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J 4 Fir uu He'll Show 'Em mmtmi Official Reviews Medford's Traffic Safety Program Several gratifying facts and j enforcement of the city's laws at least one grim one concern- j against jay-walking. Jay-walk- program in 1957 were pre sented here yesterday by a state safety official. Edward J. Warmonth, man ager of the traffic safety divi sion tf the department of mo tor vehicles, complimented the traffic safety division of the department of motor ve hicles, complimented the city in particular for gaining rec ognition from the National Safety council. This recognition, for an out standing program of school education in traffic safety, is to be marked by the award ing of a plaque sometime this month. Bright Spot Another bright spot .War moth pointed out to the gr,oup of city officials is Medford's standing highest in the nine Oregon cities of comparable (10-25,000) population. A third is the city's attain ing an overall rating of 73 for its traffic safety activi ties, up three percentage rjoints from 1956. But supervision of pedes trian traffic safety, Warmoth said, is "very close to being the bottom of the barrel.' He pointed out that last year three of the city's four traffic deaths were pedestn ans, and that 23 pedestrian iniuries were recorded in addition. Six Iniured This vear there have been no deaths, and six pedestri ans had been- injured as of June 30, but the noiiaay shoDDtne seasons in iMovem ber and December take the highest toll of pedestrians, statistics show. Warmoth's presentation yes terday was the "wrap up oi a two-dav visit in which he discussed various aspects of traffic safety with the city officials most concerned. He submitted an "Annual Inventory of Traffic Safety Activities" for Mediora, a studv oreDared by the Nation al Safety council and other national traffic safety organ izations. V This study, he explained, is based on reports from oill- cials here. Capt. Clyde C. Fichtner of the Medford police department is the "inventory coordinator" for this city. Public Support Warmoth discussed, the need for public support in improv ing traffic conditions. City Manager Robert A. Duff spoke of 'the difficulty in gaining such support for Dag Accused of Bowing To American Pressure in Middle East Withdrawal United Nations, N.Y. - (LTD -The 28-nation Afro-Asian bloc injected itself today into the Formosa crisis and a Soviet publication accused Dag Ham marskjold of bowing to American pressure in the Mid dle East. Sharp Exchange Pravda, official organ of the Soviet Communist Party, printed a dispatch from its New York correspondent say ing "U.N. circles believed the secretary general "yielded to State Department pressure and followed the lead of American diplomacy" on the issue of withdrawing troops from the Middle East. Only Thursday Soviet For cause of pedestrian accidents. Warmoth discussed several recommendations for improve ment of the crtys traffic pro gram. These recommendations and others were included in the annual inventory. Saturday Final Day to Register Residents of Jackson coun ty who have moved, and who have not reregistered, must do so before 8 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 4, according to County Clerk Bereth P. Hopkins. All voters must be registered by that time in order to vote in. the Nov. 4 general election. Those who do not reregister by tomorrow's deadline sacri fice their right to vote for county officials and measures, she added. The law provides that those who have moved and who have not reregistered may re turn to their old precinct, sign an application for reregistra tion and vote for state and district candidates and mea sures only. The Jackson county court house will be open until 9 p.m. Friday and until 8 p.m. Saturday, Mrs. Hopkins said. A total of 34,793 persons had registered in Jackson county as of Oct. 1, she said. The figure includes 17,495 Republicans, 16,539 Demo crats and 759 persons with miscellaneous party affilia tions. The new registration figure gives the Republicans a margin of 956 registrants. Crusade Dance Set Tonight After Game United Medford Crusade will hold an after-the-game dance in the Pioneer room of the Jackson hotel beginning at 10 o'clock tonight. Music will be furnished by a five-piece band, donated by the local musicians union. Ad mission price will be $1 per person , with all 'proceeds go ing to the UMC. Arrangements were made with the Arthur Murray dance studio and Ken Brew, president of the musicians lo cal. Jackson hotel is donat ing the use of the room. UMC workers have collect ed $31,159 of the 1958 goal of $131,030 during the first two weeks of the drive. eign Minister Andrei Gromy ko touched xff a sharp ex change with American Dele gate Henry Cabot Lodge by accusing the United States and Britain of "continued aggression" in the Middle East and of violating a U.N. reso lution recommending their withdrawal. Delegates Summoned At the same time the Afro Asian bloc summoned dele gates to a meeting Saturday to seek ways of easing ten sions in the Formosa area. Indonesia requested the meeting. ' Gromyko's blast at the West Thursday came despite an nouncement that British and Parking Platform Proposal Presented To Medford Council Preliminary plans for a self service par king platform straddling the Southern Pa cific tracks in downtown Medford were presented to the city council last night by Rob ert J. Keeney, local architect. Keeney, who reportedly conceived and developed the idea of such a platform for Medford himself, described it as a means of providing the city with adequate off-street parking facilities for years to come. He emphasized the plat form's potential expansion, either in height or length or both. He took as a basic structure a double-deck platform ex tending above the tracks from Main st. north to Fifth st. Each deck he said could accomo date 200 cars. Spiral Ramp The plans call for a spiral ramp on the northwest corner of Front and Sixth sts. Elevat ors would be located adjacent to the ramp and on Main st. Keeney showed how the platform could be enlarged when necessary by adding decks above the original ones or extending the platform up pr down the tracks. He gave as an estimated cost, $1,277 per parking space. "We have left methods of financing up to the city," he said. But he referred the coun cilmen to the city's 1954 re port on off-street, parking, which takes up possible fi nancing methods. Successful Elsewhere Downtown parking decks have proved successful else where in recent years, Keeney said. The purpose of Keeney's presentation was to acquaint councilmen with - the plans. The council took no formal action. - Keeney is reportedly to make a similar presentation Monday at the Jackson Coun ty - Chamber - of Commerce weekly roundtable luncheon in the Jackson hotel. Following a public hearing at the outset, the council ap proved partial vacation of the Rogue Valley Heights Exten sion subdivision plat to permit re-subdividing into smaller .residential lots. Public Hearing Set It called for a public hear ing Nov. 6 on annexation of an area south and west of Da kota ave. and Plum st., pro vided that- if dedication of the 30-foot street necessary for the extension of Dakota ave. has not been received from all property owners concerned by that date the hearing would be postponed. As a final item of business it approved the motion of Councilman Don Hansen that the matter of wrecking-yard regulation, currently under consideration by the city planning commission, be re ferred to the council as a com mittee of the whole. In matters appearing on the agenda, the council author ized acquisition . of sanitary sewer easements on the north side of property belonging to the Fraternal Order of Eagles and on property belonging to a party identified as DeRoo, on Corona ave. Action Deferred On Councilman Hansen's motion, it deferred action on repealing the city's 1942 ordi nance on storage of explosives pending further study. City Manager Robert A. Duff re ported that the ordinance con flicted with the Fire Preven tion code passed in 1957. The council took corrective action on land belonging to Doyle Franklin which had been incorrectly deeded to the city by providing a quit claim American troops . would be pulled out of . Jordan . and Lebanon, respectively, this month. His unexpected attack set off one of the sharpest ex changes of the current session. Vilification Charged Lodge replied: , . "Mr. Gromyko has not of fered one scintilla of proof of one single thing that he has said. The speech was straight, unadulterated vilifi cation. "It is mere billingsgate. It is abuse with a sinister, ulte rior motive. Speeches of this kind make a travesty of the United Nations." deed for the land and then ac cepting the correct property. It approved an agreement for the dedication of a 60-foot right-of-way for the extension of Stevens st. west from Cra ter Lake ave. across the Phipps tract to dead-end at the edge of the Eagles' prop erty. The city, for its part, is to grade and gravel the ex tension and erect a fence along its north side, all by June 1, 1959. Plans, Specifications The council adopted plans and specifications to provide a sanitary sewer and street paving in Grandview Unit No. 1, north of Grandview mar ket. , It approved A. W. Walker's request for a license to con duct public dances at Dream land, on East Main st., through Dec. 31. And it accepted the speeds for the Main st.-Eighth st. couplet proposed by the state speed control board. Duff submitted a supple mental order from the public utilities commission concern ing the operation of railroad trains and crossing signals, in Medford. Nationalist China Told U. S. Would Talk With Reds Washington -flJPD- Nation alist China was on notice to day that while the United States will not give ground under fire, neither will it re fuse to negotiate with the Chi nese Reds if they , stop shoot ing. Officials said that was the essence of the message Secre tary of State John Foster Dulles sent U.S. Ambassador Everett Drumright in Formo sa Thursday.' Dulles authorized- Drumright to convey the message to Nationalist of ficials including Generalissi mo Chiang Kai-shek. Lacked Equal Prominence Aides said Dulles felt .Na tionalist resentment at his and President Eisenhower's news conference statements this week resulted from' the fact some press reports played up the administration's willing ness to make concessions un der a truce. These reports did not give equal prominence to equally strong statements there would be no retreat un der fire and no failure to hon or commitments to Chiang. Confers With Nixon Dulles himself, before tak ing off Thursday for a five day vacation at his Duck Is land retreat in Lake Ontario, said his message to Drum right was designed to counter "misconceptions" in Formosa based on an "exaggerated idea of a shift of position on our. part." Vice President Richard M. Nixon sought further to allay the "misconceptions" in a statement issued Thursday night in San Francisco. He said it had been prepared aft er conferring with Dulles by telephone. , Nixon said any interpreta tion of Dulles' and Eisen hower's press conference re marks as a change or "weak ening" of the U. S. position in the Formosa i crisis "is com pletely erroneous." Lumber Price Index Said Dbwn $1.97 Portland- (UPD -Crow's Lum ber Price Index slipped $1.97 the past, two weeks with most of the slump blamed on lower prices for green Douglas fir dimension. Kiln-dried fir suf fered a much smaller price drop,' the index said; Sanded plywood maintained a. steady .price level and un sanded sheating stock: exper ienced a light tempering in demaiid but with no import ant price change. Faubus Says Schools Will Remain Closed ' Little Rock, Ark. - (DPD -Gov. Orvai E. -Faubus said to day that Little Rock's four cfosed high schools will stay closed all year unless the U.S. government lets them be re opened as private, segregated schools. . , - Presidio, Tex. flJPD The flooding Rio Grande held steady today as light rains again began to fall here. 53rd Year Medford 24 Pages , d e (Despite Series of Local Level Walkouts Plague Company Agreement Declared 'Good for America' Detroit - (DPD - Strikes kept General Motors, world's larg est automobile producer, tight ly shut down today in spite' of a national contract signed with the United Auto Work ers Union Thursday night. The only effect so far of the agreement was to shift the strike from one overall walkout of 275,000 production workers to a series. of local level strikes. To Reopen Bargaining It did pave the way for the 126 individual plants in 71 cities to reopen as fast as local bargaining committees for both the company and the union could clear away local level disputes. But General Motors report ed no agreements had been reached this morning and all plants "remained closed. ; The GM - UAW ' agreement was signed Thursday night after 36 hours of almost con tinuous bargaining. UAW President Walter P. Reuther called it "good for all of America," and "non-inflationary." It was similar in basic eco nomic framework to the Ford and Chrysler settlements reached earlier. Chrysler also was stilL be set with ' strike difficulties even though it signed a master contract for 75,000 production workers last Wednesday. Workers Must Ratify GM Vice President Louis G. Sea ton said the company hoped most of the plants would be back in operation by the middle of next week. UAW workers at all plants must ratify the agreement by Oct. 20 for it to become ef fective. 1 The basic-framework terms of the agreement were identi cal to those at Ford and Chrysler - a three-year con tract; pay boosts of 10 cents an hour for the first year and at least 7 cents in each of the next two; an extra pay boost of 8 cents an hour for skilled workers; pension increases; increases and extension of supplemental u n e mployment benefits, and a severance clause paid from SUB funds. In addition, UAW President Water P. Reuther announced the union obtained improve ments on other issues that ap plied particularly to GM workers. Police Investigate Girl's Report Central Point-The story of a 13-year-old Central Point girl who reported to school officials Thursday that she had been molested by two young men Wednesday is be ing investigated by Central Point police, it was reported today. The girl told school offi cials that two men, believed to be about 19 years old, forced her at knife point into their car Wednesday noon at the junior high school. She explained that they drove her around the valley for the re mainder of the afternoon and that she was molested by both.. . ,. . , Police reported that the girl was examined by a doc tor Thursday but. the results of the medical exinmation are not known at this time. - WEATHER FORECAST: Contended fair to night and Saturday. Low to night 45. High Saturday 88-90. ' . . Temp. Highest Yesterday . .., .93 Lowest this Morning 44 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:51 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .; ' :11 a.m. Moonrise tonight 9:27 p.m. Last Quarter .....!. Oct. 5 PROMINENT STARS . -Squarje of Pegasus, in the east .-.. 6:39 p.m. Sirius. in the southeast 3:05 a.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Saturn, low in south west ; 7:54 p.m. Mars, rises 8:37 p.m. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1958 BEAUTY GONE-J. C. Collins was proud of the remodeling of his building at 104 West Main st. and was especially proud of the cactus "garden" which he had planted in a flower box at the front of the building. He had received a letter from the City of Med ford congratulating him for beautification Administrator of Rogue Hospital Named by Board Charles Ivan Gustafson, 27, a s s i s t a n't administrator at Good Samaritan hospital, Portland, has been named ad ministrator of Rogue Valley hospital, the- board of direc tors has announced. .He will arrive in Medford about Oct. ' 21, and assume duties here Nov. 1. He re places Miss B. J. Larsen, who has been administrator for the past six years. She announced her resignation recently to be married. Born in Chadron, Neb., Gustafson was educated at Vancouver,. Wash., High school, the University of Washington and the Univer sity of Michigan. He did grad uate work in hospital admin istration at the University of Michigan. Assistant Administrator He has been assistant ad ministrator at Good Samari tan hospital since July ' 1, 1957, prior to which he was administrative resident." . He also was employed at St. Jo seph hospital, Ann Arbor, Mich., while attending the University of Michigan. While an . administrative resident at Good Samaritan, Gustaf son's training included rotating through all hospital departments and special proj ects under the direction of the administrator. He also was secretary of hospital disaster committee and participated in labor negotiations. As an assistant administra tor, he assisted the adminis trator in coordination of hos pital operation and problems relating to the organization. Gustafson also served as a lai sion between the administra tor and hospital department heads. Ouring the past few months,' he assisted the admin istrator in planning, develop ing and completion stages of about $500,000 worth of re modeling.' Gustafson is a ' member of the American Hospital associ ation. He is married and has one child. Lebanese Army Fires on Crowds Beirut, Lebanon - (UPD - The Lebanese army opened fire on mobs demonstrating against the new government , Thurs day night and today in action that turned the page back to the bloodiest days of Leban on's summer rebellion. At' " least three civilians were reported killed and 12 wounded in the past 24 hours of violence in Beirut. U. S. forces were not in volved - in the - bitter '' street clashes. The Lebanese army fired on the demonstrating crowds under orders to crush efforts of supporters of ex-President .Camille Chamoun to ' keep Beirut in turmoil. ' Coiraftraidi Oregon Fire Danger Remains Critical; Hunters Cautioned Salem-fliPR-Gov. Robert D. of hazardous forest fire areas The Governor's action, covering private, slate-owned and federal forest land in the two areas to entry except by permit for the opening of the hunt ing .season Saturday. Elsewhere through the state hunting season will open on schedule Saturday nforning. The closure order becomes effec tive at midnight tonight. By United Press International The forest fire danger re mained critical in Oregon to day and officials cautioned hunters to use extreme cau tion in the woods Saturday when the buck deer season opens. Assistant State Forester Lynn Cronemiller said that a 1200-acre blaze in the China mountains area south of Port Orford was held in check all day Thursday and Thursday night. Also still in check was the fire which coverer some 4000 acres east of Gold Beach. Another blaze covered some 100 acres in private land about 15 miles east of Ban dpn and a slash fire in the Siuslaw national forest on Good peak about 20 miles east of Florence covered more than 50 acres.. Curry county remained closed to logging. " " The weather man said no rain was in sight. , Three fires broke . out in the northeast Oregon district in the past 24 hours and Dis- Danger Stays High In Area Forests Forest fire conditions in southwestern Oregon are more dangerous now than they have been any time during the sum mer, federal and state agencies said today. .. ( Fire danger is high, board ing oh the extreme, and con ditions' are expected to go un changed during the week end, aqcording to Carroll Brown, supervisor of Rogue River Na tional forest, and Curt Ne sheim, warden for the south west district,, state department of forestry. - They again asked hunters to use extreme caution while traveling in forests, and. to report any fires that come to their '- knowledge. Registration Units Planned in Area ' Mobile voter registration units ;will be at two locations in 'arid near Medford between 4 and 7 o'clock, this evening, the Democratic Central com mittee, which sponsors the non-partisan . '.units, . has an nounced. The units will 'be "at 'the Food Basket on South Central ave., and at Matlack's on West Main st.'. A unit will be at the Big Y market in" Medford between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday. ( . . 3 Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 166 of his office. Collins felt he had contributed to the current "Make Medford Beautiful" campaign. But the other night vandals de cided to do something about Collins' garden. They used a hatchet or long-bladed knife and "carved up" his cactus garden. The re sults are shown in the above pho'to. . (Landis photo) Holmes today ordered closure of Coos and Curry counties. counties in effect closes those trict Warden W. M.Curtis of the state forest service said the condition was critical. An unattended sheepherd ers' campfire developed into a 100-acre fire in the Ukiah district and two smaller fires were reported, one near Ukiah and one in the Wal lowa . district covering five acres. All were brought un der control. County Fair To Be Discussed by Group A meeting to discuss plans for the future of .a . Jackson county fair will be held at 8 p.m., Oct. 11, in Bigham hall on the fairgrounds, ac 'cprding to Mrs. Everett Gib son, president of the Jackson County 4-H Leaders associa tion. '. ? ! Those who have been . in vited include representatives of the fair board, 4-H, Future Farmers of America, Kiwanis, Grange, Farm Bureau, Med ford Junior Chamber of Com merce, fruit growers, farmers, Jackson County Stockmen's association and various busi nesses. Mrs. Gibson said that no particular sites for the fair grounds will be considered although the posse grounds have been mentioned. The group also will discuss the possibility of improving the present fairgrounds. A "The past month has seen considerable interest build up in regards to the fairgrounds and the present fair being held in Jackson county," Mrs. Gibson said.' "Because of this a representative '. citizens' group is meeting to evaluate the present set-up and discuss possible plans for the future of a Jackson county fair." Eisenhower Hospital for Washington (UPD Presi dent Eisenhower entered the Army's Walter Reed Medical Center today.for an overnight medical check-up. Accompanied by Doctor The chief executive checked in . at the hospital shortly after 10 a.m. '(p.s.t.). The President, accompanied by his doctor, Maj. Gen. How ard McC. Snyder, was wel comed -to. Walter Reed as" he had been a number, of times by Maj. Gen. Leonard D; Heaton, commanding officer Governor Asked To Declare Scene Disaster Area Hot Desert Winds Help Spread Flames Monrovia, Calif. - (DPD -- An out - of - control brush fire spread a path of destruction today and Los Angeles super visors asked Gov. Goodwin J. Knight to declare the scene a disaster area. The flames were carried on hot desert winds to brushland made tinder-dry by low hu midity and scorching tempera tures. The mercury soared over the 100-degree mark on the fire lines and in Los Angeles some 30 miles to the west where a spreading blanket c white smoke blurred the sua. Solution Dumped Six aerial tankers, includ ing two U.S. Forest bervice converted Martin PBM bomb ers and four similar tankers leased from private, com panies, shuttled back and forth from a nearby base, dumping thousands of gallons of a borate-water solution on the flames. Fire crews backfired at ridges in an effort to contain the blaze that sent embers floating over firebreaks to start new outbreaks. County Fire Chief Keith Klinger estimated damage to homes and valuable watershed in excess of $1 million with no indication of control. Homes Destroyed Monrovia Fire Chief T. Ted Becker set a figure of 3,000 acres as the total burn thus far. At least a dozen struc tures, including outbuildings of a boys camp, and possibly 20 estate-sized homes have been destroyed. A small army of 1.000 fire fighters manned the firelines during the night, calling into action some 400 to 500 pieces of equipment. County, to Receive $116,584 from State Salem-More than $2.5 mil lion in department of motor vehicles teceipts .,have beer transferred to the state-highway fund 'tor distribution to counties, the department has reported. ' The $2,563,467.99 repre sents a portion of receipts for. the third quarter of 1958. It compares with $2,283,800.55' distributed during the third quarter of 1957. The distribu tion was from fuel taxes, motor vehicle registrations and drivers' license receipts only. Other receipts by . the Public Utilities commission for weight-mile taxes will sub sequently be added to make up the bulk of the total mon ies distributed. : Distribution is- made on the basis of the number- of vehicles registered by coun ties. From the total highway fund, 19 per cent of receipts' is distributed back to coun ties for use in road building and maintenance. . The distribution by counties includes: ' ' , Jackson $116,584.17, Jose phine $51,089.99 and Klamath $75,887.70. . Deer Causes Crash On Butte Falls Road A deer jumping on the highway caused a one-car ac cident about 2vajn. today on the Butte Falls highway, four j miles .east of Highway 62,' ac cording to state police. A Kcar driven by John George Winters, ' 1468 South Columbus ave., Medford, was traveling east, police said. Tne car swerved to miss the deer,' went off the shoulder, struck an enbankment and rolled over. 'they said. Winters was taken to Sac red Heart hospital by Med ford Ambulance service. 'He was treated for a broken leg, officials said. , Enters Army Check-Up of the huge Army medical center. Plans to Play Golf Eisenhower hoped to be out of the hospital before mid-day Saturday and," weather per mitting, he was expected to play golf as soon as his phy sical tests were completed. He spent a busy morning before leaving for the hos pital, devoting much of his time to. plans for one of the most active political efforts he has undertaken in the re cent years. rf 'A
