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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 27, 1958
No. 109
RUNE
EXPLORER
IS
Jupiter Rocket
Launched from
Cape Canaveral
Orbit First to
Pass Over Russia
0
. Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPD
An Army Jupiter C rock
et launched Explorer IV into
orbit around the earth early
Saturday morni&g.
It was swinging around the
earth once every two hours
last night on a "cook's tour"
course that would cover its
most populous areas, includ
ing Russia.
'Jjte new and heaviest of
U.S. satellites at 38.43
pounds carried aloft the
most delicate instruments
8vjr devised for Radiation de
letion help prepare man
fot tjace travel.
JVm& Secordtd
Th low point in the satel
orbit is 177 miles above
E tlMM sjnd the high point is
&,Mt miles up. It circles the
ftlofe oce every 110 minutes
fn ,t lifetime is estimated
t "t i years."
Y& George Ludwig, head
w& &ha TTnivprcifv nf Tnwa
tft iftiich designed special
instrumentation inside the
tellite, said it attained a
vr$ large elliptical orbit"
which would enable it to
(jiake a much more complete
measurement of the intense
radiatior, outside the earth's
atmosphere.
It as to ' make its first
pass over soutflern Russia
abou& 10 p.m. est and would
- cross Russia four or five more
time$ before its eourse slant
& fvfay.
In it first circuit, Explorer
19 gassed over in southern
CK7nia and Texas and also
9oif:d Mxic0 and New
3bundlnd. It sent forth a
9M" tep on twe frequen
O0M, 108 and 108.3 mega-
new Explorer will be
(its irst U. S. satellite to fly
(t Jtussia. The others were
(Jfct in orbits which covered
Itofd band of the-earth's
SPufAl between latitudes 34
3 3Wth tri 34 south.
X new trbit was picked
(fc i-e Explorer IV's delicate
ir8Mmets ati opportunity
Sb cMsura radiation in space
ovf t larger part of the
plCnat.
QSxjlorSrs I and III had run
into e, belt of radiation, start
ing about 600 miles up, 1,000
times more intense than ex
pected. Their instruments
were not "sophisticated"
enough, howeger, t provide
certain icjentification fft the
radiation.
Extremely small recorders
will report for the first time
just what the radiation hazard
is- '
It traveled in an orbit rang
ing from 51 degrees north to
51 degrees south, covering all
of the United States, most of
South America and parts of
Canada, Africa and Australia.
Local Man Drowns .
In Shasta Lake
Redding, Calif.-Ul'PB Ward
McPherson, of Medford, Ore.,
drowned early Saturday
while fishing with a friend
orrthe Pit river arm of Shasta
lake.
The companion, Earl Tay
lor, of Project City, Calif.,
told deputies that McPherson
lost his footing on the south
shore and fell into the lake.
Large Earthquake
Recorded in Berkeley
Berkeley (LTD The Uni
versity of California reported
a "very large"' earthquake
Saturday, 5.000 miles from
here and 370 feet within the
earth. ,
Seismologist Jack Cameron
said the quake was first re
corded at 10:47 a.m., pdt and
o lasted about an hour. He add
at that the . exact location
4 magnitude of the quake
9fl Sot known.
laondon (UPI) Emer
gency talks aimed at saving
the ttering Baghdad pact
or gripping it for another
mideat defense alliance open
ed hers yesterday.
KV IV
"I'll Be Glad To Come!-And I'll Set The Date, Make
Up The Guest List, Select The Program, Choose The
Menu, Pick Out The Music . . ."
Power Dam Proposed
On Illinois River
Cave Junction Bruce
Shavere, general manager of
the Coos-Curry Electric Coop
erative, Inc., has announced
that the company has applied
to the Federal Power commis
sion for a license' to build a
power dam on the Lower Illi
nois river.
The deadline date for fil
ing briefs or objections is set
for Sept. 2. After that the fi
nal hearing date on granting
of the license will be fixed.
The company had previous
ly secured permission to build
a dam from the state hydro
electric board. Plans were
made up more than two years
ago and much of the engineer
ing work has already been
done.
The location of the dam will
Dress Rehearsals
End at Festival
Ashland Dress rehearsals
end tonight at the Oregon
Shakespearean Festival, and
the 1958 season starts tomor
row evening at 8:30 o'clock
with "Much Ado About Noth-
mg.
The Monday night play will
be preceded by the Feast of
the Tribe of Will in Lithia
Park at 6 p.m.
Producing Director Angus
L. Bowmer reported that all
preparations for the festiva
nave been completed ana xnax
the group is ready for its
1958 opening.
Rogue Valley patrons are
reminded by General Man
ager William Patton that
membership' sales end at mid
night tonight. Individual
ticket sales are continuing to
double last year's compara
tive totals, with orders arriv
ing from all parts of the
world, officials reported.
Opening nights" for the
other three plays this year,
"King Lear," "The Merchant
of Venice," and "Troilus and
Cressida,"' will be Tuesday,
Wednesday ' and Thursday.
The four will then rotate
nightly performances through
Sept. 4.
Mrs. Dorothy Pressnal, 21,
wife of a San Bernardino
county deputy sheriff, will be
guest at the Festival four days
as "Queen for a Day." She is
expected to arrive at the Med
ford airport at 3:15 p.m. to
day. She was named "Queen
for a Day" on the Hollywood
radio program last week.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair Jand hot to
day and Monday. High today 98,
low 0. High Monday 98.
Temp.
Highest yesterday . 100
Lowest yesterday 57
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today
7:37 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow
. 4:o9 ajn.
The Moon, riding low,
rises : 5:11 p.m.
today and sets ...... 3:08 a.m.
tomorrow. -The very dim stars
in its background tonight are
of the constellation, Sagittarius:,
the slightly brighter ones below
them form the bow of the
Archer.
ARBflY
be at the wide bend in the
Illinois river near Bald moun
tain, but the power plant will
be located approximately 12
miles below this point neces
sitating about four miles of
tunnel for the water run. The
plant is designed for the pro
duction of 92,000 kw with the
total cost of the" whole project
at an estimated $29,500,000,
according to the petition.
The dam will be 600 feet
long and create a deep, storage
reservoir with a water sur
face of approximately 225
acres. Shaveresald that the
greater depth will mean that
the Illinois river itself would
not be backed up any great
distance.
Protective measures for mi
grating fish, salmon, cut
throat trout and steelhead are
being worked out in accord
ance with the Oregon Game
commission.
The site of the dam is be
low Deadman's Bar approxi
mately 30 miles from Selma.
Salem Contractor
Low on Canal Work
Floyd R. Grubb, Salem,
was apparent low-bidder for
construction work on the
South Fork collection system
and the Daley Creek collec
tion canal in the Talent Pro
ject, the bureau of reclama
tion has reported.
Bids were opened in the
office of J. A. Callan, project
construction engineer, Camp
White. Grubb's bid was $236,
634. The engineer's estimate
of $247,066. x
Other bidders were M. C.
Lininger and Sons, Medford,
$294,834; Riverbend Contrac
tors, Inc., Portland, $302,594;
a joint venture consisljng of
Cherf Bros., Inc., and Sand
kay Contractors, Inc., Ephra
ta, Wash., and Cheney Con
struction Company, Seattle,
$305,866; and Steve Wilson
Construction Company, Camp
White, S332.914.
Included in the work 'will
be construction of unlined
canal, concrete flume, pre
cast concrete pipe siphons
and minor structures. Com
pletion time is 470 days.
Air Force Pilot Who Was to Attempt Conquest of
Outer Space
Edwards Air Force Base,
Calif. (UPD Capt. Iven C.
Kincheloe, who was to have
been the nation's first mili
tary man to attempt a con
quest of outer space, was
killed Saturday when his
Air Force F-104 Starfighter
crashed on a routine flight.
The 30-year-old "Kincheloe,
already selected as one of the
first two men and the first
military pilot to fly the still
to-be-completed X-15, was on
what the Air Force described
as a. "test support mission."
The crash occurred 10 miles
- -
from Edwards Air Fores base.
Explorer Signals
Heard in Medford
A Medford ham radio op
erator reported yesterday
he received the "eerie"
whistling signal, which un
dulates slowly as the wind
in a storm, from Explorer
IV on a frequency of 108
and 108.30 megacycles.
The signal was louder
than signals from other sat
ellites and was heard for
about five minutes. The sig
nal was heard at 12:45 and
2:40 p.m. Saturday.
Pear Harvest to
Start in Rogue
Valley This Week
Pear picking will get un
derway on a limited basis in
this area this week, accord
ing to Clifford B. Cordy,
county extension agent.
Some growers have an
nounced that they will make
their first picking of Bartletts
as early as Monday, with
more orchards starting daily
through the week, he said.
Picking will be in full swing
by Aug. 4, he predicted. '
The crop is good this year,
according to reports, the
agent said. It is better than
average and better than last
year in spite of isolated hail
damage. The size of the fruit
is good and will develop well
he added.
Sign Up Pickers .
More than three million
field lugs of pears will be
picked this year, reports in
dicate, i Orchardists are still
signing up pickers and the
size of the crop indicates thaf
many more will be needed.
In late August, the pickers
will turn to D'Anjous and
then follow through the other
varieties, winding up the sea
son after approximately two
months of picking.
Cordy made the announce
ment at the Fruit Growers
league meeting Friday -after
noon in the league's new of
fice building on Grape st.
Dulles, Adenauer
Agree on Action
Bonn, Germany (UPD
Secretary of State John Fos
ter Dulles succeeded Satur
day in easing Chancellor Kon
rad Adenauer's misgivings
over the sending of U.S.
troops to the Middle East, ac
cording to a joint statement
issued after a meeting.
The statement said the two
leaders achieved "complete
clarification" lof the "motives
and intentions which recently
guided the attitudes of the
two governments."
"There was also full agree
ment on the assessment of the
current situation and the con
clusions to be drawn from it,"
the statement added.
Dulles flew to London im
mediately after the meeting.
The secretary was met at
London's airport by British
Foreign Secretary Selwyn
Lloyd and American Ambas
sador John Hay Whitney.
Range Fire Burns
1,500 Acres Friday
Burns (UPD A lightning
kindled range fire swept
through about 1,500 acres of
tinder-dry brush and grass
land late Friday near the Oregon-Nevada
border three miles
northwest of Denio, Nev.
Bureau of land management
crews and ranchers in the
Denio area battled the blaze
to a standstill late Friday.
Howard R. Delano, BLM di
rector in the Burns district,
said 40 men, a pumper and
crawler tractor were used to
fight the flames.
Killed in Crash on Kounne
Air Force investigators
theorized the sleek jet air
plane had apparently flamed
out (engine quit) and that
Kincheloe was attempting an
emergency landing near an
unpopulated int e rs e c t i o n
when the crash occurred.
Sheriff's deputies from
nearby Lancaster, Calif., said
the plane exploded and burst
into flames upon impact.
Kincheloe, a Korean war
ace before bcoming an ex
perimental pilot, was sched
uled to i test the X-15 at this
base early next year. The
North American Aviation
New President of
Lebanon May Be
Elected This Week
Murphy Says Talks
Are Encouraging
Beirut, Lebanon (UPD U.
S. State Department trouble
shooter Robert D. Murphy
said Saturday he believed
Lebanon would elect a new
president within a few days
and that stability would be
quickly restored to the revolt
torn country.
Murphy, a deputy under
secretary of state and a fre
quent U. S. mediator in Mid
East quarrels, has been en
gaged in rounds of talks with
government and rebel leaders
since his arrival here in con
juction with the landing of
U. S. Marines in Beirut.
Good Possibility
"I think there is a good
possibility that a president
will be elected this coming
Thursday when parliament is
to meet," he said. "I am en
couraged by the talks I have
had. I-think we are making
progress in the right direc
tion." Asked specifically whether
he believed Lebanon would
have a new president shortly,
the 63-year-old diplomat re
plied: "Yes, I do."
The quarrel between the
rebels and the 'government
developed over President Ca
mille Chamoun's announced
plans to seek a second term
of office, although the present
constitution forbids this. Cha
moun had proposed a change
in the Constitution.
Murphy said the situation
was extremely complex and
that he has tried to talk with
a variety of people, including
Moslem and Christian leaders,
opposition and rebel officials
and government authorities.
Confers - With Chamoun
Saturday he conferred with
Chamoun. Friday he talked
with Kamal Jumblatt, the
rebel Druse tribal leader
whose forces were closing 'in
on Beirut's International air
port before the Marines land
ed. Murphy and U. S. Ambas
sador Robert McClintock went
to a small house in the moun
tains to meet Jumblatt. The
rebel chief arrived with about
60 armed men.
He said he believed the
talks had helped "clear the
air" and removed some mis
givings ., about American mo
tives in bringing troops into
Lebanon.
Murphy, as President Eis
enhower's special representa
tive here, said he also ex
pected to meet within the
next few days with Saeb Sa
lam, the rebel leafder in Bei
ruit proper.
Charles Made Prince
Of Wales by Queen
Cardiff, Wales -lUPD
Queen Elizabeth Saturday
named her son, . Prince
Charles, the Prince of Wales,
the royal title last held by
the present Duke of Wind
sor. The 9-year-old future
king of Britain heard the
news himself over the radio
at his boarding school.
The Queen announced her
decision in a tape-recorded
statement . to thousands of
Welshmen attending the final
day of the Empire games in
Cardiff.- The audience greet
ed the news with cheers and
burst into traditional songs.
Prince Philip attended the
games in place of the Queen,
who is suffering from sinusti
tis. But he made no mention
of the elevation of their son
in his address. He left that to
the Queen's recording.
company's super -sonic jet is
expected to fly at well over
100-thousand feet, and at
speeds of more than 4,000
miles an hour.
The X-15 ws believed cap
able of flirting with the true
space beyond the earth's
gravity field, with an ultimate
altitude of more than 100
miles.
Kincheloe held the all-time
altitude record, flying the ex
perimental Bell X-2 to an al
titude of 126,200 feet two
years ago.
Scott Crossfield, a civilian
test pilot for Nortri American,
wai to have given the X-15
George Potter of
Gold Hill Killed
In Auto Crash
Crash Occurs Near
Gold Hill Saturday
George Potter, 79, of route
1, box 1, Gold Hill, was killed
Saturday morning when the
car he was driving collided
with a vehicle operated by
Edward William Inch, 57,
Garvey, Calif., according to
state police.
The accident occurred near
the bridge leading into Gold
Hill from the south, at the
intersection of Blackwell rd.
and Stage rd. Potter was
found dead in his car when
police arrived, according to
reports. Inch was taken to the
Rogue Valley hospital where
he was treated for injured
ribs and then released.
Passengers Uninjured
Passengers in the Inch pick-(
up truck, his wife, Mrs.
Gladys M. Inch, 57, and his
daughter, ' Diana Inch, 10,
were uninjured, police re
ported. Officers said Potter was
driving south from Gold Hill
on Blackwell rd. when Inch
drove onto the road from
Stage rd. The Potter auto
mobile struck the pickup on
the left front fender, knock
ing it into the ditch on the
east side' of the road. No re
port on the damage to the
vehicles was available.
Potter is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Bertha Potter,
of the same" "address. Accord
ing to his nephew, Roy Potter,
of Eugene, George Potter was
a former wrestler arid black
smith at one time the mid
dleweight wrestling cham
pion of Michigan. He came to
Gold Hill in 1926, where he
shoed horses up until four
years ago.
Thefatality was the eighth
in Jackson county this year.
At this time last year, Jack
son county had had 13 fa
talities. Heavy Fighting
Flares in Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon OJPD
Heavy fighting flared for the
second night in a row be
tween government forces and
rebels in the barricaded Basta
Moslem section of Beirut.
The skirmishing appeared
to be more violent than the
fighting Friday night in which
14 persons were killed and a
dozen injured. There, were no
immediate reports of casual
ties in the sudden outburst
of bombings, machine gun,
rifle and cannon firing last
night.
The two nights of battling
were the worst since U.S. Ma
rines landed in Beirut a little
less than two weeks kso. They
hav,e managed to avoid open
clashes with the Rebels.
' The fighting began soon
after the Rebel leader in the
Basta district, Saeb Salam,
announced in his heavily-defended
headquarters that he
was willing to meet with U.S.
diplomatic trouble shooter
Robert Murphy and help him
end the civil strife that began
May 11.
rugm
its preliminary testing. But, it
was Kincheloe who was to
have tested the experimental
aircraft'to its ultimated capa
bilities including the pos
sible flight to outer space.
Before the crash occurred,
the plane was flying 25 miles
south of this test base.
Sheriff's deputies said
Steve' Michel, Lancaster,
Calif., was apparently the
only witness to the accident.
He told deputies that he did
not see any flame from the
plane and confirmed that
Kincheloe apparently was
trvine to land.
Biroees fee
i
Thre
FIREMEN TO THE RESCUE The flag on the Jackson
county courthouse building, a victim of the violent storms
recently, was removed Friday by Medford city firemen
using the aerial ladder truck. The flag, torn across to the
binding just below the blue field, was later burned. A new
flag will be raised . once the pole is ; removed and hinged
at its base for easier future servicing' 'without fire depart
ment assistance. The rope was
the same time the flag was torn. Fire. Chief Gordon Barker
(right) and Fireman Warren Ritchie manned the truck during
the operation. At the top of the 85 foot,' 4i4 inch ladder is
Fireman Bob Coash. The, ladder, extended to its maximum
length, still fell 10 feet short of reaching the top of the flag
pole. (Knackstedt photo). ,
Increase Approved
In BLM Timber Cut
A proposal to place 25,713,
000 or more board feet of
limber on the market this
fall was approved Friday by
the advisory board to the
Medford district of the bu
reau of land management.
All the timber, is in Jose
phine county. The added sale
was made possible by recent
reinventory of stands of BLM
timber in the area, resulting
in an increased allowable cut
under sustained yield prac
tices. District Manager Ross
Youngblood said three tracts,
totaling 20,713,000 board feet,
are in the North Josephine
management area, all in the
Galice section. The other two
are in the South Josephine
management area. Some 2
million additional board feet
there will be placed on the
market if access and cruising
time permit, he said.
Reinventory Under Way
Youngblood told the board
that reinventory of the Jack
son and Klamath master units
is under way, and it is hoped
to have it completed by next
July 1. It is expected that con
siderable increases in the
allowable cuts will result.
The 25 to 27 million feet
to be sold in addition to the
regular 1958 timber sale plan
represent about half of the
over-all increase resulting
from the reinventory. An
other similar amount will be
made available during ,the
first six months of 1958.
Allowable cuts are figured
on a fiscal year basis, but
timber sale plans are made
on the basis of a calendar
year.
The board also reviewed
organization of the district,
which was changed somewhat
recently,' and heard a report
on the progress of the rein
ventory studies: Assistant Dis
trict Managers John Carne-
Tokyo (UPD Seven per
sons were known dead and 15
injured in floods that hit
northern and central Honshu,
Japan's main island, Friday
and Saturday, reports reach
ing Tokyo aaid.
ot if
knocked from .the pulley at
gie and Robert Hostetter gave
details of the work.
Josephine County Judge
Raymond Lathrop presided in
the absence of Chairman L.
L. (Doc) Simpson, who is in
the hospital. Ten members at
tended the meeting from
Klamath, Jackson and Jose
phine counties.
Log Truck Driver
Jailed After Crash
Crescent City, Calif. (UPD
A logging truck driver was
jailed on- manslaughter
charges Saturday following
an accident in which a heavy
log bounced off his truck and
crushed a station wagon, kill
ing two persons.
The truck driver was Myr-
Iand B. Austin, 29, of Grants
Pass, Ore. He was arrested
by Highway Patrol Capt. A.
D. Johnson and charged with
negligent manslaugh ter,
speeding, driving without due
caution and driving with un
safe equipment. He will be
arraigned Monday.
One of seven large logs on
Austin's rig bounced off onto
the car Friday afternoon on
a curve of Highway 199 30
miles east of here.
Killed instantly were Mrs.
Etta Gallea, 70, and Donald
H. Williams, 40, her "son-in-
law, who was driving the
station wagon. Injured were
Williams' wife, Gertrude, and
their, two children, Carl, 6,
and Irene, 7. The victims were
all of Areata, Calif.
Sports Bulletins
Sacramento d'Pl The
San Diego Padres downed
the Sacramento Solons last
night, 6-2 and 3-0 in a lwi
nighl doubleheader.
Phoenix (IPD Andre
Rodgers led a smashing
Phoenix attack last night as
the Giants pounded out a
14-3 Pacific Coast league
Ticlory over Portland.
INI
FDC
Eisenhower Rules
Out Quick Summit
Meeting in Note
Insists on Security
Council Ground Rules
Washington (UPD The
United States braced Satur
day for an expected new Rus
sian attempt to use the threat
of World War III to force a
quick Summit meeting on the
Middle East crisis.
Diplomats said President
Eisenhower appeared to have
won a temporary war-of-nerves
victory in convincing
world- opinion that a 'mad'
rush" to the Summit under
any conditions was unwise.
But officals feared a re
newed Soviet effort to create a
"crisis atmosphere" in which
such a meeting would seem
immediately necessary to
stave off another World War.
They expected a new broad
side of Russian threats to in
tervene militarily in the Mid
dle East.
New Letter Friday
Russia had demanded that
the Summit conference begin
Monday at the United Nations.
But Mr. Eisenhower, in a new
letter Friday to Soviet Prem
ier Nikita Khrushchev, ruled
out a meeting Monday and
insisted the sessions be held
under Security Council
ground rules. He also served
notice the United States ex
pected to expose Soviet in
trigues in the Middle East if
a conference is held.
. Diplomats said the effect of
the President's stand was to
stave off a Summit meeting
until . probably mid-August
while the West works out its
strategy.
Meantime the state depart
ment was reported working
on, a broad, new program to
stabilize the Middle East by
trying to solve the economic
and military problems of the
whole area. )
Presented to Summit
Such a plan presumably
would be presented to the
Summit meeting when and if
one is held. It would be de
signed to counter anticipated
Russian proposals to remove
U.S. and British troops from
the area without providing
adequate security guarantees
for small nations or trying
to solve the basic causes of
Mid East turbulence.
Khrushchev has not yet
given any formal indication
whether he would accept the
conditions laid down by Mr.
Eisenhower for the confer
ence. There .were some expec
tations that he woufc balk
and try to use war-threatening
propaganda to get an agree
ment for his own conditions.
Runaway Girls Give
Themselves Up
La Grande (UPD Three
runaway 15-year-olds from
the Louise Home for Girls in
Portland turned themselves
in to La Grande police Satur
dy after a Reveend and a ra
dio announcer convinced
them that was the thing to do.
Police said one of the girls
was from Portland. The other
two were from Medford and
Elgin, near here.
The trio ran away from the
home Wednesday and told
officers they hitchhiked to La
Grande. They said that for
the last two nights they slept
in an abandoned auto on the
outskirts of town. '
County Court Plans
Squaw Lake Visit
Members of the Jackson
county court have announced
plans to tour the Squaw lake
area next Thursday to con
sider possible recreational fa
cilities and access problems.
Carrol Brown, superinten
dent of the Rogue River Na
tional Forest; Thomas Rick
ard, president , of the Izaak
Walton League; Paul Ryn--ning,
county engineer; and
Cole Rivers, representing the
state game commission, are
all expected to make the tour
with the court.
Squaw lake is about 40
milei southwest of Medford.