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Bashaw Ruled $miM for 53rd Year Price 10 Cents Tribune United Press Pull Leased Wire United Presa Pull Leased Wire 22 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1958 No. 142 -rT ATT "s yiMnnii ss instret ftrikinci White Stiudeinitis Achieve Van Buren, Ark.-JCPI-White students striking against in tegration at Van Buren High school apparently achieved their objective today. Not a Negro was seen entering school before classes started. About a dozen girls joined 45 to 50 white boys in the strike today. The boys struck Thursday In an effort to drive 13 Ne groes out of the high school. Only three Negroes-two girls and a boy-showed up Thurs day. Communist Bloc To Support China, Izvestia Asserts Moscow -flJPD- The Soviet government newspaper Izves tia said today the entire Com munist bloc including Russia would rush to the support of Communist China if war de velops in the Far East. Isvestia and the Communist Party organ Pravda said Rus sia would aid Peiping with all possible means "just as if its own fate were being decided." Pravda accused the United States of planning aggression against the Chinese mainland and said Russia "cannot re main inactive." It was the second warning to appear in Pravda this week and it came after diplomatic sources said Premier Nikita Khrushchev had cut short his Crimean vacation to return to Moscow and take care of "urgent matters." Pravda said the United States had assigned Formosa the role of main base in "its aggressive plans" against the mainland and earmarked Que moy and other off-shore is lands as the "springboard for attack against the Chinese peoples republic." Pravda said the Chinese Communists are strong enough to counter any aggresson and are backed by "all the Asian, African, Latin American and European peoples." It said Russia would give the Chinese Communists "eve ry kind of aid and bridle the adventurous war provocateurs who have grown insolent and rash." Registration Booths Planned in Valley Three non-partisan voter registration booths are plan ned in Medford and Central Point Saturday by the Jack son County Democratic paity, according to James Redden, - county chairman. A mobile unit will be sta tioned at the corner of Sixth st. and Central ave., Medford, between 10 ajn. and 4 pjn. A booth will be manned at the Big Y super market north of Medford between 9 aon. and 8 p.m. The Central Point mobile unit will be stationed in front of Faber's market, Fourth and Pine sts., between 4 and 6 t pjn. Saturday, Redden said. Voters wishing to cast bal lots in the Nov. 4 general elec tion must be registered before Oct. 4. Interior of House , Damaged by Blaze Interior and contents of the LaMarr Wilkinson residence, 115 Jeanette st., were dam aged considerably by fire this morning. Firemen, who were sum moned about 5:20 a.m., said that the fire apparently orig inated from someone smoking in bed. Another report of a house fire at 610 Valley View dr. was received by firemen at 5:25 a.m. It proved to be' a false alarm. ool The strikers burned one ef figy of a Negro Thursday night on the campus and tried to burn another. They hung one on the flag pole, but be fore they could set it on fire, a civilian guard drove them away. They hauled another effigy out of the trunk of an auto mobile and set it on fire. A civilian guard on top of the school building shouted at them and threatened to shoot. Gov. Orval E. Faubus indi cated the Van Buren flare-up "We Have To Go. Along To Save Face' 29,000 Persons See Shakespearean Plays Ashland The Oregon Shakespearean Festival closed a six-week run qf nightly per formances here last night. More than 29,000 persons witnessed this year's four plays, as compared to 24,000 in 1957. Except for two nights, there was good weather throughout the 39-night run. On one evening, rain de layed show time and on an other evening forced post ponement of the play until the following afternoon. "The Merchant of Venice," directed by James Sandoe, took top attendance honors with more than 9,000 attend ing 10 performances. On Sat urday, Aug. 23, "Merchant" set an all time high for single audiences, attracting 1,245. Popular Play Second in popularity was "Much Ado About Nothing" directed by Robert Loper, which played to more than 8,000. Loper's staging of "King Lear" was performed before more than 7,000, and Sandoe's "Troilus and Cres sida',, the play by which the Festival completed its staging of the entire Shakespearean canon, was viewed by 4,000. Producing Director Angus L. Bowmer has announced the plays and directors for the theater's 1959 season. James Sandoe will be on leave next season, but Robert Loper will return to direct "King John" and "Twelfth Night." Allen Fletcher, who has directed WEATHER FORECAST: Fair over week end. Low Friday and Saturday nights 52-55. Afternoon highs near 95. TEMPERATURE Highest yesterday 8 Lowest this morning 48 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 6:40 V-"1 Sunrise tomorrow 5:41 a.m. Moonrise tonight 10:44 p.m.- Last Quarter tomorrow 2:24 a.m. PROMINENT STAR Aldebaran, near the Moon. VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, sets 8:04 pjn. Saturn, low in south west .. 9:39 p.m. Mars, in the east ...12:04 a.m. Venus, rises 4:32 a.m. Fran odd Airkomisos may cause him to sign anti integration bills passed by the Legislature's special session last week earlier thfin he had expected. Three white students at Van Buren telegraphed the governor Thursday, asking him to prevent integration at the school. ( The bills the governor men tioned will permit him to close any school were he thinks integration is causing strife. Several parents of striking past Ashland productions, will join the organization to direct "Measure for Measure" and "Anthony and Cleopatra." , The Festival's 1959 season during the centennial year will open July 28 and close Sept. 5. Park Commission Formed by City A municipal park and rec reation commission was cre ated by unanimous approval of the Medford city council at its meeting last night at city hall. Mayor John W. Snider said after the meeting that he hopes to announce appoint ments to the commission in the near future. The nine members are scheduled to take office Oct. 1. The council also placed a first item of business on the new commission's agenda: considerration of how, to dis pose of' three excess lots owned by the city in the Lau relhurst addition. City Man ager Robert A. Duff had pre viously recommended that the lots be sold. The commission's primary function is to make recom mendations regarding the gen eral supervision and control of all parks and recreational fa cilities and programs of the city. It is also empowererd to advise the mayor and council regarding establishment of a park and recreation depart ment,, and regarding employ ment of personnel for such a department. The sum of $5,000 ear marked for "development of recreation" was included in the city's 1958-59 budget as a transfer from the general fund. Portland (DPD Airline pas sengers will start using the Port of Portland's new air port terminal building after midnight next Monday. Path students held a closed meeting in a Van Buren cafe Thursday night but had "no comment" to newsmen's queries. Many of the students in the mob said they had their par ents' support, but one woman drove past the school, looked at the boys, and quietly said to a reporter, "I'm ashamed to say that I have a son in that- group." i Despite the white students' protest, two Negro girls and a Negro boy attended school Thursday. MacLaren's Policy On Leaves Won't Change-Reed The statewide policy of MacLaren training school for boys on week end and extend ed home visits will not be changed for some time, ac cording to Amos Reed, school superintendent. i "It is not the policy which is in error," Reed stated at Woodburn this morning. "Merely a misunderstanding arose," he explained during a telephone conversation. Reed was on vacation from the school when Jackson county juvenile : authorities charged Aug. 27 that boys from the Woodburn school were being shoved into this community long before they are ready for parole. This is beine done throueh extended home visits, officials ; here said. Policy Will Continue "Our policy will continue on granting extended home leaves only. in. case of an emergency and when the juvenile court approves it," Reed said. ' Reed said the misunder standing arose when he and Juvenile Court Judge Edward Kelly were not fully in formed. . "I would have wished he would have called this to our attention first," he said. "Then we could have taken im mediate action. I have the utmost respect for Judge Kelly." Reed said there were a few months when there had been inadequate parole coverage and 3Vfe months when no pa role coverage was available since the school's field repre sentative had left his job. Present field representative, Ed Daley, has been on the job for only a month, he added. There have been times when juvenile court judges have asked extended leaves be granted, Reed said. Some of the judges have refused to accept the youth back into the community until they visited home for a month, Reed stated. Judge Kelly said this morn ing five different boys had been granted , extended visits in this community during the last two or three months with out notice being given to of ficials here. Of the five, three boys got into trouble and two of these recommitted to Mac Laren, the judge said. One boy was turned over to dis trict court. v "This practice is not fair to the youngsters," Judge Kelly said. "It is not my policy to embarrass Reed." Missing Eugene Woman, Son Found Bend-UPD-A Eugene woman and her son, reported missing Thursday night on a climb in the Black Crater area of the Cascades, were located about 12:20 p.m. today walking down the Trout creek trail. Both were in good condition. First report from search parties said neither Mrs. Lou ise Langfelt,. 59, nor her son, David, 24, had been injured. if IBasebaDD AMERICAN LEAGUE Kansas City 2 5 1 Detroit ...; 4 7 0 Garver, Urban (7) and Chiti; Foylack and Wilson. NATIONAL LEAGUE f San Francisco at Chicago, postponed, rain. Ike Urged To Consult Congress On Quemoy Moves Washington - (UPD - Sen. H. Alexander Smith (R-N.J.) said after a conference with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles today t h a t the United States has "definitely" decided to help defend Nationalist Chinese held Quemoy and Matsu islands against any Red Chinese invasion. Washington -flJPD- Sen Mike Mansfield (D-Mont.) urged to day that President Eisenhow er consult Congress through its leaders before being "car--ried away" in a decision to defend the off-shore China islands of Quemoy and Matsu. The assistant Senate Demo cratic leader told United Press International that defense of the Nationalist - held, islands would be a matter, of "face saving, prestige and psychol ogy" rather than military im portance. Far East Expert Mansfield is considered one of the Senate Democrats' out standing spokesmen on Far East affairs. . His comments came in the wake of Thursday's meeting at Newport, R.I., between Eisen hower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. After that conference Dulles issued a formal statement warning that Eisenhower "would not hesi tate" to use American force if needed to safeguard Formosa from the Reds. The statement said that Quemoy and Matsu have "in creasingly become related" to the defense of Formosa. Warning lo China A high official explained at a briefing at Newport follow ing the Dulles statement that Chinese Red airfields and bases on the mainland might be hit by U.S. bombers if the President ordered American forces into action. He emphasized, however, that no decision to intervene would be made as long as Na tionalist forces on the off shore islands proved capable of repulsing any Red invasion attempts. (BuDDefin Washington (DPD The Defense Department dis closed today that there has been at least a month's post ponement in this country's next attempt to fire a rocket to the moon. Oakridge Mill Closed by Pickets As Northwest Lumber Strike Grows Portland - (DPD - A strike of the AFL-CIO Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union spread to a fifth plant in the Pacific Northwest today. In Officials of three mills in the Medford - Central Point area reported this morning that they have not been ap proached by representatives of the AFL-CIO Lumber and Sawmill Workers union since the strike began between the union and four Oregon and Washington mills. The Med ford Corporation, Cheney For est Products, Inc., and the Mt. Pitt company employ mem bers of the union locally, but so far have remained unaf fected by the strike. all about 2250 men were idled. The Pope & Talbot sawmill Texas, Louisiana Residents Move To Inland Areas High Tides, Waves Expected on Coast New Orleans - (UPD Anx ious coastal residents of Texas and Louisiana fled in land today from tropical storm Ella, still 400 miles south of Corpus Christi, Tex. The storm, its winds still below hurricane strength, was being watched carefully by hurricane experts and coastal interests were cau tioned to be ready to move at a moment's notice. New Squally Area The Miami Weather Bureau, meanwhile, reported a new suspicious squally area has formed in the Atlantic ab'out 200 miles east of the Windward Islands. A weather plane' was sent into the area, at the entrance of the Carib bean just north of South America. A new storm would bear the name of Fifi. Ella threw fears into the hearts of Cameron, La., resi dents who lived through hur ricane Audry last year. That hurricane killed more than 500 in the Cameron area. Cameron Residents Flee Approximately 75 per cent of the 3,500 residents of Cameron already had evacu ated their homes. The Coast Guard station at Port Aransas said the evacua tion of between 1,000 and 1,200 persons was under way there today. The Corpus Christi Weather Bureau-said, a Jour-foot, tide would1' put all of Port Ar ansas, located on the upper tip of Mustang Island, under water. The Corpus Christi Naval Air Station began flying all its planes out at 7 a.m. today. Tides Above Normal Tides four to six feet above normal were expected along the Central Texas coast. Forecasters said tides up to four feet could be expected at other coastal sections from Western Louisiana to Browns ville. Small craft were warned to stay off the choppy waters from Brownsville to New Or leans. Gusty winds were whipping up waves six to eight feet high in some areas. Rain squalls also lashed most sections of the coast. GOP Sets Official Kick-Oif Meeting The Jackson County Repub lican Central committee will hold its official kick-off meet ing at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, at Girls Community club, according to Don Stathos, chairman of the committee. All area leaders, precinct committeemen and women and interested party members are urged to attend. at Oakridge in Lane county was shut down by pickets this morning. It was the third Pope & Talbot plant struck since the walkout began early Thursday. About 250 men were idled. There was little hope for an immediate settlement. Strike action was . called against four major woodwork ing plants in Oregon and Washington Thursday follow ing a collapse of negotiations between union , and manage ment representatives. The employer offer called for wage boosts ranging from 2 to 10 cents an hour and averaging 2 per cent of the payroll in each bargaining unit. Three paid holidays in the first year and three addi tional paid holidays in the following year also were in cluded in the employer pro MISS B. J. LARSEN Came Here in 1952 Administrator at Hospital Submits Her Resignation Miss B. J. Larsen has an nounced her resignation as administrator of Rogue Val ley Memorial hospital. Her resignation was ac cepted by the hospital's board of directors and will be ef fective Oct. 31, unless a suc cessor is named earlier, ac cording to L. O. Boomer, sec retary of the board. She has said she plans to be married in the near future. Miss Larsen, who came to Medford in 1952 as adminis trator at the old hospital on East Main st., was responsible for much of the work in volved in moving to the new nlant on East Barnett rd. May 1. She expressed her gratitude yesterday for the "loyalty and cooperation" of the hos pital staff. "We've felt like a hospital family," she said.' Miss Larsen came to this country from Norway in 1925, when she was 7 years old. She majored in hospital ad ministration at Northwestern university, Evanston, 111., and worked as credit manager at Augustana hospital in Chi cago. "We hate to lose her," Boomer said yesterday. "We are very appreciative of all her services to the hospital, and have accepted her resig nation with regret." He said no successor had been decided on as yet. Annual Bargain Days Start at M-T Bargain Days, The Mail Tribune's annual event which allows subscribers to obtain subscriptions at a reduced price, will begin tomorrow and continue through Monday, Sept. 15. During this period, annual subscriptions are available for $15 by carrier and $12 by mail, a $3 reduction from reg ular rates under both. Monthly billings are elimi nated, and prices are re duced. Addressed envelopes with postage paid have been sup plied to all subscribers of The Mail Tribune and may be mailed with a check for a year's subscription. Mail sub scriptions will be processed rapidly. posal. The plan was turned down by the union on charges that the employer's offer was for "too little money and too long a contract." Spokesmen for both sides said Thursday night that' no further talks are scheduled. Closed by the strike were the Pope & Talbot plants in St. Helens, Ore., and Port Gamble, Wash.; the Cascade Plywood Co. plant in Leba non, Ore.; and the. Interna tional Paper company's ply wood plant in Longview, Wash. Chairman for the employ ers' negotiating committee, Walter Durham Jr., said that no decision had been reached on whether employers would shut down all mills, consider ing the strike -against four of their members as a strike against all. Medford City Attorney E. Roy Bashaw is the legal can didate for Jackson county dis trict judge, it was ruled today. Circuit Judge Edward Kelly this noon declared Robert G. Danielson ineligible, and filed an order directing Bashaw's name be placed on the general election ballot. Kelly said at noon he has adopted the opinion of Val D. Sloper, Marion county circuit judge, who ruled Thursday in a declaratory judgment case that ' Danielson is inelegible. Kelly gave his opinion on the case heard earlier stating that the case he heard is a contest case and statute pro vides the court may order the next highest candidate's name be placed on the ballot. Time Element Considerine the objection that action contesting the nomination was not filed on time. Kelly said the time ele ment did not begin until the attorney generals opinion was received. There was no point in the contest until Danielson changed his posi tion from declaring himself out of the race to accepting the nomination, he said. Judge Kelly ruled on tne Richard House vs. Danielson case in which House contested the nomination of Danielson as district court judge. Judee Sloner declined to name Bashaw as the legally nominated candidate for judge. The judge disclaimed authority to do so because of the nature of the action, one seeking a declaratory judg ment. Danielson is not eligible because he "was not a resi dent of the county on the date of the election or immediately prior to it," Judge Sloper declared. - Declaration Sought The case before the judge was or.e in which Bashaw was asking the court to declare Danielson inlieible and then name him, Bashaw, the legal candidate as the person re ceiving the second largest number of votes. Danielson received 7.537 votes in the May primary and Bashaw i-e- ceivea i,ouo. Attorneys James A. Redden Jr. and Hugh B. Collins pro duced three witnesses as they presented the case of Bashaw. TTirst nn the stand was Bashaw himself, who appeared solely for the purpose of estaDiisn ine his eligibility for the dis trict judgship. The second witness was County Clerk Bereth Hopkins who testified that she issued a certificate of nomination to Danielson after receiving an opinion from the attorney gen eral. He ruled that the duties of a countv clerk are admin istrative only, and a certificate of nomination must be issued to the person receiving the most votes. Final Witness Danielson was the final wit ness called by Redden. It was established that he moved to the county about Feb. 1, 1958, and that subsequent to tnaT he filed for the position of district judge. He steadfastly maintained that he had not moved from the countv although it was brought out that he took a position with the district at torney's office in Klamath county on April 1; he closed out his bank accounts in Asn land and opened a new ac count in Klamath Falls; and he purchased a home in Klamath Falls about May i. Danielson testified that he remained with the district at torney's office until May 15 and then went into private nractice with a Klamath coun ty attorney. He said he com muted between Klamath Falls and Ashland on week endsi ' Introduced as evidence in the case by Redden was a copy of a letter written by Danielson to the secretary of state's office. In the letter Danielson requested that hi? name be withdrawn from the voters' pamphlet and that his filing fee be returned because he was moving from the coun ty and would not be eligible for the nomination. Election Laws In explaining this letter Thursday, Danielson said he had not examined the state election laws when the letter was written, but he had be lieved that actual physical presence in the county was necessary for eligibility. Since that time, he continued, he has interpreted the law dif ferently. After 45 minutes of testi mony attorneys for the plain tiff rested their case and fol lowing a 10 minute recess District Attornev T h n m . Reeder called Mrs. Hopkins back to the stand to explain her position in the case. A re straining order had been is sued against her earlier to prohibit her from entering the name of anv candidate w district judge on the Novem ber ballot. Mrs. Hopkins explained that she desired an order from the court instructing her m a course oi action. With Sloper's final d the case the restraining order automatically dies. However, in view of the judge's deci sion, there is still no name to place on the ballot Attorneys Sidney Ains worth, Ashland, and C. Murray, Klamath Falls, aeienaed Danielson, who claimed he was a resident of the county before, during and aiier me primary. Judge Sloper retired tojhis chambers with the nrincinal and their attorneys to deter mine wnat issues were in volved in the arti on inn what statutes were involved. Two hours after the trial be gan he returned to the court room and announced Daniel son's ineligibility. After a second long confer ence with the attornevs in volved the judge again re turned to the courtroom and reported his lack of authority to name Bashaw the legal candidate, and the case was closed. Council Decides Against Approval Of Yard Permit The city council last night officially informed Ray Forbes, owner of Speedway Auto Parts, 1395 Hilton rd, that it intended to disapprove his application for 1959 wrecking yard license. The council also turned down a request that Dr. Flo rian J. Shasky's property on the southwest corner of East Main and Cottage sts. be re zoned from multiple family to commercial to accommodate the establishment of a service station. Immediately after voting on the Speedway matter, the council decided to refer a de termination as to whether wrecking yards should be per mitted anywhere in the city to the planning commission. Present Zoning The present zoning ordi nance prohibits them. Speed- ' way Auto Parts entered the city via the annexation of Grandview. Speedway came to the at tention of the council by a pe tition signed by more than 100 residents objecting to its existence on grounds of un sightliness, bad odors and its effect on local property val ues. Councilman Robert Van Sickle said he opposed dis crimination against Speedway if the city's ban against all wrecking yards were not to be similarly enforced against others. He and Councilman Paul Meyers voted against the council's decision on Speed way. Councilman Donald Hansen stated he thought wrecking yards might have a legitimate place in Medford, possibly in heavy industrial zones. He sponsored both the motion on Speedway and the one refer ring the general determination to the planning commission." "If we approve Forbes' li cense application," Hansen said, "we are in effect author izing a non-conforming use in a residential area." A wrecking yard license it actually issued by the state, but the application murt be approved by the city in which the yard is located. Hansen pointed out that since the af firmative act of approval was required, the situation of wrecking yards was different from other non-conforming uses, which can exist but are restrained from further de velopment. Washington - (DPD - The De partment of Interior hat awarded its distinguished serv ice award to Undersectary of Interior Hatfield Cbilson.
