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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,
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, 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
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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.