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F- Recommended 53rd Year Price 10 Cents Subscribers To report improper or Bon delivery of the Mail Tribune in Medford p.none SP 2-6141 Ash land MU 2-1021. Yreka 841W before 6:45 p.m. daily and 1220 ajn. Sunday. If regular delivery arrives shortly after you call please notify office thus eliminating special messenger service. BIBUNE A feature story about a new Industry in Medford, Handicap ped Industrie. Inc.. appear! on paft 10 of todayi Mail Tribune. United Press Full leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire 52 PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 1958 No. 121 Nautilus Marks Surge Forward In U.S. Capability Brings Russia Into Range of Polaris Washington (UPD The submarine Nautilus Saturday symbolized a great surge for ward by the United States in countering Russia's lead in deadly long-range missiles Adm. Elton W. Grenfell, Pacific submarine command er, hailed the Nautilus voy age under the Pole's ice cap as America s answer to Sput nik." The feat means that atomic- powered subs and this country alone has them so far as is known could bring most of Russia within missile- firing range while operating from under the Arctic ice pack relatively safe from de tection. Russia has a wide and ac knowledged lead over this country in developing the continent-spanning, 5,000 mile range intercontinental missile It boasts of having fully-op erational ICBM's while this country's equivalent, the At las, is still in the testing stage and not expected to become operational until 1960. Nautilus Replies to Khrush chev Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev- recently made much of this lead in trying to frighten the United States into pulling its troops out of Lebanon. But the dramatic Nautilus saga proved this country's capability of taking shorter-range, 1,500 mile mis siles to Russia's back door. All of the Soviet Union spreads out like a great fan below the Polar region. The United States has six nuclear submarines built, 13 more under construction, and seven more authorized. The Navy already has dem onstrated that its Polaris mis sile can be fired from a sub merged submarine. This j means that a craft such as the Nautilus could approach the Soviet Union under the Polar ice cap, emerge and fire from beneath open water, then dart back under the pro tective ice. Greater Accuracy The missile it fired, simply because it would cover a shorter distance, would be much more accurate than the longer-range ICBM. Without an atomic submar ine, Russia cannot match this capability. Only an A-power- ed craft has the ability to re main under the Polar ice for long periods and move under it for great distances. A submarine-borne missile also has the great advantage over a land-based missile such as Russia is putting its great est reliance on at present: The former is fired from a launch ing site which can quickly "run," the latter must be fir ed from a fixed base. (See Other Stories on Page 5) Sports Bulletins Los Angeles 4TPD The wild but effective pitching of Johnny Anionelli plus three homers gave the San Francisco Gianis a 6-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodg ers last night. Sacramento ttPD Nippy Jones, who singled, tripled and knocked his 16th homer of the year, balled in three runs for the Sol ons last night in a ten-inning fracus against Salt Lake City, giving the Sol ons a 5-4 victory. Vancouver. B.C. (TPD Al Lary pitched a brilliant Ihree-hit shut-out last night as the Portland Beavers de feated the second place Van couver Mounties 2-0. Phoenix itPt The Phoe nix Giants swept a three game series from the Seattle Rainiers by taking a 4-3 decision in a Pacific Coast League game here last night. Memorial Stadium, Camp White Rogue Valley Dairy Maids defeated Eugene. 7 2, and Hillsboro subdued Madras, 5-2, in fames here last night in the Women's Stale Softball tournament. The Dairy Maids, with their victory, became the lane unbeaten team in the tournament. They advanced to the 7:30 p.m. final Sun day. Hillsboro and Eugene will play at 1:30 p.m. to day with the winner to meet Rogue Valley in the 7:30 gam. COUPLET'S END City Manager Robert Duff and City Public Works Director Ver non Thorpe (extreme right, in hats) inspect traffic emerging from Eighth, st. at River side ave. Friday evening, the first heavy " Ai&V. rts, SfL, If k fmk . t V':f If a RIVERSIDE TRAFFIC Traffic on Riverside ave. lined up for several blocks during the rush hour Friday evening. Traffic usually lined up about, four blocks south of Main st. prior to putting the one-way couplet in operation, accord ing to city officials, but Eighth st. traffic moving onto River side prevented northbound traffic from moving as rapidly. City officials believe some of the "bugs" in. the Eighth st. Riverside ave. intersection will be worked out when motor ists become more familiar with the traffic pattern. How ever, they said the problem will be greatly relieved when Eighth st. is extended across Bear creek. VA Asked Hospital Thought Representative Charles O Porter has asked Sumner G, Whither, administrator of the Veterans administration, Washington, D.C., to give the proposal for a general med ical and surgical hospital at Camp White serious consider ation. In a letter to Whittier, Port er said "general medical and surgical care conveniently provided and eliminating un necessary travel makes good since since the proposal hos pital also would be available to all veterans in the area, I believe the Veterans admin istration should, in all fair ness, gwe tne proposed re novation and utilization of fa cilities serious consideration now." Porter pointed out that the feaibility of establishing seri ous consideration now." Discussed at Hearings Porter pointed out that the feasibility of establishing a 100-bed hospital at Camp White was discussed at recent hearings by the committee on veterans affairs. He noted that "more than 60,000 veterans, who could be served by such a hospital, live in the southern Oregon and northern California area." He referred Whittier to testimony given at the hearings, in which A. Eugene Orr, Med ford, a member of the Amer ican Legion's national com mittee on rehabilitation, re viewed available facilities and personnel to staff such a hos pital. Orr "informed the commit tee that ' there was adequate staffing for a Camp White hospital," Porter wrote! "He has given the committee a listing of doctors whose serv ices are available, and he in forms me there is no lack of qualified nursing personnel in the area. "As you know, a hospital SmmmTf1 f. ..1. I to Give at the domiciliary could be placed in currently available and unused facilities of the domiciliary. There is no con struction other than minor re novation. The bed cost saving would be substantial. "I belive that persons in terested in this matter deserve a know why the VA does not wish to take advantage of these obvious savings. Mr. Orr has collected valuable infor mation in answer to the ques tion previously posed by the Veterans administration," Porter continued. "I will appreciate having your personal opinion on this proposal, inasmuch as it in volves a policy decision," he said. Warsaw, Poland (UPD Adlai Stevenson conferred here Saturday with Polish Foreign Minister Adam Rap acki, author of the Polish-proposed plan for a nuclear-free zone in Central Europe. Drama Critic Impressed With Festival Henry Hewes, 41-year-old drama editor and critic of the "Saturday Review" mag azine, said Friday he was "agreeably surprised" and "much impressed" with the Ashland Shakespearean Fes tival. He singled out the compa ny's devotion to its work, the intelligence- of its direction and some of its characteriza tions, and the high quality of its speech for special mention. Hewes, who served under the critic John Mason Brown before taking over his posi tion on the internationally famous magazine three years ago, arrived in Ashland Thursday evening. He had previously visited the Shakespeare festival In traffic period after the new one-way cou plet went into operation Friday morning. The switch to the one-way couplet, Duff reported, generally went well, although there are yet a few "bugs" to be worked out. African Airways Viscount Crash Kills 35 Persons Benghazi, Libya (UPD A Central African Airways Vis count airliner carrying 54 per sons crashed in flames early Saturday in the Libyan des ert hills six miles from Beng hazi Airport. Airlines officials said 35 persons were killed. An official death toll issued by the Central African Air ways said four children, four crew members and 27 adult passengers were killed when the four-engine plane crashed on a flight from central Af rica to London. Some of the survivors were reported seriously injured. Among Survivors Officials said the survivors included Sir Alfred Savage, former governor of British Guiana, his wife, four infants and the airliner's two host esses. Sir Alfred is a "crown agent" who -represents the colonial governments i n London. Almost all of the 47 pas sengers and crew of seven were English. Injured surviv ors were taken to the British military hospital at Benghazi. The big silver-and-blue tur bo-prop plane left Salisbury, Rhodesia, Friday en route to London. It had stopped at Wadi Haifa in the Sudan and was just six miles short of completing its next leg to Benghazi when it crashed in the hilly desert area. The four-engined airliner, which had been due in Lon don at 11:45 a.m. Saturday, burst into flames before the crash, according to eyewitness reports. House, Barn Burn In Reese Creek Area Eagle Point A farm house, barn, two cars and 19 acres of grass burned Saturday aft ernoon in the Reese creek area north, of Eagle Point, ac cording to the state depart ment of forestry. Department officials said they had not learned the identity of the owner of the house. The fire destroyed the barn, house and two cars before fire-fighting crews could reach the locality. Cause was faulty wiring in the house, a department spokesman said. About three crews of four men each were sent to the fire, it was reported. A small fire in the Selma area was extinguished Satur day afternoon. Na damage was reported. San Diego, Calif., and plans an article discussing the two enterprises. He saw "The Mer hant of Venice" Thursday night, heard tapes of "King Lear" Friday and attended "Trolius and Cressida" Fri day night. Hewes said he approved highly of producing Shake speare's lesser-known works, since it forced people "to think freshly." He said peo ple brought too many pre conceptions ' to the better known plays, and tended to miss the intellectual chal lenge. "In England," he said, "they have so much Shake speare they don't think about it." He criticized, on the other hand, the festival's literal re Embassy Warns Americans in Jordan to Leave $3 Million in Aid Listed for Nation Amman, Jordan (UPD The U. S. Embassy warne all American dependents Sat urday to leave Jordan unless they had an "impelling" rea son to remain in this country, An American embassy spokesman' said the warning was issued "in view of unsta ble conditions in the area." The advisory was circulat ed by officials to all U. S. families in Jordan connected with the embassy, consulate, aid programs, U. S. informa tion service, charitable groups and private organizations. The warning came- as a sur prise since the situation in Jordan seemed to be settling down. Expected to Fly Out However, most of the de pendents were expected to fly to Italy as soon as possible. Italy was declared a "safe haven" by the State Depart ment. At the same time, the U. S. Embassy announced it had in formed Jordan that the coun try would receive $3,830,000 in new aid. The money was expected to allow Jordan to release other funds to pay its army at the end of the month. The United States has given King Hussein's government about 60 million dollars in aid since April, 1957. 'Precautionary Move' In Washington a State De-n partment spokesman said the advisory to U. S. dependents was a "precautionary move. He did not indicate any spe cific deterioration of the sit uation in Jordan where some 2,000 British troops are sta tioned to safeguard King Hus sein's nation against outside threats. But conditions there have been a matter of increas ing concern. The Jordanian government reported to the U.N. Security Council Friday that armed in filtrators had been caught crossing into Jordan from the United Arab Republic and that Syrian agents .had been captured in Amman. The report also called atten tion to terroristic bombings in Amman and the capture of an arms cache on the Syrian bor der. Jordan did not request any council action on the report. Morse Says U. S. Played into Red Hands Des Moines, lowa wri) Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.), said Saturday the United States "played right into the hands of the Russians" when it sent troops into Lebanon. He called for "immediate withdrawal" of American troops from the Middle East ern nation. Morse spoke at a news con ference following his address at the dedication ceremonies for a new building of local 450 of the United Auto Work ers union. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair and warm through tonight. Variable cloudiness Monday. High to day 95. Low tonight 60. High Monday 92. TEMP. Highest Yesterday 98 Lowest Yesterday Morning 60 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:21 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:13 a.m. Moonrlse tomorrow 1:43 a.m. Moon rides high. Shooting stars of the Perseid meteor shower are now begin ning to appear. Maximum will be reached on Tuesday and the meteors should then average nearly one a minute after mid night. This is generally the best meteor shower of the year. creation of the Elizabethan stage. He said it was the only reproduction this literal in the United States, that it was nice to have one such ex ample but that he preferred a more imaginative setting. He described the effectiveness of a stage which would ap pear starkly Elizabethan at the outset, then gradually de part from it through elabora tion of shifting of the set as the play progressed. He also discussed the omit ting of intermissions. He said it was "a good thing to have in one place" since plays were produced this way in Shake separe's time, but theit it re quired "a very devoted pub lic." - "Ii a production .ii first- TmpgpiDfNsrits Salter lFrflgsifelylggiw Dulles Appointed To Represent U.S.; Ike May Appear United Nations, N.Y. (UPD The United States has decided to send Secretary of State John Foster Dulles to the United Nations General As sembly debate on the Middle East which opens Wednesday. President Eisenhower may al so attend. The decision to have Dulles head the U.S. delegation means the United States and Russia, the world's two top nuclear powers, will be rep resented at just below the summit level in the critical debate. Gromyko Represents Russia Russia will be represented by Soviet, Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. The United States warmly welcomed Secretary-General Dag Hammarskiold's state ment Friday night that the United Nations must respect the "problems and aspira tions" of the Middle East. White House Press Secre tary James C. Hagerty said in Washington that the United States strategy would follow two main points: to achieve some system of bringing po litical security and stability to the tinderbox Middle East; and to put forward proposals that would lead to economic health and development in the area. U.S. Ambassador- -Henry Cabot Lodge said Hammar- skjold's plan was a "construc tive approach" to the Middle East problems but there was no further U.S. comment on it pending a detailed study by the State Department. Talks May Avert Truckers Strike San Francisco (UPD A spokesman for the California Trucking Association said Sat urday he was hopeful further negotiations with Teamster Union officials would avert a threatened tie-up of trucking in 11 western states. Leaders of the western con ference of teamsters reported Friday union drivers in Cali fornia's central valley would walk out Monday in a contract dispute. The employers asso ciation countered with a threat to shut down operations throughout the west if the teamsters strike. Joint teamsters council 38 of Sacramento, representing 2,350 union drivers in the val ley from Bakerfield to the Oregon line, said a strike would begin Monday unless management agreed to further negotiations. The California trucking association indicated Saturday talks may be re sumed. At issue is a demand by lo cal pickup and delivery driv ers for wage parity with long haul drivers. A memorandum agreement .was reached last May on a master contract cov ering drivers in the 11 West ern states which was ratified by the long distance drivers. However local truckers have refused to go along. rate," he said, "I like to go on without intermissions. I get wound up in the play." Asked if he had missed the breaks during "The Merchant of Venice," he replied, "I got my second wind." , .More than 100 people over flowed the Gresham Room of the Ashland Public library Friday afternoon to hear Hewes lecture on some princi ples of Shakespeare produc tion. He emphasized realism, or "real things happening to real people" in the words of George Bernard Shaw. "Find modern equivalents for Shakespeare characters, don't make them like men from Mars," Hewes said. "A touch of earth here and there never hurt Shakespeare," he added. 'Gee, That's Terrible" Hopes To Complete Talent Work Dim Hopes for completing the Talent project's scheduled construction work this year are dimming, according to James A. Callan, bureau of reclamation project engineer, "It doesn't look very good right now," Callan said Fri day. "We'll have to store Detention Home Overcapacity Detention quarters for ju veniles in the county were crowded beyond capacity last week, according to Mrs. Kay Crowell, director of the ju venile office. The new detention home, with capacity for 12 young sters, near the National Guard Armory, has had eight boys and three girls as occupants, with another youngster ex pected, Mrs. Crowell said. She -estimated ,five other youngsters were being held temporarily in county jail quarters. Circuit Court Judge Ed ward C. Kelly, who Handles juvenile court matters, had been on vacation for three weeks. Circuit Court Judge Herbert K. Hanna was filling in for Judge Kelly but was only able to hear one case, Mrs. Crowell explained. The crowded condition does not indicate a rise in juvenile offenses in the county, she emphasized. Juvenile offenses are down as they usually are at this time of year. However, lack of work for youngsters this summer has indirectly been responsible for three youngsters being held in de tention, she said. "We cannot grind these youngsters out, all straight ened out, as you would grind out sausages, she commen.- ed. "It takes a long time to work out these cases." Major Charlton to Speak at Roundtable Major Warwick Charlton, who conceived the idea of the Mayflower II, will speak at the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce- roundtable lunr cheon in the Jackson hotel Monday noon, according to Robert Balk, chairman of the group. Charlton, a former member of Field Marshal Montgom ery's general staff, originated the idea of the Mayflower II during World War II, and was instrumental in obtaining fi nancial backing for the ship's construction. He will be guest of Dave Franklin, local agent for the Aero Mayflower Transit com pany, Inc., a nationwide mov ing firm. Charlton also is scheduled to make a televis ion appearance while in Med ford. water in Emigrant reservoir next summer. That will de lay work on the main dam there. "It doesn't look like the Howard Prairie-Keene creek delivery canal can be com pleted this year, although we may be able to get the How ard Prairie dam completed." Talent project workers have been idle for a month, ever since the Associated General Contractors ordered a state-wide work stoppage July 10 to combat a strike by operating engineers in north ern Oregon and southwestern Washington. The four major contractors on the Talent project are all AGC mem bers. They complied with the order soon after it was is sued. ' Approximately $6,750,000 in construction has been halt ed on this project. An esti mated more than $400 mil lion in work has been shut down elsewhere in the state. Despite the interest taken by Gov. Robert D. Holmes and other public officials and despite the efforts of federal mediators, the prospects of a strike settlement still appear remote. The operating en-, gineers recently voted heavi ly against acceptance of an AGC "package" offer. Meanwhile, Callan said, some partially - completed work was deteriorating. He said the delivery canal would require re-excavating and the tunnels had been left without lining. No vandalism has been reported, however. Two small bright spots he reported were clearing work around the Howard Prairie reservoir and grave removal at the Hill cemetey. Both, being carried out by non-AGC contractors, were coming along "very nicely," Callan said. "There's always hope if we get good weather," Callan concluded. But his optimism, like the tunnels, appeared to be suffering from erosion. Situation Disappointing The overall situation was described as disappointing but not discouraging yesterday by Federal Mediator Leroy Smith in Portland. A day-long negotiating ses sion in Smith's office Friday ended in a stalemate and was adjourned with no time set for renewal. Both the AGC and the engineers stuck to their previous positions on wages and travel compensations. BULLETIN Firemen were called to Jeanette st. about 11:10 p.m. last night to a fire in a brick building. Details of the fire were not available at press time, but firemen at the central station said they believed the building housed a rug cleaning plant. Ministers Study Hammarskjoldfs Plan for Peace United Nations, N.Y. (UPD Diplomats from around the world are gathering here for a General Assembly debate on the Middle East crisis sched uled to begin Wednesday. Meanwhile, Secretary Gen eral Dag Hammarskjold's broad outline for peace in that troubled region has sent foreign ministries into deep study. Most delegations were guarded in their reaction to the suggestions put before the assembly by Hammarskjold at the opening of its emergency session on the Middle East Friday. Plan Outlined The Hammarskjold plan's main points: 1. Called for Arab reaffir mation, in a solemn declara tion, of mutual respect, non interference and non-aggres sion as expressed in the char ter of the Arab league. 2. Suggested that a perma nent U.N. force might be nec essary to protect Lebanon's independence and hinted at neutralization of Jordan through expansion of the U. N. truce supervision's organ ization's activities. 3. Proposed "proper insti tutions" to oversee production and pipelining of oil in the Middle East and full and equit able utilization of the area's vital water supplies. 4. Said the fate of some 900,000 Palestine Arab refu gees must await settlement un til the Middle East is stabil ized politically and economic ally. Western delegates general ly were hopeful that debate could be conducted along the lines Hammarskjold suggest ed but some feared Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gro myko would bog down the de bate with name-calling and accusations. Gromyko Expected Gromyko was expected to arrive in New York todav with a 30-member delegation- He stopped in Copenhagen yesterday to book passage on a trans-Atlantic non- stop Scandinavian Airlanes plane. British Foreign Secretarv Selwyn Lloyd, United Arab Republic Foreign Minister Mahmoud Fawzi and Canad ian External Affairs Minister Sidney Smith also said thev would attend the session. Arab quarters found Ham- arskjold's speech a compre hensive effort but complained it contained no definite pro posals. Israel Wants Plan More Critical Diplomats from Israel, for years the central piece in the Middle East jigsaw puzzle, felt the plan should have been more critical of the "expan sionism", of President Gamal A. Nasser's United Arab Re public. Most diplomats, however, praised Hammarskjold for having spoken out at the start of the assembly's critical em ergency session with a key note speech designed to pre vent the meeting from becom ing another propaganda ex ercise. Forest Land to Be Closed to Entry A large' area of forested land off the main highway be tween Butte Falls and Pros pect will be closed to entry except ' by permit beginning Tuesday, Aug. 12, the state department of forestry an nounced Saturday. Gov. Robert Holmes issued a proclamation resulting in the action because of the cur rent fire danger. Permits issued after Tues day will, specify that there is to be no smoking and no fires except in designated spots, and that adequate f irefighting equipment must be carried when in the closed area.
