime did not report FeL sal's death because of his pop ularity. IBuBBetins Washington (UPI) Tha United States today rushed 1,600 Army airborne troops from Germany to tha Mid dle East. Washington (UPI) The White House said today there are no present plans to send American troops to any country in the Middle East other than Lebanon. Beirut-,- (UPI) Gunfire and at least one bomb ex plosion shattered Beirut's , informal truce tonight short ly after U.S. Marines com pleted their takeover of Beirut harbor and strategic installations. Washington (UPI) President Eisenhower today ordered the nation's lop diplomatic trouble-shooter Deputy Undersecretary of. State Robert D. Murphy to fly to Lebanon on an urgent peace mission, Free Russia Charges Secretary Cool t Soviet Envoy Charges 'Big Lie' United Nations, N. Y. (UPI) The United States ap pealed today for an interna tional police force in Lebanon to give the United Nations "means it does not possess" to keep peace. U. S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, confronted with coolness from Secretary-general Dag Hammerskjold and charges of "hypocrisy" and "Hitlerism" from the Rus sians, appealed in the Se curity Council for U.N. mem bers to provide military units for the force which would make possible the withdrawal of American Marines from Lebanon. Watchdog' Team Hammarskjold referred to a report from the 100-man fact-finding observer group in Lebanon that it now had ac cess to all parts of Lebanon's frontier. He told the council the watchdog team thus was "fully equipped to play the part envisaged for it in the total U. N. effort, with its general purpose of insuring against infiltration and the smuggling of arms" from the United Arab Republic to Le banese rebels. But Hammar skjold acknowledged that the observation group need not be "the only tool" used by the U.N. to end such infiltration. Soviet Ambassador Arkady A. Sobolev seized Hammar skjold's statement and said neither it nor reports from the observation group showed large-scale infiltration. Charges U. S. Lying : "That is the big lie, the big mockery, the big cheat which the United , States is now using to achieve its own aggressive purposes," Sobolev said, "just as Hitler used the big lie to achieve his aggres sive purposes." Sobolev, speaking as the Foreign Ministry in Moscow was officially demanding the immediate withdrawal of U.S. Marines, said "American troops have absolutely no right to be in Lebanon, what ever excuses may be involked to justify their arrival there." He accused the United States of "dirty work against Arab Nationalism" and said Washington "would like to pass on the baby to the U.N." He said the council must "stop this precipitous sliding into another war." Lodge replied immediately to Sobolev. Lodge Reply "The Soviet Delegate said U.S. policy under President Eisenhower was like that of Adolf Hitler," he said. "I must defer to Mr. Sobolev in his knowledge about Adolf Hitler because his government was once an ally of the Soviet Union and the United States has never been an ally of Adolf Hitler." Despite somewhat negative reports of infiltration by the observation group, Lodge cited evidence received by the United States of movement of men and arms across the fron tier. ' . Banquet Ticket Sales Close Today Ashland Ticket sales for the Oregon Shakespearean Festival's "The Feasting of the Tribe of Will," the open ing night banquet, end to night, William Patton, Festi val manager, reminded valley residents today. The event will be held in Ashland's Lithia park Mon day, July 28, starting at 6 p.m. Tickets may be purchased until 5 o'clock today at the Festival box office in Ash land, and mail orders for ban quet tickets will be filled if postmarked before midnight. Mrs. Julie Tummers, owner and operator of Mon Desir Dining Inn, Central Point, is preparing the menu for the banquet. The opening night play, "Much Ado About Nothing," will be followed by King Lear," "The Merchant of Ven ice," and "Troilus and Cres sida." The four plays will ro tate nightly through Sept. 4. EUGENE BURNS Author Killed in Iraq Eugene Burns Said Killed by Street Gang in Iraq Eugene Burns, 52, author of two Mail Tribune features and a brother-in-law of Glenn L. Jackson of Medford, and a companion, were killed by a street mob in Iraq this week, according to "unconfirmed reports" relayed to the state department from Baghdad. . The families of Burns and George Colley, 56, San Fran cisco, were notified by the state department that a third American, who escaped after being beaten in Monday's re bellion, had seen the two bod ies lying in a street. However, the state depart ment has no definite evidence that the bodies have been found, leading to the "uncon firmed" status of the report Wildlife Column ' Burns wrote the popular wildlife column, "Is that So?" which has run in the Mail Tribune and other naoers for several years, and also was the creator and "idea man" for the new sports cartoon quiz feature, "Beat This," which the Mail Tribune add ed about a month ago. The writer reportedly was in Iraq promoting an organi zation called the Holy Land Foundation, a n o n - profit group with the purpose of im proving U.S. - Mideast rela tions, and gathering material for his column. He also was the author of a number of books, and for merly was a correspondent for the Associated Press in the Soviet Union, China and the Pacific during World War IL Born in Moscow Born in Moscow, Russia, Burns was educated in Can ada, at the University of Washington and Harvard uni versity. He taught literature and German at the old Al bany (Ore.) college in 1935. He married Jackson's sister, Olga, some years ago, and they were the parents of twin teen-age daughters, who re cently returned from a trip around the world. The family home isin Sausalito, Calif., near San Francisco, where the widow and daughters are now. Burns was a frequent visi tor in Medford, and his last trip here was last September. Colley, a native of Nevada, received his passport last January. He said he intended to travel in the United King dom, France and The Nether lands. He is an executive of the International B e c h t e 1 Corp., an engineering firm. Policy Statement On Vet Care Asked Washington (UPI) Vet erans Administrator Sumner G. Whittier called on Con gress Tuesday to make "a clear statement, of policy" on whether veterans whose ail ments are not due to military service are entitled to free hospitalization. The VA for years has been ' caught in a crossfire of hot argument on the issue. Whit tier told the House Veterans Committee that "confusion and misunderstanding" will continue to plague the VA's hospital program until Con gress makes up its mind. The issue has been a politi cal football for 25 years. Mem bers of Congress have "been reluctant to make a firm decision. Cease-Fire Order Issued as Marines Secure Positions Russia Threatens 'Necessary Steps' x Beiruf, Lebanon (UPI) Lebanese rebels today ordered a cease-fire in revolt- torn Beirut. The uneasy peace was enforced by U.S. Marinei whose intervention was sharp ly denounced by Moscow. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko demanded in Mosciw that the -U.S. forces leave Lebanon Immedi ately and said the Soviet Union reserves the rieht to take "necessary measures."- ihe Marines who have yet to fire a shot or to have a shot fired at them moved into Bei-' rut proper today. Marines Take Positions Rebel chieftain Saeb Salem ordered the cease-fire from his rebel-held Basta headquar ters shortly after the battle ready Marines moved into Beirut proper, taking over full control of harbor installa tions and moving into oosition at the American Embassy and around the ambassador's home. The Marines. Dart of 3.600 already ashore, moved into the city aboard tanks, jeeps, amphibious "ducks" and trucks without a shot being iired. It was the first sien of a break in the revolt against the government of President Camille Chamoun which be gan two months ago and which, with the revolt In Iraq, became one of two dan gerous firas threatening to en. gulf the eotire Middle East. cignung in iraq The firstodirect account of fighting in Iraa cair today station in a radio telephony conversation with Tehran. . . The Baghdad weatherman said the fraqi insurgents con trol only as0mall area of Bagh dad despite a bloody takeover in which at least 200 persons were killed. He said th rebels seemed to control only a small four sided area in Baehdad. Inr'nd- ing the razed British Embas sy, the residence of slain Pre mier Nun Es-Said, the Bagh dad Hotel, and the afport. Repercussions still were spreading around the world' as the result of- the Iraq coup and the U.S. actitn in order ing troops in force onto for eign soil for the first time since Korea. Syria was movin troon re inforcements up the Lebanese frontier t meet he "threat" of American Marines arrivin byo plane nd ship. Reports pnnnn. T : A lt - icuuiuj xuui saia oynan troops moved up in battalion strength to positions within a mue or so of the border. Pear Crop Said to Be Above Average The pear crop in the Med- fod district this season will approacn j.iuu.uuu Boxes, ac cording to Clifford B. Cordv. county horticulture agent. This is a little above aver age, Cordy said. Fruit is siz ing up pretty well and it has . been a "pretty good" growing season, he added. The Bartlett cron is esti- . mated a little higher than last year and a little above aver age, Cordy said. The Bosc crop is up 25 per cent over last year an aoove average. D'Anjous are a little below last year, but still slightly above average, ine Cornice croD is well below last vear. This variety has alternatine heavy and light years, Cordy explained. Miscellaneous varieties are above average. Former Medford Man Injured in Fall Raymond R. Jennings, 47, former Medford resident, was reported in critical condition at the San Luis Obispo Gen eral hospital following a fall Sunday over a 50-foot cliff near Gorda in Monterey coun ty, Calif. The accident occurred ap proximately 15 miles north of the San Simeon Statg park. It was reported that Jennings had stopped his car alongside the highway and was walking along the edge of the cliff to view the Pacific when. he slipped, landing 50 feet below on his head on a ledge. CorvalliB (UPI) Claude E. Hammond, 26. Corvallis, was reported killed today in an accident on Highway 34 near Tidewater.