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CONSTRUCTION TO START-Development of Medford's
SlVi million shopping center, located at Jackson st. and
Biddle rd., will be in high gear within a week or so as con
struction crews and equipment are moved in, according to
reports. Workmen have already laid out the corner forms
(see arrows) for Jhe 75,000 square foot Sears Roebuck and
company building and erection of the construction office
wild
Cays
Air Force CI 23
Falls in Idaho;
19 Persons Die
Payette, Idaho - (UPD - An
Air Force . C123 transport
plane that crashed Thursday
night killing 19 persons may
have been disabled by a
flock of geese, witnesses said
today.
The plane, en route from
Pope AFB, N.C., to McCord
Field, Tacoma, Wash., plum
meted to earth at dusk Thurs
day after it knifed through a
formation of wild geese.
An explosion and fire fol
lowed the crash which occur
red on the CVaude Smith
ranch about 10 miles east of
this farming center on the
Idaho-Oregon border.
Withhold Casualty List
Air Force officials with
held the casualty list pending
identification of the bodies
and notification of next of
kin.
The plane had made a re
fnoilinff stoD at Hill AFB,
near Ogden, Utah and had
checked in with the Civil
Aeronautics Administration
fnwer at Boise. Idaho, less
than a half hour before it
came to grief. The Boise
tnwr said no message was
received from the plane in
dicating any dif f lculties. . 1 ne
cA A said -the nlane was on
course for Tacoma when it
crashed.
One of the eye witnesses,
Flriro Gissell. who operates a
ranch about four miles from
the crash scene, said he saw
ihf. nlane flv through a string
of about 200 to 250 geese at
an estimated height of aDoui
2,000 feet. The area is on the
north-south "flyway" for wild
geese and other migrant wild
fowl.
Knifes Toward Ground
"The formation of geese
broke up and the birds flew
in all directions, honking
wildly," Gissell related.
"Then I heard the plane's
engines stutter and the plane
seemed to go into a stall and
spin. 'For a brief moment, the
engines roared wide open and
the plane seemed to pull up.
Then it .knifed down toward
the ground. A moment later
I heard the explosion."
County Stockmen Seek
Study of Vets Office
The Oregon Cattlemen's as
sociation will be asked to ap
point a committee to study
the situation involving the
operation of the state veterin
arian's office and the division
of animal industries, accord
ing to a motion passed by the
Jackson County Stockmen's
association last night.
The OSA will be asked to
make this in the form of a
resolution. County stockmen
agreed last night that the
group does not know enough
about the conflicts between
the two departments.
In another development, a
further statement is expected
some time today from Robert
Steward, director of the state
department of agriculture and
will stand on the controversy
ami answering any charges
mfde against the department,
n n
Possible
ess
off f lame
Displays Planned
At Candidates Fair
Maps of the Rogue river
basin and projected recrea
tional areas, architectural
drawings of the detention
home, county farm buildings,
and the recent off-street park
ing proposal in Medford, are
among wall displays planned
at the Candidates Fair at Hed
rick Junior High school gym
nasium next Friday.
The Fair is being sponsored
by the Medford League of
Women Voters, and is being
planned so voters may meet
state, county and city candi-
150 Expected at
Conference Here
About 150 delegates are ex
pected to attend the ninth an
nual conference of the Na
tional Forest Recreation as
sociation at the Jackson hotel
hotel here Nov. 18-20.
The association is made up
of operators of lodges and re
sorts in national forests in 12
states, all of them in the west.
E.. L. Tedrick, operator of
Union Creek resort m Rogue
River National forest, and
chairman of the program, said
participants in the conference
will include J. Herbert Stone,
regional forester of the for
est service, Portland.
A field trip in southern
Oreeon is beiing arranged by
Carrol Brown, superivor of
Rogue River National forest,
Tedrick said. Forest service
officials from San Francisco
and Washington, D.C., also
are expected to attend.
Directors of the association
will meet Nov. 17, the day be
fore the conference officially
opens.
Siskiyou Paving Job
Almost Completed
Paving crews are scheduled
to complete work on Siskiyou
blvd. near the new Hoover
school today, according to
Medford Public Works Direc
tor Vernon Thorpe.
Crews paving Hamilton st.
should also finish today,
Thorpe said.
according to Ward Spatz,
member of the state agricul
ture advisory board.
Spatz said a meeting was
held by telephone this morn
ing between Steward in Salem
and the various board mem
bers scattered throughout the
state. A statement was agreed
upon then, Spatz said.
K. J. (Pete) Peterson, re
signed as state veterinarian
Tuesday, stating in his letter
of resignation th.at "Under the
present administration it .is
impossible for me to conduct
a sound animal disease pro
gram or a sound meat inspec
tion program."
Slate veterinarians had
been backing Peterson in his
demand that his department
be removed from the jurisdic
tion of the division of animal
industry headed by M. E.
Knickerbocker.
f r W 2&L fill 8?m1 Ej J 1 .1-If IfJ ial t
i&.N?ra. ?J I La U! I Pi U
(foreground above) was expected to be completed Saturday.
Going up at the same time as the Sears building will be a
large Safeway store, located further east on the 28.3 acre
plot. Construction of the project was held up this summer
due to some changes in plans, but no further delays are an
ticipated, reports stated. Development of the center is the
construction firm Buttress and McClellan, Inc., Los Angeles.
Crash
dates and obtain information
Concerning measures which
will appear on the Nov. 4
general election ballot.
Mrs. Thomas Rutter, chair
man of the League's voter
service committee, said booths
will include a ",oter I-Q test,"
a United Nations booth, and
a straw ballot operated by
radio station KMED, which
will be broadcast from the
Fair.
Information Sheet
The Voters' Information
Sheet, appeared by the state
League of Women Voters, will
be on sale for 10 cents per
copy. The sheet contains pro
and con information material
on measures on the November
ballot.
The Fair will start at 8
p.m. Friday, Oct. 17.
Meanwhile, Gov. Robert D.
Holmes has confirmed that he
will attend the Candidates'
Fair. He and Mrs. Holmes will
arrive in Medford Friday
morning, Oct. 17, and leave
Saturday morning.
The Holmes' schedule in
cludes a luncheon in Grants
Pass, a safety award presen
tation at the Medford YMCA,
a tea for Mrs. Holmes at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Duncan, a tour of local mills,
a dinner sponsored by the
Democratic Social club, and
a breakfast at the - home of
Gordon Hudson Saturday
morning.
Red China Urged
To Extend Truce
Warsaw - (UPD - U.S. Am
bassador Jacob Beam was to
urge Communist China today
to extend the Formosa Strait
cease fire indefinitely, Wash
ington reports disclosed.
Beam and Chinese Commu
nist Ambassador Wang Ping
nan were meeting today for
the seventh time. It was the
80th in the series of Sino
American talks that began in
Geneva three years ago. .
Since the last talk Red
China anonunced a one-week
cease fire f4r "humanitarian"
reasons and proposed direct
talks between the Peiping
and Formosa governments.
Today Communist China
called on the United States
to prove its good intentions
toward China by withdrawing
all of its armed forces from
Formosa and the Formosa
Strait.
Buildings on Central
Reported Entered
A typewriter, adding ma
chine, electric drill and mis
cellaneous tools were taken
Wednesday night from a stor
age room and workshop at
119 North Central ave.. ac
cording to the report Medford
police received from Almus
Pruitt of that address.'
The First Baptist church,
142 North Central ave.. was
entered that same night, po
lice said. But according to
Rev. James Whyte Neely,
pastor, nothing was taken.
Washington -(UPD-The Agri
culture Department estimates
the 1958 corn crop at 3,686,
218,000 bushels.
Grants Pass Man
Found Innocent
By Federal Jury
A federal court jury found
Walter E. Wendgren, Grants
Pass, innocent of income tax
evasion late Thursday follow
ing two hours of deliberation.
Wendgren, owner of the
Better Roofing company,
Grants Pass, was represented
by Elbert L. Mikesell, Grants
Pass attorney, in the trial
which started Tuesday.
The jury of eight women
and four men was empaneled
Tuesday, along with another
jury which is scheduled Mon
day to hear the case of the
U. S. Government versus Rob
ert Doland, Grants Pass. U. S.
Attorney Robert Snashall,
Portland, will present the gov
ernment's case with Lawrence
Aschenbrenner, Grants Pass,
attorney for the defense.
Three witnesses appeared
for the defense Wednesday
and Thursday, .including Mr
and Mrs. Wendgren. More
than 10 witnesses testified for
the government.
The government charged
that Wendgren filed a false
return with the intent of de
frauding the federal govern
ment. He was charged with
filing three tax returns for the
years 1951, il952, and 1953,
for $310 total when he should
have paid $3,700.
Robert R. Carney, Portland,
assistant U. S. attorney, pre
sented the government's case.
Distortion of
Reports Charged
Washington-fflPD-The United
States accused Red China to
day of putting out "distorted"
reports about the Warsaw ne
gotiations on the Quemoy cri
sis. State Department spokes
man Lincoln White made the
statement in denying reports
that the U.S. received from
Communist China 10 days ago
a message preparing the way
for a ceasefire at Quemoy.
The report said the message,
transmitted by Norway, show
ed the Reds were willing to
negotiate a temporary settle
ment of hostilities on the off
shore islands.
White flatly denied this.
But he added that the U.S.
has "been discussing the Tai
wan Strait situation with
many of our Free World
friends." Some of these
friends, in turn, he said "have
been discussing it with the
Chinese Communists, who
have been giving them a dis
torted report on the Warsaw
negotiations."
Special Deputies
Named by Sheriff
Special deputies were ap
Dointed bv Sheriff Howard
Gault last night to enforce
boating regulations on rivers
and lakes in Jackson county,
according to Joe Walsh, chief
criminal deputy.
Some of the members of the
Rogue Aqua Ski club, a re
cently formed organization,
were made deputies at a meet
ing in the Girls' Community
club. An estimated 20 people
attended, Walsh said.
Annointment of the special
deputies is looking toward the
eventual development of rec
reation facilities in the Talent
project reservoirs, Walsh said.
Los Angeles -flJPD- The wife
of Pancho Gonzales, world
professional tennis champion,
held out hope today for a
reconciliation with her hus-
Lband if he becomes more
mature."
53rd Year
Medford
24 Pages
Unemployment
Down by 588,000
- r
During September
Figure Reaches
New Low for Year
Washington - (UPD Unem
ployment in the United States
dropped by 588,000 in Sep
tember to a 1958 low of 4,-
111,000, the government re
ported today.
A joint report by the Labor
and Commerce departments
said September saw "a signifi
cant improvement in the job
situation," especially for men.
Hiring Brisk
"Hiring was especially brisk
in automobile plants and steel
mills, and among producers
of home appliances," the re
port said.
The sharp drop in the job
less total was about double
the decrease that would have
been normal on the basis of
customary seasonal changes.
But, the report continued,
because of the traditional re
turn to school of students and
an early autumn lull in farm
activity total employment
dropped by 738,000 last month
to 64,629,000.
Weekly Earnings Rise .
Meanwhile average weekly
earnings of factory produc
tion workers rose by 82 cents
to an all-time high of $85.17.
This increase was attributed
to a boost in hourly wage
rates and a seasonal expansion
in the average factory work
week to 39.8 hours.
The big drop in the jobless
total pushed down the pro
portion of the labor force still
unemployed from 7.6 per cent
in August to 7.2 per cent in
September. .
While the report was the
most favorable since the re
cession began a year ago, the
official figures showed that
unemployment last month was
still 1,559,000 higher than in
September, 1957.-The employ
ment total was down 1045,-
000 from a year ago.'
100th Anniversary
Of Transcontinental
Mail Observed
San Francisco - (UPD - A
stagecoach, carrying mail
from the East, rattled into
San Francisco today after a
25-day, 2800-mile journey
from Tipton, Mo.
A short time earlier a
Navy Skywarrior jet bomb
er took off with mail for
Si. Louis - a flight of about
three hours.
The long haul and the
short flight marked the
100th anniversary of tip
first successful establish
ment . of transcontinental
mail, which linked Califor
nia with the rest of the
country. .
Fourth Nuclear
Shot Exploded
Atomic Test Site, Nev. -(UPD-A
100-foot tower disin
tegrated early today as a
brief, but fierce fireball ex
ploded just after dawn in the
fourth full-scale shot of the
Atomic Energy Commission's
final announced test series.
The AEC's, first tower shot
on . American soil this year,
"Quay," named for a New
Mexico county near Los Ala
mos, exploded with the force
of less than a single kiloton
over Yucca Flat at 6:30 a.m.
(p.s.t.).
AEC officials called it a
"small" shot.
Observers on News Nob,
some 11 miles from ground
zero, said the sub-kiloton deto
nation was exploded to prove
the AEC's expectation that
."certain" procedures in nu
clear blast could be observed
from a -stationary platform.
Mekvold Attending
National Meeting
Alfr B. Mekvold, , Jackson
county school superintendent,
left Thursday for Minneapolis,
Minn., to attend the week
long meeting of the 13th na
tional conference of county
and rural area superintend
ents. Mekvold, president of the
Oregon Association of School
Superintendents, will lead a
discussion on the topic of
"Elements of Quality Educa
tion." Mekvold plans to return
Oct. 21.
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1958
IBd v u IP pe Pays
Tokein) T Voft Dcoim
ion People
View Procession
To Eternal City
Saturday Starts Nine
Days of Mourning
Vatican City-WPD-Pope Pius
XII returned in death to Vat
ican City tonight, mourned by
millions and honored with all
the panoply of the Roman
Catholic church.
The body of the late pon
tiff crossed the border into
the Vatican State as dusk was
falling. It was borne in a long
and solemn procession from
Castel Gandolfo, "where he
died Thursday, into Rome and
A Solemn Requiem High
-Mass at 11 a.m. next Thurs
day will be read at Sacred
Heart Catholic church here
in mourning of the death of
Pope Pius XII, the Rey.
Carl Mai. priest of the
church, announced today.
then across the Eternal City
before the eyes of a million
watchers.
Placed Before Altar
At precisely 6:06 p.m. (9:06
a.m. p.s.t.) members of the
Sediari the men who carried
his ceremonial gestatorial
chair in life bore the Pope's
casket through the portals of
St. Peter's Basilica and placed
it before the majestic Altar
jot .the Concession. . wr
The crimson-shrouded cas
ket was laid on a catafalque
in the heart of the great
church the largest' in the
world. Its arrival there was
a prelude to nine days, of
mourning and funeral cere
monies of the church he head
ed for more than 19 years.
The nine days start Saturday.
An immense procession,
rich with the age-old forms
of the church of Rome and the
honors of state, escorted the
pontiff's body to the basilica
through streets packed with
Romans and visitors.
The silence of the throngs
and the immensity of their
number as the cortege carried
the Pope's body from the Ba
silica of St. John in Lateran to
St. Peter's Square in Vatican
City was accentuated by the
tolling bells of the many
churches of the Eternal City.
Here, inside the great Ba
silica of St. Peter's prayers
for the Pope will be said and
the final rites and ceremonies
will be followed as the bady
lies in state in full regalia for
the veneration of the thou
sands who will file past the
bier. !
On Monday, the 82-year-old
pontiff will be buried in the
vaults beneath the church.
(See stories on page 9)
Nationalist, Red
Planes in Dogfight
Taipeh-dJPD-Chinese Nation
alist Sabrejets, outnumbered
more than three to one, shot
down four Communist MIGs
and damaged two today in
a 25-minute dogfight near the
Matsu outpost islands, the Na
tionalist Defense Ministry an
nounced. A fifth MIG and a Sabrejet
collided and crashed in flames
into the Formosa Strait, the
ministry said, adding that no
Sabres were shot down.
The Communist radio, de
scribing what apparently was
the same battle, said the Reds
shot down two Sabrejets and
damaged a third in a dogfight
over Fukien Province." The
broadcast made no mention of
Red losses. .
Dulles, Two Others
To Attend Pope's Rites
Gettysburg, Pa. (UPD Sec
retary of State John Foster
Dulles and two other prom
inent Americans were, named
by President Eisenhower to
day to represent him at the
funeral of Pope Pius XII.
Accompanying Dulles will
be Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce,
former Ambassador to Italy,
and John A. McCone, chair
man of the Atomic Energy
Commission.
Tine
-Now All
Candidates Named McKinley"
O&C Fund Formula
Change Discussed
An organizational meeting
of 40 educators and interested
persons from the 18 O and C
counties was held "in Rose
burg Wednesday. The group
discussed matters regarding
proposed changes in the dis
iribution formula-by which
O and C funds are distributed
and matters where- the. basic
school distribution formula is
applied.
School Closure Law
Appealed to Court
Little Rock, Ark-(UPD-Law-yer
Kenneth Coffelt appealed
to the Arkansas Supreme
Court today a case that could
deprive Gov. Orvai E. Faubus
of the law under which he
closed Little Rock's four pub
lic high schools.
Coffelt filed his appeal in
the civil court. The clerk has
90 days within which to send
the record' of the case to the
Arkansas Supreme Court for
review.
But Coffelt said he doubt
ed that it will take 90 days
"because it will be carried on
as expeditiously as possible."
The case involves Act 4,
which a special session of the
Legislature passed late in Au
gust as part of Faubus' anti
integration "package." Fau
bus signed it into law Sept. 12.
Jupiter Missile
Launching Failure
Cape Canaveral, Fla.-IUPD-
A safety officer flipped a
switch to destroy an Army
Jupiter seconds after, launch
ing late Thursday night and
the intermediate range missile
plunged back onto the cape
in a spectacular failure.
The Jupiter, in hot compe
tition with the Air Force's
Thor for the role of the na
tion's 1,500-mile range ballis
tic missle, exploded twice be
fore slamming onto a vacant
field.
The failure of the 69-foot
long Jupiter must have come
as a sharp disappointment to
the Army, which still hopes
to have the missile chosen
over the Thor' even though
the Air Force has been as
signed use of all intermediate
range weapons.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair tonight and
Saturday. Low tonight 45.
High Saturday 80.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 79
Lowest this Morning 46
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 5:39 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 6:19 a.m.
Moonrise tomorrow 4:52 a.m.
New Moon Sunday
PROMINENT STARS
Deneb, high overhead 7:32 p.m.
Fomalhaut, due south 9:47 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Saturn, low in south
west 7:29 p.m.
Mars, kigh In south-
east 1:31 a.m.
Price 10 Cents
Tribune
No. 172
We Need Is Some
The group met to appoint
a committee to study possible
legislation wnich would re
duce school monies to O and
C counties where the basic
school distribution formula is
applied. i
Opposed to Legislation
: ihe 18 Oregon counties
that receive O and C monies
are opposed to proposed legi
slation approved by the state
legislative education interim
committee. One of the sug
gestions by the interim com
mittee was to include 25. per
cent of O and C land receipts
in the money to which the
basic school distribution for
mula would apply. This would
literally eliminate the equal
ized money received by the
county from the state school
support fund, it was reported.
Attending the meeting from
Jackson county were County
Judge Rodney Keating, mem
ber of the Association of O
and C counties; Dr. Leonard
M a y f i e Id, superintendent,
Medford schools, who acted
as chairman of the meeting;
John Harr, superintendent,
Rogue River; Glenn Hale,
superintendent, Eagle Point;
Alf B. Mekvold, Jackson
county school superintendent;
and Gerald Latham, school
board member who attended
as legislative member of the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce.
A committee of nine per
sons were selected at the
meeting to work with the As
sociation of O and C counties
on educational matters. Ap
pointed from Jackson county
were Dr. Mayfield and
Latham. .
A telegram was sent by the
county court today to the
O and C legislative commit
tee meeting in Portland to
day stating that the court is
opposed to any change in the
distribution of O and,C tim
ber sale receipts, members of
the county court said. 1
Art, Crafts Exhibit
Planned at Open House
An art show and an exhibi
tion of crafts will be featured
at an open house Sunday be
tween 1 and 5 p.m. at the
recently established Senior
Activity Center at 601 East
Jackson st. at the corner of
Hawthorne ave.
The center, one of the first
of its kind in Oregon, will be
operated by volunteers and
will be dedicated entirely for
the leisure time needs of sen
ior citizens. A five-day sched
ule of activities and classes in
painting, v wood carving, danc
ing and other crafts will start
Monday, Oct. 13, at noon.
About 500 invitations have
been sent to clubs, churches,
social agencies, various gov
ernmental officials and senior
citizens.
Several members of the
Soviet Foreign
Minister Derides
Yean Suspension
AII-or-Nothing
Stand Seen Obvious .
United Nations. N.Y.-(CPD-
The Soviet Union today at
tacked a U.S.-British proposal '
for a one-year moratorium on
nuclear weapons tests to be
gin when talks on the subject
open in Geneva, Oct. 31.
Soviet Deputy Foreign Min
ister Valerin Zorin said his "
country was ready to agree to '.
suspend tests "for all time."
But he derided the Angle-
American offer for an uncon- .
ditional test suspension for a .
year.
Stand Obvious
He said the U.S. and British
statements on this "are in ef
fect negative."
Zorin made it obvious that, '
as of now, the Soviet Union
was taking an all-or-nothing
stand. x
Zorin spoke to the 81-na-tion
Main Political Commit
tee of the General Assembly
shortly after U.S. Ambassa
dor Henry Cabot Lodge open
ed the annual disarmament
debate with an offer to dis
close more secrets in future
arms negotiations with the
Soviet Union. . (
Conflicting Viewpoints
Lodge emphasized that the
U.S. offer for a one-year halt
to nuclear weapons 'testing
starting with the Geneva talks
was not conditioned on other
aspects of disarmament but
only on Soviet -compliance.
He said it would go on indef
initely each year as long as
we Know the inspection sys
tem is working and we are
making reasonable progress
on other aspects of dis
armament."
But he said the U.S. always
had 1 and would continue to
insist on considering the per
manent reduction of nuclear
and conventional weapons to
gether. Speech Disappointing
Zorin called Lodge's speech
"profoundly disappointing.'
He repeated Soviet Foreign
Minister Andrei Gromyko's
threat earlier this, week that
the Soviet Union would con
tinue test explosions until it
had caught up to the U.S. and
Britain numerically.
And he indicated this might
mean about 100 such explo
sions. Both Lodge and Zorin said
in their prepared speeches
they expected the Geneva
meeting to be held.
Property Tax Rolls
To Be Turned Over
Jackson county property .
tax rolls will be turned over
to the county sheriffs office
for collection Monday morn
ing, County Assessor . Ray
Schumacher said today.
Then the sheriff will start
mailing out the tax state
ments, Schumacher said.
With these statements, 25,-
000 booklets will be mailed.
They include a summary of
taxes, explanations of the ad
valorem tax system, a sum
mary of the codes, and levies
of the taxing districts, the
county assessor said.
The booklets are being
mailed for the second year.
They were mailed originally
to acquaint the taxpayer with
the . operative procedures in
volved in the evaluation, proc
essing and collection of taxes
for taxing units, Schumacher
explained.
Vancouver, Wash.-tU7D-Sal '
of the interests of Capt. A.
Leppaluoto in Inland Naviga
tion Company and seven oth
er affiliated firms was an
nounced here today by the
purchasers. Financial consid-.
eration was believed to be in
excess of $2 million.
Southern Oregon Society of
Artists who are' 50 years old
or more plan to exhibit paint
ings. Also on exhibition will
be sculpture work in metal,
stone, clay and wood done by
local residents, and crafts in
almost every medium, includ
ing work by exhibitors at
the Veterans administration
Domiciliary's hobby shop.
Members of the 50 -Plus
club have been asked to ex
hibit hand made articles. The
committee in charge will re
ceive items for exhibit today
and tomorrow afternoon.
The center is located in a
corner of a warehouse build
ing used by the city. The room
has been redecorated and the
exterior has been painted.
Landscaping under the direc
tion of the Medford Trarden
club is planned. . - tt
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