Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, July 17, 1958, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texto Q O o O r . ,l ix m ' 1 fo) fo) n 'Tr' n fui nnfnniTr, mMUPui i ul U U MARINES IN LEBANON In the photo at left a woman stands in the foreground as United States Marines transfer trucks from landing craft to the shore on Khaldo Beach near Beirut, capital of Lebanon. As the 1,700 American fighting men took control of the city, a second force of tiREE TOPPLES A 12 - maple tree in the back yard of G. B. Felt man, 631 Pennsylvania ave., Medford, was blown over onto thFeltmaq home during ,. yesterday afternoon's storm. Above, Felt- Th u nde rs?o r m s Fo recast Aga i n Today; Rain Helps Fire Danger substantial ram accompa nying thunderstorm activity in, southern Oregon late yes terday eased the forest fire danger, but mo9e thunder stopps are forecast for later today and Friday afternoon. Yesterday's storm was ac companied by gusty winds, which toppledrfes, and sub stantial amounts oi rain in some sections, which helped fire - fighters control small blazes started inoforests Tues day night. Q The storm also caused sev eral power outages in the valr ley and in some areas, power was off several hours Strikes Reported Ten lightning strikes were reported in thegouthwest dis trict by the state department of forestry this morning as a result of yesterday's storm. Crews were dispatched to the small fires, most of viichD were in the southern section of Jackson county. , Most lookouts were fogged in this morning, preventing) . i i c it:y u: lOOKOUts irom spoiling aqgi tional strikes. ' Crews were c&spatcned to two small fires started by lightning in the Jlogue Rivr National forest during jester day's storm, which forest serv ice officials described as worse than Tuesday's lightning storm. u Danger of fire spreading in the national forest was abated by heavy rain in some0 sec tions, T. S. (Tenny) Moore, fire control officer.osaid. Moore said the service expected look outs to spot several strikes this afternoon if the weather clears. Observation Plaift The service plans to take an observation plane up tomor row, he said, but weather con ditions probably will prevent using one this afternoon. The weather bureau said the fire danger was "moder ate," and lowest humidities today are expected t be 30 to 40 per cent in southern Ore gon. . The storm late yesterday WEATHER FORECAST: Considerable clou diness with afternoon and eve ning thunder showers. Low to night 60, high Friday 82-85. Temp. Highest Yesterday 84 Lowest this Morning $2 Prec. to .10 ajn. Today .38 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:46 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:50 a.m. Moonset today 8:11 p.m. First Quarter J July 2J VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, in the south west 8:31 p.m. Saturn, due south at 9:47 p.m. will be low in south west " 12.58 a.m. Mars, rises 12:09 a.m. Venus, rises 3:02 a.m. Or 1 ' year - old sugar produced gusts of wind up to 5 miles an hour, according to the local weather bureau sta tion. Rainfall up to 4 o'clock thfs morning totaled .35 of an inch bringing the total1 for July to .73. Normal' for this time in July is .11 of an inch. The tree from which the Lone Pine district got its name was reported blown down in the storm. It was located on Cherry lane, and had been one of the landmarks of the area. Rattles Windows Thunder during last night's storm was so heavy it rattled windows throughout the Med ford area. V Lightning struck near the oSouthern Pacific freight yard in Ashland late Wednesday, knocking out 10 cutouts in the ar. Elsewhere, six . other cutguts also were knocked out, leaving Ashland without power for about 70 minutes. Pever was ' restored at abdlit 6:30 p.m., according to X. C. Bief el, city superintend- eat. .Tuesday electricity was offofbr nearly one hour. . l nree automobiles -, were damaged as an indirect result of the" storm. A 10-foot high, SO-foot long section of con crete retaining wall collapsed ai Oejer'e service station, 358 East Main t., Ashland, caus ing n eetimated $1,000 dam- 4 Itorm Cuff Short Boy ceuf Cam pout On Nickel Creek 0 Seventeen Boy Scouts of tipop and Explorers troop 6 from the First Church of QLatter Day Saints of Jesus Christ, returned to Medford dearly this morning after the Wednesday night storm endd their campout on oNickel creek between Pros pect and Butte Falls. The boys, accompanied by their scoutmaster and two other adults, camped in the area last Saturday, scheduled to return home July .19. Wednesday eve ning was designated as fam ily night. Strong winds, rain, and large hail stones leveled the camp during the Wednesday evening storm, damaging much of the equipment and washing some into the creek. Four of the Explorer Scouts remained in the camp until later today to salvage some of the equip ment, it was reported. The other Boy Scouts were returned here by vis iting parents who had plan ned to attend the scheduled amily night activities. man, left, and a neighbor, R. J. Otto, con template how the tree can be removed. ' Feltman was watching when the wind 'twisted the tree off at ground level. age to the vehicles, according to Karl Oeser. There is some speculation that a lightning bolt actually struck the wall, which had been weakened by the heavy rains accompanying the storm the last two days. Maintenance crews with the California Oregon Power com pany in Yreka, Calif., and at the Copco plant in Siskiyou county worked throughout the night Wednesday to repair damaged circuits in the county. Included in the crew of 40 men still reported working this morning were company personnel on vacation, com pany officials said. Different maintenance crews worked all night, T u e s d - y and Wednesday nights. ' ' Trouble in General Power company officials reported trouble in general over the county, with little trouble reported within the Medford city limits. Trees, blown across the lines by the wind, tore down distribution lines on Colver rd., Fort Baker rd., and Table Rock rd., , it was reported, with several poles blown down in the Four Corners area between there and Cra ter Lake highway. Wires were also down on the distribution circuit on Arnold lane, and lightning struck a power pole carrying a distribution circuit near Dodge bridge. Insulator damage was re ported in the transmission line between Grants Pass and Medford via Jacksonville and Ruch, and wires were down on the line between Prospect and the Red Blanket mill. Nine transformers in various parts of the county were dam aged during the storm, offic ials said, with the great amount of lightning causing blown line and transformer fuses. Power outages varied throughout the county with the Butte Falls-Shady Cove area without power for the longest period except for iso lated cases. Talent Man Injured In Fall at Plant Virgil Strong, 49, of route 1, Box 351, Talent, suffered a fractured hip early this morning at the Timber Pro ducts mill, McAndrews rd. and Court st. A mill official said Strong, a clean-up man, apparently fell several feet when an ex tended board he stepped on gave way. Rogue Valley hos pital, where he was taken, said his condition was "good." 1,800 men were landed from 13 transports on the same beach. At right, the Marines are greeted by smiling Lebanese as they go ashore. Ships and landing craft of the U. S. Sixth Fleet can be seen in the back-ground. Note the Jeep sunk in sand up to its axle hubs. Preliminary Plans For Fair Announced Preliminary plans for varl ous phases, of . the Medford Kiwanis club sponsored coun ty fair at the Medford armory Aug. 21-24. have-, been an nounced. One of the highlights will be a talent contest sponsored by the Medford Junior Cham ber of Commerce, the' winner of which will represent" Jack son county in the state Jaycee contest at - the state fair - in Salem. : .;- ' Dick Lamont, chairman of the Jaycee talent contest, said those entering must be a resi dent of Jackson county for at least six months, or a student at a college or university in the county. Entrants may be either amateur or profession al, he said. Assured of Space Home extension units in Jackson county have been as sured free exhibit space at the fair, a fair spokesman said. Each unit in the county has been invited to display their projects and to promote the fair. Individuals in each unit also will be invited to exhibit in competition in the food and textiles sections,. Kiwanis club spokesmen said. Russ JRenner of the -Medford club is in charge of preliminary ar rangements for the unit ex hibits. Concession privileges to pro vide 'food, beverage and other services also have been an nounced. Those clubs which Donald Ambuehl Granted Parole Donald LaVerne Ambuehl, 32, formerly of Medford, who was sentenced to the Oregon state penitentiary from Jack son county on a charge of il legal possession of narcotics, has been granted a parole to placement out of state, accord ing to information received from Salem. Ambuehl was sentenced to three years in the penitenti ary and fined $500 by Circuit Court Judge O. J. Millard fol lowing a trial held here Jan uary 1957. The state board of parole and probation has not yet re ceived a report from the re ceiving state. If the state ac cepts Ambuehl's case, he will be released from the peniten tiary to proceed immediately to that placement, the Mail Tribune learned. The actual date of his re lease is indefinite, but is ex pected to be in late August. Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE Kansas City 2 10 3 Boston 6 10 2 Gorman, Daly 5, Terry 5. Craddock 7 and Smith, Chi ti 5; Brewer. Wall 9 and Berberet. Personal Inspection Tour (Herbloch Is had previously requested the privileges will be notified, Dr. Abner Clark, chairman of concessions, said. He said that service clubs and other groups in the coun ty which desire to operate fun booths to raise funds should contact him as soon as pos sible. AH concessions will be alloted to service clubs in this area except for rides, Dr. Clark said. An exhibit to tell the story of plans for the Oregon Cen tennial observance has been requested by the planning group. The Jackson . Coun ty Centennial association has forwarded a request to the Oregon Centennial office for information of special interest to those who plan to partici pate in the state-wide cele bration. Council May Act On Loading Zones The Medford city council will meet in city hall at 7:30 o'clock this evening. It will consider an ordinance amend ment authorizing the traffic engineer to designate loading zones. The council's executive committee planned to meet for luncheon today to discuss, and possibly draft, a recom mendation of the proposed sanitary rate increase. Mayor John Snider is ex pected to announce letters of resignation from Mark Goldy as member of the planing commission, Eric Allen Jr. as chairman of the library board, and Elwobd Hedberg as mem ber of the library board. Other major action on the council agenda 'includes 1. Call for a public hearing on the Berrydaie zone changes; 2. Award a contract for san itary sewers in the Kenwood Grandview and Laurelhurst areas and on Siskiyou, blvd.; 3. Approval of plans and specifications for the exten sion of Melrose ave. from Hol ly st. to Riverside ave.; 4. Public re-hearing on an nexation of the proposed El lendale subdivision. MID Reduces Water Flow in System Water flow in the Medford Irrigation district system was reduced 25 per cent today to allow for unexpected runoff from storms Tuesday and last night, Jack Hoffbuhr, man ager of the district said to day. The reduced flow will limit the amount, of water in the system and available for irrigation until after the storms subside. More storms were forecast for later today by the weather bureau. on Vacation) aa Medford 24 Pages MEDFORD, Russia Schedules Troop Maneuvers Near Iran, Turkey Air, Land, Naval Forces To Train Moscow (UPI) Russia announced today that Soviet air, land and naval forces in the areas bordering Iran and Turkey will begin training maneuvers Friday. The announcement pub lished in all the Soviet news papers came as American forces established positions in Lebanon, within easy flying distance of the Soviet maneu ver areas, and other major Western military units were dispersed nearby. ' ! For 'Preparedness' Units of the Black Sea fleet, with bases close to the Turkish coast, will participate in the maneuvers. The an nouncement said the exercises are being held in accordance with the plan to keep Soviet armed forces "in close com bat preparedness." Although the maneuvers were believed to be part of annual exercises, the timing of the announcement may have been designed to follow F.ussia's warning Wednesday for the United States to get out of Lebanon. Districts Described The announcement .said that as of July 18 training of "Soviet land and air forces will be carried out in the Transcaucasus and Turkestan military districts." The Transcaucasus district borders on Turkey and Iran, both members of the pro- Western Baghdad Pact,, and lies less than 800 miles from Beirut and NATO bases in Turkey. Turkestan is the.plat- eau area farther to the east along the frontiers of Afgh anistan and the ' western reaches of Communist China. The Soviet announcement gave no hint as to the num ber of troops and planes which will take part in the maneuvers. Interim Committee To Meet Saturday A public meeting will be held by the state legislative interim committee on mental retardation and emotional dis turbance in the Jackson coun ty courthouse auditorium starting at 8:45 a.m. Satur day. The committee was estab lished in 1957 to study the social, economic, educational and mental problems arising out of mental retardation and emotional disturbance among children and adults in Oregon, according to John D. O'Dona hue, executive secretary. State Senator Carl Francis of Dayton is chairman, of the committee. Several local peo ple will present testimony to the committee. Campaign Manager To Speak at Picnic - Harry Hogan, district attor ney for Wasco county, The Dalles, will speak at the Jackson County Democratic picnic at TouVelle State park, Table Rock road Sunday, Aug: 3. Hogan, who is the 1958 campaign manager for Gov. Robert Holmes, will speak on problems and. techniques of managing election campaigns. Robert Duncan, state rep resentative from Jackson county, will be master of cere monies. The picnic is a social event sponsored-by ' the club, James Redden, chairman - of the Jackson County Demo cratic Central committee; said. Coffee and cold drinks will be served at the park, and those attending the picnic are asked to bring a lunch. Games and other entertainment are planned. OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1958 Nc. 101 Russians On U.S. Moscow (UPI) Several hundred Russians marched on the U.S. Embassy today shout ing against the U. S. Marine landings in Beirut. The demonstrators, mostly youths, shouted "Hands off Lebanon shame on Ameri can colonialists." The demonstrators called for U. S. Ambassador Llewel lyn Thompson to come out of the 10-story embassy building and explain the U.S. "ag gression" in Lebanon. Fourth Demonstration It was the fourth time in a month the Russians had staged demonstrations against western embassies some thing unknown in the Soviet capital until the Suez inva sion in 1956. . The first three followed the western reaction to the execu tion of Imre Nagy in Hungary. Verdict of Guilty Returned by Jury A verdict of guilty was re turned by a circuit court jury Wednesday afternoon In the trial of Roger Gordon Smith, 106 Grater Lake highway The trial,; which started July 8, was presided over by Cir cuit Court Judge O. J. Mil lard of Grants Pass. Smith was charged with burglary not in a dwelling in connection with removing a safe from Southern Oregon Distributors, 710 South Grape st., March 30. The verdict, reached by the jury at 3:15 p.m., was re quested polled by the defense attorney, George Rode. The vote was 10 to 2. ' Smith is scheduled to be sentenced at 4 p.m. tomorrow, the district attorney's office reported. ' The week long trial includ ed testimony from 13 witness es for the state, including two rebuttal witnesses and eight for the defense. District At torney Thomas J. Reeder pre sented the state's case. Following the return of the verdict by the jury and prior to their dismissal, Jury Fore man Thomas Rickard, speak ing for the jury, compliment ed the defense attorney on the presentation of the case. Judge Millard also compli mented the Medford city po lice in their handling of the case. CONCERT SCHEDULED The concert planned as the closing event of the Siskiyou music camp, sponsored by Southern Oregon college, Fri day, July 18, will be held in Butler shell, Lithia park-, Ash land, at 7:30 p.m. unless the weather is not fair, it was an nounced this noon by Glenn Matthews, SOC faculty mem ber. In event of adverse weather, the concert will be in Churchill .hall at Southern Oregon college. Bureau of Public Roads' Lake Road for Eligibility The fate of the Lake of the Woods road, a potential leg of the proposed Winnemucca-to-the-Sea highway, rests cur rently on a federal decision. If the bureau of public roads approves including it in the federal forest ; highway sys tem, the road will become eligible for federal construc tion funds. At least it will be placed on the waiting list for such funds. Numerous other road projects are reportedly competing for the money al ready. Likely Route The proposed road is con sidered a likely route for the much discussed east-west high- w a y linking Winnemucco, Nev. with the Pacific ocean and 'providing a lateral thor oughfare across southern Ore gon. Mojre specifically, it Tribune March Embassy Demonstrators retaliatoed against protest demonstra tions against Soviet diplomat ic posts in New rYork, Bonn and Copenhagen. Today's outburst followed the pattern set when Russians demonstrated against the Brit ish and French embassies fol lowing the 1956 intervention in Suez. British Foreign Secretary, Ike To Discuss Crisis Washington (UPI) Brit ish Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd flew "here today to dis cuss with President Eisenhow er the "grave events" climax ed by U.S.-British troop ac tions in the Middle East. ' The British leader arrived shortly after Prime Minister Harold Macmillan told the House Of Commons in London that British troops were dis patched to Jordan to prevent a United Arab Republic covp which "was -to have - take,n place today Follows Consultations ... .Macmillan. said the British action was taken after con sultations with and approval of the U.S. government. Lloyd was scheduled to talk with Eisenhower and Secre tary of State John Foster Dulles this afternoon in the White House. In London, Macmillan said King Hussein of Jordan ask ed for British help because he feared "an imminent attempt by the United Arab Republic" to overthrow his country on the Iraq pattern. ' : Picnic Sunday to Honor Ben Tucker A picnic for Ben Tucker, recently retired county ex tension agent, will be held in TouVelle state park at 1 p.m., Sunday, according to C. C. Hoover, chairman. " Master of ceremonies will be Bruce Grieve, president of Sams Valley-Beagle soil con servation district. Talks will be given by H. H. White, sup erintendent of the Southern Oregon Branch experiment station, and Jackson Ross and C. L. Smith, both of Oregon State college. Those attending should bring their own lunch and table service. The public is invited, Hoover said. States Rights Bill Approved by House Washington (UPI) The House passed a double-barrelled states rights bill, today aimed at keeping federal leg islation from overturning state laws. would afford a direct, all weather link between Jackson and Klamath counties. Tourist travel would un doubtedly increase. Access to forest areas for lumbering and recreational use would be facilitated.-Conducted Tour Bayard M. French, recently appointed engineer for the Portland district of the BPR, was conducted through the area July 1, by Carroll Brown, supervisor of the Rogue River national forest. French was accompanied by members of his staff and representatives of the state highway depart ment. 'The route runs through the Rogue River, forest for 17.2 miles. It consists of two sec tions: a logging road between McAllister Soda Springs and Paratroopers Sent To Smash Threatened Plot Austria, Israel Protest Flights Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Britain joined the United States today in armed Inter vention in the strife-torn Mid dle East. " British paratroops poured into Jordan to smash a plot to overthrow King Hussein. Si multaneously, the U.S. Em bassy in the Jordanian capital of Amman announced that U. S. Air Force and commer cial tankers were starting a massive airlift of gasoline from Bahrein to ease Jordan's critical fuel shortage. To Forestall Coup The arrival of the British forces in the Mideast added the weight of their arms to the already strong U.S. forces-committed to restoring the peace in Lebanon. : British Prime Minister Har old Macmillan told the House of Commons that an "initial" British force of about 2,000 paratroopers had been flown into Jordan to forestall an im pending coup engineered by the United Arab Republic. He said the plot had been set for today. The U.S. and British Mid east troop building drew pro tests both from Austria and Israel, over whose neutral territory the giant air trans ports had flown. Marines Fire Shot ' -- l Austria v Ardered her air force to defend Austrian air space against high-flying U.S. transports from Germany. Austria said the flights were continuing.' O The Israeli protest was milder and seemed mostly for the record. It was disclosed today that U. S. Marines who carried out their Lebanese landings with out the firing of a shot did ex change fire with Lebanese rebels Wednesday night. A Marine Corns spokesman said three or four rebels took up positions near a Marine out post east of Beirut Airport and started sniping. The Marines fired back briefly and the snipers with drew. EuDletins Washington (UPI) The United Slates today charged Russia and the United Arab Republic with carrying out a coordinated campaign of radio propaganda designed to inflame the people of the Middle East against the United States and its Ma rines in Lebanon. . Washington (UPI) -More than 50 U.S. war planes flew over Jordan to day to demonstrate support of British forces rushed to that country. United Nations, N. Y. (UPI) Britain told the Se curity Council . today its troops now being sent to Jordan will be withdrawn when the United Nations can take steps to preserve the country's political inde pendence and integrity.. - Considering of Funds Fish Lake, and a forest service gravel road from Fish Lake to Lake of the Woods. Brown said French was "impressed" and that he promised to give "due con sideration" to a favorable de cision. He added that French agreed to accept an engineer ing survey , conducted two years ago by the State high way department for details of the road. This would eliminate the need for a BPR survey. The highway department and the forest service have already approved classifying the road as a forest highway, according to Brown. But BPR approval is necessary before action can be taken. The three agencies meet in the fall, Brown said, to allocate avail able funds to projects within the state. f - - ?. "