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o o HI inn ppf mlM U L IV w u 53rd year Medford 16 lagS Chief Executive, Dulles Confer on Summit Parley o Khrushchev Believed Still in Agreement "Vashington (UPD Presi dent EiFnhower held a spe cial conference with Secre tary of State John Foster lilies today on Nikita S. Khrushchev's latest note ac cusing the West of stalling on a summit conference. There was speculation in diplomatic circles here that the President might call the bluff of the Soviet leader and suggest that preparations get under way for holding the meetgg within the U. N. Se curity C&incil soon after the middle of August. There was no confirmation Jrm either the State Depart rt$it or the White House. V3 Not Ruled Out Jfvever, high officials sajd iif,,!r.. still considered that kr-ushcJtev in a letter last "ejhesday had agreed to the 'st' proposal for a Security Council summit meeting on tie Middle East. ffhese officials noted that despite the propaganda charg es in ?iis latest note of Mon day.Khrushchev actually did not withdraw his earlier agreement, although he now said he preferred a European meeting place. ; Dulfes, who returned this morning from talks with Eu ropean leaders, was called to the White House and was in a huddfe with Eisenhower for 50 minutes. Europega Conferences White House Press Secre tary . James C. Hagerty said they talked about the latest letter frosi Khrushchev, and Dullesalso reported on his trip ft Bonn and the Baghdad Pact meeting in London. Hagerty said there would be no statement on the Eisenhower-Dulles conferences and he did not have any idea wten the President would re ply k Khrushchev's note. Tfi London, it was an noncd that Prime Minister Harold Macmillan is confer ring urgently with Britain's allies on the document and will answer it "without dely." ; British tnd American offi cials i "Washington reaf firmed their position that the immit meeting must be held within the Security Council and under its rules, although London reported that Macmil lan would not flatly refuse to consider outside informal talks at the same time. Couri Plans Meeting On Recreation Sites i. Federal and state officials tfill meet with the county court at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow to Sisus an initial contract for administration of recrea tion areas in the Talent proj ect, members of the county court said today. The county court also hopes to learn what the authority and responsibility of the coun ty will be regarding the rec reation sites, County Commis sioner Chester Wendt said. ; Some .questions which will be asked of the governmental agency representatives will be set aside for water-skiing and fishing, when-the county will have to start spending money for maintenance of the sites,, when roads will have to be put in for the home sites and kinds of fish to be kept in Hiatt lake, Howard Prai rie reservoir and Emigrant lake. Salem (UPD The State Ag riculture Department's egg advisory committee will meet here Thursday to discuss pos sible amendments to the state egg law. - k Urn MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1958. 5) 'The Natives Are Looking Kind of Attractive" Violations Reported In Removing Homes Complaints were voiced to day that there have been vio lations of the requirement that buildings from the now defunct public housing proj ect be demolished. . John Weisbrod, a Medford realtor, said he has seen a number of the "temporary" wartime homes, condemned for residential use at the for mer project off West Jackson st., being transported intact into the Eagle Point-Shady Cove area of the the Crater Lake highway. . Mark Goldy, chairman of the Jackson County Housing Authority, which owns the project and is handling its liquidation, said he heard the reports for the first time this morning. Checking on Matter "If this is true," he said, "it definitely is a violation of the understanding under which the buildings were sold. We are checking on the matter and will follow through to do what we can to make sure the understandings are honored." Weisbrod reported that, to all appearances, the buildings are being transported whole, to be used as the basis for homes. He said the use of the "junkers" would downgrade land values and "mess up the whole area." (Under the original adver tisement for bids in May, the authority specified the build ings "must be demolished to at least panel size and all debris removed from the site.) Talks With Judge Weisbrod also talked to County Judge Rodney Keat ing, who said he would check on the matter from the coun ty's standpoint. Keating said District Attorney Thomas Reeder had told him by tele phone such use is illegal. Workmen are still removing the units, with a completion deadline of Oct. 1. Some of the new owners of the units said they plan to use them as tool sheds, chicken houses and for general outbuildings. The county court, however, said they have received a number of complaints from adjoining property owners where the units are being used as dwel- taBSetin Washington (IPD Presi dent Eisenhower will pro pose to Soviet Premier Ni kita S. Krushcher that an East-West summit meeting be convened in the United Nations Security Council between Aug. 10 and Aug. 15, informed sources said today. - o luff lings. - About 20 people-frave pur chased the wood-frame build ings, and have paid a total of $2,828 for the two-dozen units, it was reported. " Weisbrod, in voicing his complaint, said he is not against low-cost housing. "I'm all for it. But the use of these sub-standard buildings is def initely a hazard and a detri ment to any area in which they will be used on a piece meal basis," he declared. "This down-grading," he said, "is going to damage the county as an attraction for po tential residents. I've never yet seen a county or city which was an attraction to people when it was permitted ta run down in appearance and quality. "It's the worst possible ad vertisement an area can have," Weisbrod stated. "It's about time we woke up and did some serious thinking and planning ahead." 12-Year-Old Arrested On Charge of Sodomy A 12-year-old boy is being held in Jackson county Juve nile Detention home on a charge of sodomy, city police reported. He was arrested July 24 in connection with the molesting of two boys, ages 6 and 7, near Hawthorne Park July 23. Charles P. Champlin, chief of police, has announced that special precautions are being taken in the park area to prevent further incidents of this nature. $7422 Cut Budget at Meeting With a totat or. s,4zz.3U was cut from the Evans Valley school district budget when county officials met with members of the Evans Valley school board this morning in the county school superinten dent's office. Representatives of the school district, 12 miles north of Rogue River, met with county officials to resolve sev eral legal and operating prob lems. The problems arose when district voters recently rejected the school levy for the third time within the last two months. Ray Schumacher granted the school district an exten sion of time on the condition that the board would revise the budget so any controver sial issues are not in It when the levy is resubmitted to the voters. Answering a question by school directors, Deputy Dist Price 10 cents Tribune No. Ill Assassination Attempt Misses Lebanon Premier Move Made To Call Off Election Beirut, Lebanon (UPD A rebel assassination bomb just missed Premier Sami.Solh to day and the angered Cabinet promptly moved to call off Thursday's presidential elec tion. Rebels tried to kill Solh by blowing up an abandoned car filled with dynamite as he was speeding along a mountain road toward Beirut. Solh es caped but six other persons were killed. Opposed To Election When he reached Beirut, Solh told the Cabinet he was opposed to holding a presi dential election until law and order was restored in Beirut. The Cabinet promptly voted to boycott Thursday's sched uled voting unless Army Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Fuad Che hab, the top presidential can didate, mops up rebel pockets in the capital beforehand. A boycott by the govern ment forces would effectively cancel the election which had been held put as the only hope to win a quick peace in Leb anon and allow withdrawal of U. S. troops. The assassins, concealed in a woods, pushed the plunger of a detonator too soon and blasted a private car ahead of Solh:s. ; Rebels Open Fire . . . Five persons in the car were killed; Fayej Souarek, his wife, her sister, a small girl, and a baby who died later. Also killed was a motor- cycle trooper riding ;escort f or Solh Rebels opened iire from concealed positions but were driven off by Solh,'s men. Farm Labor Office Opens This Week The Oregon State Employ ment Service will open & temporary farm labor office in the Armory driveway on South Pacific Highway Wed nesday, according to John Patton, manager - of the em ployment service office here. The office, to be main tained during the harvest season for the convenience of local- orchard owners and transient laborers, will be run by Glenn Hasty, farm place ment representative with the employment service. Wednesday through Friday this week the farm labor office will be open from 8 a. m. to 3 p.m., according to Pat ton. Starting next week it will be open , at 6 a.m.' daily and will close at 3 p.m. Satur days the office will be manned from 6 a.m. to nqon. The telephone number at the temporary office will be SPring 2-8489. Patton said this will be the first season in many years that the picking will ' begin without the aid of Mexican nationals. The employment service is making a statewide effort to recruit laborers for the picking season here, he said. From Evans Valley School rict Attorney John C. Anick- er said it would not be wise nor legal to hold a teacher to a contract under present con ditions. The district can continue to employ janitors to do regular summer maintenance and repair-work out of the existing funds, it was decided. The cafeteria can be drop ped from operating expenses since its maintenances does not" affect the school's stan dard, they decided. This ac tion would have to be taken if the people vote down a fourth attempt to pass a levy. The people approved bus transportation when Evans Valley was a third class dis trict several years ago, so this service must be kept, it was pointed out. The district is now a second class district. The district can legally make expenditures on fuel supplies, equipment, text . : VW'Z. -v" -mr l; I THE TRIBE FEASTING An estimated 850 people attended the opening night banquet of the 18th Shakes pearean Festival last night in Lithia park, then attended the first of the four plays later. The general view above shows 'many of them standing in line for the food, served Medford Architect Appointed to City Planning Group The appointment of Jack A. Edson, Medford, architect, to the city planning commis sion was announced today by Mayor John W. Snider. ' Edson replaces Mark ' A. Goldy, who resigned recently because of disagreement with city council action on com mission recommendations. Ed son's term will end Dec. 31, 1959. Edson, a member of the American Institute of Archi tects, came to Medford in 1953. In partnership , with Robert Keeney, he worked on plans for E. H. Hedrick junior high school and the National Guard, armory. Established wit - Tirm He established his own firm in March, 1955. His office is presently at 44 North Front st. He designed the church school of St. Mark's Episcopal church, provided plans for remodeling the medical cen ter building, the J a c,k s o n County Title and Trust com pany, the Hoover, elementary school and other businesses and residences. Ke is current ly working on tentative plans lor remodeling the Shake spearean Festival theater in Ashland. Edson was graduated with .honors from the School of Architecture at the University of California. He received a bachelor's degree in 1947 and master's degree in architec ture in 1948. He worked for various firms in an Fran cisco, including Skidmore Owings and Merrill,' and established his own practice before coming to Medford. He was born in Ogden, Utah, May 7, 1924. During World War II, he was a line officer on the crusier USS Santa Fe. His affiliations in clude the First Presbyterian church, Kiwanis and the Young Men's Christian asso ciation. His family here in Medford includes his wife, Jean K. Edson, and four children. Their home is at 108 Geneva st. Washington (UPD , The Senate Rackets Committee will resume public hearings Thursday. , " Officials books and library books until the levy is approved, accord ing to Anicker. These consti tute essential, mandatory re quirements in operating a school in case the levy is not approved, he said. Some of the major altera tions of the school district budget were removal of S7, 000 allowed for new school bus, $2,000. for cafeteria re modelling, addition of $1,170 for repair of 10-year-old school bus, inclusion of $500 for emergency expenditures, and $70 for the bus drivers physical examinations as now required by law. School district patrons were asked to vote on a levy in excess of 6 per cent.. How ever, since the school district was reorganized this year the district does not have a tax base, making the total budget in excess of the 6 per, cent limitation. CRATER STUDENTS Part of a group of about 100 Crater High school students who attended the opening night play pf House Passes Bill Delaying Sale of Klamath Timber By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington The House passed the Klamath Indian bill Tuesday, virtually assur ing that the .valuable pine forests of the reservation will be saved from "fire sale" de struction. The Senate passed a similar bill earlier this year, but minor . differences will have to be worked out in a confer ence. The House took only a few minutes to dispose of the long delayed measure. It bypassed the rules committee, suspend ed the rules apd whipped the bill through by -voice vote. There was no audible opposi tion. Warns House Rep. Al Ullman (D-Ore.), warned the House right before the vote that "if we fail to pass' this bill,- there will be clean-cutting of one of the finest timber stands in ' all America. If we vote this down, it will destroy that watershed." The principal point of dif ference between House and Senate versions is the termin ology that will govern sale of large timber units to pri vate operators who bid for the Klamath timber. The Senate version insists on "sus tained - yield" management. The House version eliminates this term and substitutes "so as to furnish a continuous supply of timber." The forest service' has yet to report on how it regards the House language, but it prefers the .Senate version. Sen; Richard L. Neuberger has indicated he will try to get the House members to agree to change it back to sustained yield. Washington (UPD Presi dent Eisenhower will not hold a news conference Wednes day. cafeteria style, which was catered by Julie Tummers of Mon Desir Dining inn. At the right members of the Ash land Kiltie Band can be seen serenading the diners. Other entertainment was furnished by Festival singers and dancers. (Dwaine Smith photo.) Festivities th Festival Year Ashland The' 18th Oregon Shakespearean Festival wasland. president of the Festi- opened here last night, amid festivity, gaiety and pag eantry. . Culmination of another full year of work and planning, most intensive during the past few. months as actors and technicians assembled from throughout the nation, ' the event was witnessed by the largest crowd ever to gather for an opening night more than 200 over last year's total. Some 850 persons attended the pre-play banquet, entitled "The Feasting of the Tribe of Will," on a green meadow in Lithia park,- and about 1,000 persons saw - the. first-night play, "Much Ado About Noth. ing,"- later, in the Shakespear ean Festival theater, the open a i r auditorium converted from Ashland's old Chautau qua building. . Dignitaries Named Robert D. Holmes, gover nor of Oregon, headed the group of visiting dignitaries, which also included Secretary of State Mark Hatfield and his new-bride;' Frederick M. Hunter, chancellor emeritus of the state system of higher education, Chancellor John Richards, Dr. Elmo Stevenson, president of Southern Oregon college, Dr. G. Herbert Smith, president of Willamette Uni versity, Salem, and a large number of - city, state and county officials. More than 100 students from Crater High school, Cen tral Point, attended in a boay. An Irish lass, Barbara Mas sey. a visiting Girl Guide, had a seat of honor in .the front row. Television's "Queen for a Dav" likewise was seated in front. In his brief opening re marks. Governor Holmes not ed the growing fame and im nortance of the festival, and pledged the best efforts of the state administration to be of assistance, "financially, tax wisp. and however else we can help." the Oregon Shakespearean Festival are shown above. Tte students started what may become an annual visit last year. (Dwaine Smith Photo). Open I Robert . Reinholdt of Ash- val association, presided at the ceremony in the theater, . Earlier, patrons at the ban quet ate, cafeteria style,- as members of the Ashland Kil tie band performed,' and as members of the Festival com pany danced and sang.' Strong, gusty winds, and a storm ' which threatened just before play-time, passed away and the evening was shirt sleeve warm. Later a moon broke through thin clouds Toniaht's production is "King Lear," to be followed on Wednesday by "Merchant of Venice," and on Thursday by "Troilus and .Cressida." The four plays will continue in nightly rotation throughout the ' season, which concludes on Thursday, Sept. 4. This season is eight days longer than in .past . years. Ticket reservations have been running about double those of last year, Curtain time each night is 8:30 p.m. little Relief o( Heat Expected Here Little temperature relief is in sight during the next few days, with high temperatures expected to be in the 90s, the weather bureau reported to day. - The five-day forecast calls for temperatures in western Oregon averaging above to much above normal, with lit tle or no precipitation. . Wednesday's forecast pre dicts limited relief to residents in the valley, with a high of 92 forecast, compared with highs tipping 100 during the past several days. Scattered thundershowers are forecast in northern Cali fornia and there is a slight chance of evening thunder storms over the mountains in this area. . Followers of 1 Ousted President Seen Responsible Two Americans Reported Killed Port Au Prince, Haiti (UPD The government of Presi dent Francois Duvalier put down today a revolutionary coup after several hours of fighting which left seven per sons dead and a number of others wounded. Two American citizens were said to be among the dead. They were identified tentatively as a former Dade County (Miami), Flav sheriff named Payne, whose first name was not available imme diately, and a former, air at tache to the U. S. embassy here, still unidentified. Carried No Papers American Ambassador Ger ald Drew said he was still un able to confirm that the two men were Americans because they did not carry any papers. The two were said to have landed- with an invading rebel group at St; Marc, a small port north, of Port Au Prince, Mon day. " The abortive coup was said to have been staged by parti-, sans of former President Paul Magloire, who lives in exile in New York City. Sentries Killed . They landed. at St. Marc,. some 40 miles from Port Au Prince, at 11 p.m. Monday, to gether with a small group of. armed men, said to have in cluded the two dead Ameri-, cans. ; The invaders drove to Port Au Prince by car some time after midnight, killed three sentries at the Dessalines Army Barracks and took the bastion by storm, thereby win ning temporary control of the army. : 'It was understood that a; dispute broke out between the invaders and Magloire parti sans within the barracks,, re portedly over plans to assassi nate Duvalier. . Barracks Recaptured- ' It appeared," too, that some of the army officers were un-: willing to participate in the restoration of Magloire, who was overthrown by a coup' last December, and at the last minute refused to carry out' the assassination plans. . In ' the meantime, Duvalier partisans armed - themselves and took to the streets pro claiming his name. They x -1 1 ...VAJ tU.'. siormea ana. recap luicu. ure barracks. The lightning revolution and counter revolution .was. over by 9 a.m. today but the city of Port Au -Prince wasg completely paralyzed. Markets were empty and all stores closed. Duvalier parti sans patrolled the streets in cars and trucks, brandishing rifles, pistols and swords. Sus pected citizens were seaVched' and warned off the streets. New Record in Use Of Water Set Here A new record for water-use ' was set here yesterday," ac coridng to Robert L. Lee, city water superintendent. As the mercury went above 100 for the third straight day, " 21,500,000 gallons of water sprinkled lawns, ' cooled air conditioned rooms, washed clothes and performed the many other functions of house . holds and businesses. It would " take this much water 13 sec-, onds to flow over Niagara Falls. The previous record was 20,500,000 gallons, set on', June 24 last year. According to Lee. the total consumed over- Saturday, Sunday and Monday also amounted to a record for any three-day period. "I think we've hit the top,' Lee said. ''I hope so, anyway." He added, however, that Med ford had plenty of water and there - was no prospect of rationing. WEATHER FORECAST: Slisht chnce of evening thunder storms over mountains. Otherwise t a 1 r through Wednesday. Low to night 57, high Wednesday 92. Temp. Highest Yesterday . 102 Lowest this Morning ..... 61 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:3S p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:01 a.m. Moonrise today . 6:44 p.m. Moonset tomorrow 5:11 a.m. Full Moon : July 3 MORNING STARS Mars, rising' at 11:41 p.m., -is now about three times a bright as it was last March. Venus, rising at .... J:1T a.m., Is much brighter than Mars.
