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Ul Jl WW cw3 annnnn L n linn O UVJ I UVJ 53rd Year Medford 18 Pages PIPE SCHEME Eighteen hundred feet of 24-inch pipe has arrived via Southern Pacific for use by the Medford Water department in installing a water main along Black Oak dr. from Walden pi. to Barnett rd. Work on the project is sched uled to begin next spring, with the expec i3aby' Hast ticks Off Last Dn Series of Nuclear Tests Atomic Test Site, Nev.-flJPD-The U. S. fired the first of possibly its last series of nu clear tests today, a compara tively puny one-kiloton device dangling from a tethered bal loon 500 feet over Yucca Flat. The shot, estimated as less than the equivalent of 1,000 tons of TNT, glowed in the daylight sky at 5:59 a.m. (p.s.t.), but because of its size apparently was not seen be yond Las Vegas, 75 miles southeast of the test site. The flash lasted less than a second, and then the cloud Paving Completed on Two Medford Projects Paving of East Jackson st. between Barneburg rd. and Sunrise ave. and of Eastwood dr. has been completed, ac cording to Vernon Thorpe, Medford public, works di rector. The streets are open to traf fic but may be closed tem porarily for finishing touches, Thorpe said. The Jackson st. paving was accomplished by county work crews over a roadbed prepared by the city. City crews did the work on Eastwood dr. . Red China Recognition Issue in Election Race The question of the recogni tion of Red China, and its admission to the United Na tions, today appeared to be emerging as an issue in the election race for congress from this district. Paul Geddes, Roseburg at torney who is the Republican candidate and who has just concluded a visit to Jackson and Josephine counties, said he and his opponent. Con gressman Charles O. Porter, Eugene, "stand at opposite poles on this matter." His statement was contained in a press release mailed from his Medford campaign head quarters. Meanwhile, in Eugene, Por ter stated his bid for reelec tion is based on his record as congressman for the past two years, and on "what I've been able to accomplish for my district," as well as his activities on behalf of free dom and peace. Welcomes Opportunity However, he said he wel comes the opportunity to dis cuss such vital issues as "our woeful and dangerous policy toward Red China." He declared he has favored recognition of Red China in the past, and pointed out that "It is a nation with a stable government and 600,000,000 people. Hiding our head in the sand won't make China less a reality. Recognition is not appeasement; recognition does not imply approval. It MEDFORD, ' " d tation of its being completed in time to carry' the heavy summer sprinkling load. The pipe is to be stored for the winter beside Black Oak dr. south of Barnett rd., according to City Water Superintendent Robert Lee. boiled up in a ball, other than the traditional mushroom. Newsmen stationed about IQV2 miles from ground zero said it "looked like a piece of cotton candy or a ball of yarn sit ting up there over the desert." There was no wind' to dis perse the cloud immediately as it hovered in the sky with the sun giving it a dull sal mon color. A small amount of dust was sucked up from the desert floor, but the stem did not reach the ground. "It was a real little baby," watchers agreed. The shock wave hit News Nob, the vantage point for witnesses, in about one min ute with a low rumble. The Atomic Energy Com mission called the shot "Eddy," for. Eddy county, N.M,. but newsmen watched the blast quickly dubbed it "Operation Deadline" because the series must end by Oct. 30 when an international ban on nuclear weapons testing goes into effect. "Eddy" was described as a development test designed by the Los Alamos Scientific Lab oratory for later incorpora tion in a small-scale atomic weapon in America's arsenal. means that we will deal with them directly as we do with Russia, Saudi Arabia, Domini can Republic and other police states. "The fact is that we have been negotiating with Red China, and we are doing so now, so we have to a large extent 'recognized their ex istence," he stated. Geddes' press release said he wholeheartedly opposes recognition of Red China, trade with Red China, and Red Chinese membership in the U. N. Word Relied Upon "Recognition would mean that our government acknowl edges Red China as an hon orable government whose word can be relied upon, and which honors the fundamen tal law," Geddes' statement said. It added, "I believe that the Chinese people are crushed under barbaric dicta torship, that the Red Chinese government has constantly violated international law, that it is responsible for the deaths of thousands of Ameri can boys in Korea, and is still holding Americans and others captive in filthy oriental prisons. "I, for one, will not con done or approve of that gov ernment by seeking to have it recognized. I find it strange that my opponent so ardently favors its recognition," he concluded. OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1958 IPomideired There will be 10 shots in all during the seventh and most concentrated series con ducted within the continental United States since 1951.. . Five of the tests, according to the AEC, will be exploded underground deep inside - a honeycomb-type tunnel at the north end of the test site, in cluding one huge blast of 20 kilotons (nominal) later this month or in October when the final series ends. Cora Lee Oltosen Dies of Injuries Suffered in Crash Cora Lee Ottosen, 2-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ottosen, Eagle Point, died in a Medford hospital yes terday afternoon of injuries received in an accident Wed nesday afternoon on Highway 62 near the junction of High way 234. , ... She was one of four chil dren injured in the accident. Mrs. Ottosen also was in jured. The fatality was the ninth in Jackson county this year, compared to 21 at this time last year. Funeral arrange ments will be announced by Conger-Morris Funeral home. Other children injured were Robert Harvey, 10; Charles Floyd, 6; and Beverly Sue Ottosen, 1. Elizabeth Ruth Ot tosen, 4, escaped injury, ac cording to state police records. The three children and Mrs. Ottosen were reported in sat isfactory condition in Medford Osteopathic hospital. The accident happened when a log truck operated by Lee Jasper Thompson, 54, of route 1, Trail, started making a left turn into a market. The truck and station wagon driv en by Mrs. Ottosen collided, according to police. Thompson was not injured. Mrs. Ottosen's husband is city marshal at Eagle Point. West Coast Agents Postpone Strike Portland-UPB-A threatened noon strike of passenger service employees against West Coast Airlines was post poned today at request of the National Mediation Board, a union official here reported. The Air Line Agents asso ciation earlier had set a strike deadline for noon today of about 200 passenger service employees. William Schneider, ALAA regional representative here, said no date had been set for the mediation session but that it probably would be within a week or 10 days. (See Story on Page 5) Tribune General Motors, Chrysler Possible Deadline Targets Progress in Talks Claimed Not Enough Detroit - (UPD - The United Auto Workers union was to decide today whether it will set a deadline for a strike against either General Motors or Chrysler. A union spokesman said the question will be1 consid ered at a meeting of the UAW's executive board. The official notice of the meeting said the board would review the agreement the union reached Wednesday with Ford and the "status of negotiations with the other two maior auto producers, General Motors and Chrys ler." It was at a similar meeting on Sent. 10 that the union set a Wednesday deadline for a strike at Ford. A settle ment with Ford was reached only six hours after the dead line passed. Proaress Not Enough . Ford still was crippled by the strike, however, as work ers were slow to return to their jobs and the strikes were continued wherever there were local grievances to be solved. A company spokesman said most of the workers were expected to be back on he job by Monday. Both GM'and Chrysler re- Dorted some progress in talks with the union Thursday but not enough to avoid a strike threat. ' Douglas Fraser, adminis trative assistant to UA'W pres ident Valter P. Reuther and ton union negotiator ! at Chrysler, warned the com pany negotiators he wouia ask Chrysler be named as a strike- target if progress didn't pick up. Makes Similar Threat UAW vice president Leon ard Woodcock, chief union negotiator at GM, indicated he would ask the board to make GM the target if prog ress didn't increase. "It is time for us to quit fooling around," he said. Negotiators for both com panies appeared to be wait ing until they could obtain copies of the Ford settlement before making any similar of fers. , But the negotiators empha sized contracts with General Motors and Chrysler would not be carbon copies of the Ford pact. ' District 6C Schools Note Student Rise f-ontmi Point An increase of about 7 per cent was noted in the first week's enrollment in district 6C schools, Super intendent H. P. Jewett said today. Total district enrollment is 2,157, compared to 2,021 at tviic imp last vear. Crater High school in Central Point has an enrollment, 01 00 xo rfatp and an increase is ex pected early next week, he said. Last year ai . wis there were 608 students reg-i istered at Crater. Grades one through eight in Central Point have an en rollment of 1,134 compared to 1 n7ft last vear. Jewett said. At Sams Valley, 84 students are registered, compared to av.nnt 7n last vear. A total of 277 are enrolled at Gold Hill compared to about 270 last year. Jewett said the new wing at Crater High school has been completed and all classrooms are in .use. Stage Set To Oust Rebel Steel Group Atlantic City, N. J.-OIPD-The stage was set today for ex pulsion of a rebel union group branded as "traitors" by an angry convention of the United Steelworkers of Amer ica. Delegates Thursday roared their approval of a resolution which set in motion the ma chinery to cast from its ranks the dissident group which has opposed the leadership of President David J. McDonald. Price 10 Cents No. 154 Potential Buyers For Old Hospital Building Found Duff Reports to Council on Site A definition of what con stitutes "professional and vo cational offices" may determ ine the immediate fate of the old Rogue Valley Memorial hospital building on East Main st. City Manager Robert A. Duff reported to the city coun cil last night that the hospital board has found potential buy ers for the now-deserted build ing provided it can be used for the type of offices they desire. ' The site is in a multiple- family zone, which permits "professional and vocational offices" only. If too narrow a definition is given to this phrase, the buyers may lose interest, it is understood. Decline io Name Group Local sources today de clined to name the interested group. But T. J. Hight, Med ford real estate agent who represents it, stated the money being put up was "not local." Hight said the group was "in a position to spend money in modernizing" the structure, and that "much more money would be spent in revamping it than in purchasing it." Space for regional offices of insurance companies is one use contemplated, Hight re ported. He said "some pro fessional men" such as doctors and dentists would also oc cupy offices in the building. The council referred the matter to the planning com mission, which according to Duff is expected to hold a special meeting within a week. The council itself called for a"specially-adjourned meeting next Thursday evening to hear the planning commis sion's recommendation and also to consider further sev eral other matters which came before it last night. These include the City San itary service's request for in creased garbage rates, and granting of emergency funds to the library to allow recon struction of the juvenile de partment's flooring. Another item brought be fore the council last night which might be considered again next week is a request by St. Mary's academy to erect a non-conforming 6-foot wire fence around the school playground at South Holly and West 12th sts. with a 10- foot backstop at the corner.. Still a fourth item is the request by Charles Bateman that he be permitted to erect a non-conforming sign atop his restaurant at 2392 North Pa cific highway. To Hide Ducts Bateman said his sign was designed to hide unsightly ducts on the roof and would thus add to the general ap pearance of the north en trance to the city along High way 99. The subject was re ferred to executive, commit tee action. Mayor John W. Snider stated in the course of dis cussion on the sign, "We are getting ready to do something about the appearance of the city." He said after the meeting that he would release details of this project in the near future. HURT IN COLLISION City police said that three persons suffered injuries about 11:05 a.m. today in a two-car collision at Oregon ave. and Keene Way dr. The injured were listed as Donald Chad wick Green, 17, 1410 Euclid " ave., and Mrs. Vida Starkey, 44, of 1992 Table Rock rd., drivers of the cars involved, and Mrs. Starkey's daughter, Retha LaVonna, 3. Officers said they were taken from the scene by private car for treatment. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy to night and Saturday. Low tonight 42. High Saturday 75. Temp. Highest Yesterday 82 Lowest this Morning 46 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today ... 6:15 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:56 a.m. Moonset tonight 10:59 p.m. First Quarter tonight 7:17 p.m. The Moon rides low as is usual with all First Quarter Moons oc curring near the time of the Autumnal Equinox; the Moon rides high at First Quarter at or near the Vernal Equinox. Some Portions of Talent Project to Be Finished Soon Other Work on Job Delayed Until 1959 Although certain portions of the Talent project construc tion are behind, schedule,' oth ers will be completed this fall, according to James Callan, project engineer, bureau of reclamation. Howard Prairie dam should be completed by Dec. 1, Cal lan said. The dam still must be increased in height about 12 feet, the engineer said. The fish-screen structure and the control house for the outlet- worKs nas yet to De com pleted. The access road into the Howard Prairie reservoir is also expected to be completed by this fall. Jackson county road department crews are scheduled to do part of the job, Callan said. The bureau of reclamation will construct the road from the Hiatt Prairie dam junction to - Howard Prairie dam, a distance of three miles. Dam Work Starting Emigrant dam work is just starting, the engineer said, with work on the tunnel and downstream clearing and ex- cavation. Part of the work on raising the present Emigrant dam will be delayed until next fall since the reservoir must now be used to store wa ter. Engineers had planned originally to store water in the Howard Prairie reservoir when completed this fall and continue work on Emigrant dam after the reservoir was drained. However the operat ing engineers' strike and lock out this summer delayed over all project construction. Shifting of graves from the old pioneer cemetery at the expanded Emigrant reservoir site was completed two weeks ago by the contractor, Wil liam Gross company, Auburn, Calif.' Contractors are working on the Conde-Dead Indian collec tion-canal system and-work should be completed this fall. Work on the South Fork col lection canal should be com pleted some time next sum mer, Callan said. The Cascade tunnel is being lined now with concrete. About 1,000 feet needs to be excavated in the Green Springs tunnel, then lining work r will start in about a month, Callan said. . Hoover, High School to Open Students of Medford High and Hoover elementary schools will start classes Mon day, the last of the schools in district 549C to open. Other schools opened last Monday Both schools will operate on regular schedule for the school day, but cafeterias will not be in operation in either school for the first week, offi cials said. Students are asked to bring sack lunches, and milk and ice cream will be available. - High school will be in ses sion between 8:20 a.m. ana 3:15 pjn. Hoover school stu dents will register starting at 9 ajn. Monday, and will re main for a full day of school. Seven routes have been set up to transport nign scnooi students, school officials said. No bus transportation will be provided for Hoover students. High school student transpor tation is in addition to buses provided by Howard, Lone Pine and Griffin Creek stu dents. Students have been encour aged to use school buses for transportation in preference to driving personal cars be cause of inadequate parking facilities and the congestion of school pedestrian traffic in the area. Officials said unnec essary driving of personal cars by high school students will be carefully controlled to protect elementary and sec ondary students en route to schools in the area. Bus schedules for high school students and for pa rochial school students at tending St. Mary's school will be published Sunday. Mfleion Moscow -(UPD- Soviet Pre mier Nikita Khrushchev told - President Eisenhower today that Soviet Russia and Communist China would not be intimidated by American "nuclear black- -mail" in the Formosa crisis. Ear East Briefs London OTP II rnmmiinict fViino "hoc nffarnrl q fA-icA in the Formosa Strait in return for immediate evacuation of the off-shore islands of Quemoy and Matsu, informed diplo matic sources reported today. The sources said the United States has told Communist i-nina a cease lire must come first. In return, the diplomats said, the off-shore islands might be neutralized. Taipeh, Formosa-(UPD-Three Nationalist cargo ships crack ed the crumbling Communist blockade of Quemoy today and delivered their supplies under heavy fire. The United States meanwhile disclosed it is sending new guided missiles to Formosa. Taipeh, Formosa-UPD-The first American casualty of the Red Chinese bombardment of Quemoy was flown to Formosa today aboard a Nationalist transport plane through a hail of 'Communist artillery shells. He was Army Spl-4 George W. Johnston, of Spring dale, Pa. Johnston, who was hit by a shell fragment during a Communist bombardment, walked off the plane with his left arm in a bloody sling. Convoy immm . mm Cost of Living Dips .2 of One Per Cent Washington-flJPD-The cost of living dipped 0.2 of 1 per cent last month, the government reported - "today: "The August drop was the first in two years. The Labor Department's monthly report said seasonal declines in food prices and small declines in clothing costs outweighed price rises for other basic, family goods and services. The consumer price index, based on the 1947-49 price average slipped from 123.9 In July to 123.7 in August. Though lower than July, the August figure was 2.2 per cent higher than a year ago. Doubts Further Drop Ewan Clague, commission er of labor statistics, said the August drop did not herald any continuing drop in living costs. He emphasized that the August drop reflected heavy seasonal marketing of meats, fruits and vegetables. "This is no downward trend," Clague said. "The in dex is now tending to sta bilize." Clague said food prices probably would decline some what further this month and then level off. The report said food prices dropped 0.8 of 1 per cent from July to August as lower prices Voter Registration Boofhs Are Announced Mobile voter registration units will be stationed in Med ford and Ashland this evening and Saturday, Democratic party headquarters announced today. The non-partisan unit will be at the Grandview market on Crater Lake ave. between 5 and 9 o'clock tonight. A mobile unit will be at Ideal Drugs on Siskiyou blvd., Ashland, between 9 ajn. and 6 p.m. Saturday. Units in Med ford will be at the Safeway store, Main and Oakdale ave., between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. and at the Big Y between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. Ashland Chamber Asks Hearing on Phone Rise Ashland The Ashland Chamber of Commerce, through its board of directors, has requested Public Utilities Commissioner Howard Mor gan to hold a hearing in Ash land on the Pacific Telephone company's proposal to in crease its rates for the ex tended area service in Jack son county. If a hearing can not be held in Ashland, the Chamber re quested an opportunity to be heard at any hearing in Sal em at which the proposed in crease would be heard. "SS ... of fresh fruits and vegetables, meats and poultry more than offset mark-ups for eggs, milk and restaurant meals. Clothing costs slipped 0.1 of 1 per cent, reflecting wide spread reductions for mens and boys' sports shirts, men's socks, slacks, shorts and suits, and women's nylon hose. Transportation costs - rose 0.6 of 1 per cent, mainly be cause of increased prices for used cars and gasoline. Woman Admits Setting 4th Fire Shirley Ann Kosse, 24, tran sient fruit worker from Mich igan, has admitted setting a fourth fire in 401 orchards, northeast of Medford, Chief Criminal Deputy Joe Walsh said today. She told sheriffs officers, following interrogation Thurs day,- that she caused a cabin containing six apartments to burn on Aug. 16 at the or chards. This brings the total damage estimate from the se ries of fires at the orchards in August to $9,400, Walsh said. The fruit worker pleaded guilty in circuit court Sept. 11 to charges of first degree arson. A pre-sentence report is being awaited. The charges covered setting fires which destroyed an out building, a cabin, five acres of grass and brush, a truck, and clothing, authorities said. Marriage Counselling Service Formed in Area A temporary volunteer fam ily marriage counselling serv ice has been set up and now ready to function, according to the Mental Health commit tee of Jackson county. Miss Celia Walker is chairman of the latter group. Counsellors who have vol unteered to give their services for a six month period met this week with Dr. Harry Danielson, psychiatrist, for a discussion of procedures and methods. Dr. Danielson will supervise the work of the counsellors. Arrange -Appointments Couples who wish to make use of the marriage coun selling service may arrange appointments by telephoning the office of the Child Guid ance clinic, SPring 3-3174. Staff members pointed out that in most cases effective marriage counselling will in volve consultations with both marriage partners. - The committee said fees for the service will be based on ability to pay and none of the counsellors will receive re muneration. Those who al Debate Over Seat Out tor Duration Of Current Talks Steering Committee Votes 12-7 on Issue United Nations, N.Y. - (UPD -The United Nations today shelved for the duration of the current General Assembly session any debate on the question of replacing the Na tionalists with the Commu nists in China's U.N. seat. The decision was made when the assembly's Steering Committee voted 12 to 7 with two abstentions to approve a resolution to that effect of fered by U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge. The decision taken by the Steering Committee followed similar action taken by the world parliament three times in the past three years. Would Upset Foundations Nationalist China had said that such a debate would "up set the moral foundations" of the U.N. because the Commu nist regime "has not been ac cepted" by the Chinese peo ple. The assembly's steering committee called a mid-morning meeting to decide on one of three courses: 1. An Indian demand back ed by Russia for a full debate later in the assembly session on whether China's U.N. seat rightfully belongs to the Chiang Kai-shek or the Mao Tze-tung government. The seat carries with it the right of veto in the Security Coun cil. Compromise Proposal 2. An American proposal backed bv Britain and most of the other Western powers that the issue be shelved for the duration of this assembly. 3. A compromise proposal fostered by Ireland and sev eral other countries that neither India nor the United States push its proposals to a vote as long as the Warsaw negotiations are in progress. A showdown session origi nally was scheduled for Thursday afternoon, tand As sembly President .'Charles Malik of Lebanon cancelled it. The Americans were re ported annoyed because they were not informed in ad vance. The explanation of Malik's action was that a speech by Soviet Foreign Minister An drei Gromyko attacking the U.S. position on Formosa ran so long it was impractical for the general committee to meet. Opposing Stands Clarified Speeches by Gromyko and Secretary of State John Fos ter Dulles Thursday clarified further the opposing Russian- American stands on seating Communist China. Dulles said the behavior of Red China in the Formosa Strait disqualified Peiping from membership under the U.N. charter. Only "peace loving" nations are to be ad mitted. Gromyko called Chiang a "masquerade figure" and said the Peiping government rep resented one-quarter of the world's inhabitants. Salem (UPD Banner news for hay fever sufferers: The ragweed season in Oregon is over. ready are employed in social work will do their counselling on their own time, committee members said. Volunteer counsellors are people who have had training and experience in the field, Miss Walker noted. They are Dr. John Brandenburg, John Dellenback, Henry DeVoss, Virginia Floyd, Mrs. Joan Porto, Thomas Goff, James Pullman, Frederick Trost and Celia Walker. Through Clinic Office Appointments should be made directly with the indi viduals, but only through the. Child Guidance Clinic office, which has made its services available for the purpose. Members of the Mental Health committee pointed out the two-fold purpose it has in organizing the guidance service. They are to give peo-, pie much needed help, even though on the temporary basis, and to demonstrate to the community the value and importance of establish ing such a service on a per manent basis with a profes sional staff and community support
