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Newspaper Page Textt kfew Tell II fill S) O G O G O o o I First of four RoekeisToBe Launched Aug. 17 'tojpmreing' Shot fjgm ! Project Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPD 0-The T?nited States is plan- ning to launch the first of four moon rockets Aug. 17 with the hope it will circle the iobn in a "boomerang" Ohot, United Press Interna tional iiarned today. Q Sources close to the project said scientists are still work ing furious to verify their computations for the venture, which will require split sec&d timing. Closest to Earth B$ if the present schedule is fgllowed, a three-stage Air Force rocket will be fired soono?ter dawn on the morn ing of th 17th a Sunday ThPifcfc will then be about 220,0a JBiles from the earth, th cfott it ever gets. IP shot is successful, the rj)ket' last stage will be caught in the moon's gravita tional pull and will circle it at least once and possibly several tines. It will then head back toward earth and burn ud when it reaches the atmosphere. Would Explore Dark Side The rocket, packed with in strumentation including tele-viaion-like "ground scanning" devices, would thus explore for the first time the "dark side" of the moon, that por tion of the sphere which never faces the earth. Balloon Flight Sets Retord Minneapolis, Minn. (UPD Jjg'o spaci explorers who set an erjtfuranct record in a bal loon flight to the stratosphere said Sunday night their own concern was getting back to earth s?ly. r? Navy Cmrs. Malcolm Ross ,.and Lee Lewis (ret.) plummeted into a North Da kota Mature Sunday after- noo$ boca 3,000 feet into th m a' then bumped along Oha fround before com ing to 6 StO. ' The carried 12,000 insects TioitKft) in bottles as part of an gf gariment on the effect of cosmic ay on reproduction. 0 8ot J, and Lewis, 45, be gn jheir historic flight Sat urfi! soared to an alti 4iM& l?,000 feet before be ni"M treir descent Sunday momiAS. Sit tpact riders were aloft 0 rgcorft 14 hours and 39 min utes, taking by more than twfthous the previous mark st1tst year by Lt. Col. Davis Simons of the Air Force. Portend (UPD Conrad N. Hilto, president of Hilton Hotels, Inc., arrives here Wednesday to kick off a funds campaign aimed at raising $3 t million in local capital toward ' consfruction of a $10 million Hilton fcotel here. Valley Residents Swelter As Heat Nears Record og-e river valley resi dents sweltered in the hottest amjperatures in the Pacific fortrrweFt yesterday. Weather bureau thermome rs registered 108 degrees at Gfbnts Pass and 105 at Med ford. Temperatures were expect ed to rise into the 100s again th afternoon but cooler air and jftsulting cloudiness are expected to hold mercury (Readings down into the high 0s on Tuesday Yesterday's 105 recorded at the airport weather station here compared to the 115 all time high for Medford and vigjnity on July 20, 1946 and 1 the 106 top temperature for July 27 in 1939. The mercury was expected to rise to 102 at the airport this afternoon, equalling the July 28 all-time high in 1923 and giving Medford its third straight day of 100 or above temperatures. Saturday's high was an ven 100. Prediction for Tuesday is 95 to 98. Fire Danger Increases Along with the extreme heat and accompanying low humidities, fire danger in southern Oregon forests is in creasir "J. Wests were soaked in some spots by recent thun derstorms but 'nave been rap idly drying since. The weath- Medford 18 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY City Population Passes 25,O0 Medford's population has unofficially passed the 25.000 mark, according to City Manager Robert A. Duff. Duff recently submitted the figure of 25,274 as of June 30 to the state census board. The board's approval would make it official. "It's very pleasing news," Mayor John Snider said today. "It confirms our confidence in the progress of Medford, and of Jackson county as a whole." When official, this milestone would mean increased rev enue from per capita state tax funds, a new symbol on road maps and a source of considerable civic pride. Duff explained the gain from last year, when the official figure including new annexations was 23,571, as largely the result of growth within the city limits. He said annexations since then brought only minor population gains in them selves. Medford's population has more than doubled since 1930 since 1940, in fact. The fiqure in 1930 was 11,007. In 1940 it was only 11.281. But by 1950 it rose to 17.305. and in 1956 it reached 20.083. Annexed areas and new residents have both contributed to the rapid growth. Medford remains the fourth largest city in Oregon, how ever. ' Portland, Eugene and Salem in that order hold a comfortable lead. But Medford in turn leads its .nearest com petitor. Klamath Falls, by a comfortable margin last year it was over 4.000. ON FESTIVAL STAGE "King Lear," a tragedy, will be the second performance of this year's Shakespearean Fes tival in Ashland tomorrow night. Shown above is one of its dramatic scenes are, left to right, Elizabeth Hiller, as Goneril, Harold Gould as Edmund, and Rachel Weller as Regan. Tonight's season opener is "Much Ado About Nothing-" (Dwaine Smith photo.) Shakespearean Fete To Stage Premiere Ashland The Oregon Shakespearean Festival will open its longest season at 6 o'clock this evening in Lithia park, Ashland. Following the colorful ban- er bureau reported low hu midity at 20 per cent yester day and said that today's read ing would be about the same. The southwest district of the state forestry department said that one lightning fire, a holdover from recent storms, was spotted in the Anderson creek area yesterday and was being mopped up by crews to day. A small spot fire in grass and brush also was reported in the Grave creek- area of Josephine county. It was term ed a "smoker" fire. Two hold-over lightning fires Sunday caused fire fighting crews from Rogue Rogue River National forest quarters to hurry to the Lake of the Woods and Mt. Thielsen areas. Both fires were under a quarter of an acre in size, officials said today. Sunday was considered a high fire hazard day with low humidity and wind, officials explained. Only areas in Rogue Rver National forest closed to campers and sports men are those in which timber sale operations are being con ducted. This is because of the inflammability of the slash, it was explained. Officials urged everyone planning trips into the woods to be careful with cigarettes, pipes and camp fires. quet,. "The Feasting of the Tribe of Will," the audience will move to the theater to see the first night perform ance, "Much Ado About Noth ing." . . Over 750 dignitaries, guests and first-nighters are expect ed to be "piped to the table" for the opening night banquet adjacent to the theater, Gen eral Manager William Patton said. This annual event, is staged with costumed dancers, Elizabethan singers, a kilty band, flaming torches and banners and a complete menu in the Elizabethan manner. Governor Expected Gov. Robert D. Holmes and Mrs. Holmes are expected to attend the celebration, and re main in Ashland for the first full round of plays. Others expected to attend are Secre tary of State-Mark Hatfield, State Treasurer Sig Unander and Chancellor Jqhn R. Rich ards of the Oregon state sys tem of higher education, and their wives. Formal opening ceremonies will start at 8:30 p.m., today. Four Shakespearean plays will be offered during the season in nightly rotation through Sept. 4. Three other "opening nights" which will follow are "King Lear" on Tuesday "The Merchant of Venice" on Wed nesday and "Troilus and Cres sida." With the latter perfor mance, the Oregon Shake spearean Festival will have offered all 37 plays in the Shakespearean canon, Patton said. The general manager said that at opening time advance ticket sales continue to double the totals registered last year at this time. Tribune 28, 1958 No. 110 Capt. Paul Parson To Retire Sept. 1 From State Police Capt. Paul Parson, com mander of the Medford district of the Oregon State Police, will retire on Sept. 1, it was announced today by H. G. (Fod) Maison, superintendent of the force. Captain Parson has held the post for the past 14 years. He will be succeeded by Lt. Paul Morgan, second in command for 11 years. Captain Parson will be on leave from Aug. 1 to Sept. 1. Maison said he will retain, a commission in the state police reserve for recall to. active duty in case of need. The Medford district in cludes seven southwestern and southern Oregon counties, and has just under 100 officers as signed to it. 34 Years in Police Work- Maison termed Parson's 34 years in police work as an "outstanding career in law enforcement." It "began in 1924 when he became chief of police of Forest Grove. After five years, he was appointed to the staff of the sheriff of Washington "county, and stayed there until entering the state police as a traffic patroL man when the organization was formed on Aug. 1, 1931. First Served in St. Helens . He first served in St. Hel ens, later serving in Astoria, Bend, and, in 1935, Klamath Falls. He was promoted to corporal the same year, 1935, and was transferred to Rose- burg. In 1937. he was promot ed to sergeant. In 1939 he was commis sioned lieutenant, and became assistant commander of the Baker district, remaining there until 1944 when he was promoted to captain and moved to Medford. He has been here continuously ever since. Captain and Mrs. Parson make their home at 2846 Mer riman rd. He said he has no present plans for his retire ment, other than to take it easy for a while, and work around his place. The Parsons have two children, Paul E. Parson, Medford, and Mrs. Jack Winchester, Eugene. Lieutenant Morgan, whose home is at 726 Broad st., also has been with the state police since it was formed in 1931, and has been in Medford as assistant district commander since 1947. Mercury Reaches 102 at Portland Portland (UPD Portland had the hottest day Sunday ir over two years. The mer cury soared to 102 at the air port, sending thousands of persons to beaches and parks. The highest temperature in the Northwest Sunday was a 108 reading at Grants Pass. In Salem and Roseburg it was 104 and at Eugene, 103. At least one Oregon resi dent was cool but he man aged it the hard way. Ray De Fir of Portland water - skied, on one ski, from Portland to Astoria and back on the Co lumbia river. The trip took him seven hours. Tavern Burglarized, Total of $137 Taken The Homestead Tavern, Rogue River, was burglarized early this morning and about SI 37 in nickels, dimes and quarters was taken, accord ing to the Jackson county sheriff's office. Sheriff's deputies and the Rogue River police depart ment are cooperating in the investigation. At press time no further information was available. Thief Steals Pies; Neglects $50 Cash . A thief with an oversized sweet tooth stole 16 cherry, apple and blackberry pies Saturday night from the Barbecue grill, 201 West Main St., according to city police. He apparently ig nored the cash register, which contained $50. 4 w wx. ssr" CLAIRE CHENNAULT 'Flying Tiger' Dies Claire Chennault, Veteran Flier, Dies of Cancer New 'Orleans (UPB Family and friends of Lt. Gen. Claire L. Chennai It paid their last respects today to the famed "Flying Tiger" prior to his burial in Washington's Arling ton National Cemetery. Chennault, 67, died Sunday of lung cancer at Ochsner Clinic. His second wife, Anna, was at his side. The weatherbeaten, oldtime airman had been reported im proving from the bilateral ail ment and only Sunday morn ing was removed from the critical list. But death came suddenly later in the day. Will Lie in State The body will lie in state until funeral services at 3 p.m. (e.d.t.) then will be flown to Washington by the 14th Air Force, which absorbed the Flying Tigers during World War II. It will lie in state in the capital Tuesday night un til another service at 10 a.m. (e.d.t.), Wednesday and burial at Arlington. Chennault gained his great est fame in China, where be fore and during World War 1 his American volunteer group Flying Tigers wrote one of the most brilliant chapters in aviation history at 20-to-l odds against the Japanese. District 62 Sets Meet With County Representatives from school district 62, Evans Valley, will meet with the county assessor and representatives from the district attorney's office and superintendent of schools of fice Tuesday morning to map out the next steps .to be taken in formulating an acceptable 1958-59 school budget. Voters in the Evans Valley district have rejected the pro posed school budget three times this year. Before an other budget can be submitted to the voters the board must get an extension from the as sessor, Ray Schumacher, of the date they must submit an approved budget to his office. James Martin, chairman of the school board, indicated earlier that an extension of time will be requested from Schumacher. According to the superintendent o f county schools office the meeting at 10 a.m. tomorrow in the sup erintendent's office will de termine whether an extension will be requested. Marine in Lebanon Victim of Gunshot Beirut, Lebanon (UPB A U.S. Marine killed Sunday was accidentally shot by one of his own buddies while on an unauthorized : visit to a small village, a Marine spokesman said today. It had been reported he was killed by a rebel sniper. The Marine, a private first class who was not identified, was killed by a single bullet through the head around noon Sunday. . Today, a spokesman an nounced: "Four Marines left the air port area on an unauthorized visit to a small village about half a mile from the airport perimeter Sunday. At, some time during the visit while climbing over a seven-foot wall, the revolver of one Marine banged against the wall and discharged a bullet which entered the head of the man below him and killed him instantly." Vancouver Has Fifth Industrial Blaze Vancouver, Wash. (UPB A fire swept through the offices and stockroom of the Crown Distributing Co., here Sunday. It was the fifth major indus trial fire in Vancouver in re cent weeks. Damage was esti mated at $10,500. Eight Violent Deaths Listed Over Week End Auto Collisions Account for Four; VaterTakes Three Portlander Dies After Taking Drink By United Press International At least" four persons died in Oregon over the week end as a result of traffic collisions, three others drowned and a Portland man died after drink ing a liquid thought to be wine. , The body of a Florence man and his car were recovered from the Siuslaw river Sun day 11 miles east of Florence after the vehicle left Highway 36 and crashed through a guard rail Saturday afternoon. The victim was Leslie Owen Hughes, 44. Dies of Injuries A 79-year-old Gold Hill resident, George Potter, was killed Saturday in an auto- pickup truck collision near Gold Hill. Mrs Anna M. Wiese. 63, McMinnville, died Satur'day of injuries suffered in a head-on collision July 20. She had been a passenger in a car driven by her son, Arnold A. Wiese, 23. The fourth traffic victim was James Winkler. 23, of Portland, who was killed in a one-car crash in North Port land. Henrv Both. 22, Roseburg, drowned Sunday in the Ump- qua river. He was swimming with friends when he appar ently suffered a cramp, caus ing him to go under. The body was recovered. A 36-year-old Toledo farmer and his niece drowned in the Siletz" river during a family nir-nif. The bodies of Vernon Graves and five-year-old Lynn Thomas were recovered. ... Tn Portland, two swallows of a liquid thought to be wine brought death to one man ana made his companion seriously ill. Police said Edward J. Cal- lopy, 60, was dead a few mm ntps after arrival at a Port land hospital. His companion, Albert Wiley, 36, also of orx land, was reDorted in satisfac tory condition after his stom ach was pumped out. Grants Pass Gi Strangles Self Grants Pass (UPD An 11- year-old girl accidentally strangled herself wnne trying to crawl through a bedroom t. her home near . The girl, Marnette nonon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mar tin Horton, Newhope road, ap parently locked herself out of the house and was trying to re-enter, according to Jose phine County Coroner Virgil Hull. Hull said the girl had been left alone by her parents while they shopped. He said Marnette apparently climbed on a sawhorse to reach the first floor window, and in struggling to get through the window kicked the sawhorse down. The window dropped pinning her neck to the sill, Hull said. Her parents found her body when they returned home about 6 p.m. U. S. Alen Outclass Russians in Track Moscow (UPB The United States men's track and field team, aided by a world record breaking performance by Ra rer Johnson in the concluding decathlon event, outclassed Russia's greatest athletes to day in a , historic track and field meet. Under the U.S. system of scoring, the Yanks won the men's tpam title with 126 points to Russia's 109. Russia won the women's division, 63-44. WEATHER FORECAST: Clear tonight. Part ly cloudv Tuesday with a chance of evening thunderstorms over mountains east and south l ow tonight 62. Slightly cooler Tues day with high 95-98. TEV Highest Yesterday 1J; Lowest This Morning 6a Our Skies Tonight Sunset today Sunrise tomorrow Moonrise today Moonset tomorrow Full Moon - PROMINENT STAR Arcturus, in the west VISIBLE PLANETS Saturn, due south Jupiter, sets Mars, low in east Venus, rises - 7:36 p.m. 5:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m. 4:09 a.m. .. July 30 10:25 p.m. 9:01 p.m. 10:25 p.m. .12:48 a.m. . 3:15 a.m. "Stay Right Where You Meeting Scheduled On Basin Target date for public hear ings on Rogue river basin de velopment is expected to be given by the Army Corps of Engineers during a public meeting Monday, Aug. 4, in Grants Pass, according to Bill Jess, Eagle Point, president of the Rogue Basin Flood Con trol and Water Resources as sociation. Target date for completion of the basin study and present progress reports are also ex pected to be given by the corps representatives, accord ing to Jess, Eagle Point. The meeting will start at 8 p.m. in the county courthouse in Grants Pass. , . The engineers have been core-drilling on proposed dam sites at Lost Creek on the mainstem of the Rogue river, on the Elk Creek site and on the Copper site on the Apple gate river, Jess said. Corps recommendations will be based, at least in part, on what the drillings reveal in samples of bedrock, Jess ex plained. When representatives of the Bureau of Reclamation drilled into bedrock, at the Lost creek site in the late 1940's engineers felt the geological structure there would support a dam of 50,000 acre feet of water, Jess said. Exploratory ririlline bv the corps will de termine if the alternate da,m at Lost creek might be cap able of supporting a dam con taining 100,000 acre leei or water, Jess said. The corps now plans to hold a series of public hear in es some time in September, Jess said he understood. One would be held in Josephine county, one in Jackson county and another in Curry county, Jess said. Following the public hear ings the engineers will make recommendations and alter nate recommendations based on the response of the area's peopled These will be forward- Youths Escape Injury as Boat Swept Over Savage Rapids Dam Grants Pass (UPD Two va- cationing California teen agers were swept over the Savage Rapids dam on the Rogue river late Sunday after noon but miraculously es caped serious injury. Joan Smith, 14, and her brother Larry, 16, were boat ing at the time. They and their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard C. Smith, 9232 Court Ave., North Downey, Calif., are staying at a nearby vaca tion cabin. The teen-agers had put their outboard motor-powered boat into the river about one-quarter mile above the dam, police said. The pair, unfamiliar with the river went downstream and didn't realize until they were near the lip of the dam that they -were in danger, ac cording to witnesses. The boat was lifted by its own wake over the top of an unused spillway and fell about 25 feet. Larry was thrown from the boat to nearby rocks, suffer- Are I'll Come To You" Program ed to Washington and taken to Congress. If the plans do not interest people of this area they will be pigeonholed. Jess explained. "This is merely another step in a long procedure," Jess said of the meeting on Aug. 4. Members . of the associa tion's board of directors are Jess, president; Jackson Coun ty Commission Ralph James; Miles Williams, Shady Cove; A. W. Walker, Gold Hill; Claude Eaker, Gold Hill; Fay Bristol, Grants Pass; Howard Norwood, Rogue River; Ben Hilton, Grants Pass; Raymond Lathrop, Josephine county judge; Conrad Nystrom, Mer lin; Francis Krouse, Apple gate; Bud Randolph, Cave Junction; Dick Woodcock, Medford; Foster Luce, Hogue River; and Jennings Pierce, Medford. Wally Martin, Grants Pass, is secretary of the association. i Eisenhower Asks For Debt Increase Washington (UPD President Eisenhower asked Congress to day for a $10 billion increase in the permanent 1 national debt limit to $285 billion. In identical letters to the House and Senate, he also asked that the temporary debit limit be boosted to $288 billion. The nresent temporary limit is $280 billion. Authority for the present temporary limit expires next June 30, after which the limit reverts to its present $275 billion permanent ceiling. House Group Approves Social Security Hike Washington (UPD The House Ways and Means Com mittee today approved by voice vote a bill to increase social security benefits and taxes. ing a cut over his right eye and a gash on the head. Joan was thrown into the main stream of water below the dam and was swept down stream about 60 feet before being rescued by an unidenti fied man. Miss Yamhill At Miss Oregon Pageant Seaside (UPD Mary Ellen Vinton, 18, flame - haired beauty from Yamhill, was crowned Miss Oregon of 1958 Sunday at "the climax of the 12th annual pageant at this coastal resort town. $1,000 Scholarship Miss Vinton, who competed with other state lovelies as the representative from Yam hill county, received the crown from Jo Hansen, As toria, 1957 winner, and Gov. Robert D. Holmes, who gave her a bouquet of red roses. Miss Oregon of 1958, daugh Russian Premier Suggests Moscow For Conference Full Security Would Be Guaranteed Washington (IPD Presi dent Eisenhower stood pat today on his conditions for a possible summit confer ence on the Mid-East. Moscow (UPD Soviet Pre mier Nikita Khrushchev today agreed to hold a summit con ference in Geneva or any other city in Europe if New York is not satisfactory from a security standpoint. He call ed on President Eisenhower to name the time and place. Can Assure Safety If security is a problem in New York, site of the world headquarters of the United Nations, Khrushchev said "the Soviet government , would guarantee full security" to the visiting dignitaries in the So viet capital. The State Department said in Washington last Thursday that "as a responsible govern ment, we will be able to assure his (Khrushchev's) safety" in New York. Khrushchev made his offer in letters to the Big Three, with his replies contained in notes handed to the U.S., Brit ish and French ambassadors here. 1 Answers Eisenhower In his reply to President Ei senhower, Khrushchev attack ed the President's message of last Friday which insisted that the top level talks be held ac cording to U. N. Security Council rules. "You well know that the Security Council has for a long time been engaged in the 4 discussion of the situation in the Lebanon and Jordan area and so far has decided noth ing," Khrushchev said. If the latest letters from the West mean any departure from immediate summit talks and a prompt end to "aggres sion" in the Middle . East, Khrushchev said, "we cannot accept this." "We insist on an. immediate .... cessation of the aggression and an urgent withdrawal of the troops of the interventionists in the territories of Lebanon and Jordan," he said. The U.S. has said that its forces are in Lebanon and British troops are in Jordan at the request of the responsi ble governments of those lands. But the Soviet Union has called the moves "aggres sion." . - The letter to Eisenhower was seven pages long. Near its beginning, Khrushchev re ferred to the President's let ter of July 25 and said: "It is clear now that the government of the United States is working toward de laying the convocation of the conference of heads of govern ment and does not desire that this conference undertake ur gent measures towards the peaceful solution of the mili tary conflict that has arisen in the Middle Eastern area." Subsidy for Mineral Producers Approved Washington (UPD The House Interior Committee to day approved, 17 to 4, a new five-year program of govern ment subsidies for mineral producers. Olympia (UPD A shut down has been imposed on all logging operations in Wash ington. Both were taken to Jose phine General Hospital here where their conditions were repqrted as good. The Savage Rapids dam is the main water storage facility for the Grants Pass irrigation district. Wins Crown ter of Mr. and Mrs. Gale B. Vinton, won a $1,000 scholar ship along with the title and will represent the state at the Miss America contest in At lantic City, N.J. Runnerup was Rose Thrush, Miss Coos County, who won a $500 scholarship. Other fin alists were Miss Portland, Sandra Wheeler; Miss Spring field, Raydonia Snyder, and Miss Hillsboro, Dana Ralston. Miss The Dalles, Helen Honald, was selected as "Miss Congeniality" by the contest ants themselves.