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Attend Festival,
Box Office Shows
Ashland More than 20,
000 people so far have attend
ed this season's four produc
tions presented in repertory at
the Oregon Shakespearean
Festival, according to box of
fice figures released today.
Capacity crowds have been
filling the emphitheater to
witness authentic Shakespear
ean drama, a spokesman said.
"Merchant of Venice" holds
the audience record, with 6,-
240 theater-goers having seen
this play. "Much Ado About
Nothing" is the second most
popular show of, the season,
with 5,942 persons in attend
ance. A total of 5,030 patrons
were attracted to Robert Lop
er's production of "King
Lear." One of Shakespeare's
lesser known plays, "Troilus
and Cressida" has brought 3,
231 people to the noted Ore
gon event. To date, a total of
20,433 persons have attended
the 1958 season of the Festi
val. Records Broken
All box office records were J
broken Saturday night with
the showing of "Merchant of
Venice." Hundreds of theater
patrons lined up in front of
the box office to buy standing
room only tickets. The Tudor
fair area in back of the thea
ter was filled with lawn
chairs and camp stools,
brought by theater-goers after
the advance reservations were
sold out.
This year the Festival has
extended its season four days,
running until Sept. 4. Mrs.
Jane Schnittger, box office
manager, reports excellent
seats are still available for
the final round of plays. To
night's presentation of "Much
Ado" will begin the last three
rounds of the 1958 season.
Congressmen
Head for Homes
Washington (UPD Election-bound
members of the
85th Congress hurried home
today but the work of the 86th
already was cut out.
Both Senate Democratic
leader Lyndon B. Johnson
and Senate Republican leader
William F. Knowland .said in
sepeiute statements to United
Press International that the
accomplishments of the 85th
Congress were substantial.
However, despite its record
' of many accomplishments.
the weary congressmen left
behind when they adjourned
sine die at 4:11 a.m. Sunday
a pile of controversial bills
certain to be faced again in
January.
Aid Bill Passes
One of the first will be Ha
waiian statehood. Congress
shelved it this year without a
vote.
Others Include the labor re
form bill, school construction
aid, a minerals subsidy pro
gram and additional housing
legislation. All died in the
House.
Senate-shelved legislation
aimed at curbing the Su
preme Court is certain to be
revived. Demands unheeded
by the leadership of both ma
jor parties this year will be
made for income tax cuts.
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"CANNONBALL" TRACK
Albert W. Gandt, president of
the Pioneer Sites Foundation
here points to a section of
track belonging to the old
Jacksonville-Medford railroad
known as the Jacksonville
"Cannonball" by the pioneers
who used it. Gandt's daugh
ter, Caroline, looks at the
track which is embedded in
the sidewalk in front of Cra
ter Lake Motors, Inc., at West
Fir and Main sts. in Medford.
Gandt and members of the
F o u n dation commemorated
Saturday afternoon the site
of the old Medford depot for
the railroad by unveiling a
plaque placed on the Crater
Lake Motors building. The
plaque is shown below.
Faubus to Ask
School Delay
Little Rock. Ark. fUPD .
Gov. Orval E. Faubus ? a
nounced today that he will
ask a special session of the
legistlature tomorrow to post
pone the opening of Central
High school a week and give
him the power to close it by
proclamation to prevent its
integration.
He disclosed that he has a
five-point anti-integration pro
gram, which may he has
not decided yet include a
referendum to let the people
of Little Rock vote on wheth
er they want Central integrat
ed or segregated.
His legislative program in
eludes bills to:
Postpone the opening of
Central from Sept. 2 to Sept
8, apparently to give the leeis
lature a little more time.
Allow him to close Cen
tral by proclamation if nec
essary to prevent its integra
tion.
Give white students state
aid to attend a school not
threatened with integration, if
he closes Central or other
schools.
Appropriate monev to fi
nance his program.
t Transfer funds ' to the
Governor's Fund to Dav for
special elections.
Unwilling Help
Given Beer Thief
A grocery clerk at the OK
Market, 1202 North River
side ave., unwittingly helped
two thieves make off with
S7.15 worth of beer Saturday
night, according to city
police.
The report stated that the
thieves approached the clerk
inside the store with the beer
and asked him to take it out
to their car. He obligingly
carried it out and placed it in
the trunk, the report con
tinued. Then, it was reported, the
thieves said "Thanks," got in
the car and drove off. The
clerk reportedly returned to
the store, and asked another
clerk if the beer had been
paid for.
It hadn't been.
Washington (LTD Sen.
William F. Knowland (R
Calif.) plans to return to Cali
fornia Tuesday to begin his
campaign for the governor
ship of .his state.
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53rd year
Medford
14 Pages
Frank Van Dyke
Reappointed To
Education Group
Four-Year Term
Told by Governor
Frank J. Van Dyke of Med
ford has been reappointed as
an Oregon member of the
Western Interstate Commis
sion on Higher Education, it
was announced today by Gov,
Robert Holmes.
The term, is for four years.
Governor Holmes said the re
appointment is a recognition
of Van Dyke's role in contrib
uting to WICHE's success.
Van Dyke has been chair
man of the organization for
the past- l'i years, succeed
ing the former chairman, who
resigned, and for one year
after his election.
As retiring chairman, he
was largely responsible at
the last meeting of the com
mission for having it plan to
meet in Medford on the 8th,
9th and 10th of next August.
Other Oregon members are
Mrs. Edna Scales, Sandy, and
Dr. John R. Richards, Eu
gene, chancellor of the state
system of higher education.
Van Dyke was first named
to the commission by the late
Gov. Paul Patterson.'
The commission has mem
bers from all western states
except Nevada, and also in
cludes Alaska. First formed
as an aid to the exchange of
students from state to state,
when their own state was un
able to provide the special
ized education they desired,
it has grown to be also a
clearing house and research
organization for information
and progress in higher edu
cation. Van Dyke commented to
day that it has grown greatly
in stature over the years
since it was created, and "is
providing a very valuable
service through the studies .it
js making. Problems now re
ceiving attention include the
problems of nursing educa
tion, mental health research
and treatment, and more re
cently the growing need for
medical education in the
west."
He said it is attracting a
growing interest among west
ern leaders in education, and
among non - educators who
recognize the need for a co
ordinated approach to solving
the problems of higher edu
cation. Van Dyke is also a former
legislator, having served one
term as speaker of the Ore
gon house of representatives,
and is a former member of
the state board of higher edu
cation. An attorney, he for
merly was a member of the
board of governors of the
Oregon State Bar association.
Hillslide Hits
Ashland Homes
Ashland City firemen
rushed an auxiliary pump to
two homes on 1100 Park st.
Sunday when a leak in an ir
rigation ditch caused a hill to
slide into the houses.
Mud and water poured
through a garage, into the
dining room, kitchen and bed-
r o o m oi tne unaries n.
Schmaltz home at 1100 Park
st. Sunday afternoon. Water
and mud also piled about four
feet deep on the patio of the
residence of Jack Walter at
1108 Park st. and seeped into
the kitchen.
No estimate of the damage
was avaiiaDie. jvirs. waiter
said water has come onto the
properties of tnat area for a
number of years every time
the irrigation water was turn
ed on in the field above.
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MEDFORD, OREGON,
Flames, Auto Accidents,
Drownings Take 15 Lives
Mot Temperatures
Continue; IBIazes
Noted in Forests
Residents of the Rogue
them they have been experiencing many hot days this sum
mer can see the proof of it in the record books.
Data in the weather bureau office at the Medford airport
shows yesterday's 101-degree temperature as the third this
month and the sixth this summer of 100 degrees or more.
The 105 on July 27 was the hottest of the summer and Satur
day's 102 was tops so far in August.
Records list 90-degree or better temperatures on 53 oc
casions and 31 days with readings over 95 degrees.
A high of 98 is expected for
is forecast for Tuesday.
Grants Pass had a 104-degree high yesterday7 '
Zone Suggestion
Given Rejection
By County Court
The Jackson county court
has rejected a recommenda
tion from the county plan
ning commission for an inte
rim zoning ordinance encom
passing the Jacksonville
dump site.
In a letter rejecting the
proposal Friday, the court
said "it would be useless to
establish interim zoning after
the dump is in operation, as'
the county court can set up
rules and regulations for
garbage dump so that it can
be controlled."
The letter went on to ad
monish the commission for
not making "a timely recom
mendation to the court."
However, the court conclud
ed, "We assure you that we
will give this garbage opera
tion all the -attention neces
sary to provide proper sani
tary conditions under the
authority which we now
possess." 1
People Protest
The planning commission
had recommended that the
court establish interim zon
ing to confine dumping to the
area which the City Sanitary
Service is now using.
When the garbage disposal
service announced plans to
use a 360 acre site south of
Jacksonville as a garbage
dump earlier this summer,
people of Jacksonville pro
tested and requested a zoning
ordinance to prohibit estab
lishment of the dump. After
a number of public hearings
and meetings with the county
court the planning commis
sion had recommended the
interim zoning after dumping
had begun.
Explorer V Failure
Studied by Army
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPD
The Army sifted through
coded data today in an effort
to determine why its depend
able Jupiter C rocket failed
to put Explorer V into orbit.
"Everyone was mystified,
one source said of me sun-
day firing, that apparently
followed the form book up
until the actual moment the
heavily instrumented satel
lite was to have gone into the
groove.
"Apparently the trouble
was in one -oi me upper
stages," the source said, "but
it will be at least a day or
two before we can find out
what happened."
MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1958
river valley whose senses tell
today and the same maximum
By United Press International
' Lightning set numerous
small fires in the Willamette
and Siskiyou national forests
Sunday as continued hot, dry
weather, kept the fire danger
at the critical level in Oregon.
Smokejumpers Called
Guy Johnson, regional fire
dispatcher for the U. S. Forest
Service, said lightning set up
wards of 40 fires in the Wil
lamette national forest in the
Detroit area and immediately
south of it. About 100 men
including four smokejumpers
were sent to control the blaz
es. bmokejumpers also were
sent out in the Siskiyou na
tional forest where 18 blazes
were started by electrical
storms. Two smokejumpers
suffered broken ankles when
dropped into rugged country
Phil Harvey, 20, Salisbury,
Conn., and Don Thomas, 21,
Santa Monica, Calif., were
hurt.
Fire Near Burns
Largest week end blaze re
ported in Oregon was a 4000-
acre fire in rimrock country
at Drinkwater pass 55 miles
east of Burns. Jiureau of Land
Management crews held the
blaze in check Sunday but ex
pressed concern today they
might not be able to hold the
fire lines. The blaze was start
ed by a lightning strike last
Thursday night.
The mercury climbed to 105
degrees at The Dalles Sunday.
Pendleton had 101, while Sa
lem topped western Oregon
with 99 and Portland hit 95.
Kelly Appoints
Juvenile Worker
Mrs. Ruth Walker of Med
ford has been appointed as
girls' counselor in the Jack
son county juvenile depart
ment by Circuit Judge Ed
ward C. Kelley, according to
Mrs. Kay Growell, juvenile
department director. She will
start work Sept. 8.
Mrs. Walker, who is now
employed by the local office
of the state tax commission,
will succeed Miss Joan Sorg.
Miss Sorg is scheduled to
leave soon for training as an
officer in the Women's Army
Corps in which she has en
listed. Mrs. Walker has had 15
years personnel work in Cali
fornia, Mrs. Crowell said. She
has had 2V years of social
case work also, in both Hum
boldt county, California and
in Jackson county.
Mrs. Walker was born in
Medford. Her maiden name
was Ruth Bowne, Mrs. Cro
well said. She left here when
12 years old and was edu
cated in Plainfield High
school, Plainfield, N. J. and
in Gardner College, New
York.
Grandview Sewer
Work Now Underway
Work on the Grandview-
Kenwood - Laurelhurst sewer
has been started, City Man
ager Robert Duff said today.
The construction, which had
been delayed by a strike in
the heavy construction indus
try, is being handled by
Frank W. Konehl, contractor
from Portland, Duff said.
Price 10 cents
Tribune
No. 133
Milwaukie Fire
Snuffs Lives of
Four Children
Two-Car Collision
Kills Six Persons
United Press International
A fire, two auto accidents
and drownings killed 15 per
sons in Oregon during the
week end.
A home fire in Milwaukie,
which broke out about 1:45
a.m. Sunday, took the lives
of four children of a widowed
mother. Coroner Leslie Peake
identified the ,victims as Don
aid Jasmer, 9 months; Donna
Jasmer, 2; Debra May Jas
mer, 3, and Dennis Jasmer. 7
Three other Jasmer children
escaped the flames. The fire,
worst tragedy in Milwaukie's
history, was blamed on de
fective wiring.
A two-car crash on High
way 30 a few miles east of
Portland early Sunday killed
six persons.
Dead Identified
The Multnomah county
sheriff's office identified the
dead as Howard D. Nelson,
51, Dallas, Texas; Patricia
Nelson, 22,-- Dallas; Henry
Browning, 73, and Delia
Browning, 71, both of Keller,
Texas, all passengers in the
Nelson car.
The other two victims of
the smashup were Robert W
Fouts, 22, Vancouver, B.. C,
and Ronald G. Thompson, 18
laKima, wash. Both . cars
were demolished.
A California vacationer,
Wallace L. Toscani, 35, Napa,
Calif., was killed when his
car plunged into the North
Umpqua river about 20 miles
east of Roseburg early today.
Authorities at first feared
Toscani's wife, Marjorie, and
two childen were in the car
but they were located at their
campsite about a mile from
where Toscani's car went off
the road. The body was re
covered.
Walter Jarvis, 41, Port
land, was missing and be
lieved, drowned near the
mouth of the Columbia river
after his 1boat .. in which he
was riding capsized in heavy
surf, . Sunday. Three other
persons in the boat were
rescued.
Two men drowned Satur
day at the mouth of Mehalem
Bay when their fishing boat
overturned. They were Frank
Kuzmic, 40, Portland, and
Wesley Parsons, 39, Bea-
verton.
Fred Tweedy, 17, Portland,
drowned Saturday in Clack
amas river while swimming.
Dag Prepares for
Middle East Trip
United Nations, N. Y. (UPD
United Nations Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjold
leaves for the Middle East to
night to arrange for "early"
withdrawal of American and
British troops from Lebanon
and Jordan.
He is scheduled to leave by
commercial airliner for Bei
rut and Amman to fulfill a
peace-making task handed to
him by an 80-0 vote at a spec
ial emergency session of the
UN General Assembly.
In those two capitals Ham
marskjold will begin the job
of setting up "practical ar
rangements" for giving Leb
anon and Jordan a sense of
security from outside dangers
so the Anglo-American forces
may be withdrawn.
Algerians Launch
Terror in France
Paris (UPD Algerian
Nationalists launched a full
scale campaign of violence
and terror in metropolitan
France today. Seven persons
were killed, including four
Paris policemen.
MISS JACKSON COUNTY Pat Rushton, Queen of the
Rogue Valley Roundp and "Miss Jaycee" held onto, her
crown as she walked across the stage at the Kiwanis county
fair Sunday night in the National Guard Armory. Standing
to the rear on the stage was Miss Mary Ellen Vinton of Sea
side, Miss Oregon, and Miss Marilyn Van Derbur, of Denver,
Colo., Miss America. Sunday was the final day of the county
fair which was climaxed with the crowning of Miss Jackson
County.
(Ken Knackstedt photo)
Pat Rushton Named
As County
Pat Rushton, Queen of the
Rogue Valley Roundup and
"Miss Jaycee" last night was
crowned Miss Jackson County
in the finale of the Kiwanis
club fair.
"I think it's just wonder
ful," she said. "I want .to
thank everyone who has help
ed me.";
"She's going to be a busy
girl," commented her father,
Roy Rushton, of 283 Oak
Grove rd.
Miss Rushton was crowned
by Marilyn Van Deburg, Miss
America of 1958. She was also
presented with a large gold
trophy.
Five finalists competed last
night. Following the Miss Am
erica contest rules, they ap
peared in bathing suits and
in formal gowns. "
Talents Displayed
Each then displayed her
particular talent. Miss Rush-
ton drew a sketch of Arthur
Savard, general chairman of
the fair. Sally Elden perform
ed as a calypso dancer. An
toinette Marie Cote arranged
flowers. Sally Pyle read a
story and Molly Walker, a
poetry selection.
The five girls were chosen
from 14 entrants.
"I just couldn't believe it,"
Miss Rushton said later. After
her crowning, she joined Miss
America and Miss Oregon in
providing autographs to long
Supreme Court to
Rule on School
Washington (UPD The Su
preme Court agreed today to
convene Thursday to rule
whether Little Rock (Ark.)
Central High School shall
open its doors to Negro stu
dents again this year.
The nine justices, now va
cationing, will return to their
oral arguments in the explo
sive disDute. The federal gov
ernment was invited to par
ticipate in the case it it
wishes.
At issue are motions by the
National- Association for the
Advancement of Colored Peo
ple on behalf of Negro stu
dents to repudiate lower
court rulings which would
bar their . admisison , when
the Arkansas school opens
Sept. 2.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Continued fair
and warm through Tuesday.
Low tonight 58. High Tuesday
98.
TEMP.
Highest Yesterday 101
Lowest This Morning 62
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 6:58 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 5:29 a.m.
Moonset tomorrow 3:01a.m.
Full Moon Aug. 28
PROMINENT STAR
Arcturus, in the west, 8:37 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Jupiter, sets 8:44 p.m.
Saturn, low in southwest
10:22 p.m.
Mars, rises 10:35 p.m.
Venus, rises 4:07 a.m.
I
Queen
lines of yoilhgsters
Miss Jackson County will
represent this area in the
Miss Oregon pageant at Sea
side next year. Meanwhile,
she plans to begin her fresh
man year this fall at the Uni
versity of Oregon. She hopes
to major in art.
Judges of the contest were
Joe Moore, Dr. William J. Mil
ler, Mrs. Margene Thurston
and Mrs. Ellie Hopewell.
Mexican Laborers
Arrive to Pick
Part of the first contingent
of 294 Mexican nationals
have arrived at the farm la
bor camp on Table Rock rd.
to help with the fruit harvest
here, according to labor camp
officials.
A total of 126 Mexicans
was scheduled to arrive here
today, according to John Pat
ton, head of the employment
service office here. The 294
Mexicans . have been author
ized to work as pickers in the
Rogue River valley, Patton
said. The remainder are
scheduled to arrive near the
end of this week.
"It should be emphasized
that the number of Mexicans
is a fairly small percentage of
the total crew of 2200 pick
ers needed by the middle of
this week as the fruit harvest
hits its peak," Patton said.
"This is only a supplement.
We still are just as much in
need of all the domestic pick
ers we can get. We are still
placing pickers through the
tarm labor office at the fair
grounds," Patton said.
Arrangements for the im
portation of Mexicans were
made by the state employment
service.
'You Should Have Done Better Than That"
i!
Formosa Strait
Scene of Fierce
Aerial Combat
Sea Battles Rage
South of Islands
Taipeh, Formosa, (Tuesday,
Aug. 26) (UPD Communist
Chinese artillery started shell
ing the Quemoy islands for
the fourth straight day today,
the Nationalist defense minis
try announced.
The renewed Red attack
followed a day in which the
Nationalists said their U.S.
built Sabrejets downed two
Soviet-made MIG17s in a
fierce aerial duel over the
Formosa strait. It also follow
ed defense ministry reports
that two Communist attempts
to invade the island group
were beaten off.
The new Red shelling start
ed at 12:32 a.m. (7:32 a.m.
PST), a scant four hours after
Communist guns rained down
another 3,000 sholls on the
Quemoys last nght.
Many Killed, Wounded
In three separate bombard
ments throughout Monday,
the Reds poured a total of
nearly 6,000 high explosive
shells on the Quemoys. The
shellings already had killed
or wounded more than 429
Nationalists Saturday and
Sunday. Tonight the Commu
nists sent 48 MIG-17s over
the Nationalists' off-shore is
lands and 40 Nationalist Sa
brejets pounced from out of
the clouds on the faster
planes and drove them off,
using the American fighting
methods that won superiority
in Korea. The ministry said
all Nationalist planes returned
safely to Formosa.
It was the third destructive
jet aerial battle in the For
mosa straits since the. Reds
moved in an estimated 250.
supersonic MIG-17s into five
coastal airdromes last month'.'
The Communists shot down
two Nationalist F-84 Thunder-',
jets July 29 and Nationalists
Sabres downed two and pos
sibly three MIGs Aug. 14.
Invasion Tries Thwarted
The Nationalists said two
separate Communist invasion
attempts were repulsed in a
series of sea battles that raged
for many hours in the waters
south of Quemoy. Two Com
munist motor torpedo boats -were
reported sunk, another
"probably" sunk and five
damaged.
The Nationalists said they
lost one hospital ship, a land
ing craft which entered the
battle area by chance while .
evacuating wounded to For
mosa. A second hospital ICI
was torpedoed but survived
and was being towed to safety. -Despite
the heavy casualties
among the Quemoy defend
ers, the U.S. Army announced ,
the 21 officers and men there
of the U.S. advisory group
were safe although more than
100,000 Communist artillery
shells blanketed the Quemoy
area.
Petition Deadline
Set for Candidates
Deadline for filing petitions
for mayor or city councilman
will be noon on Friday, Aug.
29, according to City Recorder
Darell Huson.
Huson must file the names
with the county clerk by 5
p.m. that day, and must first
check the petition signatures
against the lists of registered
voters.!