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Klrastel roi ro UVU Ms To n n 12 aw r n m OHO THREE-WHEELING Oliver R. McNeel, city building inspec tor, and Howard Brooks, electrical inspector, display one of two Cushman motor scooters just acquired for "ease and economy" in making the daily round of inspections. The scooters cost about $995 each. Terrorists Shatter Calm in Lebanon With Bomb Attack Beirut, Lebanon (UPD Terrorists shattered Lebanon's post-election calm today with a fatal bomb attack apparent ly aimed at speeding Ameri can troop withdrawal and re tirement of President Camille Chamoun. At least two persons were killed and 15 wounded by the heavy bomb blast near head quarters of the Lebanese army troops outside the rebel held Basta quarter of Beirut. Fullback Demanded Simultaneously, extremist rebels showered leaflets across the capital city de manding pullback of the Ampriran "npi rnlnnists" a reference to the U.S. ! Marines and soldiers sent there at government request to help maintain order. Saeb Salam, head of the rebel forces holed up in the Basta quarter here, immediately-disclaimed any re sponsibility for the two out bursts. "It is impossible that any of my men are responsbile for this violence," Salam said. He sided with pro-feovern-ment leaders Thursday in . electing Maj. Gen. Fuad Chehab, army chief of staff, as president to succeed Cha moun. But he warned that his movement would go on until Chamoun stepped down and the Americans got out of Lebanon, thus in effect keep ing the country in a state of armed truce. Gunfire Ceases The bombing was the first violence since the election brought hope that the revolt was settled. The rebel leaders told their men not to shoot unless they were shot at, and the army has followed the same policy. But both sides have maintained a watchful Park Dedicated by Medford Kiwanis The Maple park rest area at the corner of Highway 99 south and Stewart ave. was dedicated at noon today. The Kiwanis club, with as sistance from the city and county, developed the park. Work started about a year ago and included installation of rest rooms, picnic tables and electric grills. Much of the labor for the rest rooms was donated. Ki wanis club members did much of the work .on the new lawn and installed a fence around the park. Both county and city offic ials participated in the cere monies with the Kiwanis club. RiUDorert Condemned Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county health officer, reported Thurs day that the county health de partment has been "flooded" with telephone calls recently regarding the safety of swim ming in the Applegate river and other Jackson county streams. It was rumored that the health department has con demned the Applegate and Rogue rivers, but he stressed that is not the case. The health department, the doctor explained, cannot as sure -the public that streams are safe to swim in at all times, but many people do swim in these streams without having any illness traced to these rivers, such as typhoid or other water born diseases. A definite exception. Dr. Merel said, is Bear creek. He v l J - If' waiting policy. Salam said he already was cooperating with the army in an attempt to determine who was responsible for today's trouble. The bomb exploded short ly after noon in the Schroui building near the Basta Mos lem quarter. A fire broke out after the blast.- It was quickly put out. Lumber Market Rise Continues The strong upswing in Ore gon's lumber market contin ued during the past week," ac cording to lumber industry sources. Randoms Lengths, Eugene market news letter, reported that prices for Douglas fir lumber and plywood increas ed $2 to $3 in some grades, that the market is strong in all lines of fir production, and that demand in other areas was strong, permitting price increases. . The market letter attribut ed most of the pickup to a combination of factors, pri marily a surge in home con struction. - The pine market was less active, but continued strong with prices showing a rising tendency. Crow's lumber market news service of Portland con firmed the Eugene report, saying the fir market contin ued its strong upward trend, with both demand and prices climbing. Sanded plywood prices have advanced to $76 at some mills, compared to prices of $68 and even $64 in many areas in recent months, it was indicated. Washington (UPD The House today killed a Demo-cratic-s ponsored bill that would have provided $2 bil lion in loans for local anti-re cession public, works projects, WEATHER FORECAST: Hot and slijhtly humid through Saturday. After noon and evening thunder storms mostly over mountain!. Low tonight 60. High Saturday 9. Temp. Highest Yesterday 9 Lowest this Morning til Sunset today 7:32 p.m. Our Skies Tonight Sunrise' tomorrow 5:04 a.m. Moon rise tonight 8:24 p.m. Last Quarter Aug. 7 This month the summer tri angle of Vega, Deneb and Al tair will be prominent in the skies above. In the evenings the triangle will be in the east with Vega, the brightest star, the highest: after midnight it will be in the west and Deneb, the dimmest of the three, will then be the highest. Applegate Rogue Rivers Not True, Dr. Merkel Savs explained that it is unsafe to . . . swim or to let children play in the creek area where the chil dren could get wet or contam inated with the water. The creek is dangerous at. all times, he said. As far as the Applegate and Rogue rivers are concerned, the doctor continued, a rule to follow is that the farther above any populated area swimming takes place the safer it is. It is not advised by the health department for persons to go swimming in the Apple gate river below the Apple gate store or areas where it is heavily populated along the river. One case of typhoid has been reported in the last two weeks, Dr. Merkel said, and this ten year old child was known to have played around ml of dump STMTS TODAY City Sanitary Service com pany of Medford today began use of its 360-acre garbage dump south of Jacksonville. By doing so, it apparently has established its right to use its property for dumping, and eliminated the possibility of a "spot zoning" ordinance, now under consideration by the Jackson county planning commission. The planning commission, meeting in hurried special session last night, failed by one vote to pass the proposed interim land use and zoning ordinance designed to prevent the start of dumping at the new site. People Protest Many Jacksonville people have protested the use of the area as a dump, and the com mission, in two public hear ings in the past two weeks, has heard both sides of the argument. Wednesday evening, the commission took under con sideration the suggested or dinance, which would estab lish interim land-use rules for an area surrounding Jackson ville. It planned to report on it to the county court next week. It was this ordinance which was considered for im mediate adoption at last night's special meeting. Five of the nine commis sioners attended the meeting and voted 3 to 2 to recom mend to the county court that the ordinance be adopted Two other members, contact ed by telephone, split their votes so that a necessary ma jority of 5 of the 9 members was lacking. Planned to Dump The meeting was hastily called when county officials were informed that the gar bage company planned to dump its first load of garbage today. With today's start of operations, it becomes an ac complished fact, and the ordinance, even if passed, could not be made effective retroactivelv. Anthony Boitano, operator of the company, and Stanley Jones Jr.. the firm's attorney, have reported the sanitary service would not waive its right to use the area, which it purchased for the purpose, and into which it has put a considerable investment in roads and other improve ments. It also objects to what it considers "spot zoning" to prevent it from using the area. The city of Jacksonville, and many of its residents, have claimed the dump would mar property, scenic and his toric values, and constitute a health hazard. The company, On the other hand, points out that the dump area is more than a mile from the nearest resi dence, that the dump is not visible from any part of Jack sonville, and declares that the land-fill method it plans to use will eliminate any threat of air or water polution or rodent copulation, and that, by free use of the new dump ing area, Jacksonville need Klamath Estimates 20,68 1 Population Klamath Falls The esti mated population of Klamath Falls for 1958 is 20,681, ac cordirg to Klamath County Clerk Charles F. DeLap. The 1957 population was estimated at 17,000. He estimated 15, 000 persons in the immediate suburban area, making 35,681 persons in the city zone. The estimated population of Klamath county is 50,562, De Lap said. Bear creek and fished in the stream. "It is suspected," the doctor continued, "that the source of the infection was from Bear creek." , Many people have called the health office regarding re ported cases of polio and diphtheria. The health officer stressed that there has not been a single case of eiiher polio or diphtheria in the county this year. Telephone calls have also been received in the health of fice from parents who have indicated that children have been protected by having DPT shots.' The doctor said that these parents feel the "T" stands for typhoid vaccine. He explained that the abbrevi ated DPT indicates diptheria, wife who had landed in anoth and tetanus (lock jaw). no longer use the old dump, characterized as a health hazard and eyesore, closer to town. Talk of Injunction There was some talk today of seeking an injunction to bar the company from further use of the dump, but no action had been filed up to early afternoon. "The county court regrets that the people of Jackson ville were unaware until a late date of the intentions of the City Sanitary Service to use some land near the city for dumping garbage," County Judge Rodney Keating said today. "The county court called the meeting with the planning commission last night in an attempt to help solve the problem," Keating continued. "Since the planning commis sion was not able to reach a decision on a recommendation j for interim spot zoning, our hands are now tied. All the county court can do now is to enforce the law pertinent to health regulations." Festival Players Complete Canon Of Bard's Plays Ashland The Oregon Shakespearean Festival last night completed production of the 37-play canon of William Shakespeare with the presen tation of "Troilus and Cres sida." The Ashland theater be came one of five in the world which have produced . all 37 plays. Only the former An tioch Festival and the Pasa dena Playhouse in this coun try have presented the full canon, n...; tv riuuu.iiig iiickiui n"6uii L. Bowmer, who assisted in forming the Festival in 1935, announced the theater's achievement after the presen tation last night. He con gratulated Miss- Ethel. Reid, Ashland school teacher, as the only one present last night who has seen all 37 plays produced on the local stage. First Round Ends Last night's - performance marked the end of the 'first round of plays with a total of 2,533 persons attending. The total is an increase of more than 200 above last year's first round total. Richard Graham, in his 11th season at the Festival has acted or directed in all 37 plays, and Douglas Russell has designed wardrobes for each of Shakespeare's plays. Scenes from "King Lear" will be recorded at the Festi val theater starting at 11:30 a.m. Saturday for rebroadcast over the National Broadcast ing company network from New York Tuesday, Aug. 12. Doors will open at 11 a.m. tomorrow, and patrons have been invited to attend the broadcast, which is being directed by Andrew C. Love, of Hollywood, Calif. BIDS TO BE OPENED Bids on installation of high- intensity lighting for the main and cross runways of Medford airport were to be opened at p.m. today in the city hall council chamber, according to City Manager Robert A. Duff. Thinker t 53rd year MEDFORD 20 Pages Missile With Nuclear Warhead Test Fired Over Pacific bland; Flash Seen 540 ' Miles Distant Two Layers of Mushroom Shape Follow Blast Size, Altitude of Missile Not Revealed Honolulu (UPD A U.S. missile bearing a nuclear war head was test fired above Johnston Island today with a dazzling flash seen in the Hawaiian Islands more than 450 miles away. The Atomic Energy Com mis and Defense Department in a joint statement released in Washington said: "The test detonation of a nuclear warhead in a missile occurred above the Johnston Island area in the Pacific to day. The test is part of the Hardtack nuclear weapons test series." Hawaiian! See Flash Thousands of residents of the Hawaiian Islands saw the spectacular white flash light up the sky at 3:45 a.m., p.d.t. The flash broke into two layers of a mushroom shape which then turned into a red hued rainbow, fading out in several minutes. Newspapers and radio sta tions were flooded with call ers reporting the incident. The test took place after the military ordered all ships lJaMrilanesiostayxlear.oLari eon '1 -J . , died o&v limes in iduiua iuiu Johnston Island between 10 p.m. Thursday and 6 a.m. to day. . . Size Not Described The government did not de scribe .the size of the missile and warhead and did not re veal the altitude at which the detonation occurred. But past official announcements have said the Johnston Island tests would be of "short-range de fensive missiles with nuclear warheads." This suggested that the ex plosion was the proof-test of a completed weapon such as the Nike Hercules or Talon missiles designed to knock out fleets of enemy H-bombers. Prototype Device Another possibility was that the weapon was a prototype device designed to test the feasibility of anti-ICBM mis siles which this country is trying to develop. Today's was the 15th of ficially confirmed shot of the nuclear test series which start ed at the Eniwetok-Bikini proving ground in April and are continuing there and at Johnston Island. Crooked River Project Included in Program Santa Fe, N.M. (UPD The $2,043,000 Crooked river pro ject in central Oregon is in cluded in a U. S. Reclamation Bureau construction program, details of which were an nounced here today by Com missioner w. A. Dexheimer. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1958 r , ? ;--r:yr' .rf- k-Wi W: I NEW NAME The First National Bank of Portland officially became the First National Bank of Oregon yesterday. Med ford Branch Manager Joe A. Moore and Miss Rosalie Johnson, bookkeeper, are shown pointing to the change. The local Req uest on Authority - L. 'Not Ironclad1 The Jackson County Hous ing authority's stipulation that building units sold to private interests not be removed in tact from its project for resi dential use "is not an iron clad requirement" and "not enforceable," Chairman Mark A. Goldy said yesterday. He described it as "a re quest of the federal govern ment, which we in turn passed on to the buyers. "They agreed to the terms," he said. "They agreed to de molish to panel size if the unit was to be used again for residential purposes." Violate Agreement He said those who had re moved the units whole were "in violation of an agree ment." But, he added, there was "no written agreement." A housing authority adver tisement in the Mail Tribune announcing sale of the build ings stated: "The buildings must be demolished to at least panel size." "What legal recourse we have is the questionable item," he admitted. He explained the situation was further compli cated by cases where those removing the buildings ' had sold them again to third par ties. "The buildings are substand ard," Goldy said. "I certainly don't think we would be justi fied in condoning the removal of the buildings out to an other community if it would create blights." One Complaint Goldy said the authority had received only one complaint- so far, that of John Weisbrod, Medford realtor.; "We are glad of the pub licity given this problem," Goldy said. "I think it's put a stop to this practice." But a check with the city building Clubs Invited to Enter Candidates Jackson county civic and service clubs and high school sororities have been invited to sponsor candidates in the Miss Jackson County pageant to be held Aug. 21-24 at the Kiwanis County fair, Richard Lamont, chairman of the pag eant's . committee, has an nounced. Lamont said the only obli gation . in sponsoring a con testant is payment of the $10 entry fee. Winner of the Miss Jackson County pageant will compete in the Miss Oregon contest at Seaside in July, 1959, he said. . ; Moving Houses department revealed that two permits were issued yester day to a J. W. Conover to re move buildings from the hous ing authority area. lwo of the buildings in question have been moved to Eagle Point. Donald E. Kim mel, Eagle Point building In spector, said the buildings there were "unsafe now." : "They are a fire hazard and an eyesore. We could con demn them on a dozen dif ferent counts." But, he added, if they could be brought up to standard's set by the nation al building code as far as pos sible they might be allowed to remain. Accident Victim In Fair Condition Jacob Trautman, 77,' of 418 Ross lane, Medford, injured yesterday in a train-car acci dent, was reported in fair to good condition-this morning by hospital authorities. Trautman suffered a frac tured pelvis shortly after noon when he drove his pick? up truck into the path of a Southern Pacific freight train at the Elk City railroad cross ing. He , was taken to Sacred Heart hospital by ..Medford Ambulance service. State, police said Trautman was driving south on High way .99, and the train was northbound when Trautman turned into the path of the train. The pickup was thrown 50 feet north of the crossing and across the tracks. Floyd Bewley of Ashland was engineer of the 44-car train. Record-Breaking Distance Pilot Lands at Pendleton Pendleton, Ore. (UPD Air lines Capt. Marion (Pat) Bol ing landed at Pendleton air port at 11:52 p.m. (p.s.t.) today to complete a record-breaking 6,873-mile non-stop solo flight in a light plane from Manila, P.I The 43-year-old United Air lines pilot was greeted by his pertussis (whooping cough) er plane about five minutes earlier. Also on hand to wel come the r e c o r d-shattering pilot were a group of fellow UAL pilots and employees and a crowd of newsmen, pho tographers and townspeople. Boling'sfflight over the Pa cific and Northwestern North Price 10 cents Tribune No. 114 branch is one of 77 in the state which changed its name after a favorable vote of stockholders. Checks and other ma terials in circulation will continue to be used until new ones are issued, according to bank officials. (Brainerd's Photo). Assessed Value of County Shows Big Increase in Year Assessed value of Jackson county for 1958-59 is $1,258,- 165.47 more than during the previous year, according to Ray Schumacher, county as sessor. Total assessed value is $85,602,672.26 for the new fiscal year he said. This breaks down to $14,719,140 assessed value on personal property and $11,896,062.26 for util ities. Utilities dropped 3 per cent in assessed value, . the county assessor explained. As sessed value on real property is $58,987,470. The county lost approxi mately $670,000 in assessed value this year on orchards, which are now exempt due to an enactment of the last state legislature. This covers 9,158 acres, Schumacher said. Decreases ' in timber sever ance values and in public util ities were responsible for the decrease in assessed value of both Rogue River and Evans Valley school districts, he said. . Evans Valley school district went, from $1,011,895.46 the previous fiscal year to $1,008, 872.74 this year, a loss of $3,022. . ;,Rogue River schol district Vent from $2,158,630.86 the previous fiscal year to $2,138, 884.88 for the new fiscal year. This is a drop of $19,781.98. The county assessor said he will have a more complete analysis when he finishes ex tending levies and makes up the summaries. His office has approximately 8 5 different taxing districts for which to figure levies, he added. Part of this work will be delayed due to a new election on the Evans Valley school levy. America to Pendleton exceed ed the 5,273-mile mark set in 1949 by the late ' Capt. Bill Odom for non-stop flights by light planes. Boling made his record flight in a Beechcraft Bonanza. Boling left Manila at dawn Thursday (2:06 ajn. p.s.t. Wednesday) and while flying over the Gulf of Alaska he established a new record for non-stop flight in a . light plane, exceding Odom's mark at that point. Boling received permission from the US. Customs and Immigration Service to land at Pendleton although that city is not an official port of entry. ' ' Terse Message. Lists Indirect Aggression Topic Disregarding Small Nations Charged Washington (UPD 'Presi dent Eisenhower today asked Nikita S. Khrushchev to meet western leaders face to face in the U.N. Security Council to cope with "indirect aeeres- sion against independent states" of the Middle East In a new note to the Soviet Premier the President sug gested that the meeting start "on or about Aug. 12" the same date proposed by Brit ain in New York or some where else but not Moscow. Expects To Participate "If such a meeting is ar ranged," the President told Khrushchev, "I expect to at tend and participate and I hope that you would do like wise." The terse and stiffly word ed note, running only 600 words, was delivered in Mos cow to Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister N. S. Petolichev by U. S. Ambassador Lewellyn Thompson. It and Prime Minister Har old Macmillan's similar mes sage to Khrushchev Thursday raised the possibility that if a summit meeting is held, French Premier Charles de Gaulle will not attend. De Gaulle proposed Thurs day that the meeting be held in Geneva Aug. 18 outside the U.N. framework. Basic Differences Minister N. S. Pelolichey by chev for the tone of investive in the Soviet leader's recent messages and accused him of wanting to undermine the U.N. and of disregarding the interests of small nations. He said "not procedural but basic" differences character ize U.S. and Soviet attitudes' Then the President said he was instructing Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., U.S. ambassador to the U.N., to seek a special. Security Council summit meeting around Aug. 12. He told Khrushchev: "I would hope that you would similar ly instruct your permanent representative" to the Secur ity CounciL Lodge came to Washington from New York early today and conferred with the Presi dent shortly after the U. S. note was made public early this morning. Damage Remembered In rejecting Moscow as a possible meeting, place the President said: "The memory of the well-organized mass demonstration and serious damage to the U. S. Embassy in Moscow is too fresh in the minds of the American peo ple." The president stated the is-' sue to be discussed at a sum mit meeting this way: "The problem of the Middle East is not one of a threat of aggression by the United States but rather the threat, by others, of further indirect aggression against independ ent states. This problem is clearly the responsibility of the U. N. Security CounciL" False Soviet Charges In . addition to accusing Khrushchev of using invective and of falsely charging the U.S. with "niggling" . over procedure to delay a summit meeting, the President in dicted the Soviet Premier on these counts: Seeking to bypass the U. N. "at this juncture, when you claim peace is endan gered, you would push it aside. . ." ti Taking the position that "the smaller nations should be disregarded." The President told Khrush chev the U. S. opposes him on both counts. He said Russia's attitude "could have danger ous consequences in the fu ture for the smaller powers of this world." Then, inferential ly harking back to Soviet eon quests dating tn ion tw President threw this punch: Mocuuduy you are pro posing that we'should join you in a policy reminiscent of the system of political domination you imposed in Eastern Eu rope." "The United State. thm President said, "cannot accept' nidi puim oi view. Space Age Pioneer Buried With Honors Washington (UPD Air Force Captr Iven C. Kincheloe Jr., famed let a an4 : a adte age pioneer, was buried with f ull military honors today at Ar lington National cemetery. Manila nron a strong earthquake shoot Man ila and suburbs tonight.1
