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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
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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,
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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
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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
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'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
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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