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Newspaper Page Text53rd Yea? Recommended Price 10 Cents Subscribers Tribune To report improper or non delivery of the Mail Tribune in Medford phone SP 2-6141. Ash land MU 2-1021. Yreka 841W before 6:45 pjn. daily and 1230 aon. Sunday. If regular delivery strives shortly after you call please notify office thus eliminating special messenger service. A story about Medford's ar terial street program, and work which has been completed and Is planned In the near future, appears on page la of today's Mail Tribune. United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire 62 PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1958 No. 127 WESTERN TO GIVE DA Dixon and Lodge Confer With U.N. Secretary on Plan To Be Submitted To Assembly Monday United Nations, N. Y. (UPD Britain and the United States yesterday helped ham mer into shape a Western proposal to turn the Middle East political turmoil over to U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold. The Americans, meanwhile were reported preparing to pull another battalion of Ma rines out of Lebanon. Britain's Sir Pierson Dixon and Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge of the United States carried on the negotiations as their two chiefs, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd left, the city for brief week-end respites from the emergency assembly debate cn the Middle East crisis. The U.N. session will be resumed Monday morning. Lodge and Dixon conferred at U.N. Headquarters with Hammarskjold and Norweg ian Deputy Foreign Minister Hans Engen. The Norwegian is the author of a resolution which would have the As - sembly instruct Hammarsk jold to take urgent steps to safeguard the independence and political integrity of Leb anon and Jordan and permit the United States and Britain to with draw their military forces. , , Engen said his resolution would be filed with the U.N. secretariat today and prob ably would be made public at that time. It -will be intro duced formally in the General Assembly Monday, he said, with eight or 10 co-sponsors. American sources said they still were consulting ' officials of other countries and there might be more co-sponsors by the time the resolution is handed in. Nothing in the resolution sets forth definite dates for the withdrawal of troops from Lebanon or Jordan, it was learned. Lodge said after the con ference, "we are really mov ing along." He predicted that the watered-down Norwegian formula would secure wide spread assembly , backing when it finally comes to a vote. It was expected to go be fore the assembly for action on Monday or Tuesday. An Arab League official said after a conference with Hammarskjold that the Nor wegian resolution was "still oper to discussion." The Arab League spokesman reaffirm ed the Arab view that the "main thing" is to get these "Anglo-American" forces to withdraw from Jordan and Lebanon. Plaque to Mark Railroad Depot The Siskiyou Pioneer Sites Foundation will dedicate a plaque to commemorate the Rogue River Valley railroad next Saturday. A bronze plaque will mark the site of the old Medford depot, and will be unveiled at the Crater Lake Motors building. . Following that for mal dedication exercises will be held in the city park near the Medford Public library. Dr. Frank Haines of South ern Oregon college will give the history of the railroad, and Albert Gandt, Medford, president of 'the Foundation, will discuss the aims and pur poses of the Foundation. The Rogue River Valley railroad, known as the "Jack sonville Cannonball," was built in 1891 to connect Med ford and Jacksonville. It op erated for 35 years, and was an important pioneer enter prise. Siskiyou Pioneer Sites Foundation was incorporated in 1957 as a non-profit cor poration to mark and pre serve the historic buildings and sites of southern Oregon. The plaque to be unveiled marks the first step in the campaign of the society to preserve the pioneer heritage. PROPOSAL Truman Backs Ike, Sees Crisis In U.N. By HARRY S. TRUMAN North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc. Copyright, 1958, By Harry S. Truman (Reproduction of this ar ticle in whole or in pari is forbidden without written authorization). The General Assembly of the United Nations, now in emergency session, is faced with the most critical de cision affecting the peace of the world since the founding of the United Nations. I feel that the very survival of, the United Nations as an instru- ment of peace may well be determined by the actions taken by the 81 nations of the Assembly. It was heartening to see President Eisenhower appear in person before the General Assembly to make the Ameri can position clear. The sound proposals madeby the Presi dent offered a realistic ap proach, and I hope that the Assembly will act- with the speed called for by the situa tion. Point of Danger World tensions and rival ries have reached a point of danger where certain powers must prove their intentions for peace or war before this Assembly which expresses the views and perhaps the conscience of mankind. This should be no time for name- Library to Close For Wall Repairs The Medford Public libra ry, headquarters of the Jack son County library, will be closed from Sept. 1 through 14 while extensive repairs to the building are being made, it has been announced. Replastering of the south and west walls in the adult and junior, reading rooms and in a number of offices will be completed during the closure. Library officials noted that expediency requires closure because it will be necessary to remove books and shelves during the repair work. Patrons will be permitted to check out a double allow ance of books before the clos ure, however, and the books will be loaned for longer per iods than is usual so that none will become due while the building is closed, officials said. Jackson county readers are also reminded by the library staff that they may borrow books from any of the branch agencies. These include libra ries at Jacksonville, Central Point, Phoenix, Tatent, Eagle Point, Gold Hill, Butte Falls, Tabe Rock, and Shady Cove. Borrowers' cards issued by any of the above libraries are good at all of the rest includ ing the Medford Public libra ry, officials reminded. Books must be returned to the agency from which, they are borrowed, however, they cautioned. In addition to permitting building repairs the closure will make it possible for a number of the employees to take their annual vacation, it was noted. Good Re-Stocking of Fish Streams Would Make Big A good re-stocking of fish in streams and rivers in the valley would be one of the best attractions that the area could offer tourists during the centennial year, according to Neal Smith, Gold Hill Centen nial chairman. Neal included this senti ment in his inventory of the resources of his area, submit ted to Jackson County Cen tennial Chairman Ernie Hood last week. . He said that many people he has contacted feel that vis itors coming here next year will remember the Rogue val ley much longer if they catch a good rainbow trout than they will if the tour all the EE calling, recrimination and propaganda contests by any nation that genuinely wants to make this body an effec tive force to prevent war. I think it is fortunate that the situation in the Middle East is being considered by the United Nations General Assembly rather than by the major powers at a so-called summit meeting. Meetings at the summit, in my judgment, belong to the past, because they constitute the assumed right of a few nations ' to tell smaller and weaker nations what to do. Trie only legitimate reason for any such meeting in the future would be to carry out the decisions and mandates of the United Nations. (Continued on Page 5) Restraining Order Issued to Prevent Names on Ballot A temporary restraining order to prevent placing of any name on the November ballot for district court judge was issued Friday by Edward C. Kelly, circuit court judge. The order came in response to a request by James A. Red den, whb- represents E. Roy Bashaw, candidate for the nomination and present Med ford city attorney. Named as defendant is Bereth B. Hopkins, county clerk. By terms of the order, she is to appear Aug. 22 to show cause why she should not place the name of Robert G. Danielson, the other cand idate, or any other name on the ballot. Declaratory Judgment Redden's request was made in connection with a declara tory judgment in Bashaw's behalf which seeks to disqual ify Danielson from the nom ination. Danielson polled more votes in the May pri mary, but has been charged with not having been eligible at the time of the election. Mrs. Hopkins was instruct ed by the attorney general last month to issue a certifi cate of nomination to Daniel son, but suits- entered since then have stayed that action. Redden stated Friday that he hoped to receive an appear ance from Danielson this week end. The appearance is due Tuesday. He said Aug. 22 has been set as trial date for the other suit brought against Danielson by Richard House of Medford. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair, hut variable cloudiness today. Clearing and a little warmer Monday. High today 92. Low tonight 58. High Monday 96-98 TEMP. Highest yesterday 95 Lowest Yesterday Morning 62 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:11 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:21 a.m. The Moon sets 8:33 p.m. tonight and is in Perigee. PROMINENT STAR Deneb. high overhead 11:05 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Saturn, in the south after sunset. Jupiter, sets 9:13 p.m. Venus, rises 3:50 a.m. Mars, high in south east 3:46 a.m. historical shrines in the val ley. Historical shrines, tourist accommodations and other at tractions in the Gold Hill area are not neglected by Neal, however. The Birdseye home, Table Rock monument, Old Stage road and the Gold Hill hotel are all mentioned as visitor attractions. The hotel was built nearly 80 years ago. It contains a Rosewood bar and mirror brought around Cape Horn in the 1860's, he noted. The building was erected when the railroad came and the stage coaches ceased to run, Neal said, and "should be reactivated perhaps, now Valley Woman Found Safe After Night in Woods Bloodhounds Find Mrs. Max Hawks Mrs. Max Hawks, 44, of Shady Cove, was found un harmed about 8:45 p.m. Sat urday by bloodhounds from Dallas after being lost in rug ged country in the Huckle berry lake area since Friday afternoon. , Law enforcement agencies said bloodhounds owned by Norman Wilson entered the search about dusk last night. Mrs. Hawks was found in Dead Horse canyon on a slope which had not been searched. Searchers started combing the Huckleberry lake area about 6 p.m. Friday, and at one time an estimated 150 persons were involved searching activities. . Last Seen Friday She was last seen Friday while on a, huckleberry pick ing outing with two compan ions, Mrs. Dolf Larson and Mrs. Ray Briggs, according to reports. Bloodhounds were called into the search .yesterday aft ernoon. State police, Jackson and Douglas county sheriff deputies, Rogue River and Umpqua National forest offi cials, the Red Cross, the Southern Oregon Conserva tion and Tree Farm associa tion, and private citizens par ticipated in the search. Searchers were aided by an airplane piloted by Tom Tep- per of Shady Cove. The plane was equipped with a loud speaker. SOCTFA provided a disaster unit, and the Red Cross supplied food for searchers starting late Friday evening. Mrs. Hawks' husband is manager of a builders' sup ply company in Medford. ,She Ms the mother of six children, More Marines To Withdraw Beirut (UPD The United States is preparing to with draw a second marine batta lion of 1,800 men from Leb anon, "probably within a week," an Informed source said yesterday. The withdrawal would leave Marine strength in Leb anon at less than half the or iginal total. It would cut the total number of U. S. troops in Lebanon Marines,, para troopers and supply troops to 10,700. The top strength of Ameri can forces landed in Lebanon was 14,300.. The number was reduced when the second bat talion of the Eighth Marine Regiment was withdrawn Thursday and Friday. Group Identified The second group of mar ines to be pulled out was iden-. fied by the informed source as the first battalion of the 2nd Marine Regiment, now holding a hill-top position above Antelia. Admiral James Holloway, commander of the U. S. forces here, conferred for more than an hour yesterday with Leb anese president-elect Gen. Fouad Chehab, the U. S. Em bassy reported without re vealing the subject of the dis cussion. Grants Pass (UPD Frank Thomas, about 67, was elec trocuted shortly before noon yesterday near his home on the Williams highway about 20 miles south of here, while repairing a television an tenna. in Area Attraction that the railroads have ceased to run." v The House of Mystery on Sardine Creek rd. and Table Rock mountain east of Gold Hill are both noted as natural phenomena, and Neal points out that the Rogue river is itself a scenic "spot" from al most any angle. Neal's inventory is the sec ond one received by Hood, who expects reports from each community and area centennial chairman in Jack son county so that his group can proceed with coordination from the entire county for the 100-year birthday celebration. Nldirthecistt Pfauue Crashes At Mqirataclkefe, Tax Committee IHIoDcIs JKIearings Oregon's economic picture is beginning to hold, but there is no big rejuvenation seen in the near future, JMy ron Katz, coordinator and economist " for the Oregon state tax commission, told a meeting of the legislative in terim tax committee here Sat urday. ' His statement came at the windup of the two-day ses sion of public hearings in the Jackson county courthouse on taxation from the level of the average taxpayer and from that of industry. , Total unemployment is at its highest for this time, of year since World War II, he First Stage of UMC Scheduled To Start Tomorrow One stage of the 1958 United Medford Crusade will get under way here at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18, according to Richard (Dick) Travis, campaign chairman. The, lumber division and the contractors section of the commercial division will start solicitations Monday, he said. Purpose for the early start on thbste two r divisions, Travis said, is an effort to reach the seasonal employment areas. Russ Hogue and S. V. Mc Queen are cochairmen of the lumber division; and Fred Robinson and Bert Wright are cochairmen of the con tractors section of the com mercial division.. Groups Set. Meeting Workers from the two groups will meet at the Red Cross chapter house on Haw thorne ave. for "kick-off" ac tivities Monday night. Har old Cook, UMC secretary, pointed out that Monday night's meeting will not be the "kick-off" for the regular campaign, which will start about Sept. 15. Travis also announced that the week of Aug. 25 will be designated as UMC Building Trades Week, during which building trades workers will be given the opportunity to work an extra hour each day for five days. They will be paid time-and-a-half, and the money ' earned during that time will be contributed to the United Medford Crusade. The Medford Building Trades Council recently rec ommended the plan to affili ated unions, and many of the local contractors have ex pressed their willingness , to cooperate. Travis noted that the plan is flexible, allowing for other times and hours worked suiting the "conveni ence of the contractor and em ployee. )- . Last of Trucks Pulled Off Road San Francisco (UPD The last of a fleet of 150,00 trucks which haul three-quarters "of the highway freight .in 11 western states pulled off the road yesterday as the strike lockout went into its sixth day. ' A spokesman for the Cali fornia Trucking Association (CTA) said all 1,600 trucking firms allied in a dispute with the Teamsters Union would have shut down operations by the end of the day. An estimated 100,000 are out of work because of the dispute which stemmed from an attempt to institute the first master contract covering all trucking in the west. The Federal Mediation Ser vice has called on both sides to get together next Wednes day in San Diego in an effort to iron out differences. Ar thur Viat, regional head of the Federal Mediation and Concil iation Service, urged the teamsters and employers "to have in attendance represen tatives fully authorized to ne gotiate a settlement." explained. However, it is sub stantially below the mid-winter peak. Public Assistance ' "This year has seen the greatest expenditures in the history of public assistance in Oregon," fatz said. "Public assistance payments in the fiscal year , just ended in creased 12 per cent above 1956-57. "Unemployment in Oregon continues to decline season ally, but the July jobless fig ure was 59 per cent greater thanin July of last year and fully 121 per cent greater than the July 1956 unemploy ment level," the economist said. During June, for the first time since January, non-farm employment in the state in creased. This is on a season ally adjusted basis, Katz said. Employment in July, consid ering seasonal factors, had a large drop. This indicated that no significant recovery from the recession has been made yet in the state, he said. Failures Rise The number of business failures in Oregon during the first half of 1958 was 27 per cent above the same period of 1957. It also -was 178 per cent above the. same period of 1956. The dollar value of such failures was small, how ever. It was 3Vfc per cent be low the same period in 1957 and 42 per cent above the first half of 1956, the econo mist said. Source for these figures was Dunn and Brad street, he. added. (Continued on Page 10) Talent Workers Return to Jobs Construction workers, have returned to most of the Tal ent Irrigation district projects following settlement of the labor jdispute between the As sociated General Contractors and the Operating' Engineers. Work was resumed on the Howard Prairie dam and de livery canal, Dead Indian creek and collection canals, and the Greensprings power plant and switch yard. However, Cheney, Cherf and associates, contractors for the Cascade and Greensprings tunnels and the Keene creek dam, reported they were wait ing for official notification of ratification of the labor agreement before returning to the projects. A company spokesman said Friday that the. , firm hopes to resume work Monday. Rocket Officials Start Moon Shoot Countdown Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPD U. S. rocketeers began the countdown last night for, an historic attempt to reconnoit er the moon today with a three-stage rocket which has a televsion-equipped instru ment in , its nose. The test would require a journey of at least 220,000 miles through space to be a'success. The ' Air Force refused to confirm unofficial reports that the countdown was un derway. But a high source said at 10:45 p.m. (EST) (8:45 a.m. PDT) that if "you are going to do a certain thing tomorrow, you would certain ly be making preparations by this time." An unofficial source said two hours earlier that pros pects "looked good" that the test would come off as pre dicted sometime after dawn. Bad weather could cause a postponement in launching the towering rocket built for the shoot, the deepest pene tration of space yet at tempted. Showers Forecast A thick fog enveloped Cape Canaveral yesterday ' and showers were forecast for this View Of 'V ' ( ... n xpBorer Come Into View Portland (UPD Oregon- ians may be able to see the cylindrically - shaped Explor er IV next week, Robert L. Boardwell,, head of the Ore gon: Moonwatch .'. society. - an nounced Friday. The satellite will pass over the Northwest Tuesday, Aug ust" 19, at 4:14 a.m. at an alti tude of 84 degrees in the northwest sky. Wednesday, August 20, the satellite will pass at 3:57 a.m. at an altitude of 83 degrees in the northwest sky. It may be seen flashing across the sky on Thursday, August 21, at 3:39 a.m. in the northwest sky at an altitude of 82 degrees. ' - Friday, Too Once again, it will pass over Oregon on-Friday, August 22, at 31.21 a.m. at an altitude of 81 degrees in the northwest sky. All passings of Epsilon the name given the satellite in conjunction with the cur rent 18-month astrophysical year will be in a southwest to northeast direction.. Hurricane Ends Threat To Nation's Mainland Miami (UPD Hurricane Cleo and its 125-mile-an-hour winds veered to the northwest yesterday, ending any threat to the U. S. mainland or West Indies. An 11 a.m. (EST) advisory reported the big storm's center 1,000 miles southeast of Bermuda, hear latitude 23.5 north, longitude 51.4 west. morning, which informed sources have predicted as fir ing time. But it appeared that Hurricane Cleo, far at sea, would not veer close enough to affect the rocket's flight. The Air Force has said it can launch a rocket safely from the missile test center if the sky is free 'of clouds up to 2,000 feet, and that rain could force postponement only if it were heavy enough to affect a rocket's electronic system. American and British sci entists at the Jodrell Bank Astronomy station in Man chester, England, reported they were ready to follow the rocket's flight with a giant radio telescope after making a "dryrun." The Jodrell team and other scientists at Hawaii,. Singa pore and Cape Canaveral sta tions were making final checks , to make sure their equ'pnent was set for the vital tracking job. The Air Force, given the staggering Hask of trying to make the United States first to the Earth's natural sat ellite, continued to maintain official silence on the shoot. CCS A Summit IV May The 80-inch-long satellite will pass over Portland at an approximate altitude of 675 miles. Binoculars Will Help t Boardwell said the satellite may be visible to the unaided eye, but added that optical equipment binoculars will be suffciient would give the viewers a better view. ' Times are based on the 40th parallel and Boardwell cautioned viewers to look ten to 15 minutes ahead of the predicted times because Port land is just north of the 45th parallel. Sputnik Rocket Is Slilh Visible Portland (UPD The silvery rocket of Sputnik III will soar across the sky over Oregon at least ten times during the coming week, Robert L. Boardwell, head of the Ore gon Moonwatch team has an nounced. Tonight the missile will ap pear at 7:53 p.m. at 41 de gress altitude in the northeast sky. At 9:35 p.m. the rocket will pass over in the south east sky at an allitude of 44 degrees. Monday, Aug. 18, the car rier will be visible at 9:21 p.m. in the southwest sky at 44 degrees of altitude. Tuesday, Aug. 19, a single pass will be seen in Oregon at 9:05 p.m. about 44 degrees high in the southwest sky. Wednesday, Aug. 20, will produce a single visible pass at 8:49 p.m. at an altitude of 45 degrees in the southwest sky. Thussday, Aug. 21, the Rus sian rocket will orbit over Oregon at 8:33 p.m. in the southwest sky at an altitude of 47 degrees. . Northwest-Southeast Boardwell reported that all passes will be in a northwest to southeast direction. Boardwell cautioned view ers to begin their vigil 10 to 15 minutes early, as all times are computed by the Smith sonian observatory in Cam bridge, "Massachusetts, using the 40th parallel as a base. Portland is slightly north of the 45th parallel. Labor Committee To Hold Hearings The state interim committee on migratory labor will hold a public hearing starting at 1:30 p.m. Monday in the Jack son county courthouse audi torium. Expected to be present are State Senator Truman A. Chase, vice chairman of the group; the Rev. Daniel B. Wessler, secretary; and Dr. Hoyt C. Franchere. Dr. Donald Balzer, of Lewis . and .Clark college, Portland, is research director. Former AEC Chief Gordon Dean Is Among Victims Eleven Others Are Reported Injured ' " Nantucket, Mass. (UPD The Civil Aeronautics Board yes terday began an investigation into the crash of a Northeast airliner that took 23 lives when it missed a runway on this fog-bound resort island. In a statement last night, Northeast vice president Al fred A. Lane disclosed official times of radio transmissions between the ill-fated craft and communication points on land. 1 Eleven other persons were injured, some critically, when , the two-engine craft crashed and" burned to the left and short of a runway last night. Among the dead was for mer Atomic Energy Commis sion chairman Gordon E. Dean. Northeast said that between 11:11 p.m. (EDT) and 11:28 p.m. visibility was reduced from three-quarters of a mile to a half mile but that the air craft did not acknowledge an 11:28 advisory warning it of the shortened visibility. "The investigation now in progress will determine whether the flight was still in the air at the time of this last message," Lane said. Veteran pilot John J. Burn ham, 36, of Marshfield, Mass., who died, was at the controls as the plane brought week end visitors from New York to the island. He had been in contact with various commu nication facilities throughout the flight, Northeast said. There were conflicts in last night's statement by North east and reports , officials made earlier. But an airlines official said the statement was "official" and that statements made earlier were only "re ports." , It was earlier reported that Burnham apparently turned off his radio and placed the fate of the Convair in signals. Northeast explained that the flight, 258 from LaGuardia Airport in New York, was equipped with such instru ments, called visual omni range approach. ' "All flights under control of instrument flight rule from New York to N"antucket main tain communications with New York Airways Traffic control then Boston Airways Traffic control and after pass ing east of New Bedford by Otis Air Force base radar ap proach control," last night's statement said. Told Weather Clear Early reports said that Burnham was told by Otis that weather was clear and that Northeast officials told him there was sufficient vis ibility for a landing. It was believed that Burn ham later closed his radio and tuned into a signal approach beam. It was reported earlier that Northeast officials then noted the fo' rolling in and tried to call Burnham but . that he could not receive the transmissions. "It circled the field. I look ed up and it was so clear that could see the lights," said taxi driver James Allen, who was at Atwood Memorial Air- . port anticipating the usual week end business rush. "The plane started cQming in. Then all of a sudden, the weather socked in," he said. ; Within moments the liner slammed into the desolate moors near the airport. and witnesses said they saw a fist of flame zoom up through the fog. The airliner split like an egg as its wings were shaved off by trees. Glacier National Park". Mont. (UPD As efforts to quell the 1,200 acre forest fire in this northwest national park enter their fifth day to day, there is hoDe that the blaze will be controlled.by 10 a.m. Zum Indian firefighters from New Mexico and Ari zona were to be at the scene at daybreak. "