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Medford Youth
Among Traffic.
Accident Victims
Father of 13
Killed by Bullet
United Press International
Oregon today counted a
tragic toll of 10 persons dead
in weekend accidents. Twelve
died in traffic, four were
killed by trees blown down
by a storm, two died in a
plane crash and a hunter was
lulled by a bullet.
Two of the fatal traffic
crashes claimed three lives
and another took two lives.
An off-duty Portland po
liceman, his wife and their
young son, Gregg, were
killed late Sunday night in a
collision between their sports
car and a station wagon on
SW Barbur blvd. The victims
were Robert Pederson, 30, his
wife, Marjorie, 26, and the
son ,2V4. Two other Peder
son children, Kathy, 7, and
Barbara, 5, were hospitalized
with possible skull fractures.
Thomas Young, Dundee, and
his son, John, about 10, who
were in the station wagon,
also were injured. Police said
the station wagon jumped the
center divider.
Three Near Hood River
The other triple-fatal crash
occurred late Sunday on
Highway 30, half a utile west
of Hood River. Killed in the
, accident were Paul N. Fisher,
30, and his brother, LeNoir,
29, both of Kellogg, Idaho,
and Clarence M. , Rapp, 61,
Fairfield, Mont. Sheriff's dep
uties said . the Fisher car
struck the Rapp vehicle after
the latter apparently skidded
on the highway.
Earlier Sunday Eugene
Bayford Ceal, 36, and his
wife, -Mary, 32, were killed
in a collision between then
car and a truck near Spring
field on Highway 58.
Medford Youth Killed
Terrance Lynn Hayes, 21,
Medford, a student at Pacific
University, was killed near
Gobel, northwest of Portland
Saturday afternoon when his
car rolled down an embank
ment after a two-car collision.
Hayes was thrown from the
car. His brother, Dorrance,
and Royce Hateman, Chehal
is, escaped injury.
Other traffic victims were
Mrs. Francis Schwartz, 48,
Wedderburn, killed in a one
ear accident Sunday three
miles south of Port Orford;
Milton R. Holloway, 29,
Rogue River, who died from
injuries suffered Friday in a
truck-car crash near Rose
burg, and Norman A. W. La
Page, 26, Vancouver, B. C,
killed when his car plunged
into the Yamhill river near
Valley Junction Saturday. -
A rain and wind storm
which blew in from the Pa
cific resulted in four deaths
in separate accidents, all the
result of falling trees.
Tree Crushes Cabin
Pat Monahan, 60, a pros
pector who lived about five
miles west of Oakridge, was
found dead in his cabin Sun
day after two trees fell across
his small cabin.
Dean Pat Ryan, 41, Tigard,
was killed in a hunting camp
near Dale in the Umatilla na
tional forest when wind
knocked over a tree which
crushed his tent.
Enoch I. Maerz, 43, Salem,
was killed near Mitchell
when a big tree was snapped
by the wind and fell on him
as he was crawling out of his
tent.
John Rice, 13, Eugene, was
killed in the Silver Lake
area when a pine tree fell on
to the car in which he was
riding.
The crash of a two-seat Na
tional Guard plane at Port
land International airport
Sunday claimed the lives of
Lt. Warren C. Hunter Jr., 27,
of th. National Guard and Lt.
Charles R. Hornecker, 26, of
the Air Force reserve. Both
were from Portland.
Lawrence Vernon Stalford,
41 Toledo, the father of 13
children, was wounded fatal
ly Saturday when struck by a
bullet while hunting with
two sons west of Dayville
Junction. He died in a John
Day hospital.
Medford
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PRESENTS AWARD Gov.
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plaque to Councilman and Acting Mayor James Dunlevy Fri
day afternoon as national recognition of safety education
achievements by Medford schools. The public and non-public
school systems have a combined performance rating of 84
per cent. This is one of three awards presented throughout
the nation. Berry Bigham, president of the Medford Safety
council, presented National Safety council award certificates
Friday in the YMCA building also to Medford district schools
for "exceptional effort in safety.". These included Hedrick
Junior High school, three years; Jackson, eight years; Jeffer
son, three years; Lincoln, eight years; McLoughlin, four
years; Oak Grove, two years; Roosevelt, eight years; Wash
ington, eight years; and West Side elementary, two years.
Peaceful Coup in
Bangkok Puts Power
In Military
Bangkok (UPD A military
junta, headed by Field Mar
shal Sarit Thanarat staged a
peaceful coup d'etat today,
Bangkok Radio announced.
The radio reported that
army, navy, air force, police
and civilian officials led by
Sarit seized power "to main
tain the institutions with the
king at the head."
It added the coup was stag
ed with the understanding of
the government and of the
majority of the public because
of pressures from internal and
Police Report
Battery Thefts
A., new rash of battery
thefts has apparently broken
out, according to reports re
ceived by Medford police.
Tru - Mix Concrete com
pany, 248 West McAndrews
rd., reported the theft Of two
batteries valued at $40 over
the week end from compres
sors at the construction site
of the Seventh Day Adventist
church, Highland dr; and
Crestbrook rd.
Two batteries valued -at $18
each and two spotlights val
ued at $20 each were report
edly taken Saturday night
from a truck parked at Em
pire Transport company, 401
East McAndrews rd.
Pearl Evaline Bailey, 122
East 13th St., reported the
theft of a 6-volt battery val
ued at $13.22 from a vehicle
parked at that address last
week. '
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OUT OR GAS Out of commission, too, it would appear. But
out of civic pride, the owner of this deserted filling station,
and the cabins beside it, might spruce things up to help
"Make Medford Beautiful." This is one of many eyesores on
the city's main traffic routes.
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 20,-1958
j
Robert D. Holmes presented' a
Hands
external forces, especially the
Communists.. y ; ,'L'.
The radio ? announcement
did not explain what the pres
sures, from: internal' and ex
ternal forces were. ' '
It said Prime Minister Tha
nom Kittikachorn had handed
his resignation to King Phumi
pul 'Adeldej earlier today be
cause he "felt he could not
conduct the affairs of the
state with the desired results."
The announcement ordered
all military units to remain
at their stations and accept
no orders except with the sig
nature of Supreme Command
er Marshal Sarit.
It said the King and his
family, embassies and consul
ates were pfotected by armed
guards.
The radio said the city was
quiet with no signs of troops
concentrations.
Safeway Stores
Take Out Permit
A $131,725 Medford build
ing permit for erection of the
Safeway store building in the
East Jackson, st. shopping cen
ter has been issued at city
hall.
The applicant is listed as
"Medford Shopping Center"
on the building department
log, but Buttress and McClel
lan is known to be the con
struction firm developing the
site.
The permit was issued Fri
day, for a fee of $396. This is
the first permit issued for
building construction at the
center.
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Federal Prison
Escapee Taken
Near Mt. Shasta
Car Rams Tree
Near Black Butte
.Yreka (UPD A 23-year-old
fugitive from the federal pris
on in Atlanta, Ga., was cap
tured Sunday after a wild ride
through' police road blocks
that ended when ; his car
crashed into a fallen tree near
Black Butte in the Mt. Shasta
area. ,
Carl E. McCraw and his 20-year-old
wife, Shirlee, gave up
without a struggle when Cali
fornia state police cornered
them, although he had a rifle.
Escaped Oct. 4
McCraw, serving time in the
Atlanta prison for violation
of the Dyer act, broke out of
prison Oct. 4, police said. , Of
ficers said the couple aband
oned, a car in Ashland, Ore.,
and that a new car was stolen
from a Ford dealer.
He got -past road blocks at
Yreka and Weed, Calif.j then
took . the Everett Memorial
highway at Mt. Shasta, appar
ently mistaking it for a
through highway. Instead, it
was a diversionary route, and
he rah into the fallen tree
while trying to get back to the
main highway, ... i . . m
FBI t men ; were ; called., to
Yreka and planned-4aJutJJife
Craw and' his wife to Redding,
Calif., to appear before a fed
eral judge this afternoon.
Couple in Jail;
Stolen Car Found
A 1959 Ford, stolen from
the show-windows of . Bush
Motors, A s h 1 a n d, Sunday
morning was recovered the
same afternoon in California,
following a series of incidents
in which the vehicle ran a
road block and Siskiyou coun
ty sheriffs deputies fired sev
eral shots.
The vehicls was reported
stolen to Ashland police at 11
a.m. Sunday, according - to
Jackson county sheriffs depu
ties. County authorities here
notified California officers
who set up the road block on
Highway 99.
Arrested and lodged in Sis
kiyou county jail, Yreka,
Calif., were Carl Ernest Mc
Craw, 23, and his wife, Shir
ley McCraw. ' McCraw told
sheriffs deputies that they
had left a 1957 Chevrolet with
Georgia license plates near
Ashland earlier in the day.
The vehicle has not been lo
cated, local authorities said.
A grand larceny complaint
has been signed in Jackson
county against the couple, it
was reported. Federal Bureau
of Investigation agents are
investigating the case with
prosecution expected in Cali
fornia. The Ashland firm was en
tered by forcing several
doors, officers said.
Recreation Man
To Meet Group
Dr. Lynn Rodney, Univer
sity of Oregon authority on
recreation, has accepted an
invitation to attend a meeting
of the Medford Park and Rec
reation commission Wednes
day evening, City Manager
Robert A. Duff said today.
He is expected to arrive
that afternoon in time to
"have a look around town."
Dr. Rodney previously has
said he was "very interested"
in providing expert advice to
.the newly-formed commission
and "would be very happy"
to work with it.
Birth of Quad
Surprises Father ,
Of Six Daughters.
Richmond, VaffjrD-Quad-ruplats
. ware Worn this
morning to Mrs. Laura Ea
gelharx, 34. already a moth
r of six daughters. Mrs.
Englehart and the quads
two tons and two daughters-war
reported "doing
fine" at tha Johnston-Willis .
hospital.
Tha quads were bora
within a 25-minute ' period
starting cat 1:05 a.m. (p.s.t.).
Tha two girls' weighed 4
pounds a c h, ' tha boys
weighed 2 pounds 11 ounces
'and 3 pounds 7 ounces, re
spectively. .
Tha father. Edward G.
Englehart, 32, of suburban
Sandston. a $65 a waak dri
ver of a street sweeping ma
chine for Richmond's De
partment of Street Sanita
tion, said twins had been
expected.
"It was "quit a surprise
when four arrived," ha
'said. .:
Court Decision
Favors Negroes
In New Orleans
Washington -(CPU -The Su
preme Court today upheld a
lower, court, .ruling that Ne
groes must be admitted to the
The court struck its newest
anti-segregation blow by af
firming a U.S. District Court
decision which declared un
constitutional' a Louisiana
state law requiring separate
public recreational facilities
for whites and Negroes. -To
Hear Appeal
In. another area of con
stroversy, the Supreme Court
agreed to hear an appeal by
three Ohioans who were con
victed of contempt six years
ago for refusing to answer
questions asked by a state Un
American Activities Commis
sion. Arguments will be heard
later; this term, paving the
way for another court opinion
on the powers of legislative
investigating groups and state
anti-subversive authority.
The three Ohioans were
Talmadge Raley, Joseph
Stern and Emmett Calvin. :
Convicted in the Hamilton
County Court of Common
Pleas, they were jailed brief
ly and fined $500. It marked
the second time the case has
been - before the Supreme
Court.
Other Cases .
In other actions today, the
court:
-Agreeded to hear a Balti
more case involving the ques
tion -whether a city health
officer may inspect a private
dwelling without a warrant if
the occupant objects.
-Refused to review a court
of claims decision turning
down an $8899,547 claim for
excise tax refunds by the
Ford Motor Co. -
Pendleton (UPD Sheriff
Roy Johnson of Umatilla
county said today that his
deputies have confiscated . 19
slot machines found in a
small stone pumphouse on
property near here.
WEATHER
Forecast: Fair tonight. Patch ei
et valley log early Tnecday. In
creasing and thickening cloudi
ness Tuesday. Rain Tuesday
evening. Low tonight 33. High
Tuesday S. TEMP.
Highest Yesterday Si
Lowest This Morning 3S
Prec. to 4 a.ra. Today .14
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today : 5:23 pjn.
Sunrise tomorrow S:31 a.m.
Moonset tomorrow 12:51 a.m.
Full Moon (Hunter's Moon)
Oct. 27. The shooting stars now
seen are mosUy of the Orlonld
meteor shower.
VISIBLE PLANETS .
Saturn, low in
- southwest :53 p.m.
Mars, in the east S:4t-pjn.
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Renewed Shelling
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Forces President
Chief Executive
Talks With Dulles
. Denver -flJPD- President Eis
enhower left here today for
a political campaigning tour
in California concerned with
the renewed Communist shell
ing of Quemoy.V
The President had decided
to continue his campaign trip
to the West Coast after a
pre-dawn long distance tele
phone conversation with Sec
retary of State John Foster
Dulles.
Dulles called from Fair
banks, Alaska, where he
stopped en route from London
to Formosa.
'Shortly after the conversa
tion White- House Press Sec
retary James C. Hagerty an
nounced "as the result of
their conversation,', it was de
cided that the -secretary of
state should continue his
planned trip to Taiwan."
Extensive Speech Revisions
ine president s concern
over the new Communist
shelling of Quemoy ompli-
cated his trip to California
where he faced thetasks of
creating enthusiasm within
the Republican party and of
achieving some, sort of public
unity between the state's two
top GOP candidates. ;
Resumption of the Communist-firing
caused exten
sive, speech- revision for. Eis
enhower, but Hagerty said
his political tour to Los Ang
eles, San Francisco and Chi
cago would continue as sched
uled "at the present."
-' The President was sched
uled to deliver a major po
litical speech at Los Angeles
at 8:30 p.m. (PST) tonight.
Shooting Changes Plans
Resumption of the shelling
ef Quemoy dashed the Presi
dent's plans to continue point
ing with pride during his cur
rent speaking trip to the fact
that no shooting war was in
progress, this due in part to
the foreign policy of his ad
ministration. The renewed attack on
Quemoy meant that the Pres
ident would have to redraft
portions of his : scheduled
speech tonight. Asked how
extensive the changes would
have to be, Hagerty said noth
ing more than that the Presi
dent and his ' advisers would
"take another look at it."
Rainfall Totals
.36 Inch Locally
Rainfall totaling .36 of an
inch pelted the Medford vicin
ity Sunday, mostly during the
early morning hours.
W h i 1 e the precipitation
helped ease fire danger and
heralded the return of the
rainy season, only moderately
wet weather is foreseen in the
next few days. . '
The U.S. weather bureau
station at the Medford airport
predicted rain . Tuesday eve
ning while the five-day fore
cast for ... western Oregon
forecast moderate precipita
tion with most of it in the
first half of this week.
Yesterday's rain followed
02 of an inch on Saturday
and a trace on Friday. Of the
36 yesterday .22 fell before
4 a.m. Saturday's rainfall was
the first measurable precipi
tation at the airport weather
station since .01 fell Sept. 22.
North Entrance To
Crater Park Closed
Klamath Falls - (UPD - The
north entrance to Crater Lake
national park - was closed,
probably for the season, be
cause of 9Vi inches of new
snow which fell Sunday night
and today. ...
'Now, Doc Everybody Understand
Our Position?"
Prompt Inquiry
Promised By Porter
On Report
Congressman Charles O
Porter has promised a
"prompt investigation" of re
ports that the U..S. fish and
wildlife is causing a delay in
a report on the Rogue River
basin development project.
The congressman, now on a
campaign . visit in Jackson
county, spoke at "Hanlylands"
to a non-partisan gathering
Sunday, regarding the basin
development project, . flood
control and associated proj
ects. Tonight, at 8 o'clock, he
will speak at Democratic
party headquarters in the
Esquire theatre on foreign
policy. The public is -invited.
Today he explained that the
Corps of Army Engineers is
nearing. completion', on a re
port of the feasibility of over
all basin development. The re
port had been expected in De
cember.' , But, Porter ' said,
other government agencies al
so are interested, and their re
ports are to be incorporated
in the overall engineers' re
port. Porter added that the fish
and wildlife segment of the re
port may be delayed. His
Washington office told him
Saturday that. the agency is
aiming for'j'early fiscal 1960"
(that is, late in 1959) to com
plete its report, and that it
has stated it is scheduling it
to conform with the timing of
the engineers report. ;
However, Porter, who con
ferred last week with Col.
Herbert Winegar, district en
gineer for the Corps, said he
has been ' told the engineers
could have their report com
pleted this fall, and that any
delay would be due to the fish
and wildlife service. Porter
promised to investigate this
apparent misunderstanding.
( Porter has already intro
Fall Enrollment Hits
All Time High at SOC
Ashland Fall enrollment
figures for Southern Oregon
college show an increase over
the previous all-time record
enrollment reached last win
ter term of 138 students, ac
cording to Mrs. Mabel W.
Winston, registrar. Last win
ter the college t o p p e d .the
thousand mark for the first
time, with 1,002' students reg
istered against the . startling
1,140 tallied this term.
In comparing the present
term's enrollment to that for
the previous fall term, Mrs.
Winston commented, "It is a
surprise to see . us enroll . 22
per cent more students than
last year 1,140 in contrast to
93 It as the latter figure was
only a 2 per cent increase over
the year preceding."
It is gratifying," she con
tinued "to see a 30 per cent in
crease ' in returning women,
students as compared to last
year's drop of 5 per cent in
women registrants. The junior
class shows the largest per
centage of increase, more than
33 per cent. Thus we have
reached an all-time high not
only in total enrollment, but
Delay
duced a bill calling for au
thorization of the basin proj
ect, but has explained that he
filed it simply to expedite the
report and to crystalize pub
lic opinion. New legislation
will be based on the engineers'
report, he said; He added
that he hopes it can be in
cluded in an omnibus rivers
and harbors bill in the 86th
congress, with authorization
in 1960 and the first appro
priation for pre-construction
planning in 1961, with con
struction to follow.
Porter's visit here will con
tinue through Wednesday
morning. At 10 a.m: that day
he. will speak at a Southern
Oregon college assembly.
Small Change Taken
From Local Tavern
Approximately $65 in small
change was stolen from Hunt
er's Tavern, Highway 62 and
Four Corners, early Sunday
morning, according to Jack
son county sheriff s deputies.
The change, mostly in hick
els, was taken from a juke
box and several other coin ma
chines in the building, it was
reported. A series of holes
were drilled in the roof to
gain entrance to the building,
officers said. Attempts had
been made to jimmy a safe
and doors, reports showed.
The burglary was reported
at 8:05 a.m. Sunday.
ERROR CORRECTED
The Mail Tribune regrets a
typographical error in Sun
day's article on the Candi
date's Fair. Evelyn Nye re
ceived 129 votes for state rep
resentative on the unofficial
straw ballot, not 12 as stated
in the article.
in freshman enrollment as
well; The expected drop in
veteran enrollees has not de
terred -the increase."
On Oct. 11, the last day of
registration, tabulations dis
closed that out of 714 men
and 426 women students," 417
were first year, 312 second
year, 191 third year, 9 grad
uate, 41 special graduate, and
45 special undergraduate. Spe
cial students are those attend
ing on a less than full-time
basis. ' " " ..
Elementary " and - secondary
education students showed
marked increases: 356 com
pared to 296 in elementary
teaching and 287 over 195 in
the secondary program. The
general studies degree is be
ing sought by 158 students
this year in contrast to the 134
students enrolled in the same
program last year, it was re
ported. Increasing numbers of stu
dents are availing themselves
of the pre-professional pro
grams offered at the college,
it was pointed out, as 304 are
now attending . this category
varsus 283 on the preceding
year. ' . . .
Shelling Renewed
As Dulles Starts
On Peace Mission
Hopes for Success
Declared Reduced
Taipeh, Formosa - (UPD - The
Chinese Communists broke
the ceasefire in the Quemoy
Islands today with a three
hour bombardment while Sec
retary of State John. Foster
Dulles flew here for talks
timed at a short-of-war solu
tion to the Formosa Strait
crisis.
Dulles conferred by tele
phone with President Eisen
hower in Denver, during a
stopover at Fairbanks, Alaska.
He announced afterwards that
he was continuing his trip
to Formosa, although the new
Red shelling had reduced
some of the hopes for success
of the talks.
Only Temporary
Diplomatic sources in Hong
Kong said tonight Red China's
ending of the ceasefire was
only temporary. They said it
was almost certainly connect
ed with Dulles' arrival in
Taipeh to show that Peiping
is "master of its own house."
They said they believed Pei
ping will throw its weight
around for a few days while
Dulles is in Formosa and then
gradually taper off the shell
ing. .
The Nationalists announced
that the Reds' shelling of
Quemoy was followed by a
bombardment of tiny Tatan
Island, perched in the mouth
of Red-held Amoy Harbor on
the mainland. '
Not Very Heavy
A U.S. Taiwan Defense
Command spokesman said
"the Communist shelling was
not very heavy and was re
turned by light Nationalist
counterfire." He was not able
to give any more specific
information. ' '
Dulles was to confer with
President Chiang ' Kai-shek
and other Nationalist leaders
on Formosa.
In his statement at Fair
banks, Dulles said he had
"embarked upon what I be
lieved and hoped was a mis
sion of peace." He-added that
"I shall persist in that pur
pose." Dulles said he began his
trip to Formosa as a result
of the previously announced
Communist Chinese ceasefire
extension for another two
weeks. . '
Direct Slap at Dulles
"It seemed to President
Chiang Kai-shek and Presi
dent Eisenhower that under
these circumstances it would
be useful for me to go to
Taiwan for consultations,"
Dulles said.
"It is a tragedy that the
Chinese Communists have dis
played their warlike disposi
tions. All who love peace must
hope that the present resump
tion of fighting will be of
short duration and that the
world may be spared the
grave consequences of Com
munist persistence in aggres
sion." . ,
The Communist action ap
peared to be a direct slap at
Dulles. The order of the day
by Communist Defense Minis
ter Peng Teh-huai ending 15
days of quiet in the Formosa
Strait noted Dulles' impend
ing arrival and accused him
of interfering in internal Chi
nese affairs.
Peng's announcement over
Peiping. Radio was monitored
here an hour before the b,eavy
red shelling resumed. But
there apparently was not time
to warn the Quemoy garrison
and the intense shelling came
as a deadly surprise, catching
a number of landing ships on
the yellow sand beaches.
Closed Areas Lifted
In Rogue Forest
All closed areas in the
Rogue River. National Forest
will be opened as of midnight
tonight, according to Carroll
Brown, forest supervisor.
Forest fire dangers have
abated because of the week
end rains, it was reported. All
protective stations and look
outs have been closed, Brown
said.
Burning permits are still re
quired,' however, and the no
smoking while traveling reg
ulation is still in force.
New York OTPD Actress
Myrna Loy and "her husband,
Howland Sargeant, have an
nounced they . had separated
after eight years of marriage
and were planning a divorce.
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