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t2 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medforrf, Oregon, Sunday, Aujuit 17, 195S Ex-Medford Man To Attend Atomic Energy Meeting Charles Wharton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wharton, 1134 West Kinth St., Medford, left Pleasanton, Calif., Friday for Geneva, Switzerland, to attend the Geneva Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy. Wharton will be a technical 8dvisor to the United States delegation at the conference scheduled to start Sept. 1 and continue through Sept. 13. Wharton and nine others make up the committee from the University of California contributing papers to the con ference. Papers To Be Preiented Delegates from all member nations of the United Nations will attend the two-week con ference. Papers will be pre sented by scientists from al most all of the countries. An exhibition of scientific equip ment, assembled and demon strated by participating coun tries will be held in conjunc tion with the conference. After the conference, Whar ton plans to visit the Max Planck Institute in Munich, Germany, the Microwave Re search laboratories in Paris, and the French Atomic Ener gy laboratories in Paris. A four-day tour through the Swiss and Bavarian Alps also is planned. Wharton is a scientist with the University of California radiation laboratory at Liver more. He is active in Pleasan ton where he lives, as a mem ber of the city planning com mission and is a former vice president of the Pleasanton Junior Chamber of Commerce. He graduated from Medford High school in 1944. Five Persons Hurt In Four Accidents In County Friday School Opening in Phoenix Sept. 11 Phoenix Opening date for schools in Phoenix district 4 has been changed from Sept. 8 to Sept. 11, E. R. James, superintendent of schools has announced. School opening was post poned because many stfidents are working in the fruit har vest. Students working in fruit harvest will be permit ted to wait until Monday, Sept. 15, before attending school, since they have al ready registered. Many stud ents registered last spring. High school students who are new to the district are asked to register for their courses at the high school of fice in the first week of Sep tember, James said. Teacher in-service meetings are scheduled between Sept. 8 and 11. Three Youths Die In Car Accident Woodburn CUPD Three teen-agers were killed and an other critically injured in a one-car accident just west of here today. The dead were identified as Bobby Lee Davis, 16, and Dean Sorter, 18, both of Gila Bend, Ariz., and Diane Mof fett, 16, Woodburn. Seriously injured and taken to Salem Memorial hospital was Nellie Richens, Wood burn. The car was south bound on Johnson School rd. and going about 80 miles per hour, ac cording to a witness, Roy Grossen, Woodburn. Grossen told state police the car skidded 220 feet, hit a pole, bounced 25 feet into the air and rolled over several times before coming to rest.. Five persons were injured apparently none seriously, in four Jackson county highway accidents involving s"even ve hicles Friday, state police re ported yesterday. Four of the injured were in volved in a three-car collision on Highway 99 in the Siski yous near he railroad bridge south of Ashland. , Treated and released at Ash. land General hospital were Jerry Nelson, 27, of 1058 Bar nett rd., Gerry Olsen, 58, and Dorothy Olsen, 45, both of North Ridge, Calif. James G. Eastin, 36, of 830 Palm St., sus tained minor scrapes and bruises but was not treated at the hospital. The three were taken to the hospital by Lit willer Ambulance of Ashland. Also injured was Anita L. Weeks 37, of Butte Falls who received cuts and bruises when the pickup truck she was driving went off the road south of Medford near Voohr ies crossing. She refused an ambulance which was called for her, officers said Highway 99 Crash The accidents began shortly before noon when a beverage truck operated by Lee Ray Pendergast, 27, of 715 Grant St., went off Highway. 99 one mile south of Rogue River and tipped on its side. Pendergast told police that as he rounded a curve in the highway he came upon a farm tractor pulling a load of hay. In an effort to avoid an acci dent he pulled to the shoulder of the road. However the truck went down an incline and rolled on its side. Limited damage to the vehicle was re ported and the driver was un injured, police said. Shortly after 5 p.m. the sec ond accident occurred, result ing in no injuries and minor damage to two vehicles. Offi cers reported that cars oper ated by Milford J. Brewer, 39, of Live Oak, Calif., and Adolf S. Pastorino, 53, of San Fran cisco, Calif, were both travel ing north on Highway 99 just south of Ashland. Brewer made a left turn from the highway as Pastorino was passing him, according to po lice. Another, accident involved the pickup operated by Anita Weeks. About 6:30 p.m. the Weeks vehicle was traveling south when it struck a con crete drain pipe, officers said. The . vehicle then continued down the road shoulder until it dropped into an irrigation ditch. The driver was lodged in the county jail in lieu of bail, for driving while ner li cense was suspended. Three-Car Crash The three-car accident oc curred about 8:40 p.m. when cars operated by Olsen, Nel son and Eastin collided caus ing heavy damage to all three vehicles. Police said that Olsen was traveling south and Eastin north when the two cars hit almost head-on. Eastin told police he applied his brakes to Fishermen Postpone 'Town Ho7 Meeting Bellingham, Wash (UPD A "Town Hall" meeting orig inally scheduled for fishermen from here and Anacortes to day, has been called off until further notice by Fishermen's Union officials. The fishermen voted Thurs day to strike against fish pro cessors for higher prices for salmon. Joe Jurich, secretary treasurer of Local 3 of the union, said union officials were planning a strategy board meeting in Seattle to discuss strike plans. TRY OUR BUDGET WISE DRY CLEANING at low, low prices I New Counter Prices e DRESSES Plain o SUITS 2-pc. Men's-Ladies S10 New Counter Prices Shirts Slacks Pants Sweaters Blouses (Plain) Skirts (Plain) 55 ACME CLEANERS O Cash fir Carry O 1728 N. Riverside SP 2-4263 slow down for a curve when the left rear brake locked. His car was pulled into the south bound lane and into the path of Eastin. Following the impact the Olsen vehicle continued south for 85 feet and came to rest facing south? in the north bound lane. Eastin's car came to rest on the shoulder of the road 35 feet from the point of impact. After the Eastin vehicle came to rest Nelson, traveling north, smashed into it, polrce said. Olsen is reported to have suffered a fractured rib and multiple bruises, and Mrs. Ol sen and Nelson were both treated for lacerations, bruises and contusions, they added. Carpenter Killed As Girder Snaps Portland (UPD A carpenter crew foreman was killed and a worker was injured Fri day while working on a build ing under construction at 3800 NW Front here, when a girder they were standing on parted and dropped them about 30 feet. G. Heffelgresser, 53, of 5545 North Omaha, was dead on arrival at Good Samaritan hospital. Finley Van Meter, 56, of 1834 Southeast 12th st., suffered a head injury and arm and rib fracture. The girder apparently snap ped under the weight of a stack of plywood that had been placed on it by a derrick. Both men were employees of the Ritter Roofing company of Portland. Trimble Accepts City's Franchise Trimble Television, Inc., has accepted the city's franchise to operate a closed system bringing three Portland sta tions to this area. The decision was - reached at a directors' meeting Aug. 6, and an official acceptance arrived at the city hall this week. While no details of installa tion plans have been made available, the firm is bound by the franchise to install the system within two years. It is understood that subscribers would pay $50 for installation in their homes and a $5 monthly service charge there after, i GET DANDRUFF UP Chicago (UPD Al Moore an engineer for Illinois Bell Telephone Co., blames dand ruff as one of the main causes of equipment jams at tele phone exchanges. Moore said it is too bad "the voice with a smile" can't also be bad. Mayor Announces Policy on Meetings Mayor John W. Snider an nounced today that a joint meeting of the city council and city planning commission will be called only if it be comes apparent that council members disagree with a com, mission recommendation. The council had moved July 17 to hold an open meeting with the planning body prior to the public hearing on a Berrydale zone change sched uled for Aug. 21. A joint pol icy committee meeting was then held and it was decided not to hold an open meeting of the two unless differences subsequently arose. Mayor Snider said if it be came apparent in a council meeting that certain members opposed a planning commis sion recommendation, a joint meeting would be called rath er than a vote on the recom mendation itself. If the mem bers voted for the joint meet ing, he explained, it would confirm the difference of opinion. Unless such a difference should arise, he said, a meet ing is not considered neces sary. He said the council had voted down only two commis sion recommendations in re cent months. Soviet Students See Portland, Sputnik III Portland (UPD Two Rus sian students visiting here watched the rocket of Sput nik III pass over Portland after smilingly protesting that they were here to "study America." Yuri Zamoskin, 31, of Mos cow, a graduate student of so cial philosophy, and Vasily Borisenkov, 31, of Bryansk, graduate student of rural so ciology, are among the first to tour the United States un der a cultural exchange pro gram. Both men spoke highly of the program and praised Van Cliburn, the Texas pianist who won the international piano competition in Mos cow. Asked how they liked the Voice of America program beamed to the Soviet Union, they protested, "We do not like it. We do not listen to it." Added Funds Approved For Recreation Study Washintgon (UPD The Sen ate Friday unanimously ap proved an amendment offered by Sen. Richard L. 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