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Ca hi . Foreae mm 53rd year Medford 18 Pages m mi Little Rock. Ark.-XPD-Arkansas Legislature today appropriated $20,000 for an investigation of "Commu nist influence" in the state branch of the National As sociation for the Advance ment of Colored People. Little Rock, Ark.-ffiPD-Gov. Orval Faubus appeared today to have maneuvered the U.S. Supreme Court into a spot where it may not decide on integration in Little Rock's Central High until after the school has opened with white students only. A special session of the Arkansas Legislature was set to recess today after voting Faubus personal power to close Central if it is faced with Negro integration. The lawmakers also passed a bill delaying Central's open faubus w chili mm Teamster 'Paper Officers' v' Uncovered by Investigators St. Louis Union Official Unaware Of Council Doings Washington -(UPD- Senate rackets investigators, who dis covered phony Teamsters "pa per locals" last year, believe now they have dredged up a case of "paper officers" in the big union. The committee today con tinued its investigation of Har old J. Gibbons, the St. Louis Teamsters vice president con sidered closest to the presi dential throne occupied by James R. Hoffa. Favored Protege While inquiring into the dis puted election of Gibbons to head St. Louis Joint Council 13 of the Teamsters, the com mittee ran into Local 447, also called the Carnival and Allied Workers Union. That union's founder, Harry Karsh, and six of its officers cast the votes that gave Gibbons a 76-70 vic tory in the joint council elec tion last January. Karsh was pictured as a favored protege of Gibbons. The new discovery came Thursday when the commit tee called two of the Local 447 ofifcers, president Ver non F. Kohrn and secretary treasurer Harold L. Brocies. They testified they lived in Tampa, Fla., not St. Louis, where the local is headquar tered, and that they were ap pointed by Karsh, not elected by the membership. The ap pointments were made oy telephone just before the joint council election. Had Never Seen Books Further, Kohrn testified, he didn't know the first thing about the joint council, had never seen Local 447's books and wasn't even sure where the union's office was located. Committee counsel Robert F. Kennedy said Kohrn and his fellow officers actually were "foremen" working as operators of various "kiddie rides" for Royal American Shows, and weren't even un ion members in good standing because they paid dues only six months a year. The committee called Karsh, but got no information other than his name and address. He refused to answer 52 other questions on grounds he might incriminate himself. WEATHER FORECAST: Variable cloudiness through Saturday. Low tonight 48-50. High Saturday 85-88. Temp: Highest Testerday 87 Lowest this Morninf 49 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 6:52 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:34 a.m. Moonnse today 6:55 p.m. Last Quarter Sept. 6 PROMINENT STAR CapeUa, low in north- - east 11.44 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, sets .. 8:29 p.m. Saturn, low in south west 10:0S P-m- Mars, rises 10:25 p.m. Venus, rises 4:17 jn. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1958 EGRATI0E3 .BATTLE ing until Sept. 15. Chief Jus tice Earl Warren announced late Thursday the Supreme Court would meet again Sept. 11 for a full hearing on the integration crisis in Little Rock. But Faubus signed neither bill into law. And it appeared he might delay doing so in definitely which is possible so long as the Legislature is technically still in special session. "Until I sign the bill which provides for the opening of the school on Sept. 15, the school opening will be in the hands of the school board," Faubus told a press confer ence. "You can ask them when school will open." The school board already has announced Little Rock 'It Worked Fine As Long As Nobody Asked, 'Or Else What?'" Communists Renew Attacks on Taipeh, Formosa (UPD Communist Chinese artillery blasted the Nationalist-held Quemoy Islands again today in what some sources said was a pre-invasion 'bombard ment. Some Nationalist govern ment offices began moving Small House Burns At 401 Orchard - A small house burned yes terday afternoon at the 401 orchard, the district office of the state department of for estry reported. Twelve forest patrolmen were sent about 2:30 p.m. Origin of the fire and name of occupants ' of the house were not learned. Bulletin A truck driver working on the Talent project died this morning when his truck plunged off a dike into 15 feet of water just above Howard Prairie dam. ac cording lo bureau of recla mation officials. The driver, identified as J. R. Blankenship, about 38. of a trailer park in Ash land, apparently lost con trol of his rock truck about 8:45 a.m. as he was driving it across an earth-filled dike. It reportedly sank to the bottom, upside down. Blankenship was driving for the R. A. Heinlz Con struction ' company, Port land. Officials said he had possibly driven too close to the edge of the dike and the wheels of the truck had slipped on loose gravel. Tribune schools will open on Sept. 8, three days before the next Supreme Court hearing. Faubus action put squarely on the hot seat School Super intendent Virgil T. Blossom with whom the governor has feuded since last September. Blossom, in Washington for Thursday's court session, an nounced the board would meet Monday in Little Rock to consider the date of Cen tral's opening. He would not say what recommendation he would make to the board. Warren said in announcing the delay the court had assur ances Central would not open until Sept. 15. But it was learned members of the board and their attorneys claimed none of them gave the court any "assurance" about the date. Blossom will have tough Quemoy out of Taipeh into the su burbs as a precaution against possible Communist air at tacks. The Nationalist Defense Ministry said the Reds hurl ed a 7,100-round bombard ment early in the dav at the small islands of Taian and Ehrtan in the Quemoy group, which controls the entrance to the Communist port of Amoy. The ministry announced later that the Red shore bat teries fired an additional 1,810 high explosive shells into Big Quemoy in two hours. - ' The Central News Agency and the Military Information Service, both official agencies here, predicted that Tatan would be subjected to ex tremely heavy shelling for from three to five days, fol lowed by an invasion at tempt. Premier Chen Cheng call ed on Formosa today to pre pare for any crisis" including the bombing of Taipeh The Nationalists defied round the clock Communist demands it surrender the off shore islands and rounded up Communist agents during the night in a sudden, five- hour clampdown of emer gency martial law. Sputnik Rocket Not Visible for Week Portland (UPD Mrs. Rob ert Boardwell of the Oregon Moonwatch Team said today that the Thursday night cross ing of the Sputnik III rocket over Oregon would be the last over this region for at least a week. Sightings Thurs day night were rare due to a prevailing overcast. Price 10 cents No. 137 sledding if he tries to delay the opening. United Press International asked a source close to the governor why Faubus did not sign into law the bills he him self had requested so vehem ently in his opening speech to the special session. "The bills were passed in an emotional crisis and under pressure," the informant said. "The governor does not want to sign them under pressure. "He would have no neces sity to use the bills at all if the Supreme Court would up hold the stay granted by Justice Gardner and order a full-dress review of the case." His reference was to Archi bald K. Gardner, chief justice of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, who granted Little Rock a delay in admitting Negroes. Russia Claims Dogs in Rocket Flight Returned London - (UPD - Soviet Rus sia claimed today to have brought two dogs safely back to earth from, a super-stratospheric rocket. A' Moscow Radio broadcast said the animals were rocket ed to a height of about 280 miles Aug. 27. The Soviet broadcast claimed the one-stage rocket landed "in a precisely allocat ed sector." The rocket was launched by Soviet Russia "in ac cordance with the IGY pro gram, Moscow Radio said. Apparatus Installed It said that apparatus for the study of the upper layers of the atmosphere also was installed in the rocket. The Soviets have previous ly reported recovering rocket ed dogs in preparation for the dog-carrying Sputnik. In Wednesday's flight, the dogs were enclosed in a heremetically-sealed cabin, the broadcast said. Total weight of the scienti fic apparatus, including the dogs and their - cabin, taken aloft by the rocket was re ported to be about 1,680 kilograms - or about 3,800 pounds. The broadcast said all the apparatus worked normally during the flight. Cottage Grove Woman Object of Search . Cottage Grove - (UPD - A search was under way near here today for a 46-year-old mother of four sons who has been missing since 6 p.m Wednesday. Mrs. Zephra Akins was last seen at her home five miles west of here by her family. Boundaries for Schools in Medford District Reviewed by Local Officials Boundaries for schools an the Medford' district have been announced by school officials. Hedrick Junior High school students will come from that area east of Bear Creek. In addition, students in the area between Bear creek and the Southern Pacific railroad tracks, from Fourth St.- south to the school district boun dary, also will attend Hed rick. Ninth graders from Lone Pine and Howard districts also will enroll at Hedrick. McLoughlin Junior High school students will come from the rest of the district to the west. Ninth graders from Griffin Creek also will attend McLoughlin. Medford High school will servethe entire district. Elementary school boun daries: Jackson-North of West Main St., and from Holly and Moist Air Eases Fire Situation In Oregon Woods Threat To Vale -Temporarily Ended By United Press International With misty rains dampen ing tinder-dry Oregon forest lands and moist marine air pushing humidity readings up, forestry officials were breathing easier Friday. Only one fire-the 1,000 acre Canyon Creek blaze in the Willamette National Forest-remained out of control. Some 800 dog-tired fire-fighters were toiling with hand tools to get a trail around the blaze. Although the fire hasn't spread since Wednes day the fire-fighters have, been hampered by the steep, rugged terrain and the thick brush and timber in their ef forts to trail the blaze. - Guy Johnson, regional fire control officer for the U. S. forest service said it was an ticipated that control of the fire would be gained today. Siskiyou Fire Controlled The Dry Creek fire south of the North Santiam river and the Bunker creek fire in the Siskiyou National forest were brought under control Thursday, Johnson said. A 16,000-acre blaze that at one time threatened the town of Vale was brought under control Thursday, although fire-fighters were worried that gusty winds might whip the 16-mile-wide fire over shaky fire lines. Also ' controlled Thursday was a 4,000-acre fire in the Baker district. Sev eral other fires in the East ern Oregon area were in the mop-up stage Thursday night, according to John C Hunt, fire control officer for the Bureau of Land Management. Zones Closed Tight The State Department of Forestry announced that zones 8, 9 and 10 were still under absolute closure to log ging in Oregon Thursday night. All restriction on zones 1, 2, 4 12, 15 and 18 had been lifted by midnight Thursday. Still on a midnight to noon hoot owl logging basis were zones 5, 6, 11, 13, 14, and 17, however. All logging restrictions in Western Washington were lifted Thursday with the ex ception of the Snoqualmie Na tional forest, which remained on a 1 p.m. hoot owl basis. Snider Only One To File for Post John W. Snider was virtu ally assured of a second term as mayor of Medford today as the noon deadline for filing of nominating petitions passed without the appearance of a rival candidate.. Two city councilmen, Don ald Hansen of Ward II and Robert Baccus of Ward III, were also unopposed. The two remaining council seats are thus expected to provide the only contests be tween now and the Nov. 4 elections. Three candidates have filed for the Ward I seat. They include Fred Robinson, the incumbent, Roy Wilkes and William Doernbach. The two nominees for the Ward IV seat being vacated by Paul Mayers are Stanley Stark and George Stacey. The mayor's office is for a two-year term. The council man sit four years, four of thetotal of eight being elect ed every two years. Welch sts., inclusively, west to Sage rd. and including Ross lane. Students on this portion of Ross lane will be transport ed to Jackson. Jefferson-South 4 of West Main st. from the Southern Pacific tracks to and includ ing both sides of South Oak dale ave. Students living south of Stewart ave. also will attend Jefferson. Lincoln -Between Bear creek and the Southern Paci fic tracks (excluding the small area east of South Riverside ave. and south of East 12th st. whose student residents may attend Roosevelt if more con venient. Students in the area north of Main st. from and in cluding Holly and Welch sts. east of the railroad tracks also will attend Lincoln. Hoover-East and southeast of Roosevelt school service area boundary and extended to the school district boun ANTENNA DOWN A "crop duster" air plane this morning struck a guy wire hold ing the transmitting antenna of radio sta tion KDOV, Medford. The tower fell to ward Barneburg hill, and was reported to be a complete loss. The plane was not dam AG's Opinion to Be Studied by District Attorney An opinion from Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton on payment of money to coun ty budget committee members willbe studied, and if such payments appear to have been illegal, budget commit teemen will be asked to re turn the money received, Dis trict Attorney Thomas J. Reeder said today. Total money involved is about $200, which Reeder said was paid the past two years for expenses incurred. Reeder said he understands the practice was discontinued this year. He emphasized that the county court was not aware such payments may have been illegal when they were made. At the conclusion of his opinion,, Thornton said his of fice, does not make investiga tions into such matters. "This is a factual issue which is to be determined by you," Thornton wrote Reeder. Could Start Suit If such payments are de termined to be illegal, Thorn ton advised Reeder he could start civil suit against the county court. Reeder said, however, he probably would not need to do this. ' Thornton quoted the state law which states that the budget committee shall not receive any compensation for its services while preparing budget estimates. Expenses are allowed dur ing performance of official duties, Thornton wrote. How ever, these expenses do not cover payment for travel to and from home and the usual place of work, or expenses for meals at the usual place of work. Considering payments to the budget committee from county emergency funds, Thornton stated that the state law specifies "such emergency fund shall be applied only to payment of . . . unforseen expenditures." Payments which do not come under this definition are illegal, Thorn ton added. However, whether or not an emergency exists can best be determined by the county court, Thornton said. Minneapolis (UPD Offi cials said it may take a month to determine the cause of a crash of .a Northwest Air lines plane in which 49 per sons were injured here Thurs day. dary Roosevelt-South of Spring st., east of Bear creek, west of and including Sunrise ave., Glen Oak ct., and Barneburg rd.; Aloha ave., that part of Valley . View between Harri son st. and Capital ave., and Capital ave. west of the inter section, with Valley View dr. Wilson-East of Bear creek and north from and including Spring st. to the north school boundary. Students on Biddle rd. also will attend Wilson. Washington-West of South Oakdale ave.. through Cherry lane between the center line of West Main st. and the cen ter line of Stewart ave. Oak Grove and West Side- The areas will have the same boundaries as in other years with the exception that Ross lane students previously at tending Oak Grove school can be transported to Jackson school. aged, and continued to the airport. A new tower will be installed starting Tuesday. A temporary antenna was expected to be ready for use this afternoon or early tomor row morning. 1 i (Knackstedt Photo) Transmitting Tower Falls When Hit by Crop Duster Plane The 405 -foot transmitting antenna of radio station KDOV, Medford, toppled to the ground early this morn ing when a "crop duster" air plane struck the antenna guy wires. Vernon Ludwig, Medford, one of the partners in the sta tion, located south of Medford on Highway 99, estimated damage between $10,000 and $12,000. He said the tower was a complete loss, and it would take probably about 10 days to install a new trans mitting antenna. Work- is due to start Tuesday. A temporary antenna was being installed today, and the station planned to resume broadcasting this afternoon or early tomorrow morning. Spraying Orchard William E. Rosenbalm, of Medford Air Service,, pilot of the plane, was spraying or- Members of 'Club' Checked for Disease More than two dozen mem bers of what is apparently a locaj "sex club," most of them juveniles, are being examined by Jackson county health of ficials in connection with an outbreak of venereal disease to which they have all pos sibly been exposed. Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county health officer, reported at noon today that "quite a few have been in," and "a number of cultures are pending." Only two positive cases of disease have been discovered so far. It was their discovery which triggered a widespread investigation by Medford po lice while Dr. Merkel was out of town early this week. , . Dr. Merkel and his staff are engaged now in an all-out ef fort to run down all who may have been exposed. He said there were 24 or 25 known possibilities. A city policeman assigned to' the case is carrying a note pad containing 60 names, how ever. Brought to Light The presence of the disease, and the existence of the group engaged in sexual promiscu ity, was brought to light last Sunday afternoon when a 19 year - old California youth came to the Medford police station to complain of symp toms of gonorrhea. He also asked that 15-year-old Medford girl be examined as the possible source of his infection. The Jackson county health nurse, in charge of the office in Dr. Merkel's absence, re fused to have the youth ex amined. She said his parents' consent was required since he was a minor. Medford police were forced to. book the youth on a tech nical charge of vagrancy to keep him under observation, and theit referred him to a doctor known to them. The doctor examined the youth Monday, and confirmed that he had contracted gonorrhea. Girl Questioned Meanwhile, the 15-year-old girl was questioned. She fur nished police with a list of ten men with whom she had recently, engaged In sex rela tions. The list included, aside from local names, those of a man in Portland and a mar ried man from Tacoma, Wash. She too, it developed, was infected with the disease. She was treated and is still in cus ' i chards south of the station along Bear creek when the ac cident happened. Rosenbalm returned to Medfort airport and landed the craft. Medford Air service officials said the plane sustained no damage. Rosenbalm was not injured. 1 The tower fell about one minute before 6 a.m. when the station was to start broadcast ing for the day, Ludwig said. Crews this morning were de termining how many guy wires were struck, if more than one, and whether the ower itself was struck, Lud wig said. . . He said witnesses told him the , plane struck guy wires about 200 feet above ground The tower was installed late in July. The station went on the air Aug. 15. Other partners arelpart of the embattled Strait Paul Ward, Medford, and K. C. (Ken) Lawrence, Gold Hill. tody. County juvenile author ities stated today that a peti tion recommending the girl's commitment to the state school on the basis of her sex ual promiscuity and being be yond parental control is being filed. Yesterday, police interro gated two Medford girls, 13 and 14, in connection with their being runaways from home. They furnished police with a new list, bearing 22 names. Running down the names on the two lists has fur nished still further leads. Cases Confirmed However, no more cases of infection have been con firmed. "It doesn't look as bad as it did at first," Dr. Merkel said this noon. He said no more "acute evidence" had ap peared. But, he added, a num ber of cultures have been tak en and are being studied for possible evidence of the dis ease. Furthermore, there is no sign that the list of those who may have been exposed is complete. One of the runaway girls yesterday' reportedly told po lice that she and the others would gather on Saturday night in unpatrolled parts of town. There, they would get intoxicated, she reportedly said, and would , engage in promiscuous sex relations. Dr. Merkel said that state officials have reported an in crease in the past year of ven ereal disease in Oregon, and that such cases appear espe cially prevalent among juve niles. Caution Urged in Forest Traveling Rogue River National for est officials today asked resi dents planning trips into the forest this week end to use caution around camps and other sources of fires. Officials said the forests are dry, and it will take a hard rain to ease fire condi tions. About 20 men remained on a fire on the Cascade summit south of Crater Lake Na tional park today mopping up a seven-acre fire . which started from a lightning strike last week. It flared up Tues day. Carrier Midway Ordered To Join Seventh Fleet Jet Pilots Given Permission To Chase " Washington (UPD Presi dent ' Eisenhower, summoned Acting Secretary of State Christian A. Herter to the White House today and con ferred with him on Formosa. Concerning the Red Chi nese threat to attack Nationalist-held offshore islands in the Formosa Strait, White House Press Secretary Jar s C. Hagerty said: "The United States Is watching the situa tion." Midway On Move As Herter entered the White House there were these other developments: -The Navy ordered the giant carrier Midway 'to the Formosa area. This brings to six the number of carriers operating with the 7tb Fleet in the Pacific: -Authoritative sources re ported that U.S. jet pilots have been instructed to chase attacking Communist planes most of the way across the Formosa Strait. The Midway sailed from Honolulu accompanied by the heavy cruiser Los Angeles. Reinforcement of the 7th Fleet in the face" of Red China's menacing activities in the Formosa Straits brings its total strength to 53 com- - bat ships. Carries 100 Planet The Navy did not say how many airplanes were aboard the Midway. The 45,000-ton carrier is able to handle up to 100 aircraft. Authoritative sources re ported meantime that U.S. Pacific Forces have given their jet pilots permission to pursue attacking Red planes across most of the Formosa Straits. The sources told " United Press International the Pa cific Command has relaxed the "hot pursuit" boundary line that in the past made a haven for Red Chinese jets Warning lo China The report came as the State Department warned the Reds that it would be folly, for them to carry out their new threat to invade the Nationalist-held offshore islands of Quemoy and Matsu. The former "hot pursuit" boundary line generally fol lowed the Red-held mainland at distances ranging from 25 to 50 miles from shore. It was understood the new pursuit line order would not extend to the mainland it self, but details were not re vealed. The State Department " statement released late Thurs day, did not say whether the U.S. would fight to defend Quemoy or other islands near the Chinese mainland. But it renewed Secretary of State John Foster Dulles' -warning of last Saturday that it would be "highly hazardous" for Red China to assume that an attempt to conquer the offshore islands could be a limited operation. Ashland Files List Of City Candidates Ashland today filed a certification" of candidates for municipal positions with the county elections department. Deadline for filing is 5 P-m. today. Election will be held Nov. 4. The requirement does not apply to cities of less than 2,009 population which make up their own ballot, an elec tions department spokesman said. Ashland candidates who filed include: city recorder, two-year term, one vacany open, W. E. Bartelt; treasurer, two-year term, one position, Guy E. Clark and Paul R. Finnell. Candidates who have filed for city council, four-year term, three positions open, include Darrell E. Beard, Kenneth H. Jones, David S. Kerr, Donald E. Lewis, Rus sell Osborn, Arthur M. Peters, Mrs. R. H. (Virginia) Wester field and W. P. (Bill) Wright. Those filing for park com mission, four-year term, three positions, include John C. Cotton, Jean F. Eberhart, and Archie C. Fries Jr. Salem (UPD Members of the State Board of Higher Education and the State Board of Education will hold a joint meeting here Sept. 4. Norfolk, Va. (UPD The Norfolk School Board has announced it will enroll 17 Negroes in six white schools Sept. 8.
