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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, '1958
No. 126
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Cause of Airliner
Crash Is Mystery;
Ships Leave Scene
99 Persons Aboard;
Find Some Wreckage
Shannon, Ireland (LTD The
search for bodies or possible
survivors of Thursday's crash
of a KLM Dutch airliner with
99 persons aboard was called
off today.
A KLM spokesman said that
all ships which had searched
the area where the plane
plunged into the white-capped
Atlantic 130 miles northwest
of Shannon were told to pro
ceed to their destinations.
- The spokesman did not say
whether the search had been
abandoned altogether or
whether it had been called off
just for today.
The cause of the tragic acci
dent on the Amsterdam to
New York flight still was a
mystery.
An airport official said in
vestigators were checking all
possiblities that the plane
had been hit by lightning dur
ing a sudden Atlantic squall,
that it had suffered a sudden
engine failure, that it was sab
otaged, that it was destroyed
by a bomb, that someone de
liberately wrecked it as part
of an insurance plot.
Vain Rescue Attempts
Parts of the wreckage and
bodies of some of the victims
were on their way to Irish
ports aboard surface vessels
which had raced to the scene
in a vain attempt at rescue' op
erations. . -
Col. J. Maher, manager of
Shannon Airport, said the
cause of the disaster may not
be known for days or weeks.
"There have been rumors
that an electrical storm caused
the crash for-that matter
very possible cause has been
suggested but these are only
wild guesses," Maher said.
"The cause cannot be estab
lished until the experts have
made their examination."
Dirk J. Koeleman, KLM
vice president and general
manager for the United States,
said in New York that "some
thing violent must have taken
place" because it was "high
ly improbable" that the
plane's four motors and four
radio sets all would go bad
together under ordinary cir
cumstances. Koeleman said his reference
to violence referred to reports
of severe storms and light
ning in the area where the
plane went down, and did not
mean that the airline sus
pected sabotage or deliberate
destruction of the big plane.
He said that so far no clues to
the cause had been found.
BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland ..... 3 7 2
Chicago 4 111
Woodeschick. Grant (7)
Mossi (8) and Nixon, Brown
(8); Lalman, Lown (7) and
Lollar.
Survey of Feasibility
Of Work May Be Year Off
It may be about a year be
fore a survey is made by fed
eral engineers on feasibility
of development work on the
Bear creek watershed, accord
ing to C. W. Jensen, Rogue
River, chairman of the Rogue
Soil Conservation district.
Jensen and representatives
of other interested local
agencies this morning re
ceived letters from the Soil
Conservation service, which
said "application to the secre
tary of agriculture for plan
ning assistance on the Bear
creek watershed has been re
ceived. Planning assistance
will be provided for addition
al watersheds when technical
facilities are available.
"The additional watersheds
will be selected for planning
in consideration of watershed
priorities recommended by
the Oregon state engineer for
the applications received and
approved in your state."
Written notification will be
given by the state conserva
tionist of the Soil Conserva
PDoime Coifed
! This Splendid Achievement, Made Possible
By a Man Whose Name I Forget"
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Medford Chosen As
Site for Education
Group's Meetings
Boulder, Colo. Medford,
Ore., has been chosen as the
site of next year's annual
meeting for the Western In
terstate Commission for
Pat Rushion Is
Roundup Queen
Miss Pat Rushton was
crowned queen of the Rogue
River Roundup at the street
dance sponsored by the Med
ford Junior Chamber of Com
merce at "Dead Man's Gulch"
last night.
Between 750 and 1,000 per
sons attended the festivities,
which included dancing to
western music by the Polka
Dots and entertainment by lo
cal talent groups.
"Dead Man's Gulch" in an
area on Fir st. between Fifth
and Sixth sts. and activities
there are to publicize the
Rogue River Roundup this
week end. Entertainment and
dancing will be held at the
Gulch this evening and will
continue tomorrow after the
parade.
The Roundup parade will
begin at 7:30 p.m. today and
from Hawthorne park and
will go west on Main st. to Ivy
St., then down Sixth st. to the
Gulch. Entrants in the parade
should assemble by 9 a.m., ac
cording to Junior Chamber of
Commerce officials.
Other finalists in the queen
contest were Linda Luman,
Marion Christian, Patricia
Hanson and Doris Owens.
The Roundup Rodeo will
begni at 7:30 p.m. today and
Saturday and at 2 pjn. Sun
day at the Jackson County
Sheriff's Posse Grounds on
Sage rd.
tion Service when further ac
tion is taken, the letter con
cluded. Jensen said this morning
that application was made
about a year ago for the work.
When the survey on feasibility
of the work is made it will
eventually include all of the
Bear creek watershed, head
waters and tributaries.
Such a project would have
to be split up into small areas,
he said. The Rogue Soil Con
servation district started the
drive which was backed by
the Jackson county chapter of
the Izaak Walton league, Ash
land, Medford and Central
Point.
The project would come un
der the Watershed Protection
and Flood Prevention act. Pur
pose of this act is to get good
conservation of water and
land on resources available.
The federal government will
pay up to $5 million per pro
ject at 22 per cent interest.
The remainder would come
from contributions and assess
ment of the districts involved.
StonDvoirs
Higher Education. This was
decided at the concluding
session of the commission
here this week.
Frank J. Van Dyke, Med
ford, retiring chairman of
the commission; Mrs. Edna
Scales, Sandy, and Dr. John
R. Richards, Eugene, were
the three Oregon commission
ers attending the seventh an
nual meeting.
Dr. Fred D. Flagg Jr., presi
dent emeritus of the Univer
sity of Southern California,
and Dr. Richard A. Harvill,,
president, . University of Ari
zona, were chosen chairman
and vice chairman for the
coming year.
Authorize Workshop
More contact between edu
cators and state legislators on
the financing of higher edu
cation is needed, the commis
sion decided. The commission
authorized a second legisla
tive workshop on financing
higher education for next
spring, to bring together legis
lators, state budget officers,
and university officials.
It also approved the forma
tion of a medical manpower
advisory council for the west,
to study and make recommen
dations as to western needs
for more medical training fa
cilities. Demonstration of television
teaching by a chemistry pro
fessor with years of TV teach
ing experience, and a tele
vised panel discussion of
ETV's uses by western univer
sities, were other highlights of
the meeting. A panel report
from the newly-formed west
ern council on mental health
training and research, and a
panel discussion on medical
education in the West also
were featured.
The commission, an 11-state
organization created five
years ago by interstate com
pact, is responsible for pro
moting cooperative programs
in higher education among the
western states. It administers
a university student exchange
program in the health sci
ences, makes studies of west
ern educational needs and re
sources, and sponsors ongoing
regional councils in several
professional fields. Three
commissioners from each
member state, appointed by
the governors, direct a perma
nent commission staff with
headquarters on the Univer
sity of Colorado campus at
Boulder.
Prompt Action Prevents
More Serious Fire
Prompt action of ah em
ployee was credited with pre
venting more serious fire
damage yesterday at the
Blake, Moffit and Towne
warehouse, 221 North Fir st.
Firemen said that an ash
tray apparently" had been
emptied into a waste basket
about 5 p.m. At 5:35 p.m. an
employee found a fire involv
ing the contents of the basket
and scorching a wall and desk.
He put out the fire with a
hand extinguisher and called
the firs department.
Tax Group Starts
Interim Meeting;
13 Persons Attend
Main Meeting Will
Be Held Saturday
A two-day meeting of the
state legislative interim com
mittee on taxation got under
way this morning at the Jack
son county courthouse audi
t o r i u m. Approximately 13
county residents attended the
morning public session.
Presented this morning by
the subcommittee on inherit
ance and gift taxes were bills
drafted to amend those laws.
Also discussed were tax ap
peals procedures in other
states and a bill to establish
state tax court or board of tax
appeals.
Subcommittees on tax ex
emptions and timber and nat
ural resources taxes" were
scheduled to present various
bill drafts this afternoon.
Among those to be presented
were bills exempting student
housing accommodations hold
ing companies from corpora
tion excise tax, and exempt
ing uncompleted buildings
from property taxation.
. R. L. Uhlman, Weyerhaeu
ser Timber company, repre
senting the industry, was
scheduled to testify this after
noon on the proposed changes
in the Oregon reforestation
law. Also to be presented was
an analysis and discussion of
timber severance report laws.
Jackson county residents in
terested in expressing their
views and opinions on state
taxation may do so Saturday
at 10:30 a.m. during the main
committee meeting. Following
this period F. LeRoy Span
gler, Medford, willgive- a
progress report of the prop
erty tax limitation study. The
interim committee will pre
sent its final public report
Saturday morning.
, Of the subcommittee re
ports that will be given will
be a timber tax bill by the
timber taxation subcommittee
and the special mobile equip
ment bill by the committee on
ad valorem.
State Sen. Walter Pearson,
Portland, ,is chairman of the
interim committee with State
Sen. Philip B. Lowry, Med
ford, and State Representa
tives Fay Bristol, Grants Pass,
as the southern Oregon
members.
Air Reserve Group
Being Deactivated
The 9091st Air Reserve
group ' here is being deacti
vated, according to TSgt. Bu
ford Johnson of the 9417th
Air Reserve squadron.
Capt. I Donald P. Heming
way and MSgt. Alf L. Bled
soe, active-duty members of
the group, have been assigned
to training duties with the
newly-formed 2477th Air Re
serve Training wing, Vancou
ver Barracks, Vancouver,
Wash.
Seven reserve officers of
the group are being reas
signed to the 9417th squad
ron, TSgt. Johnson said yes
terday. This unit includes approxi
mately 50 members in the
Medford area alone, he said.
Capt. Hemingway said he
expects to move his wife and
three children to Vancouver
today. They have been in
Medford since 1954, residing
at 4 Glen Oak ct.
Eisenhower
For Study of
Washington (DPD Presi
dent Eisenhower assured a
roused Senate today that no
federal money has been or. will
be spent on a study of possible
U.S. surrender to an enemy
in event of nuclear war.
He issued a statement, de
claring that the idea f such
a project is "nonsense."
The President's reaction to
the uproar which rocked the
Senate Thursday was outlined
to newsmen in a statement
read by White House Press
Secretary James C. Hagerty.
"As far as the President is
concerned," Hagerty said, "All
this talk about surrender is
nonsense."
Mediators Try to
Find Truck Strike
Settlement Basis
Industry Crippled
In 1 1 Western States
San Francisco (UPD Fed
eral mediators Jtried today to
find a basis for settling a f o.ur-day-old
strike-lockout that has
crippled the for-hire trucking
industry in 11 western states.
Arthur Viat, regional head
of the agency, said he and his
aids "are still trying to create
a climate for mediation."
"Our goal is to get the
Teamsters and employers to
gether as . early as possible,
but no meeting is likely be
fore next week," Viat said.
The dispute began Monday
when 2,350 teamtsers belong
ing to Joint Council 38 went
on strike against trucking
firms in central California
and western Nevada. They
are seeking wage parity with
drivers in the San Francisco
Bay area.
Lockout Declared
'Employers immediately de
clared a lockout in 11 west
ern states, declaring the team
sters had already accepted an
agreement covering the West
on May 27.
It was impossible to esti
mate the number out of work
as a result of the dispute, but
industry leaders predicted the
total would reach 100,000 as
the strike-lockout continued.
The California Trucking as
sociation said that by Satur
day lockouts by 1,600 com
panies would idle 150,000
pieces of equipment, which
normally move about three
quarters of all the. truck
freight in the entire West.
They do a $2,500,000 a day
business.
Unfair Practices Charged
Meanwhile, . the union
charged six more trucking
operators and employer asso
ciations with unfair labor
practices by locking out the
teamsters in Arizona, Colora
do, and western Texas.
The complaints were filed
with the National Labor Re
lations Board in San Francis
co Thursday.
It brought to 10 the number
of firms accused of unfair la
bor practices in the current
dispute.
Permits to Move
Buildings Issued
Three more permits to move
houses from the Jackson
County Housing authority
project on West Jackson st.
were issued at city hall this
weekl
The authority stipulated in
advertising its sale of sub
standard dwellings this spring
that they had to be demolish
ed to at least panel size before
removal from the project
area. According to Chairman
Mark A. Goldy, purchasers
agreed verbally to demolish
the buildings in this manner
if they were to be used again
for residential purposes.
But the stipulation was
"not an ironclad require
ment" and. "not enforceable,"
according to Goldy. There was
no written sales agreement.
Hence a number of the
dwellings have been removed
intact. The purchasers have
cited such varied uses as ga
rages, tool sheds, workshops
and chicken coops. But some
at least appear destined for
residential use, on the theory
that "there's no rule says a
man can't sleep in hi3 chicken
house."
The city building depart
ment has no authority, it is
understood, to deny moving
permits so long as the struc
tures are being moved outside
the city. The three permits
this week were issued to the
Medford House Moving and
General Contracting, Inc., 207
Berrydale ave.
Assures Senate No Money Will Be Spent
Possible U.S.
The press secretary added
"Let me set the record
straight. There has been no
public money spent to study
how or when the United
States might surrender. There
will be no such money spent
for such a purpose.
Whole Matter Ridiculous
"The Senate evidently feels
about this as does the Presi
dent. It wants to require that
no appropriation be used for
such a purpose.
"As to that, the President
wants me to say this: Even if
he is given the money for such
a purpose it would " not be
spent. The whole matter is too
ridiculous for comment."
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SPUTNIK WATCHERS This group of
people, who call themselves the Dakota
Street Sputnik Wr.tching society, have
been gathering every evening for more
than a week on the front lawn of Mr.
and Mrs. Ryder Berg, 733 Dakota st.,
to view Russia's Sputnik III rocket. Be
tween the first and second appearance
of the satellite someone in the group
provides refreshments of ice cream, water
Morgan Promoted
To Captain With
State Police
Paul Morgan, Medford, who
has been with the state police
department for 27 years, has
been promoted to captain, ef
fective today. He is now in
command of operations in dis
trict three, with headquarters
here.
. Capt. Morgan replaces Capt.
Paul Parson, who retires Sept.
1 after about 30 years in police-work.
Captr Parson went
on leave Aug. 1.
Lt. Earl W. Tichenor, Mil
waukie, will be transferred
here Sept. 1 to assume duties
as assistant commander, suc
ceeding Capt. Morgan.
Capt. Morgan entered the
service in the traffic division
Aug.'l, 1931, and was sta
tioned at Cottage Grove. He
later held positions in Eugene
and Salem, and was promoted
to sergeant and transferred to
Grants Pass Jan. 1, 1939.
After his transfer to Rose
burg, he was promoted to lieu
tenant and assigned to Med
ford as assistant commander
here May 15, 1947.
Lt. Tichenor started serv
ice with the state police on
March 18, 1936 at Milwaukie,
and served in Medford and
Coquille before he was pro
moted to sergeant and trans
ferred to Klamath Falls Oct.
1, 1941.
He was commissioned lieu
tenant and assigned to the
arson division Dec. 1, 1956,
when he was transferred to
Milwaukie.
District three includes Jack
son, Josephine, Coos, Curry,
Douglas, Klamath and Lake
counties.
House Group Okays
Chrome Subsidy Bill
The house rules committee
has approved the chrome
mineral subsidy bill S4036.
House consideration of the
bill is expected .next week,
Bruce Manley",, president of
California Oregon Chrome
Producers association, said to
day. The bill provides for a $35
a ton subsidy for 46 per cent
chromite upon sale to in
dustry. The bill has been ap
proved by the Senate, he said.
Surrender to
Hagerty said the President
had. authorized him to make
the statement exactly as he
made it. He declined to goiur
ther when asked if the Pres
ident resented a proposed
amendment which stirred up
the Senate furor. The amend
ment to bar spending any fed
eral money for a surrender
study .sent the Senate into an
uproarious night session
Thursday.
Despite the President's
statement, the Senate moved
toward a vote on the proposal.
Chairman Richard B. Rus
sell (D-Ga.) of the Senate
Armed - Services committee
proposed to withhold funds
Sputnik Rocket Big
Attraction in Area
During Past Week
The dead rocket tube of
Russia's third Sputnik, or
earth satellite, has been vis
ible to Rogue valley people
each night for more than a
week now.
It has attracted much at
tention, and caused a certain
frustration among those who
Rise Seen in Milk
Prices Because of
Low Production
The predicted rise in retail
milk prices will probably ap
ply statewide, according to
Dick Westberg of Milk Pro
ducers League here and presi
dent; of Oregon Milk" Pro
ducers. ' .
Will Henry, general man
ager of the Dairy Cooperative
association said today in Port
land that milk prices will rise
since pastures are drying up
and cows are producing less
milk. Some rain could change
the picture, he added.
Westberg, manager of the
local dairy cooperative, said
the situation is relatively gen
eral. Southern Oregon is not
suffering yet since it still has
irrigation water.
The increased demand for
production will naturally af
fect the outlying districts, he
explained. However, in time
this area, too, could become
short in milk supplies. r
Lester Adams, manager of
the Oregon Milk Producers,
said state dairymen are faced
with a 4 per cent increase in
actual feeding costs this sea
son compared to a year ago.
Adams said the organization
has completed recently a sur
vey of dairy operations from
Klamath county, through cen
tral Oregon and from Eugene
south.
The manager of Oregon
Milk Producers would not
estimate what a price increase
on milk might be. However,
he did say that the recent
dairy operations survey shows
production costs are steadily
rising. 4
An Enemy
from any Pentagon-sponsored
studies on policies for possi
ble U. S. surrender in nuclear
war.
Russell's amendment came
in the midst of a furor that
raged from the White House
to Congress after it was dis
closed some kind of "surren
der study" or studies had
been prepared at the Penta
gon's request.
The White House said Pres
ident Eisenhower considered
the study "ridiculous" if it ac
tually did discuss the condi
tions under which this coun
try might give up. The Presi
dent demanded an immediate
report on the incident.
melon or cookies and coffee, and they
chat awhile until the rocket again circles
the earth. Pictured are, left to right front
row, Ryder Berg, Glenn Klein, Ray Alder
and Walter Hahner; back row, Mrs. Alder
and daughter, Judy, Mrs. Hahner and Mrs.
Berg. The group makes a game of seeing
who can spot the satellite first, and by
now, they know the exact point where
it will appear.
have been unable to spot the
object which looks much
like a first-magnitude star
winking on . and off as it
slowly moves across the
heavens.
' It first became visible local
ly about a month ago, and has
returned to a visible 'orbit
periodically, since then.
In recent nights it has made
at least two transits of the
southern Oregon sky each
night, about 103 minutes apart
the length oij time it takes
to circle the earth. Each pass
is about 11 minutes earlier
than the comparable one the
night before.
While data on the rocket
tube (which is now far ( sep
arated from the instrument-
bearing Sputnik itself) is lack
ing, it is believed to be about
79 feet long and between five
and six feet in diameter. It
tumbles over and over in what
appears to be an erratic pat
tern as it moves in its orbit.
The Portland team of
mbonwatches is the only
source of information locally
as to the behavior of the ob
ject, and reports from this
group have been spotty and
irregular, resulting in some
confusion as to where and
when it can be seen. At the
request of the Mail Tribune,
the United Press International
has arranged to obtain 'the
schedule each day for the
rocket's visible passes over
Oregon.
. On recent nights, the early
evening pass has been in the
eastern sky, about one, third
to one half of the way up.from
the horizon to the zenith. The
rocket has moved in a south
eastern direction, fading out
at a point just south of east.
The later pass has first be
come visible just below the
Big Dipper. Last night it al
most occluded the last star
on the handle of the dipper,
and tonight is expected to
pass just to the west of it.
Its course then goes roughly
south-south-west, and it disap
pears, presumably into the
shadow of the earth, in the
Milky Wav area. The rocket
is due tonight at 8:17 o'clock
and again at 9:59.
Altitude of the rocket is
thought to vary from a low
point of about 150 miles to a
high point of some 1,100
miles.. Its speed is about 18,
000 miles per hour. It was
launched May 15. It is visible
only at night, and only when
it is in the light of the sun,
which it reflects, making it
possible to be seen.
The timetable is based on
the best information avail
able, but may vary a few
minutes, as the data were pre
pared for other areas. Would
be viewers are advised to
start their watch several min
utes earlier than the time
listed, and to avoid brightly
lighted areas.
Mt. Angel, Ore. (UPD More
than 7,000 Catholics are ex
pected to make the half-mile
Marian Pilgrimage at Crook
ed Finger near hers today.
Delegate Shukairy
Says Arabs Master
Of Own Homeland
West Hopes for
Resolution Soon
United Nations, N.Y. (UPD
Saudi Arabia, regarded as the-
middle man in the divided
Arab world, warned today
that peace rests on western
withdrawal from North Africa
and the Middle East.
"In a word," Saudi Arabian
delegate Ahmad Shukairy told
the U.N. General Assembly's
emergency Middle East ses
sion, "the Arabs are deter
mined to be lord and master
of their homeland from the
Atlantic to the Arabian Gulf.
"There is only one choice,
and one choice only. It is be
tween peace of French intran
sigence in North Africa. It is
between peace or British rule
around the Arabian Penin
sula. It is between peace or
American Zionism in Pales
tine. Diplomatic activity quick
ened meanwhile in a search
for agreement on a course of
action to be put before the 81
nation assembly immediately.
The West hoped to place a res
olution before the delegates
by the time they adjourn for
the week end.
Diplomatic Drama
Secretary of State John Fos
ter Dulles and Soviet Foreign
Minister Andrei Gromyko
were the central figures in the
diplomatic drama. But Ameri
can sources could not confirm
reports that Dulles and Gro
myko, after a private talk
Tuesday night, found them
selves close to accord on a
policy for Lebanon.
Gromyko said "If the
United States has the wish, it
is possible to reach a mutually
satisfactory decision, which of
course would involve the'
withdrawal of U.S. troops
from Lebanon and British
troops from Jordan."
Gromyko scheduled an aft
ernoon conference with Japa
nese Foreign Minister Aiichi
ro Fujiyama, who was seek
ing a compromise course be
tween the western powers and
the Soviet-Arab front in the
assembly.
Fujiyama spoke this morn
ing and revived Japan's plan
to give Secretary-General Dag
Hammerskjold a free hand in
strengthening the U.N. observ
er force in Lebanon to permit ,
the withdrawal of U.S. forces.
Flood of Resolutions
A flood of suggested resolu
tions offered for western back
ing, all appeared to be based
on the same idea: "Let Dag do
it." The West pinned its hopes
on a comprehensive measure
now scheduled to be intro
duced by Norway which ap
peared more than ever to
make Hammarskjold the
"Middle East's middle man."
Turkey denounced Russian
threats of war and gave its
full support to President Ei
senhower's plan for peace in
the Middle East.
Republican Women
Cancel Luncheon
The Jackson County Repub
lican Women's club has can
celled its noon luncheon Mon
day because of its work with
the central committee in mak
ing plans for the Republican
roundup Monday . night at
Hawthorne park, club offi
cials have announced.
Club . representatives said
several persons have made
reservations to hear Mark
Hatfield, secretary of state
and candidate for governor.
Those who have made reserva
tions are asked to attend the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce roundtable lunch
eon in the Pioneer room of
the Jackson hotel.
Hatfield will attend the
luncheon and probably speak
briefly. He also will speak at
the Republican roundup, as
will Paul E. Geddes, Republi
can nominee for congress
from the fourth district.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Continued fair
and warm through Saturday.
Outlook fair Sunday. Low to
night 55. High Saturday 95.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 95
Lowest this Morning 54
Our Skies Tonight
sunset today
7:13 p.m.
5:19 a.m.
7:22 p.m.
Aug. 21
Sunrise tomorrow
Moonset today
First Quarter
PROMINENT STAR
Arcturus, in the west 9:14 p.m.
Jupiter, sets 930 p.m.
Saturn, low in south
west 10:59 p.m.
Mars, in the east 12:33 a.m.
Venus, rises 3:46 a.m.