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Subscribers Recommended Price 10 Cents To report Improper or non delivery of the Mail Tribune in Medford phone SP 2-6141 Ash land MU 2-1021, Yreka 841W before 6:45 pjn. daily and 1220 am. Sunday. If regular delivery arrives shortly after vou call please notify office thus eliminating special messenger service A .22 calibre pistol and a good dog pack is all the Jackson county predator? animal hunter uses to track 'down and kill even bears and cougars. A story on Brownsboro's Klrby Tant appears on pace 11 ot today's Mail Tribune. IViEDFORD RIBUIE United Press Full Leased 'Wir United Press Full Leased Wire 26 PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1958 No. 167 53rd Year nn jet. K&r 1 4y v,' y HANDFUL OF DUST-Orie Moore, Jack- as Ted Gerow, from the state air pollution son county sanitary official (left) checks a authority (right), compares it with a clean glass-fibre filter clogged with Medford dust filter. , Two Officials Conduct Study Of Local Dust Mop-wielding hou sewives might well be appalled at the activities of two officials here last week. These men were actually setting out, with the latest in scientific equipment, to gather dust. Orie Moore, a sanitarian with the Jackson, county health department, and Ted Gerow, sanitary engineer with the state air pollution authority, were measuring the amount of dust floating In the local atmosphere as part of a statewide study. Two measuring devices were installed,- onetopCity Hall and one at the airport. For one week, these devices sucked air through glass-fibre filters that winnowed out dust particles. Moore and Gerow checked them daily and in stalled new filters. Total weight of the particles on the filter, along with the volume of air that bore them and the elapsed time, yields figures for the amount of dust per cubic foot. Parts of the dust-choked filters are analyzed by various chemical means to determine the nature of the dust. A report on the air-pollu-tinn situation here with rec ommendations for its improve ment is expected by tne ena of the month, Gerow said. Such recommendations, he said, are helpful to commun ities interested in drawing up an ordinance to control pollu tion, t Gerow said that cities are encouraged to conduct long term studies on their own to develop more accurate data. But, he said, such programs can be expensive. Diplomats Meet Amid Pessimism Warsaw - (CPU - The U. S. and Red Chinese ambassadors to Poland met for 2 hours and 35 minutes yesterday and then set another meeting for next Friday amid growing pessi mism over any early settle ment in the Formosa crisis talks. The negotiations in the pal ace in the park are being held in secret. And as usual, nei ther America's Jacob Beam nor Peiping's Wang Ping-Nan would comment on the discus sions or give any explanation for the week-long delay for the next session. The meeting was the sixth between Beam and Wang here and one of the longest. Western observers said the fact they planned to wait six days before meeting again ad ded to speculation that the talks have reached a stage where they might drag on for some time. In London, diplomatic sources said that Peiping had refused to guarantee the safe passage of any troops the Chi nese Nationalists might agree to withdraw from their gar risons on the Quemoy and TI-itsu Islands. The sources said the refus al of a "safe conduct" was made by Wang in the War saw talks. Such a guarantee was reported to be one of the prime American conditions for an agreement. ce Answers Attack On Formosa Policy Washington -(UPD- President Eisenhower yesterday bluntly told Democratic opponents of his controversial Formosa Strait policy that their, at tacks might make a war "al most inevitable." He took this stand in a bristling letter to Chairman Theodore Francis Green (D R. I.) of the Senate Foreign Relations committee. Green, in a letter to Eisenhower on Sept. 29, had voiced doubt that the American people or U. S. allies would support military action by this coun try to defend Quemoy island just off the Chinese mainland from Red Chinese attack. -"The--President,? obviously rankled by Green's criticism, replied in an 800-word letter that he "deeply deplores the effect upon hostile forces of a statement that if we became engaged in battle, the United States would be defeated be cause of disunity at home. "If that were believed, it would embolden our enemies and make almost inevtiable the conflict which, I am sure, we both seek to avoid, pro vided it can be avoided con sistently with the honor and security of our country," Eis enhower said. Football Scores EAST Dartmouth 13. Pennsyl vania. Princeon 43, Columbia 8. ' Holly Cross 14. Syracuse 13. Navy 28, Boston Univer sity 14. Army 26. . Pennesylvania Stale 0. Brown 35, Yale 29. Cornell 21. Harvard 14. SOUTHWEST Texas A&M 12 Missouri 0 . Oklahoma 6, Oregon 0. Notre Dame 14, Southern Methodist 6. WEST- Wyomirg 15. Denver 12. California 34, Washington Slate 14. Oregon State 14. UCLA 0. Texas Christian 12, Ark ansas 7. Miami (Fla.) 14. Baylor 8.' Purdue 24. Rice 0. Texas 12. Texas Tech 7. Tulsa 34, Arizona 0. SOUTH Tampa U. 19 Western Carolina 12 Alabama 0 Vanderbilt 0 Florida St. 27 Wake For est 24 Davidson 8 Citadel 6 Mississippi 21, Trinity (Tex.) 0. Clemson 8, Maryland 0. Georgia Tech 14, Tulane 0. Duke 15. Illinois 13. MIDWEST Toledo 13 Louisville 7 Bowling Green 25 Day Ion 0 Michigan State 12, Michi gan 12. ' Northwestern 28, Stanford 0. . Ohio Slate 12. Washington 7. Pittsburgh 13. Minnesota 7. Iowa 13, Air Force Acad emy 13. Nebraska 7. Iowa State 6. Utah State 20. Kansas State 13. Wisconsin 50. Marquette 0. NORTHWEST Lewis and Clark 60. Southern Oregon 13 Western Washington 21. Whit worth 6 He said he felt "beyond the shadow of a doubt that if the United States became engaged in hostilities on account of the evil and aggressive assaults of the forces of Communism, the American people would unite as one to assure the success and triumph of our effort." He also told Green he was "misinformed" if he meant that "United States action in standing firm against armed assault would not have the approval of our allies." . "Not only do I believe that our friends and allies would support the United States if hostilities should tragically, and against our will, be forced upon us," he said. "I believe that most of them would- be appalled if the United States were spinelessly to retreat be fore the threat of Sino-Soviet armed aggression." Green said "this is encour aging and may be attributable in part to various expressions of the kind to which I have given voice." He added that there has been "widespread public concern lest our posi tion in the Far East has been too aggressive" and said he welcomed the President's let ter. Safety Award For Schools Here A certificate of achieve ment for school traffic safety education in the Medford schools has been announced by the Medford Safety Coun cil. The presentation of the award will.be made at spe cial ceremonies scheduled for October 17 in Medford. Governor Robert D. Holmes is expected to make the pre sentation on behalf of the Na tional Safety Council. The achievement award is made by the national council on the basis of the annual in ventory of traffic safety ac tivities for 1957. The inventory was re viewed by a national commit tee of specialists in school safety education who rated the Medford report at 84 per cent of currently recommend ed performance. This is re portedly one of the highest ratings awarded for cities in its class. Hunter Succumbs To Heart Attack Ormell O. Standard, 59, of Mapleton, apparently died of a heart attack while hunting in Klamath county yesterday, it was reported. He collapsed near Mt. Goodlow. He died en route to a hospital. Another hunter, Einor Fred Mickelson, 16, Bridal Veil, was reported in "pretty good" condition at McMinnville Gen eral hospital after being shot through the leg by a hunting companion, Donald Robert Jeffers, 15, of Portland. He was wounded while hunting in the Tillamook burn area a quarter mile east of Camp Murphy, state police said. Sports Bulletin Malin beat St. Mary's 13-0 at Medford Saturday night. ilish Jets Begin Service Across Atlantic One Sets New Record For Eastbound Flight New York (DPD Two sleek British airplanes blazed a new trail over the Atlantic yester day with the first commercial jet passenger flights. One British Overseas Air ways corporation Comet IV set an Eastbound passenger plane record of 6 hours and 12 minutes. It left New York at 7:01 a.m. EDT and landed in London at 1:13 p.m. EDT. The other Comet made the trip from London to New York in the elapsed time of 10 hours and 20 minutes, in cluding a refueling stop of'l hour and 10 minutes at Gan der, Nfld. The plane left Lon don at 4:55 a.m. (EDT) and landed at New York's Idle wild International airport at 3:15 p.m. (EDT). The actual flying time from London to New York was 9 hours and two minutes. This' fel Ishort of the mark of a Pan American World Air ways 707 jet plane that ar rived at Idlewild airport on a shakedown flight from Lon don in a flying time of 7 hours and 58 minutes. The Pan American plane left London at 6:42 a.m. (EDT) and landed here at 3:40 p.m. It made a fueling stop of 1 hour and 18 minutes at Kef lavik, Iceland. . The flights trimmed the av erage time pf the conventional propeller - driven, piston-engine planes by about one third. The Eastbound piston-engine flights usually take about IOV2 hours and the West bound usually take about 13 hours. Pacific T. & T. Of Center Here An open house and tent show at Pacific Telephone's Medford central office at 502 North Cential street. October 22, 23 and 24, has been an nounced by J. H. Creager, the company's manager here. "It's the first time that we have been able to invite the general public into our North Central building to take a look behind scenes at the tele phone nerve center for Jack son county," Creager said. Open house visitors will have the opportunity of view ing the complex dial switch ing ing equipment in the cen tral office and hearing guides explain its operation. The swithboard where operators handle long distance calls will be another point of interest on the guided tours. In addition, a huge tent will be set up in the company parking lot next to the central office. It will hold an array of special telephone exhibits and demonstrations. Invitations to the open house are in the mail this week to telephone users in Medford, Ashland, Central Point, Jacksonville, Phoenix Talent and Gold Hill. Every one is invited Creager added. He said open house hours on the three days will be from to 4 p.m. in the afternoons, and from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in the evenings. Fund Drive Starts For CP. Stadium Central Point - A drive to raise funds for Crater High school stadium completion will start here Monday at 6:30 p.m. when -members of the Central Point Junior Chamber of Commerce and Crater student body begin door to door sale of Pepsi Cola throughout School Dis trict 6C. Nineteen teams of Jaycees and students plan to cover the entire district in about three hours. The soft drink will sell for SI per bottle with' pro ceeds to go toward construc tion of a grandstand and in stallation of lights. This project, first of a num ber through the year, will con tinue through Saturday, Oct. 11. Washington - (UPD - The rocket powered x-15 in which man will attempt his first flight to the edges of space will be rolled from the as sembly line on Oct. 15, the Air Force announced yester Three lira- CoDnfemao. Iraslh Medford Youth Killed By Bullet On Hunting Jaunt Frankie Elmer Lane, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert H. Lane, 2984 Buckshot rd., Med ford, was fatally injured in a hunting accident about 6V& miles northeast of Medford about 1 p.m. Saturday, state police and sheriff's deputies said. The accident happened be tween Roxy Ann and Little Roxy Ann where a party of three boys were resting. The League Announces Candidates Fair Governor Robert Holmes, Representative Charles O. Porter and contender Paul E. Geddes will be in Medford Friday, Oct. 17, for the bien nial Candidates' fair sponsor ed by the Medford League of Women Voters, Mrs. Thomas Rutter, fair chairman, an nounced yesterday. Democrats and Republicans will join forces with the league to present state, coun ty, and city candidates to Jackson county voters on a face-to-face basis, Mrs.: Rut ter emphasized. State and county candidtes will have individual booths so voters can meet and question them. Judicial candidates will share a "nonpartisan" booth, and city candidates will also share a central booth. Set for 8' p.m., the fair will be held in the gymnasium of Hedrick Junior High school. ' J? ' , tfi U t--i inr- l i SCOREBOARD Edward J. Warmoth, state traffic safety representative, gives Medford officials a rundown on the city's 1957 traffic safety record. Medford scored Traffic Safety Inventory Recommends Improvements The "Annual Inventory of Traffic Safety Activities" for 1957 presented to Medford officials Thursday includes a series of recommendations for improvement of the local traf fic safety program. The inventory, a study pre pared by the National Safety council and other national safety organizations, was dis cussed by Edward J. War moth, manager of the traffic safety division of the state de partment of motor vehicles. Warmoth emphasized a number of the inventory's rec ommendations, including one for a pedestrian safety en forcement program accom panied by "intensive public safety education activity." Another recommendation of particular interest is for an increase in off-street parking facilities. scene was uphill from the junction of Coker Butte and Foothills rds. Officers said young Lane was shot in the lower abdo men by Earl Thomas Dalton, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Dalton, of 1900 Spring st., Medford, who was checking the safety device when it dis charged. 1 ; , The gun was 'a Winchester 30-30 ealiber rifle. Police said the boys stopped to rest along a power line. Young Lane and Dalton were sitting across from each other. When they prepared to leave, and before Frankie Lane got up, young Dalton was going to check his gun. He pulled the hammer back, officers said, to see if it was on safety. Apparently the boy's hand slipped and the rifle discharged. Officers said young Lane died soon after he was wound ed. John Walter Stroup, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stroup, of 2924 Buckshot rd., Medford, the third member of the party, was a witness, of ficers said. . Both Dalton and Stroup had guns, police said, but young Lane did 'not. The incident was reported to police , by Mrs. F. W. Nel son, who said there was a shooting to the rear of her place near the Coker Butte and Foothills rds. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Conger-Morris, funeral directors. With respect to police traf fic supervision, it is suggested that the total strength of the city police force be increased in proportion to population growth and that efforts be made to concentrate police control at critical locations and at critical times during the day. Three recommendations are submitted for public traffic safety education. These in cluded maintaining a score board on the current traffic toll, displaying traffic safety posters and devoting more time to planning in the light of local accident records. Three recommendations are made also for school pro grams, among them one that six hours of practice driving instruction be' given in addi tion to 30 hours of classroom Teamster U. S. Supporting NAACP's Petition Little Rock, Ark-flJPD-The Federal1' government- joined the National Association for Colored People yesterday in an effort to have the Little Rock school board forbidden to let a corporation have four closed high schools for priv ate, segregated' operation. The government went to the court in support of a peti tion for injunction by the 73 last year, against 70 in 1956. The bar graph compares scores in specific categor ies,' the black representing 1957 results. instruction for all eligible students. Parent-teacher and school community safety committees are also recommended. A third suggestion is the institution of a reporting system in non-public schools for keeping track of traffic accidents involving school-age children. In the traffic engineering category, the study recom mends more time on adminis tration,' surveys and investi gations, as well as on main tenance of signs, signals and other control devices. In its evaluation of the Med ford Safety council, the in ventory cites the council's "lac kof a written statement of general operating policies and written program objec tives to guide committee activities." Spired Copyright. 1958, The Pulitzer Publlihln Co St. Louis Post-Dispatch National Association for Ad vancement of Colored People. More than 3,000 high school children in Little Rock were to begin their sixth week without ciasses Monday. The school board is now un der an Eighth Court of Ap peal's restraining order, which it handed down last Monday. The restraining order, "expir ing Monday, forbids the school board to turn the schools over to the Little Rpck private school corporation. The appeals court, meeting in St. Louis Monday, will hear the NAACP'S and gov ernment's petitions to make the restraining order an in junction, which is a legal in strument of more forceful and lasting nature. The decision of the court is the next landmark in the Little Rock integration crisis. It is generally expected to be in favor of the NAACP. The Little Rock, private schools corporation, which is taking contributions to estab lish classes in private build ings and homes, is waiting un til Monday ,to see what the court does before trying to put its new plan into operation. The corporation leased the four high school buildings, hoping to use them. But the Eighth Circuit Court of Ap peals stopped transfer of the buildings with the restraining order to the school board. President's Health Called 'Excellent' Washington -J1UP0-. President Eisenhower's doctors said yes terday he is in "an excellent state of health." The report was issued after the chief executive underwent a complete physical examin ation at the Walter Reed Army Medical center. Maj. Gen. Leonard D. Hea- ton, commanding officer of the Medical Center and one of those who examined the President, told reporters the results of the checkup were "fine best yet." WEATHER FORECAST: Continued fair, warm and dry through Mon day. High both days 90-92. Low tonight 45. TEMP. Hightest Saturday 94 Lowest Saturday morning . 45 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:47 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:13 a.m. The Moon, at Last Quarter 5:20 p.m. rises tonight at 11:13 pjn. PROMINENT STARS The Twins, rise 11:16 p.m. north of the Moon. Betelgeuse, low in 11:37 p.m. Betelgeuse, low in ' east 11:37 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS' Saturn, low in south west 7:47 p.m. Mars, high in south west 4:42 a.m. Monrovia Blaze Destroys Cabins, Over 8,000 Acres Another Threatens Powder Plant, Oil Monrovia, Calif. (DPD Three major brush fires total ing more than 13,000 acres raged out of control in wide ly separated sections of heat stricken southern California last night. One of the latest blazes to start up yesterday vied with the other two for recognition by having a powder plant in its path. It was located near Newhall, about 40 miles north of Los Angeles, and also was less than a half mile from an oil refinery. It was out of control over 1,000 acres of tinder-dry brushland. The other major fire to spring up late yesterday was a 3,500-acre blaze near Eti wanda in San Bernardino county about 60 miles east of Los Angeles. It also was out of control late last night. Biggest Blaze The biggest blaze started here by two small boys play ing with matches grew to 8,400 acres as it roared un controlled into its fourth night. In addition to eight homes destroyed earlier, the fire last night razed a handful of week end cabins which firemen said were "impos sible to save because they were located far back into the brush." At the Newhall blaze, fire authorities said the Hercules powder plant appeared in no serious danger, but that units were sent to stand by and wet down the ground around it if flames got too close. At the same time they pointed out the plant is of "bunker" type construction with semi-underground cement storage rooms and "heat-tight doors." The Newhall Oil Refinery was less than a mile from flames, but firemen said it was unlikely it would be en dangered because brush nor mally is cut out for half a mile around it. Numerous Brush Fires The Monrovia fire was the biggest of numerous brush fires in heat-stricken southern California, which one fire of ficial declared is "considered to have just the fastest-burn ing ground cover in the world." Fire authoritties estimated this blaze, which has destroy ed eight homes and millions of dollars of precious water shed, had a perimeter of 66 miles, two-thirds of which is raging unchecked. The other third was gener ally along the south side of the fire where homes, many of them expensive estates, have, been built up into the mouths of numerous canyons which range parallel to each other along the San Gabriel foothills. This is the side which fire spokesmen said now was "pretty well con tained" by the mass firefight- ing equipment concentrated there. At Least A Thousand Mea The uncontrolled sections were mainly to the north and east in unpopulated areas of the upper foothills and can yons about one-quarter of a mile from dwellings. At least a thousand men were on the lines. Fire chiefs heading units which poured in here from throughout the state after the Governor declared this a "dis aster area Friday, declined after another day of heat wave conditions to estimate when it might be controlled. Temperatures ranging into the " lUus again yesterdav in manv areas, with Los Aneeles. some 30 miles west, recording 99. Portland -UPD- Sen. Rich ard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.), is making a satisfactory return to normal health" after sur gery last month for removal of a small malignant tumor, his physicians said yesterday. t 1
