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.