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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
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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 -
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