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Newspaper Page Text52nd Year Price 10 Cents rnnni Medford Tribune I 3 El ' 1 twl 16 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1958 No. 128 i"" "St"' fUe? t -Li rvy ami -'.Mt it. Jt -,. ; SUCCESS This cowboy got the bull by the horns in the team roping contest yes terday afternoon in the final rodeo per- Low Attendance Emoted for iodeo A total attendance of ap proximately 3,000 persons was reported for the three days of the Rogue Valley Roundup rodeo over the week end, according to representa tives of the sponsoring Med ford Junior Chamber of Com merce. "We are very disappointed In the attendance since we feel we had top shows all three days," a spokesman said. The Jaycees said they plan to sponsor a rodeo again next year. Event Winners Winners of the various events were: Bareback riding Jack Mid dleton, top man for first day; Sonny Turman, top man for second day, and Sammy Flynn, high average score for all three days. Calf roping Dick Veden burg, high average, and high man for first day; Leo Thorn, high man for second and third days. Bulldogging Bill Kunkle, high average for three days, and high man second day; Ted Tufares, high man for first day, and Manuel Enos, high man for third day. Team roping Lawrence Riggins and Bill Duffey, high Federal Airport Grant Received The federal ' government's grant for its share in the im provement of Medford air port's runway light system ar rived at city hall today, ac codring to Richard Hogan, air port manager. The amount of the grant is $35,241. Its purpose is to cov er 75 per cent of the cost of installing high intensity lights for the main runway, and 55 94100 per cent of the cost of shifting the present medi um intensity lights from the main runway to the second ary runway. The city pays the rest. The costs include both the contract with. Her man Steeck company, Med ford, and amounts necessary for engineering, administra tion and a contingency fund, according to City Manager Robert A. Duff. The Steeck bid, approved by the city council Aug. 7, was $41,404.41. Hogan said Vie vnected work to start in SeDtember. The contract calls fnr fomnletion in 45 days. Hogan also announced that bids would soon be called for on sale of the Marshall Day house in the airport clear zone area. Bulletin St. Louis TCPD The U.S. Court of Appeals today re--rersed an order by U.S. District Judge Harry J. Lemley of Arkansas -which would have deferred school integration in Little Rock until 1961. WEATHER Forecast: Chance or inunotr fhJwers over mountains south d east this evening. Fair Tues day. Low tonight 66. High Tues day 95. TEMP. Highest Yesterday Lowest This Morning v- 6 Pree. to 10 a-m. Today Trace Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:09 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5.22 a.m. Mojnset tonight 9:09 p.m. First Quarter Aug. 21 The Moon tonight is again seen near the star, Spica. and the planet. Jupiter, in the constel lation. Virgo. Jupiter, now slow ly moving away from Spica. is about 542 million miles from the Earth tonight. . formance of the Rogue Valley Roundup. It was one of 12 events 'in the three-day rodeo. average; Dick and A. P. Vre denburg, hih team first day; Sonny Turman and Jack Plumley, high team second day. Saddle bronc Sonny Tur man, high average and high man all three days. Bull riding Bob Cook, high average, and high man for third day; Chip Edison, high man for first day and Bob Cassassa, high man for second day.. Federal Housing Killed; Congress In Final Week Washington (UPD The House, by a six-vote margin, today killed a Democratic sponsored billion-dollar hous ing bill. This raised the prospect that Congress will adjourn this week without providing any new funds for city slum clearance and urban renewal projects. The, bill, opposed as infla tionary by the administration and Republican congressional leaders, was called up under no-amendment rule which re quired a two-thirds vote for passage. The vote was 251-134 in fa vor of the bill, six votes shy of the two-thirds majority needed. Democratic leaders warned Republicans in advance of the vote that it was the House's last chance to vote on a hous ing bill. Sponsor of Bill Rep. Albert M. Rains (D- Ala.), sponsor of the Demo cratic bill, said defeat of the controversial bill would mean that Congress, for the first time since 1948, would ad journ witnoui enacung new housing legislation. Republicans objected in vain to ine no-amenoiueui procedure. They charged that Speaker Sam Rayburn sanc tioned it to force the House to vote the politically potent bill up or down. The defeated housing bill contained administration - op posed provisions to liberalize down payment terms for FHA housing, provide a new quasi' tmvprnment corporation to Drovide low down-payment fi nancins for "conventional- type mortgages," and launch new federal lending programs to build college classrooms and low-rent housing for eld- prlv Dersons. It would have provided a one-year program of $400 million for slum clear ance and urban renewal. The Senate meantime acted on a number of uncontested bills. ' $300,000 Planned For Ff. Claisop Washington (UPD Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) said the National Park Serv ice has informed him that it plans to spend at least $300, 000 developing the Fort Clat sop National Memorial near Astoria, Ore., during fiscal year 1960 which starts Aug. 1, 1959. The senator said Dr. Conrad L. Wirth, director of the serv ice, assured him that the agency already is preparing a budget request for that amount. Dr. Wirth also said he will include in the next appropria tion of the Park Service "ade quate funds'' for the actual operation of the fort as well. Six Persons Die In Accidents in Stale on Week End United Press International Traffic accidents took the lives of four Oregonians dur ing the past week end and two others died accidentally. Robert M. Riley, 36-year-old Eugene man, was killed early Sunday when the prowl car in which he was riding col lided with another auto, cart wheeled through the air and snapped off a power pole some 12 feet from the ground, throwing him from the car. Riley was working as a mer chant patrolman for the Springfield city police at the time. He was a nationally- known inventor, and had de veloped a mechanical duck decoy that won nation-wide acclaim. A 51 -year -old Troutdale man, Earl J. Heeb, was dead on arrival at a Portland hos pital early Sunday after a car he was driving ran off the road and overturned at Or ient. A one-car crash on Highway 36 east of Florence took the life of 22-year-old Harbara Ann Mead Saturday as her car struck the Wolf Creek bridge. In northeast Portland Sat urday, O. K. Sims, 50, of Port land was fatally injured when his car rammed into an over pass abutment on the Banf ield freeway. Dennis Pullen, 12-year-old Portland Little League base ball player was fatally in jured Saturday when an un anchored officals stand at the quarter midget auto race track in Alpenrose park toppled onto him, breaking his neck. Frank Thomas, 7, of Grants Pass was electrocuted Satur day while fixing a television antenna. A broken wire flipped onto a high tension line and killed him. Hall Withdraws From New York Race New York (UPD A battle of millionaires Gov. Averell Harriman against Nelson A. Rockefeller was virtually as sured today for the New York governorship, with the with drawal of former Republican National Chairman Leonard W. Hall from the race for the GOP nomination. Hall, meanwhile, loomed as a strong possibility for the Re publican nomination for U. S. Senator- Naples, Italy -(UPD Four teen U.S. 6th Fleet destroyers, which dropped anchors in Naples- last Thursday, steamed out of port today. Mrs. Hawks Not Frightened While Lost Shady Cove Mrs. Max Hawks, 44, of Shady Cove, had spent over 30 hours in the rugged Huckleberry lake area last Friday and Saturday while search parties looked for her, her daughter, Mrs. Orville Stone, Days creek, explained today. She had become lost when she met a bear on the trail leading back to the car, Mrs. Stone said. Mrs. Hawks went to the lake Friday morning to pick huckleberries with Mrs. Ray Briggs and Mrs. Dolf Larson, also of Shady Cove. Badly bruised and scratch ed, the berry-picker is now resting in bed at her home, She is reported otherwise in good condition, her daughter stated. Mrs. Hawks did not require medical attention. She had teres Will Be Plans Being Made For Second Try to Fire Moon Rocket Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPD ! The Air Force its first moon shot effort a failure made tentative, plans- today to try again in four weeks to fire a rocket around the moon. There was speculation Rus sia might make a similar at tempt several days in advance of the second U.S. effort. . Meanwhile, the Army was reported ' ready to shoot for the moon. Disintegration of the U.S. rocket after it had traveled less than 10 miles of its pro jected 220,000-mile journey into space Sunday was cited by Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas as a "grim warning" to Ameri cans this country is behind Russia in missile development. But most officials stressed there had been little expecta tion of success in this nation's first effort to probe the mys teries of the moon at close range. They maintained the failure was not significant. European newspapers, meanwhile, expressed disap pointment at the U.S. failure. But most expressed confi dence the U.S. would succeed in the near future. Commu nist nations, as expected, pok ed fun at the U.S. failure and chided this country for build ing up advance publicity for a venture which had little hope of success. Space research chief Roy Johnson said after the explo- Coolest Day ' Of Month Noted Yesterday, with scattered precipitation, was the coolest day so far this month for the Medford vicinity but the humid 83-degree temperature offered little respite to the current hot dry spell in the Rogue river valley. Mercury at the U.S. weath er bureau station at the Med ford municipal airport was expected to rise to 90 degrees this afternoon and a maxi mum of 95 is forecast for Tuesday. The 83 reading yesterday marked only the second time this month that the high tem perature here has dropped below 90 degrees. Second low est maximum was 86 on Aug. 3. There were showers of varying intensity around southern Oregon yesterday al though on a trace of precipi tation was reported at the air port weather station. At the southwest district office of the state department of for estry, not far away on Table Rock rd., .03 of an inch of rain was recorded. Scattered rain was reported over south ern Oregon forests. Rainfall was .02 of an inch at Grants Pass and .03 at Klamath Falls. Only other rain in the Med ford vicinity this month was a trace on Aug. 2. Last mea surable rainfall at the Med ford airport was .62 on July 17. Low humidity reading at the weather station yesterday was 43 per cent after register ing in the 20 per cents last week. Humidity was dropping below the 43 figure today. eaten nothing during her or deal and suffered bruises from two falls one from 25 feet and another from 20 feet, the daughter said. Mrs. Stone first learned her mother was lost through a radio report and she came to the family home at Shady Cove. Though the bear made no attempt to harm Mrs. Hawks, it was in her attempt, to cir cle the animal that she be came lost. She picked a gal lon of huckleberries and start ed to tire. She then decided to return to the car to await the other pickers, the daugh ter explained. Her Mother es timated that this was about 2 p.m. She was fotind about 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Searchers car ried her out of the forest on a stretcher early. Sunday. Some 150 persons, including sion of the rocket Able I that the Air Force probably also would get the next moon chance. It cannot be attempt ed before Sept. 14 when the moon's perigee again brings it relatively close to the earth. Because bf the moon's posi tion, Russia could make an attempt a day or so earlier. The Air, Force had three moon shoots assigned and the Army two. A completely successful flight would have given the earth its first crude pictures of the moon's eternally-hidden dark side. This picture would have been reconstructed by scien tists from radioed data from a television-like "scanning de vice" in the moon satellite. Convention Plans Progressing; To Name Candidate Plans for a nominating con vention Thursday to name a candidate for Jackson county district judge are progressing, it was reported today. A telephone committee, composed of members of the Jackson County Bar associa tion, will begin functioning this week in an attempt to obtain sufficient attendance at the convention to name a candidate. A minimum of 250 persons is needed to nominate. The convention is sched uled for 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21, in the Esquire theater. Meanwhile,, three persons have been discussed as pos sible candidates, according to Bar association spokesmen. (The candidate must be a law yer, under state law.) They include Gerald J. Scannell and James Anicker, both deputy district attorneys, and O. Hilding Bengtson, former state representative and a fre quent candidate for elective office in the county. The convention is sponsored by a group of attorneys and others who are concerned that there should be a nominee for the office, regardless of the outcome of current legal pro ceedings involving ' the two candidates who ran for the nomination in the May pri mary election. Bashaw and Danielson Those candidates are E. Roy Bashaw, Medford city attor ney, and Robert G. Danielson, formerly of Ashland. Daniel son received the most votes, but his eligibility as a candi date has been challenged on the grounds of his moving from the county prior to the election. Last Friday, Circuit Judge Edward C. Kelly enjoined the county clerk from placing any name on the ballot, pending the outcome of legal proceed ings in two cases. These in clude a request by Bashaw's attorneys for 'a declaratory judgment naming him the candidate, and a citizen's suit which, in effect, seeks the same outcome. A convention nominee would appear on the ballot if neither Bashaw nor Danielson are found eligible.' state police, .volunteers, forest service personnel and sheriffs deputies, took part in the search. After she realized that she was lost, Mrs. Hawks decided to follow Days creek. When she was found she was on Dunnigan creek. She had wan dered an estimated eight sec tions of land and had crossed the Jackson county line into Douglas county. She was found by a deputy sheriff and his posse from Roseburg rather than by bloodhounds, accordingto first reports. The men went down to the creek to get a drink of water and had not expected to find the woman there when they saw foot prints beside the creek. In one place, Mrs. Hawks had cross ed on a log. The daughter said trailing hounds had difficulty peri ESOLUTJOHrPROPOSED Tl SETTLE SITMM 900 Youngsters ing in 4-H, FFA Fair Event Officially Opens Tomorrow Over 800 head , of livestock and 900 youngsters will be en tered in the 4-H and FFA county fair which opens to day at the county fair grounds, Glenn Klein, Jack son county 4-H .agent, esti mates. Today is the first of the six-day event which officially opens to the public tomorrow-, Klein said. It is the forerun ner of Medford Kiwanis club's county fair which opens at 5:30 p.m., Thursday for a four- day run here. First stage presentation will be held Thursday eve ning, with other shows re ported scheduled nightly through Sunday. In addition, matinee performances sched uled for Saturday and Sunday afternoons, starting at 3 p.m, 100 Exhibits More than 100 different demonstrations, exhibits and events are included in ' the show, a spokesman said. included will be commer cial and non-commercial . ex hibits, concessions, games, stage shows, food, textile, flor al and land products exhibits and a number of other events yet to be announced, it was reported. Home Ec Judging The 4-H ' and FFA events started today at 8 a.m. with the .home economics exhibit judging and agriculture dem onstrations at 9 a.m. Tuesday will feature home economics judging and style revue and agriculture dem onstrations, both starting at 9 a.m. The afternoon's events will show poultry judging and contest and rabbit judging and contest, both starting at. 1 p.m. A showmanship con test for rabbits and poultry follows at 4 p.m. Wednesday's events get un der way with crops and for estry judging contests at 9 a.m. Other events of the day include livestock judging, beef fitting contest, beef show manship contest and an nouncement of the beef show manship championship at 7 p.m. : - Thursday at 9 a.m., swine will be judged. Other events include sheep showmanship, dairy judging contest, beef and sheep judging, and swine showmanship. Dairy judging will fill two rings starting at 9 a.m., Fri day. The livestock auction will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, the final day for the 4-H and FFA events, will start with sheep judging and include dairy showmanship, tractor driving 'and sheep shearing contests, a style re vue and finally, a special awards program. Washington (UPD The House today killed the Senate approved Kennedy-Ives labor reform bill. - ' setting ud onto it. Ironically, . throughout the rest of her entire wanderings after seeing; the bear Mrs. Hawks saw only two birds and two chipmunks. At no time was she frightened, her daughter said. She haid faith she would make the trip out of the woods. She was waiting only for the daylight hours. Mrs. Hawks is the mother of five other children all at home, Patricia, 21, Maxine, 19, Max Jrl, 17, Sandra, 12 and Sharon. 11. Her husband is a Medford building con tractor. ' Mrs. Stone said at no time did they believe her mother would not be found alive and well. She is accustomed to similar outings. Though she never before had become lost they felt she would be able to find her way out. .Until Participat Who Says I'm Not Interested in Cleaning Up?' AFL-CIO Executive Council Cancels Pacts With Hoffa Unity House, Pa. (UPD The AFL-CIO Executive council today slapped hard at James R. Hoffa's teamsters by can cellation of all pacts between AFL-CIO affiliates and the union. Federation President George Meany said the crack-down would bar participation by AFL-CIO unions in Hoffa's plan for an alliance of land-sea-air transportation unions. Except for AFL-CIO Vice President Joe Curran of the National Maritime Union, the council voted' unanimously to order termination of the pacts. Meany said Curran agreed to abide by the majority's wishes. Barred Under policy Meany said even "gentle men's agreements" would be barred under the AFL-CIO's new policy. While enforce ment of its directive was not discussed, Meany said he ex pected compliance from the affected unions. The AFL-CIO chief was in a jovial mood as he reported adoption of his get-tough pro posal by his "cabinet" on the first day of a four-day session at this union-run resort in the Poconos. United Auto Workers Presi dent Walter Reuther swung his powerful support behind Meany Sunday night, saying it was not right for AFL-CIO unions to tie up with an or ganization expelled on cor ruption charges. Meany and other labor chieftains met today at this Pocono mountain playground owned by the International Ladies' Garment Workers. Petition Nominates William Doernbach Wiliam Doernbach, 143 Mace rd., has been nominated for city councilman represent ing Ward 1, according to Dar- ell Huson, city recorder. Hu son said the petition filed last Thursday, bore 36 signa tures. Doernbach, a frequent par ticipant at recent meetings of both the council and the plan ning commission, thus be comes the third nominee for a council seat and the first from this ward. Previously filed were peti tions nominating George E Stacey and Stanley StarkT both for the Ward 4 seat. . A set of three petitions have been filed to place John W. Snider on the ballot for a sec ond term as mayor. No com petitors have entered the lists against him to date. Deadline for filing, accord ing to City Attorney E. Roy Bashaw, is the end of the month. z 9 'CIek TonigByft The UAW leader said it was incompatible with federation ethical standards for AFL-CIO affiliates to have formal links with the' Hof fa-led union. which was expelled from the federation on corrup tion charges last year. He predict ed the council would follow Meany's advice to threaten ouster proceedings against unions which affiliate with the teamsters. GOP Roundup Set For Park Tonight Secretary of State Mark Hatfield, Republican candi date for governor and Paul Geddes, Roseburg attorney and Republican candidate for congressman from the fourth district, are expected to at tend the Republican Roundup at 6:30 p.m. today in Haw thorne park. The dinner will feature broiled chicken, Southern Oregon style. Tickets may be obtained . at the park.' How ever, those who wish to bring their own picnic dinner may do so, a spokesman said. Mrs. H. W. Morrow is in charge of the dinner arrangements and Arthur Van Leeuwen will su pervise the chicken barbecue, a spokesman said. All local and county candi dates have been invited to the affair which is sponsored by the Jackson "County Republi can Central committee, Jack son County Republican Wom en's club and the Young Re publican club. James Rag land is general chairman. Entertainment will feature a Miss Republican of Jackson County contest, a parody in song by Geddes' five daugh ters and selections by the Bor den family. Lyle E. McCauley, Repub lican candidate for state la bor commissioner, also will attend ' the Roundup, accord ing to a last minute announce ment. Diphtheria Case Found in County , A case of diphtheria has oc cured in the Talent area, Dr. A. Erin Merkel reported this morning. The adult patient has been moved to the University hos pital in Portland, he added. The case was reported Friday. This is the first case of the communicable disease this year in the county, he said. No other cases are known. Contacts are being examined, he said. Sources Say Dag May Get To Area ByThisWeekEnd Three Nations Submit Mid-East Proposal United Nations, N.Y. (UPD Norway, Columbia and Canada today proposed a res olution for U.N. General As sembly consideration asking Dag Hammarskjold to take steps to settle the Middle East situation. The draft resolution would empower Secretary-General Hammarskjold to go personal ly to the Midle East on anoth er of his "quiet diplomacy" peace missions, informed dip lomats said. The three-power measure was expected to be mare pub lic officially later today. Qualified diplomats said it would be possible for the as sembly's emergency session-to vote on the resolution by Thursday and for Hammar skjold to be in the turbulent Middle East by this week end. The resolution, designed to make possible the withdrawal of American and British forces from Lebanon and Pal estine, calls upon Hammar skjold to conduct a study for the establishment of a U.N. peace force. Economic Program It also would allow him to begin negotiations on the set ting up of an Arab develop ment institution in a Middle East do-it-yourself economic program as suggested by Pres ident Eisenhower. Norwegian Deputy Foreign, Minister Hans Engen did most of the negotiating work on the measure. A stiffening attitude by the U.S. against having the Eisenhower plan watered down too far cost Engen the support of several sponsors. 1 One Eisenhower proposal was for measures to end prop aganda warfare by radio and for setting up a clearing house for complaints of such activi ties. This was stricken en tirely from the measure. India refused to accept any reference to Eisenhower's proposal for a stand-by peace force, and Moscow Radio as serted today it would oppose such a force. The Indians also had other objections to ' the Norwegian draft and were re ported pushing their own ideas for a separate resolu tion. Council Tours Dispute Scenes Mayor John W. Snider, members of the city council and other city officials visited Friday the scenes of two cur rent disputes involving Med ford citizens. At Medford airport, they inspected the site of a pro posed relocation of the Avis car rental desk in the lobby. James H. Daily, Hertz agent, protested the shift at the Aug. 7 council meeting. Observers reported that council members gave consid-, eration during the inspection to an alternative location for the Avis desk. The original plan called for placing Avis across the aisle from Hertz. The alternative would place Avis beside its competitor. The official party then visit ed Speedway Auto Parts, 1395 Hilton xd. A petition bearing 128 signatures was filed with the council Aug. 7 requesting that it not renew approval of Speedway's operation. The petition charged Speedway with being unsightly, causing smoke and odors and prevent ing development of property in the area. Speedway has denied the charges. Beirut, Lebanon (UPD The government sealed off an en tire business area in the heart of Beirut today and placed it off limits to vehicular traffic because of renewed violence.