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GOING UNDER As the atomic submarine U.S.S. Nautilus
plunges through the Chukehi Sea, an officer-of-the-deck
inspects the edge of the polar ice cap, under, which he will
have to pass on his way to the Arctic ocean. This photo
was made during the subs historic voyage from the Pacific
ocean to the Atlantic ocean, by way of the North Pole. The
vessel passed some 400 feet under the ice cap at the pole.
(Dept. of Defense Photo)
14 Week End Deaths
Reported in Oregon
By United Press International
' Oregon counted eight per
sons dead on its highways
over the week end, two
drownings, two killed in a
rockslide and two other
deaths for total of 14 victims.
Three traffic crashes Sun
day claimed seven lives. A
two car smashup 15 miles
southeast of Eugene killed
Mrs. Margaret Jean Hackle
man, Springfield, and Mr. and
Mrs. Anthony Greene, Clat
skanie. The accident occurred
at the junction of Highway
58 and Trent road.
Ralph Richard, 54, Agate
Beach, was killed in a crash
on Highway 101 just north of
Newport Sunday night. In a
head-on collision at the Baker
east city limits, Sterling May,
Baker businessman and Dew
ey Dunleavy, 25, of Hunting
ton, died.
Other Sunday Victim
The other Sunday victim
was a 26-year-old Echo wom
an, Mrs. Mary Margaret May
nard, who died in a Hermiston
hospital after the car she was
driving left Highway 207
eight miles south of Buck's
Corner and overturned. The
eighth traffic victim was Au
gust Strassel of Portland, who
was fatally injured in a col
lision near Beaverton.
Drownings claimed two
Portlanders, one of them an
eight-year-old girl who had
been wading in the Columbia
river. Little Sonja Marie Alf-
sen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Alfsen of Portland,
vanished in the water Sunday
while wading with seven
playmates. Her body was lo
cated in 12 feet of waier ai
the south end of Government
Island.
Frank Vernon. Martin, 56,
drowned in the Sandy river at
Viking Park Saturday while
attpmntin? to save his 12-
year-old son from deep water
Two workers, Chester N
Walton, of Beaver, and How
ard Stern, 30, McMinnville,
were crushed to death Satur
day when they were buried
bv tons of rock in a slide south
of Tillamook. The men, em
ployees of Murray Brothers
of Bend, were
nreoarine to blast a wall of
rock with dynamite when
-..v. snHHenlv caved in on
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them.
w,fr lciins claimed two
lives. A Reedsport man. Rod
Dairy Maids Now
New Stale Champs
Roaue Valley Dairy Maids
last night won the women s
nhamninnshlD or me
Oregon State Softball associa
tion.
flUnre details on tourna
mpnt games are on today's
sports pages.)
Barking Dogs
Perplex Police
A city policeman was
summoned to the Berry
dale area Friday night in
response lo a complaint a
barking dog was disturbing
ihe neighborhood. But. he
discovered on arrival, just
about every house within
earshot seemed to have at
least one dog and all were
barking at each other. The
policeman departed. Ob
viously, he reported later,
nothing could be done.
Bedford Stores W51D He
ride Irving Bowman, was
dead on arrival at a Reedsport
hospital late Saturday after a
spill while skiing on Smith
river 21 miles from Gardner.
The county coroner's office
said an autopsy Sunday
showed Bowman died of an
internal hemorrhage caused
by fractured ribs which punc
tured his lungs.
Monroe Cowin of Portland,
41-year-old aluminum com
pany executive, died at Roos
ter Rock State park Sunday
after water skiing on the Co
lumbia river. He collapsed a
few feet from the shoreline.
He may have suffered a heart
attack, according to sheriffs
deputies.
Blind Staggers
Hit Area Horses,
But Not Serious
Recently reported) cases of
sleeping sickness (encepheo-
militis) affecting some horses
in the county do not indicate
serious situation, according
to Dr. J. M. Starnes, Central
Point veterinarian.
Three such cases have been
reported, he said. These indi
cate the disease is of a spo
radic nature'. When enough
cases are reported to indi
cate the disease is becoming
widespread, veterinarians will
start inoculating all horses in
the area, Dr. Stearns said.
Cases Reported
Of the cases reported, one
occurred near the Butte Falls
Junction, one near Table Rock
Road four corners, and one
near Phoenix. The western
strain of the disease appears
to have infected the animals,
Dr. Starnes said. This is not
always fatal, whereas the
eastern strain more often is,
he explained.
The disease usually occurs
in late summer or' early fall
when the mosquito carriers
are more active, the veterin
arian said. They bite infected
animals and carry the disease
to other horses.
Sleeping sickness usually
appears only in horses. It is
known to be transmissible to
man, but only in rare cases,
Dr. Starnes said. The disease
is infectious to some rabbits
and some rodents, he added.
Usually two or three cases
of sleeping sickness or "the
blind staggers" occur in this
area each year,. Dr. Starnes
said.
Official Says Pilot Light Triggered
Explosion Causing Kierdorf's Death
Flint, Mich. (UPD A
state police official explained
today that a pilot light trig
gered an explosion in the rear
of a Flint cleaning shop re
sulting in the death of
"torch" Frank Kierdorf.
State Police Sgt. Ormal O'
Farrell said the teamsters of
ficial, described as one who
"had torch, would travel,"
became trapped in the rear
of LaAtreille's Cleaners when
fumes from the flammable
liquid .probably gasoline
reached the pilot light of a
small water heater. " .
"Kierdorf probably walked
inside the small back room,
was pouring the fluid' over
52nd Year
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Sloatsburg, N.Y. (UPD
Two Erie Railroad passenger
trains collided head-on today
at a blind curve near an
abandoned depot just south
of this Rockland county com
munity, about 40 miles from
New York City.
State police said five per
sons were killed and about
40 injured, 12 seriously.
Three of the dead were be
lieved to be passengers and
the others trainmen.
Four of the dead were men
and one was a woman, Miss
Pauline Cronon, Tuxedo, N.Y.
Her body was trapped in the
wreckage for more than two
hours . after the trains tele
scoped near the unused
Sterlington, . N.Y., station be
tween here and Suffern.
The other dead were identi
fied as Robert Youchman, 41,
Pear Picking
Nears Peak Here;
Tests Hold High
Bartlett pear picking
should reach its peak this
week, Cliff Cordy, county
horticulture agent, said this
morning, with all indications
at this time pointing to a con
tinued harvest of Bartletts
through next week.
Pressure tests on the fruit
are holding high, the agent re
ported, "probably because of
the high temperatures we
have been experiencing. If
we have some moderate tem
peratures it is probable that
the pressures -will drop, caus
ing a speed up in picking."
Beginning toward the ena
of next week, Cordy predict
ed, picking will begin on
Seckel and D'Anjous.
Full Scale Basis
Today is the first day that
pear picking has been on a
full scale basis, according to
John J. Patton. manager of
the local office of the Ore
gon state employment service.
It is a little too early to tell
if the picker supply is ade
quate for the season, Patton
said . Picking is expected to
hit the peak Tuesday or
Wednesday, with approxi
mately 2,000 persons em
ployed in the orchards, he re
ported. "So far we don't have any
large number of people look
ing for work," Patton com
mented. "This is a normal
start with more domestic
help coming in looking for
work than in recent years,
probably due to a hard
winter." . .
Patton reminded all or
chardists that the telephone
number of the farm labor of
fice by the National Guard
armory is SPring 2-3489..
Many orchardists have been
calling the main employment
service office, he said.
New York (UPD A team of
daredevil thieves smashed
open two display windows at
swank Tiffany's on Fifth Ave
nue and lifted out jewels
valued at $171,500 Sunday in
one of the city's most brazen
daylight burglaries.
the plant, .and whoom
O'Farrell said.
"He found himself in the
center of an inferno," he said,
"and the only way out was
the side door and he took it."
Kierdorf then was taken
to his home by his accom
plices, O'Farrell said, treated
with a commercial salve and
driven to Pontiac, about 40
miles south, where he was
let out in front of St. Joseph
Mercy hospital.
Michigan Attorney General
Paul L. Adams denied he had
been asked to step out of the
case.
The attorney general took
charge of the investigation
era
of Four Corners, Warwick,
N.Y., a passenger; Charles G.
Mitchell, Union City, N.J.,
conductor; Samuel Nardo, 50,
Glen Rock, N.Y., engineer,
and Michael J. Walsh, 26,
Jersey City, N.J.
State police quoted a bag
gage man on the westbound
train as saying, "We were
only going about 20 miles an
hour slow enough so I could
have jumped off anytime
without getting hurt."
Failed to Get Signal
The eastbound train, police
said, was traveling about 50
miles an hour, "according to
the best information avail
able." A spokesman for. the Erie
Railroad said the accident oc
curred when a westbound
train, headed for Port Jervis,
N.Y., failed to stop at Suffern
station to permit the east
bound train, bound for Ho
boken, N.J., to- pass on the
westbound track.
According to the spokes
man, the westbound train was
supposed to stop at Suffern,
about five miles south, to per
mit the eastbound train to use
the westbound track because
a freight train was running
on the eastbound track. The
eastbound train, in turn, was
to cross over to its. regular
track at a point about a mile
and a quarter west of Suffern,
permitting the westbound
train to resume its run. Some
how, however, the westbound
train failed to receive its in
structions from the Suffern
tower and barrelled through
without stopping.
Because of the site at a
blind, curve neither "' train
was visible to the other until
practically the moment of im
pact. The trains involved were a
four-car passenger train head
ed from Port Jervis, N.Y., to
Hoboken, N. J., and a four
car passenger-freight train,
bound from Hoboken to Port
Jervis.
Retail Stores
Open Tonight
The majority of retail stores
in downtown Medford will
remain open until 9 o'clock
each Monday night starting
tonight.
Merchants not already re
maining open recently agreed
to start tonight. Other major
retail outlets downtown have
remained open Monday nights
all year.
In previous years, mer
chants agreed to remain open
one evening each week for
the convenience of shoppers
during the weeks just prior
to school opening arid before
Christmas. Last year, ah at
tempt was made to persuade
the majority of the downtown
stores to open Monday nights,
but many smaller outlets
found it could not be worked
out satisfactorily, Retail Mer
chants association representa
tives said.
Merchants this year plan a
"Harvest of Values" to pro
mote Monday night shopping,
and to start the fall shopping
season.
last Wednesday, two days aft
er Kierdorf, 56, business
agent for Flint Teamsters Lo
cal 332, staggered into a Pon
tiac hospital with burns over
85 per cent of his body
Kierdorf, tough ex-convist
who testified before the Sen
ate Rackets committee, insist
ed he was "taking for a ride,"
by two strangers who turned
him into a human torch by
dousing him with gasoline.
Investigators promptly rid
dled Kierdorf's story and
Thursday, the day Kierdorf
died, Adams theorized the
burning was inflicted duririg
a bungled arson job at the
Flint cleaners.
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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1958
GtaiiTOinis Prepare tfoir
Special
No Evidence Seen
Of Influence by
r
Adams in Case
House Investigators
Announced Verdict
Washington (UPD House
military investigators report
ed Sunday night their investi
gation failed to turn up evi
dence that Sherman Adams
tried to influence a Pentagon
board in an Army textile con
tract cast.
Chairman F.. Edward He-
bert (D-La.) of the subcom
mittee which investigated the
case described the" group's re
port as a "Scotch verdict."
This refers to a verdict,
possible under Scotch crim
inal law, of "not proven," in
stead of "not guilty." It also
is defined as "an inconclusive
decision or ambiguous pro-
nuncement."
Hebert told reporters there
was "no doubt" that Adams,
by forwarding inquiries to the
Defense Department, succeed
ed in prodding the board to
reach an early decision.
Members Conclude
But Hebert and nine other
subcommittee- members con
cluded that "there was no evi
dence presented "to the sub
committee which indicated an
intent by Mr. Adams or any
member of Congress to influ
ence the board." '
The case involves a World
War II contract to Raylajne
Worsteds, Inc., to supply
$653,500 of olive drab cloth
to the Army.
:The Manchester, N.H., firm
was fined $49,753 by the
Army in 1941 for failing to
make deliveries on time. The
firm unsuccessfully sought a
S25.462 refund which was
turned down by the Army
and the comptroller general.
Last year, however, the
comptroller general reversed
his decision, paving the way
for the Armed Forces Board
of Contract Appeals to hear
the case. Raylaine boosted its
claim to $41,284. It was grant
ed $40,382 last Nov. 27.
Hebert told reporters it was
"unfortunate'1 Adams didn't
testify because only he could
"clear up the matter of
whether it (the. case) was
handled routinely." Adams
said it was.
Lack Appointments
For Bloodmobile
Only 55 appointments have
been made so far for the visit
of the Red Cross Bloodmobile -here
Tuesday, Red Cross offi
cials said this morning.
A total of 350 donors are
needed to provide the 290
pint quota. The Bloodmobile
will be at the Red Cross build
ing on Hawthorne, ave. be
tween 1 and 6 p.m. tomorrow.
. Appointments may be made
by telephoning the Red Cross
office here, or donors may
"drop in" without an ap
pointment. Prominent Logger Hurt
As Timber Snag Falls
Steve Wilson, 47, box 382,
Camp White, of Steve Wilson
Lumber company, suffered
head and back injuries this
morning when he was" hit by
a falling snag in the Butte
Falls area this morning, ac
cording to reports from Sa
cred Heart hospital and Med
ford Ambulance service.
Seriousness of the injuries
was not immediately deter
mined. Salem (UPD Carl W.
Chambers, . chairman of the
State Tax Commission, said
today that the timber tax
hearings in progress would
continue until all 1 interested
parties are heard. -
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Two Safe Burglaries
Net $1,336 Total
Two safe burglaries last
night, one in Ashland and one
in Medford, netted thieves ap
proximately $1,336, officers
reporteiOgday.
Ashland police believe the
two burglaries may be con
nected, it was reported.
A total of $282.05 in cash
and $480.88 in checks was
taken last night from the safe
of Pacific Feed and Seed
company, 9 East Fourth St.,
Medford, .police .reported.
Entry was gained by cutting
through the rear fence and
prying 'open a door on the
west side of the building, the
report said.
The Ashland burglary, at
Ashland Drug, 275 East Main
st., netted burglars $574.82 in
cash and 883 tablets of mor
phine and Dilaudid HCL
valued at $50. -
Entry was gained through
the basement at the rear of
the building, officers reported,
and the burglars then went
through a grate in the floor to
get to the safe.
An attempt to punch open
the safe with valve stems and
a punch proved unsuccessful,
according to reports, so the
burglars peeled the front of
the door to gain entry. '
A number of new tools
were left at the scene includ
Sports Bulletins
Portland (BPIt The
Pacific Coast conference is
terminating its Rose Bowl,
contracts with the Pasa
dena Tournament of Roses,
the Big Ten and the Na
tional Broadcasting Comp
any after the Jan. 1, 1960
game. Acting Commission
er Bernard A. Hammerbeck
announced here today.
Hammerbeck made the
announcement following the
conclusion of the ' special
PCC meeting here Saturday
at which members voted lo
dissovle the conference ef
fective June 30. 1959.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair throuRh Tues
day except . some afternoon
cloudiness. Low tonight 60. High
Tuesday 95. TEMP.
Highest Yesterday 100
Lowest This Morning 61
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 7:19 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 5:14 a.m.
Moonrise tomorrow .. 2:42 a.m.
New Moon Aug. 14
PROMINENT STAR
Vega. high. overhead .. 9:24 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Saturn, due south 8:05 p.m.
Jupiter, sets 9:34 -p.m.
Mars, rises 11:10 p.m.
Venus, rises 3:39 a.m.
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ing a hammer, several
punches, a chisel, and two
valves. Officers are attempt
ing to tie together the two
safe jobs on the basis of
methods used, Ashland police
said this morning.
The Jackson county sher
iff's office and Ashland police
are cooperating in the investi
gation.
Suggestions Made
To Ease Congestion
Suggestions aimed at eas
ing traffic congestion on Riv
erside ave. between Eighth
and Main sts. were offered
today by Vernon Thorpe, city
public works director.
Thorpe recommended for
Eighth st. traffic approaching
Riverside ave.: that motorists
planning to continue north
after' making the turn, or
planning to turn west on
Main st., keep to the left on
Eighth st. 'after making the
turn; and that .cars destined
to turn east on Main st. keep
to the right on Eighth st. and
to the right on Riverside ave.
after making the turn. ,
For northbound Riverside
ave. traffic, he suggested: that
cars planning to continue
north or turn left when they
reached the Main st. inter
section keep, to the left; and
that cars planning to turn east
keep in the right lane. He
reminded motorists that 1he
left lane of Riverside ave.
north of Ninth st. was no long
er a "Left Turn Only" lane
it now serves northbound
thru-traffic as well.
Thorpe said the city planned
to install a sandbag barrier
soon to designate the right-
turn lane for Riverside ave
cars turning onto Main st.
Hearing on Rezoning
Set by City Planners
The city planning commis
sion is scheduled to meet at
7:30 p.m. today in the city
hall council chamber for a
public hearing on rezoning the
Neilson property in Berry
dale. ' ,
Other business is expected
to include a committee report
on another Berrydale zone
change, a report from the city
manager on- obtaining a 60
foot dedication for Poplar dr.,
two requests for public hear
ings on zone changes, and
tentative approval of two sub
divisions. Aurora (UPD An entire crop
of 35,000 baby chicks was
destroyed in a fire ' on the
Delmer Stutzman farm near
Butteville early Sunday.
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Reds Say Ike's
Terms Would Be
'Waste of Time'
Khrushchev Note
Delivered Today
United Nations, N. Y. (UPD
Soviet Premier Nikita
Khrushchev said today that
Russia called a special session
of the U. N. General Assem
bly on the Mideast because
President Eisenhower's terms
for a summit meeting would
have produced nothing but a
"fruitless waste of time."
The latest Khrushchev note
was made public in Moscow
and London as delegates of
the 81 member nations con
verged on New York for an
emergency General Assembly
session called in response to
demands from both the U. S.
and Russia.
Ike, Dulles Work
In Washington, the Presi
dent and Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles worked to
gether for more than two
hours today on the U. S. pro
posals to be put before the
special session.
The President had called
for applying U. N. Security
Council rules to any top level
East-West talks.
This, Khrushchev said in a
new letter, delivered today to
British Prime Minister Harold
iviacmiiian, would nave pro
duced no concrete results be
cause of the present make-up
and "shortcomings" of the
council.
The new Soviet communi
cation came as the U. S. and
Russia worked behind
scenes to win support
their rival positions in
tile
for
the
Middle East.
Main Aim
The main aim of the Soviets
at the emergency session of
the U. N. General Assembly
was to get U. S. and British
troops out of the area imme
diately. Moscow's delegates
underscored possibilities of a
new war to win support from
uncommitted U. N. members
to the Soviet position.'
Soviet Foreign Minister An
drei Gromyko and U. S. Am
bassador Henry Cabot Lodge
were reported meeting with
some of the uncommitted del
egates today and Tuesday to
seek support for their rival
plans before Wednesday's
emergency meeting of the U.
N. General Assembly.
Gromyko flew in Sunday
from Moscow wtih a warning
the threat of war in the Mid
dle East was "still very acute"
and the determination to
make the presence of Anglo
American troops in Jordan
and Lebanon the scapegoat
for the present Middle East
crisis.
Colorado Water Suit
Goes Into Final Session
San Francisco (UPD The j
Colorado river water suit
resumed today after a three
week recess for what was ex
pected to be the final session
of the 2-year-old trial.
Special Master Simon H.
Rifkind, who is presiding, has
expressed hope that the ses
sion be concluded by Labor
Day. It will be devoted to re
buttal testimony.
The U. S. government, Ne
vada, New Mexico, and Utah
were to be given an oppor
tunity to present rebuttal ev
idence during the first week.
Then, California was sched
uled to conclude its case.
The river suit, filed in 1952
is a dispute over proper divis
ion of the Colorado's flow in
its lower basin below Lee's
Ferry, Ariz.
It was begun by. a com
plaint filed by Arizona against
California in the U. S. Su
Local Firms Not
Taking Orders;
Await Meeting
Dock Merchandise
Will Be Delivered
A shut-down of long-distance
trucking which threat
ens 11 western states has
already hobbled operations
here.
Truckers report they have
instructions not to accept any
more freight orders nor pick
up any loads. They await re
sults of an Oregon Trucking
association's meeting in Port
land this afternoon.
The association has an
nounced, through its attorney,
Wilford Long, that the Oregon
trucking industry will be shut
down today or tomorrow. The
meeting is expected to con
firm this.
Long said that operations
would cease as soon as mer
chandise presently on trucks
or loading docks was de-,
livered.
Long-Haulers Affected
Only long-haul freight ap
pears to be affected. Local de
liveries and furniture-moving
operations will continue, it is
understood. ' ,
The lock-out comes as swift
reprisal to a strike by Team
sters in California's Central
valley and western Nevada.
The strike began at 6 a.m.
today, following rejection of
the union's final wage de
mands by a committee of em
ployers.
The Western Truckers' Em
ployers Labor Policy commit
tee! ordered a general shut
down in 11 western states. It
announced that it considered
a strike against one employer
as a strike against all associa-'.
tion member firms.
No New Orders
Local trucking employers
reported receiving word from
Portland about 8 a.m. not to
accept new orders. While they
said they regarded the meas
ures as "tentative," the die ap
peared to be cast.
Spokesmen for Oregon-Nevada-California
Fast Freight,
Consolidated Freightways and
Pierce Freight Lines said they
were complying with the in
structions. Mayflower Van Lines, on
the other .hand, said that their
operations, being under a dif
ferent contract, would not be
affected. This appeared to
hold true for the Consolidated
Freightways moving van serv
ice and others as well.
It is understood that haul
ing of such commodities as
milk, bread and beer would
not be affected since they are
hauled by private fleets. Since
most of the valley's pear crop
is destined for local cold stor
age, the shut-down is not ex
pected to hamper its harvest
ing to any great extent.
Delivery services here an
ticipate suffering from the
shutdown since it would halt
the flow of goods to and from
town which they handle
locally.
Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Kansas City 2 6 0
Detroit 3 9 0
Grim, Herbert (5), Gor
man (8) and House; Bun
ning, Aguirre (9) and Lau.
Homerun: House, Kansas
City.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore 3 8 1
New York 2 7 0
Harshman and Ginsberg;
Dilmar, Monroe (9) and
Howard.
preme Court. Arizona has ad
vanced contentions in the
case which would reduce Cal
ifornia's claims of 5,362,000
annual acre feet of main
stream flow by 1,500,000.
Most of the current session
was expected to be occupied
by California, which will at
tempt to t ef ute recent Ari
zona charges that California
wastes 1,500,000 annual acre
feet in the Imperial and the
Coachella water districts.
Arizona asserts the water is
used unnecessarily to wash
salts out of the soil.
So far, the marathon water
trial has filled more than 20,
000 pages of transcript and
has included more than 4,000
books, charts and maps as ex
hibits. It has been estimated that
more than five million dollars
has been spent by the parties
in preparing their cases. ,
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