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Esenhower wmm. f eras IFr S unlit tmkv ? itM! v " ''i???4' I rip' , DOLLAR X CARLOAD It's tough these days to get nwich out of a dolar. How ever, a group of young people participat ing in the School District 6 - City of Cen tral Point summer recreational program mnSged to make a greenback go a long way on Wednesday evening. Valley drive in theater on North Pacific highway ad vertises admission for $1 per carload. The group of youngsters arrived in a large school bus, paid their SI and were ad Mescal Officer Is Appointed af CW Domiciliary ctig Manager Banks I. Paul announced today the ap pointment f Dr. Arthur S. Anderson as chief medical of ficer for th Camp White Domiciliary. Ti appointment becomes effective Aug. 11. Dr. Anderson is graduate of the University of Kansas rrfedical school, Lawrence, Kan. Af'f r graduation in 1931, he served as director of the Indian Service hospital, Lawrence, Kan., until 1933. He was chief of physical medi cine and rehabilitation at the VA hospital in Roseburg from 1947 through 1957. At the time of his appointment to the Camjj White post, Dr. Ander son was clinical director, Idaho State hospital at Oro fino, Idaho. Served in Wars Anderson erved in World War I in the infantry, field ar tillery and ammunition trains. During - World War II he served with General Still well's Y force in the China-Burma-India area, entering active service in 1940. Later, he was chief of rehabilitation at Mitchell Convalescent hos pital and Madigan General hctpital. He also commanded the Convalescent hospital at Ft. Lewis, Wash. Dr. Anderson was released to the Medical Corp Reserve in 1947 as a lieu tenant colonel. He was award O ed a9Silver Star for gallantry in action while in Burma. He ha one son. who is a pilot in the Navy. v Dr. Anderson is a member of the American Psychiatric association, the American Medical association and the Jntermountain Psychiatric as q Sedation. He and his wife are ex pected to arrive at Camp White early in August. Accident Victim Still Reported Unconscious Donald Glenn Schrag, 27, of route 4, box 477B, Medford was reported still unconscious this morning by Rogue Val ley hospital officials. Schrag, driver of car involved in an accident July 11, is in critical condition.. Four other persons were in jured in the two car accident ort Culver rd., a half mile from Phoenix. Iraq Revolt Declared To Be 25 Years in Planning Baghdad (UPD Brig. Abdul Karim Kassem dreamed of revolution for nearly a quar ter of a century before trig gering the plot that finally overthrew the monarchy in Iraq 11 days ago. The. soldier-premier smiled frequently as he told a news conference Thursday of his long wait to achieve his aims. Too Many Spies Kassem said he began pre paring in earnest for the revo lution thre years ago, but too many spies appeared and he considered the "time was not ripe" then. It was not until this month that a favorable opportunity Resented itself, he said. "I read it in th eyes of the peo New Line of Action In Danielson Case Told by Attorney A new line of attack in volving state action to settle the disputed election for dis- trict court judge in favor of E. Roy Bashaw, Medford city attorney, was revealed yes terday by Stanley C. Jones. Jones, attorney and former city councilman, said such ac tion would seek to disqualify Robert G. Danielson. Bash aw's opponents, for not being a legal resident of Jackson county at election time. In the May 16 non-partisan primar ies, Danielson poned ,ozo votes to Bashaw's 7,273, even though he was then living and working in Klamath county. He has since claimed election. The state action, according to Jones, could be brought on the relation of a private party or information of the district attorney." He said Thomas J. Reeder, district at torney of Jackson county, "in tends to file a statutory pro ceeding" to initiate such action. Definite Action "We are most likely going to take some definite action," Reeder said. "I feel quite strongly the matter should be cleared up." He described the action outlined by Jones as "rather feasible," but said his decision would not necessar ily follow similar lines. He added that his decision could be expected "sometime next week." "This office," Reeder said, Special License for School Bus Drivers Salem (UPD Every school bus driver in Oregon will be required to have a special school bus driver's license by Nov. 1, the Department of Motor Vehicles said today. Director James F. Johnson said the stepped-up school bus safety program is a result of the need for stricter regula tions. . The program gained im petus when, near the end of the last school year, a school bus driver died of a heart at tack and his bus careened off a mountain road shortly after unloading about 50 children. In addition, prospective school bus drivers must have a valid driver's license and current chauffeur's license. ple." As for the future, Kassem said, "every thing, will be done for the benefit of the nation." He said the provisional con stitution for the Iraqi repub lic proclaimed after the as sassination of King Faisal will be announced soon and go into effect after a plebiscite. Peace-Loving Country The premier told newsmen that "regarding our foreign relations I believe that every one knows we are a peace loving country." "We are building our for eign relations on the basis of mutual interests with other countries, and we consider ourselves bound by the United Nations Charter," he said. mitted all 89 of them for the single buck. Here Recreational Director Don Miller, driver of the bus, hands the money to Theater Manager Roy Carier. The bus was parked and the youngsters piled out with blankets, pillows and stools. They took over the entire front line of speak ers at the drive-in. It should be men tioned that the visit had been arranged in advance with the theater. however, filed an opinion previously stating- Danielson was not a resident." Meanwhile, Jones reported, a previous legal action in which he represents Richard House, a Medford voter, is ready for circuit court con sideration. This action is a petition, according to Jones, presenting the overall facts and asking a court decision disqualifying Danielson "on the merits" , of the case. It comes under no particular statute, Jones said, but is based on the general statutes governing non-partisan elec tions. Denies Jurisdiction' Danielson has denied the circuit court's jurisdiction in the case, on the basis that the petition was not filed within 10 days after the election un der . the law permitting a "quick remedy" in contested elections. But House, through Jones, has replied that the pe tition was not intended to so quality. Jones said it was filed only after Danielson, having first conceded Bash aw's election, "flip - flopped" and claimed the election for himself. Jones said if action were brought by the state, -there would be no question of the court's proper jurisdiction of the case. This second remedy, then, is designed to assure court action on the dispute even if the court refuses to accept jurisdiction over the House petition. House's petition could come before the court "conceivably within the next 10 days," ac cording to Jones. He said it had been given top priority on the court docket. The state action, he added, would re ceive "only the priority that the judge cares to assign it." "We believe the people of the county want judicial ac tion one way or the other," Jones said. "Apparently Dan ielson is determined to avoid judicial action if he can. "The circuit court could hold just as easily as not that no one was elected," he add ed. Then, he explained, candi dates would have to present themselves as independents in the November general elec tions. Otherwise, a judge would be appointed by the governor. But Jones said he himself interpreted the law under which the court could reach such a decision as ap plying only to cases involving ineligibility "on or after" the election, while Danielson had become ineligible beforehand. Never Before Court "This type of case has never come before the Oregon su preme court." he said. As to whether a circuit court decision in favor of Danielson would be appealed to the supreme court, Jones stated: "Unless there were strong reasons of public policy it is not likely." By "Dublic policy," he explained that he meant a situation where strong public sentiment against the decision threat ened the authority of the dis trict court bench if Danielson were to sit. But, he added, "If it ap pears Danielson will be the judge, the attorneys of this city will do everything they can to support him." 53rd Year Medford 18 Pages Governor Forms Nuclear Energy Advisory Group Peacetime Uses Will Be Studied Salem (UPD Gov. Robert D. Holmes has " announced formation of a technical ad visory committee to assist his office in advancing develop ment of nuclear energy re search and industry in Ore gon. "The development of some of the atom's peacetime uses already has been well ad vanced in our state," the gov ernor said. "However, the atomic age is in its early stages and our state should consciously strive to achieve a place of prominence as rap idly as possible." The announcement came after an initial conference here with metallurgical ex perts. Several Attend " Present at the first confer ence were Drs. Arthur Scott and Arthur H. Livermore of Reed College, Portland; Dr. Walter P. Dyke of the Lin field research institute in Mc Minnville; Dr. Earl Hayes, chief metallurgist of the U.S. Bureau of Mines from Wash ington, D.C.; Mrs. Mark Wright, regional director of the Bureau at Albany; Dr. Stephen Shelton, general en gineer of Oregon Metallurgi cal Company, Albany; Julius Jensen, state director of Plan ning and Development; Ivan Block, consultant to the "gov ernor; and Harry Swanson, executive assistant to the gov ernor. Block was designated to co ordinate the committee. Preparations Being Made for Couplet Stop signs will replace traffic signals for various downtown streets intersecting with Main st. during prepara tions for the Main st.-Eighth st. couplet, according to Ver non Thorpe, city public works director. Thorpe explained that cer tain traffic signal heads are being switched from Main st. to Eighth st., and that Main st. traffic light controls between Oakdale and Riverside aves. must be shut down while this is accomplished. He said a contractor would begin work next Wednesday on the signal at Oakdale ave. and would work east toward Riverside ave. He added that the intersections might , be shut down for as long as a week or 10 days during the changeover, but that the stop signs halting side street traf fic would provide temporary control. NpubergerToUrge Hospital afCW Washington (UPD Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) said today he -would appear Monday before the House Vet erans Affairs Committee to urge that a new veterans hos pital be established at Camp White, near Medford, Ore. Rep. Charles O. Porter (D-Ore.) also is scheduled to appear before the committee to support a hospital. Neuberger said he also we-uld file a protest with the committee on plans to reduce the number of patients ac commodated at the veterans hospital near Roseburg, Ore., from 650 to 570. He said 65 eligible applicants are on the waiting list for admission there. WEATHER FORECAST: Continued fair and warm through Saturday. Low tonight 60. High Saturday 95. Temp. Highest yesterday 96 Lowest this Morning 63 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:39 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:57 a.m. Moonset tomorrow 1:17 a.m. Full Moon July 30 VISIBLE PLANETS Saturn, in the south 9:14 p.m. Jupiter, in the southwest in the evening twilight, sets 10:36 p.m. Mars, low in east 12:49 a.m. -Venus, rises 3:11 a.m. HEAVY F R School Budget in Evans Valley Is Defeated 3rd Time Board Says It Will Seek Time Extension Evans Valley school district voters turned out Thursday to defeat for the third time this year the proposed school budget for district 62. Nearly two -thirds of the eligible voters in the district voted yesterday, with 119 re jecting the proposed budget, and 87 supporting it. The same proposal was defeated last month by a 76 to 75 vote. James Martin, chairman of the school board, reported this morning that he plans to ask County Assessor Ray Schumacher for another ex tension of time so that the proposed budget can be re vised and resubmitted to the voters for their approval. Oregon Law Oregon law provides that all tax levies be submitted to the assessor's office no later than July 15. However, the assessor has the power to ex tend the deadline if he feels circumstances warrant this action. Schumacher had granted one extension to permit yes terday's election. This morn ing he had no comment on the outcome of the election. "The next move is up to the school board," he reported. Superintendent of county schools Alf Mekvold also de clined comment on the situa tion at this time. Flag Removed from Courthouse Pole City firemen attracted a gathering to the county court house this morning when they removed a torn flag from the pole on top of the building, using the aerial ladder truck. The county court requested assistance from Medford fire men after flag was torn and the rope was knocked from its pulley during a violent storm last week. Fire Chief Gordon Barker and Firemen Bob Coash and Warren Ritchie manned the truck during the operation. Even when the ladder was ex tended to its full 85 feet, 4V4 inches it fell 10 feet short of reaching to the top of the pole. Rather than have firemen replace the rope, the court de cided to have the pole hinged at the base so that in the fu ture it will be possible to service it without assistance from the fire department. Switzerland Envoy Denies UPI Story New York (UPD Frank H. Bartholomew, President of United Press International, said today he was "sorry to learn" that Henry J. Taylor, U.S. ambassador to Switzer land, had disavowed informa tion attributed to him about Communist espionage in Switzerland. "I regret that the ambassa dor has been embarrassed with the Swiss government over this incident," Bartholo mew said, "but I cannot ac cept his statement that he was misquoted because it is not in accord with the facts." Last week U.P.I, carried two stories - written by Bar tholomew which reported that Communist agents used Switz erland as a center for their activities in Europe. Ambas sador Taylor was named as the source of some of the information in these dispatches. IVML f11' ji iw MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1958 "Up?" - ' New Reduced Rales For Commercial Use Negotiated by, Copco Salem (UPD Public Utility Commissioner Howard Mor gan today announced the fil ing by the California Oregon Power Company of new re duced rates to small indus trial and commercial users. . , Morgan said the reduction was the result of studies made by his department. It will af fect some 8,500 customers us ing between 150 and 2,100 kilowatt hours per month. Commercial Users Commercial power rates of these customers will be re duced by more than $117,000 annually effective Aug. 15. "The revision is applicable to commercial users such as service stations, stores, indus tries, offices, mills, motels and similar establishments," Mor gan explained. Negotiations for reductions Morse Asks ICC ; For Oregon Hearing Washington , (UPD Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) asked the Interstate Commerce Com mission to hold hearings in Oregon on a proposal to re duce lumber rail rates from Oregon to California and Arizona. The ICC announced earlier this week it planned a hear ing on the case in San Fran cisco on August 18. Morse said hearings also should be held in Oregon to give more persons from that state a chance to be heard. He said an Oregon hearing in the case would not delay proceedings ' to any appreci able extent. 10-Acre Grass, Brush Fire Extinguished A 10-acre grass and brush fire at Bridgeview near Cave Junction yesterday afternoon was reported by southwest district office here of the state department of. forestry. The fire was under control. Its cause was not immediately determined. Central- Point rural district firemen stated that a boy playing with matches was re sponsible for a one-acre grass fire about noon yesterday at the end of Gebhard rd. north and east of Central Point. Rural firemen also extin guished a small grass fire yes terday afternoon one-half mile north of Crater Lake highway Four Corners. Cause was not learned. Price Tribune II M PLQlllniiy were successfully concluded after California Oregon Pow er Company entered into a profitable contract with Reyn olds Metal Company to pro vide more than 65,000 kilo watts of power to its Trout dale aluminum plant east of Portland. The energy will be deliv ered by Bonneville Power Ad ministration and is offset by the delivery of energy by Copco to Bonneville's cus tomer Hanna nickel develop ment plant at Riddle, near Roseburg. Governor Orders Forest Restrictions Salem (UPD Extreme for est fire danger forced Gov. Robert D. Holmes today to issue proclamations requiring entry permits for the 350,000 acre Tillamook burn as well as a 20-mile wide strip of for est land extending from the Colton area in Clackamas county to the Lane county line. Next Monday morning, an other proclamation will be come effective which will ap ply to a large area of the Coast range in western Doug las and eastern Coos counties extending from the Umpqua river to the vicinity of the Rogue river. ' Permit requirements apply to all individuals who intend to travel over other than the regular public roads, the gov ernor said. Marines May Soon Leave Lebanon Washington (UPD James J. Wadsworth, deputy U.S. representative to the United Nations, predicted today that U.S. troops in Lebanon may be withdrawn "quite soon." Moreover, Wadsworth said, he believes that when the troops depart "the aftertaste will be better than the pres ent taste because we will have proved that we are people of our word." Wadsworth made the obser vations during a House For eign Affairs Subcommittee hearing on a resolution ex pressing the sense of Congress that a permanent U.N. police force should be established. 1 0 Cents No. 108 IT Troubleshooter Carrying Out Negotiations Popular Figure For President Eyed Beirut, Lebanon (UPD The bloodiest fighting since a U.S. Marine peace force landed here nearly two weeks ago erupted tonight between opposition and gov ernment forces. - Beirut, Lebanon (UPD , Rebel snipers opened heavy fire in Beirut Thursday night but no major incident follow ed and there were growing in dications Lebanon might solve its own crisis without further bloodshed. ' State Department trouble shooter Robert Murphy was carrying out a non-stop pro gram of negotiations in hopes the government supporters and the rebels who want to oust President Camille Cha moun could find a presiden tial .candidate they both could support. Popular Figure Expected Observers believed the two sides eventually would settle on a leading and popular mili tary' figure before the 66-man Parliament meets next Thurs day to elect the successor to Chamoun. Gen. Fuad Ohehab, chief of staff of the army, has been mentioned as a popular choice by both sides although he has not mixed in politics. Murohy conferred Thurs day with Chamoun, the first time he has seen him since he opened talks with the rebel leaders early this week: The firing was heard near the Dresidential palace soon after Murphy left the area Thurs day night. To Avoid Incidents The rebel ODposition's re sponsible leaders actually have ordered the rebel marks men to avoid incidents, but the question was how long their men would remain un der control. Murphv himself was racinp against time, hop ing to mediate the dispute be fore a new shooting war breaks out. While Murohy went from one side to the other, there were intense behind the scenes electioneering by mem bers of the Lebanese Parlia ment. The opposition was boosting Beshara El Khoury for president a man totally unacceptable to the govern ment. . The Chamoun supporters are backing Deputy Salim Lahoud but Lahoud is unoop ular with the opposition.. Other oossibilities were for-! mer President Alfred Nac cache, scholar-lawyer Joseph Hitti and neutralist newspaper editor Charles Helou. Salem (UPD Two persons were injured here today in a two-car accident. Eisenhower Withdraws Flanagan's Nomination Washington (UPD Presi dent Eisenhower today with drew the controversial nomi nation of Bernard L. Flana gan, St. Albans, Vt., to be a member of the Civil Service Commission. The President acted at Fla nagan's request. The withdrawal came after Flanagan, a Republican and former Capitol Hill police man, had come under heavy Democratic fire at public hearings for inaccuracies in his civil service application blanks for past jobs. In a letter to the President requesting that the nomina tion be withdrawn, Flanagan said he thought "far too much" of the administration Soviet Plan for Lebanon, Jordan Limit Rejected . Up To UN To State Conditions Washington (UPD Presi dent Eisenhower made it plain to the Soviet Union today that if a summit meeting is held this country will examine the Soviet role in fomenting strife in the Middle East. In a letter to Soviet Pre mier Nikita S. Khrushchev, Eisenhower rejected his ear lier proposal to limit the sum mit meeting to U.S. and Brit ish troop action in Labanon and Jordan. The President also told Khrushchev it would be up to the U.N. Security Council to say who may participate in the proposed conference and when and under what condi tions it should be held. Would Participate The permanent members of the Security Council who would make such decisions are Britain, Nationalist China, France, Russia and the United States. Eisenhower recalled he had told Khrushchev July 22 this country would participate in a summit conference at the U.N. in New York "if such a meeting were generally1 de sired.". Khrushchev replied that he would like to start 'the meeting next Monday, with India and the Arab states participating. Monday Too Early Today the President told Khrushchev "It $$..'. not yet certain that such a meeting is in fact 'generally desired, although that may prove to be the case." The President suggested that the Security Council it self canvass its members and find out whether "A meeting of the kind and under the conditions I suggest is gener ally acceptable." "If so," the President said, "they should also agree upon a date which would be gen erally satisfactory." The Monday date proposed by Khrushchev, he said, "would be too early for jjs." Refuses Limitation The President sharply re fused to limit any summit meeting to consideration o Lebanon and Jordan. Without actually accusing Russia of stirring up the strife which long has plagued the Middle East, he recalled a 1950 resolution of the U.N. General Assembly. . The resolution, the Presi dent said, condemns the "fo menting of civil strife in the interest of a foreign power" as one of "the gravest of all crimes." . . The President has said the troubles in the Middle East were the result of "indirect aggression." In today's note he said: "I would ... be lacking in candor if I did not make clear that to put peace and security on a more stable basis in the Middle East requires far more than merely a consideration of Lebanon and Jordan. Isolated Manifestations ' "These situations are but isolated manifestations of far broader problems. "In my opinion the insta bility of peace and security is in large measure due to the jeopardy in which small nations are placed. "It would be the purpose of the United States to deal with the specific incidents you raise within that broad con text. To do otherwise would be to be blind to the teaching of history." too allow myself to be used for its political harrassment." He conceded that he "made some mistakes in filling out" the job applications. But he said they "were entirely im material to the jobs held." Inlerm Appointment "But they have been seized upon and magnfied out of all proportion to the queston of my ability and fitness to Ifc a civil service commissioner,"' Flanagan said. Eisenhower advised Flana gan in a terse three-sentftice letter that the nomination was being withdrawn. The White House did not immediately nominate a suc cessor to Flanagan on fie three-man commission.
