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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1958
No. 132
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JTRIBUNE
MISS AMERICA ARRIVES Nancy Green
man, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Green
man, Medford, presents Miss Marilyn Van
Derbur. Miss America of 1958, with a bou
quet of roses at the Medford airport last
night on her arrival in Medford. Paul Mey
ers, president of the Medford city council,
Large Sale Set For
4-H, FFACounty Fair
A total of 338 head of live
stock wil go through the auc
tion ring tonight to make the
largest number of animals
ever to go on sale in the' 4-H
and FFA county fair, accord
ing to Glenn Klein, county
4-H agent.
Miss America, Miss Marilyn
Van Derbur, is scheduled to
preside over( the livestock
auction to be held at 7:30
o'clock.
Owners of champion live
stock to be sold fdnight are:
Terry Gail, Gold Hill, cham
pion lamb and champion pen
of three; Don Gail, Gold Hill,
reserve champion lamb; Marie
Jones, Gold Hill, champion
market hog; Allan Barnes,
Crater, "champion FFA" hog;
Donald Higday, Antelope 4-H
club, reserve champion mar
ket hog; Russell Frink, Cen
tral Point, champion market
pen of three hogs; Judy Brad
shaw, Antelope club; grand
champion steer; Patsy Char
ley, Central Point, reserve
champion steer; "?raig Wright
Oak Grove, champion pen of
fryer chickens; and Joyce
Fires Reported
Under Control
All 61 fires which broke
out since last Tuesday in the
state department of forestry's
southwest district or in the
Rogue River National forest
were under control and in the
mop up stage today.
The blazes included the 400
acre' burn in the Sardine
creek district north of Gold
Hill, which is listed now as
man-caused, and 60 ignited by
Tuesday and Wednesday night
electrical storms. Fifty of
these were on state patrol
protected land and the other
10 in the Rogue Forestl
Curt Nesheim, southwest
district warden for the state
forest agency, said that a pile
of broken bottles has been
listed as possible origin of
the Sardine creek blaze which
broke out on private land
shortly after noon on Tues
day. It is speculated that mag
nified sun's rays may have
touched off the fire.
Forty men were patrolling
and mopping up in the burn
area today. Nesheim said that
no trouble is anticipated.
"Everything is in pretty good
shape," he remarked.
Eleven "smokes" were re
ported to Rogue forest fire
control officials but one re
ported blaze in the Seven
Lakes-, region could not be
found by ground crewmen. It
was surmised that the fire had
gone out.
Living Costs
Go to Hew High
Washington (UPD The
cost of living climbed to an
other all-time high in July,
,the government reported to
day. .
The' Labor Departments
consumer price index ad
vanced 0.2 per cent. The cost
of transportation, some foods
and medical care increased,
while prices of housing and
recreation dipped slightly.
It was the 21st time in the
last 23 months that the cost
of living climbed to new high
ground. ,
Josephson, West Side club,
champion -pen of fryer rab
bits.
Saturday, the final day for
the 4-H and FFA events, will
start with sheep judging and
will include dairy showman
ship, tractor driving and
sheep shearing contests, a
style revue and finally, a spe
cial awards program.
Meanwhile, the Kiwanis
county fair opened officially
at 5:30 p.m. yesterday with
an estimated 800 persons at
tending. Fair officials consider
this about average attendance
for an opening night.
Julie Joy, Medford, young
vocalist took top honors last
night during the Oregon srtate
fair talent search program.
The first portion of the Miss
Jackson county pageant was
held also last night with the
girls entering the evening
gown competition. The 14 con
tesants are to be judged in
bathing suits tonight. Satur
day night the contestants will
be judged on their talent dur
ing the two shows one at 8
p.m. and one at 9 p.m. Sun
day night the finalists will be
judged.
Miss" America will appear
on stage at the county fair at
8 o'clock tonight. Jerry Miller
will be the featured organist
to open the program with Dr.
Abner Clark, Medford, acting
as master of ceremonies. Par
ticipating in tonight's ' stage
show will be a comedy dance
team of Lou Thurston and
Kathleen Classick; the Shad
ows, a vocal group; Dave Ash
ton, western singer; and an
acrobatic dance routine by
students of Colleen Hope,
Medford.
Available for Autographs
Miss America will be avail
able afterwards for auto
graphs and shutterbugs will
be given plenty of opportun
ity to photograph her, said
Russ Jamison, fair manager.
Tomorrow the talent search
program will be held during
the 3 p.m. stage shew. The
musical Borden family of
Medford will be one of the
features at this matinee.
Among the many displays
is a research project set up
by Harold White, superintend
ent of the Southern Oregon
branch experiment station. In
addition there is a Terrier mis
sile displayed by the Navy
recruiting station in Medford.
Many other exhibits include
both commercial and non
profit organizations.
No Negroes at
Central High
Little Rock.Ark. IUPD
No Negro students appeared
at Central High school today
as some 900 white students
started registering for the fall
term.
Virgil T. Blossom, superin
tendent of Little Rock schools,
warned Negroes Thursday
that Central will not allow
them to register for the fall
term.
The pressure has been re
moved, at least temporarily,
from Little Rock and shift
ed to Washington where the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored Peo
ple prepared a last-ditch ap
peal to the Supreme Court
that would permit Negro chil
dren to reenter the Arkansas
school.
represented Mayor John Snider, and pre
sented Miss Van Derbur with the keys to
the city. Miss America's appearance here is
in connection with the 4-H, FFA and Kiwa
nis club sponsored county fair at the Med
' ford armory.
(Knackstedt Photo)
Charges Denied
On Fair Grounds
By County Court
Members of the Jackson
county court yesterday denied
charges by members of the
county fair board that they
have been repeatedly request
ed to sprinkle the fair grounds
to lay the dust, and to supply
gravel for the main road and
around the wash stands.
Commissioner Chester Wendt
said the first time he heard
that gravel had been request
ed was Tuesday afternoon
when the Mail Tribune asked
him if gravel would be sup
plied. The other two members
of the' court" said they knew.
nothing of a request for gravel
until they read about it in
the newspaper yesterday.
Court members also said
that the first request that they
had to sprinkle down the
grounds was Monday when
Bill Bigham, chairman of the
fair board, met with them.
A load of gravel was de
livered to the fair grounds
this morning for use around
the wash stands. The court has
also arranged for use of a wa
ter wagon and driver from the
Kogap Lumber company.
County Engineer Paul Ryn
ning explained this morning
that the county has only three
water wagons and the nearest
ones are at Butte Falls and at
the head of Thompson creek.
He also noted that the pile
of weeds which Bigham
charged the county court has
failed to dispose of was form
ed when his department cut
the weeds as a courtesy to the
Fair board. He said that at
the time the weeds were cut
it was explained they would
be removed if and when
equipment -was available.
Busy Time of Year
Rynning concluded that this
is the busiest time of year for
his men and he couldn't be ex
pected to stop road work to
help at the fair. "I wouldn't
want them (fair officials) to
stop the fair to help me ei
ther," he said.
Members of the court said
that the county road program
is behind schedule in many
respects because of the late
rains.
Judge Rodney Keating said
that there is no allocation in
the county budget for the fair
but that the county court has
always assisted when request
ed to do so.
County Treasurer Karl Jan
ouch explained that racing
fees- and a state millage tax
for county fairs are earmark
ed to support the fair. Last
year, he said, the racing fees
brought in $12,661.36 and the
millage tax another S4.023.56,
bringing the total money allo
cated for the fair to S31,
215.61. The fair board spent
$11,260.78 last year and left
a balance for this year of $19,
954.83. Bills are submitted by the
fair board and must be ap
proved by the county court.
Teamsters Enter
Third Day of Talks
San Diego (UPD Team
sters, bolstered by a decision
that they were entitled to job
less pay benefits from Cali
fornia, today entered the third
day of talks to end a paralyz
ing freight strike-lockout in
the West.
Restraining Order
To Remain, Judge
Kelly Rules Today
The temporary restraining
order issued against County
Clerk Bereth Hopkins, prohib
iting her from entering the
name of any candidate on the
November ballot for district
judge in Jackson county, will
continue in effect, Judge Ed
ward C. Kelly ruled this
morning.
Judge Kelly heard argu
ments this morning for contin
uance and dismissal of the or
der and then ruled that in in
terests of justice to all parties
concerned the order would
continue.
Attorney Sidney Ainsworth
had argued that if the order
was not withdrawn and it de
velops that Robert G. Daniel-
son is the rightful nominee,
he will suffer irreparable
damage.
Entered Sept. 4
The names of candidates
must be entered by Sept. 4 if
they are to appear on the bal
lot. Judge Kelly set Wednesday,
Aug. 27, as the trial date for
the Bashaw "vs. Danielson
complaint in which E. Roy
Bashaw seeks a declaratory
judgment from the court nam-
nig him the rightful nominee
for district judge here.
In still another action in
volving the disputed primary,
the trial of House vs. Daniel-
son was still in progress this
afternoon.
Richard J. House, Medford,
has contested the nomination
of Danielson as district judge
on the grounds that Daniel
son was not, and is not eligi
ble for the position. ,
The trial began this morn
ing and Ainsworth, defending
Danielson, immediately
moved for a dismissal of the
proceedingsorr ;jthe r grounds
that a hearing had not been
set within 20 days after the
return date fixed in the no
tice, and that written notice
of the hearing had not been
submitted to all parties con
cerned five days prior to the
trial, as is required by Oregon
law.
Reserves Ruling .
Judge Kelly reserved ruling
on the motion and immediate
ly Ainsworth argued for a
demurrer on the basis that the
court where the case in being
tried lacks jurisdiction.
Stanley Jones Jr., attorney
for the plaintiff, defended the
court's jurisdiction, and Judge
Kelly called for a written de
murrer from Ainsworth be
fore he would rule on it.
In his opening remarks,
Jones announced that he in
tends to show that Danielson
was ineligible for the nomina
tion because of his residence
status, and that he is still in
eligible. Jones sought to call as his
first witness Danielson, but
he was not in court and had
not been subpoenaed. Ains
worth told the court that Dan
ielson had stayed away from
the court at his, Ainsworth's
insistance.
Jones then called four wit
nesses before the morning re
cess. In an effort to force the
appearance o f Danielson,
Jones called Ainsworth as his
first witness. However the
court refused to order the at
torney to produce Danielson.
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NOMINATING CONVENTION A crowd
estimated at 133 persons attended the un
successful nominating convention for candi
dates for district court judge here. To make
the nomination legal 250 registered Voters
had to attend. The convention was held in
case current candidates E. Roy Bashaw and
Meeting Fails
To Get Enough
Voters To Attend
An estimated 133 persons
far less than the 250 need
ed showed up last night at
what was to have been a nom
inating convention to select a
district judge candidate.
-As,.-aresutt, : the - meetings
was never called to order-and
those persons who did turn
out were told about 9 p.m.
the meeting had failed in its
purpose and they could go
home.
The meeting was scheduled
for 8 p.m. at the Esquire the
ater, and at that hour a few
more than 100 people had
showed up and signed a regis
ter. By 8:45 p.m., many at
tending had become discour
aged and had started to leave.
The convention had been
called to provide a. "standby"
candidate for the district
judgeship, pending the out
come of legal proceedings de
signed to determine the status
of the disputed nomination,
involving E. Roy Bashaw and
Robert G. Danielson. First
phases of ' proceedings were
being heard in circuit court
this morning. .
Gerald J. Scannell Jr. and
Jim Anicker, both deputies in
the district attorney's office,
had planned to seek nomina
tion for the district court po
sition last night. An interest
ing sidelight to the issue oyer
the district court judgeship'is
that an interim committee
will recommend to the state
legislature this year that the
district court judge's salary be
set at $10,000.
Prineville (UPD Two
persons, including a top ro
deo performer, were killed
and two others were injured
near here early today when a
car went out of control and
struck two logging trucks.
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SUSPEND
'Interim7 Ordinance
Approved by Council
The city council last night
approved an "interim" zoning
ordinance for the Berrydale
area with two qualifications:
First, that a joint meeting
of the council and planning
commission be called to seek
sr'derision "on th e "proposed
light-industrial zoning of a lot
which William Doernbach and
other citizens contend should
remain single-family;
Second, that owners of
property not conforming to
the new zoning be allowed the
right to appeal lor zone
changes,
The motion to approve the
ordinance with the qualifica
tions was made by Ed Hall
and seconded by Fred Robin
son. Both are councilmen
from Ward 1 where Berrydale
is situated. Approval was
unanimous.
Purpose of Meeting
The purpose of requesting
a joint meeting with the plan
ning commission was describ
ed today by Mayor John W.
Snider as an attempt to better
understand the issue. Doern
bach said at last night's meet-
Evans Valley
To Vote Again
Evans Valley school district
voters will go to the polls to
morrow to vote on a total levy
of $36,737.67 for the new
school year.
This will be the fourth time
this year the school district
patrons will vote on the new
school levy. Voters of the
school district, 12 miles north
of Rogue River, had rejected
the school levy for the third
time.,
- The new levy proposed is
$7,422.50 less than the previ
ous total of $44,160.17. The
cut had been made previously
by the school board just be
fore it met with the district
budget committee last month.
Some of the major altera
tions of the school district
budget include removal of $7,
000 allowed for a new school
bus, $2,000 for cafeteria re
modeling, addition of ' $1,170
for' repair of a 10-year-old
school bus, inclusion of $500
for emergency expenditures
and $70 for the bus drivers'
physical examinations as now
required by law.
County Assessor Ray Schu
macher has granted the dis
trict an extension of time on
condition the board would re
vise the budget. The levy
must be certified by Aug. 25
so it can be placed on the tax
rolls. .
Adjournment
Seen Saturday
Washington (UPD The
Eighty-Fifth Congress today
was set to chop down some
of the few remaining barriers
to final adjournment, now ex
pected no later than Satur?
day night.
Robert G. Danielson, now involved in liti
gation, are ruled ineligible to appear on the
November general election ballot. The scene
above was snapped just outside the Esquire
theater building, where many of those at
tending stood in the open to escape the
warm theater.
frig-that deed restrictions on
the lot in question limited it
to residential use. Hall said he
did not think the city should
involve itself in a dispute
over such restrictions. ' .
Mayor Snider today said he
planned to investigate the
deed restrictions himself. He
and members of trie council
visited the lot July 31. They
were shown ' the "area by
Doernbach and by Harold
Farr, who owns it and plans
to expand his adjacent trail
er court onto it if the light
industrial zoning is approved.
"If you set a precedent,"
Doernbach said, "you'll have
real estate men and subdivid
es here worried."
Joint Meeting
Calling for a joint meeting
has a second possible signific
ance under a, policy an
nounced last week by Mayor
Snider. By this policy, a joint
meeting would be called for
whenever it appeared that
members of the council dis
agreed with a planning com
missi o n recommendation.
Rather than reversing the
commission outright, the coun
cil would vote for a meet
ing. A joint open meeting on
the Farr property had been
called for previously, . at the
July 17 council meetingsThe
two groups subsequently met
in closed session as a "joint
policy committee." But the
open meeting was not held.
Instead, Mayor Snider an
nounced the policy.
In describing the zoning
ordinance approved last night.
City Manager Robert A. Duff
said it "generally fits exist
ing uses. It's possible some
things might be changed."
Duff presented letters from
two property-owners desiring
a change of zone. The prop
erties in question are the
Berrydale Flower farm, 2231
Table Rock rd., and the Corn
er grocery, Berrydale ave. at
Table Rock rd. Both are zoned
single family under the plan
adopted last night. f
The council referred the
matters to the planning com
mission, for public hearings.
Nick Gier, proprietor of a
trailer park and trailer rental
and sales concern at 2902
North Pacific highway, said
he too planned to request a
change from single family for
his property.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair and warm to
night and Saturday. Low to
night 57. High Saturday 93.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 94
Lowest this Morning 54
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 7:03 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 5:2S a.m.
Moonset tomorrow ..12:08 a.m.
Full Moon Aug. 28
The Moon's orbit has again
brought it into the constella
tion, Ophiuchus, and near Sat
urn, the ringed planet. Saturn
is nearly ten times as large as
the Earth and is now nearly
900 million miles away.
President Seeks
Inspection, Arms
Control Systems
Action Depends on
Russia Agreement
Washington (UPD Presi
dent Eisenhower said today
the United States is ready to
suspend nuclear weapons tests
for one year starting Oct. 31
if Russia doesn't resume its
tests and agrees to negotiate
on a world test ban.
The President said that as a
result of the recent East-West
technical talks at Geneva this
country "is prepared to pro
ceed promptly to negotiate an
agreement" for permanent su
spension of tests and establish
ment of a control system
recommended by the experts.
The President said:
"If this is accepted in prin
ciple by the, other nations
which have tested nuclear
weapons, then in order to
facilitate the detailed negotia
tions the United States is pre
pared, unless testing is re
sumed by the Soviet Union, to
withhold further testing on
its part of atomic and hydro
gen weapons for a period of
one year from the beginning
of the negotiations."
Wants Inspection System
The U.S. will be ready to
open such negotiations Oct.
31, the President said in a
special statement.
Eisenhower also' said this
country -would be prepared to
extend its suspension on a
year by year basis upon two
conditions. They were that an
agreed inspection system was
installed " and "working effec
tively and that satisfactory
progress was being made in
reaching agreement on and
carrying out substantial arms
control measures such as the
U.S. has long sought.
The President's statement
was sent to the U.S. Ambassa
dor Llewellyn ' Thompson in
Moscow to hand over to the
Russian Foreign Office.
It also was sent to the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
Council in Paris.
The President noted his
long-standing position that
suspension of nuclear weapons
tests "is not, in itself, a
measure of disarmament or a
limitation of armament."
Petition Filed
For Robinson
A petition nominating in
cumbent Fred E. Robinson
for reelection as city council
man representing Ward 1 was
filed at city hall yesterday,
according to Darell Huson,
city recorder.
The 46-signature petition
makes Robinson the third
candidate for the seat. Peti
tions for Roy Wilkes and
William Doernbach were sub
mitted previously.
Donald Hansen, incumbent
Ward 2 councilman, an
nounced last night that he has
definitely decided to seek re
election. A petition in his
name is currently being cir
culated, according to Huson.
Deadline for filing petitions
for the four city council seats
and the office of mayor is the
end of this month.
Commemoration Planned
For Rogue Valley Line
The former Rogue River
Valley railroad will be com
memorated by a plaque dur
ing ceremonies starting at 2
p.m. Saturday, according to
officials of the Siskiyou Pio
neer Sites Foundation.
The bronze plaque will
mark the site of the old Med
ford depot and' will be un
veiled at the Grater Lake Mo
tors building. Following the
unveiling, the dedication ex
ercises will be held in the
park next to the Medford
public library, officials said.
. History of the railroad will
be given in a talk by Dr.
Frank Haines of Southern
Oregon college. Albert Gandt,
Medford, president of the
foundation, will talk on the
Assembly Favors
Peace Plan Drawn
By Arab Nations
One of Strongest
Resolutions of UN
United Nations, N.Y. (UPD
U. N. Secretary - general Dag
Hammarskjold announced to
day that he will leave Mon
day for Jordan to put into ef
fect the all-Arab Middle East
peace plan approved unani
mously by the emergency ses
sion of the General Assembly.
Hammarskjold told a news
conference that the measure
accepted by an 80-0 vote in
the assembly early Thursday
evening was "one of the
strongest resolutions" ever
passed by the U.N.
Hammarskjold said if it is
agreeable to the governments
concerned he would leave for
Amman Monday and spend a
week at the Jordanian capi
tal. He planned to spend the
following week end in Gene
va for the opening of the sec
ond International Conference ,
on the Peaceful Uses of Atom
ic Energy. He then will re
turn to Amman, and then go
to Cairo. ,
Plans Vague
From that point on, he
said, his plans were "vague,
but they will cover Beirut
and, I guess, also Baghdad."
He said he was not certain
whether he would visit Saudi
Arabia or Israel.
Most western diplomats
hailed passage of the all-Arab
plan, but the United States
apparently still had some
doubts.
Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles insisted the fu
ture of the Middle East still
would be settled by deeds and
not by the words of the reso
lution putting it up to the
Arabs themselves to keep the
peace.
But the United States be
lieved greater good had been
done for the Middle East at
this session than would have
been achieved at the summit
conference originally wanted
by Russia.
Rare Example ,
The rare example of Arab
unanimity the resolution
was written by 10 Arab na
tionscaused major surprise
in Lebanon.
The resolution provides:
A reaffirmation by the
Arabs themselves of the Arab
league principles of mutual
respect, non-aggression, non
interference and mutual bene
fit. .
Directs Hammarskjold to
consult the governments con-,
cerned and make practical
arrangements in Lebanon and
Jordan facilitating the early
withdrawal of foreign troops.
A s k s Hammarskjold to
study with the Arab countries
the establishment of a do-it-yourself
economic program
for the Middle East.
Invites Hammarskjold to
report progress by Sept. 30.
The regular fall session of
the General Assembly begins
Sept. 16.
Attendance High
At Afternoon Play
Ashland Yesterday after
noon's performance of "Troil
lus and Cressida" in the
Shakespearean Festival the
ater was so successful that
afternoon matinees may be
held next year, a festival
spokesman said.
Such performances, how
ever, would be held possibly
only when seats for a certain
play are sold out for some
time or when weather forces
cancellation of a night per
formance, the spokesman ex
plained. A total of 321 person; at
tended the play yesterday
afternoon as the cast dripped
perspiration from under their
heavy costumes. The mercury
stayed at 94 degrees.
aims and purposes of the Sis
kiyou Pioneer Sites Founda
tion. The Rogue River Valley
railroad, known as the "Jack
sonville Cannonball" by the
pioneers, was built in 1891 to
connect Medford and Jackson
ville. This line was an import-
ant and colorful pioneer en
terprise during its 35 years of
operation, Dr. Haines said.
The foundation was incor- .
porated in 1957 as a non
profit corporation to mark
and preserve the historic
buildings and sites of south
ern Oregon. The plaque to be
unveiled Saturday marks the.
first step in the society's cam
paign to preserve the pioneer
heritage of the Rogue River
valley.