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Launching 'Awaited
Fourth Explorer
Attempt Will Be
Made Tonighf
Inflatable Sphere
To Study Atmosphere
Washington -UPD- Maj. Gen.
John B. Medaris, Army mis
sile chief, said today that the
Army will attempt to launch
its fourth Explorer satellite
tonight.
He said the satellite will
carry an inflatable sphere.
Medaris, who is chief of
the Army Ordnance Missile
command, confirmed reports
of a new satellite effort to
newsmen at the annual meet
ing of the, Association of the
U. S. Army.
Exact Tim Not Given ;
He said he was "sorrji" that
the scheduled attempt became
known but the report was
"correct."
He would not say the exact
time the launching is sched
uled except that "I wish it
was earlier." .
That was a reference obvi
ously to the fact that the
launching will come late to
night and Medaris like many
others, will have a vigil into
the early morning hours on
Thursday while awaiting the
word on the launching's suc
cess. Five Previous Attempts
The Army has previously
attempted to launch five sat
ellites and has succeeded in
putting three of them into or
bit. ,
Tonight's effort will be to
put a shiny 12-foot balloon
Into orbit to test atmospheric
density at an altitude of about
400 miles.
It will be the most spectac
ular looking satellite yet
launched by the U. S. and
should be brightly visible to
the naked eye.
Jupiter-C Booster
The balloon satellite will
be launched from Cape Can
averal, Fla. It will be thrust
into space by a Jupiter-C
booster with extra stages. A
metal carrier, constituting the
fourth and final stage of the
rocket, will eject a 9.26 pound,
deflated balloon. The balloon,
made of plastic and coated
with aluminum, will be auto
matically inflated after ejec
tion. From the way the balloon
with its large surface reacts
to the braking effect of the
thinly spread air molecules,
scientists will be able to de
termine v: accurately atmos
pheric densities at the alti
tudes at which it travels.
Dynamite Charge
Found in Atlanta
Atlanta - OiPD - Finding of a
dynamite charge similar to
that used to blast a Jewish
temple here Oct 5 lent added
urgency today to investiga
tion of recent racist bombmgs
in the South. Richard E.
Pounds found the bomb Tues
day in a patch of weeds less
than three blocks from a
white school just north of At
lanta.
Make Medford Beautiful
SAD SHACKS A smart property owner who tore down de
serted buildings like these , could pay for the job and save
money, too, since reduced assessed valuations would mean
reduced taxes. If he lets them stand, they not only cost him
tax dollars but present ia sorry appearance for motorist en
tering the city. Hence the Mail Tribune is including this pair
in it "Make Medford Beautiful" inventory.
Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1958
atellite .
'Boy, If You Think That
President
Picture off
Chicago- (UPD -President Ei
senhower today presented to
a "coffee hour" of Republican
women a sparkling picture of
a prosperous and progressive
future America provided the
government does not come
under the domination of the
"radicals" of the Democratic
party, i '
Two Sentenced in
Circuit Court :
Shirley Ann Kosse,, 24," a
transient fruit worker, yester
day was sentenced to five
years in the state penitentiary
by Judge Edward C. Kelly, for
first degree arson.
Mrs. Kosse was -charged
with setting fire to a cabin in
the 401 orchards, northeast of
Medford, on Aug. 28.
She had admitted previous
ly to setting fire to brush and
an outside toilet in the or
chards which spread to a
large area of the hillside. She
also admitted setting fire to
the cabin, on the same day,
which was occupied by Leon
ard Franklin Brown.
Mrs. Kosse pleaded ' guilty
to the charges on Sept. 11 be
fore Judge Kelly, who t had
ordered a pre-sentence hear
ing. :
Judge Kelly yesterday also
sentenced Duane Ray Denney,
Gold Beach, to one year and
two months in the state peni
tentiary on charges of using
a motor vehicle without per
mission of the owner.
Denney pleaded guilty Aug.
27 and a pre-sentence report
h-d been ordered. Denney was
charged with taking a car
from Crater Lake Motors,
Medford, on June 20.
ivTA LT
One's Complicated1
Presents
Future
' The President-said the na
tion - could have annual gross
national, production., of $500
billion, and even human
flight into space
Warm-up for Speech
Eisenhower's i remarks to
the , women of his party con
stituted a warm-up. for his na
tionwide radio and television
political address ' from here
tonight at 5:30 p.m. (p.s.t.).
The speech tonight will
give the chief executive his
first opportunity of the cur
rent campaign to discuss Na
tionally his new technique of
blasting , the Democrats much
in the manner of recent cam
paign statements by Vice
President Richard M. Nixon.-
During the questions and
answers, the President made
these points:
Determination for GOP
He said, it should be "a
doctrine a "prayer and a de
termination of all Republi
cans, indeed all Americans"
to help reduce the climbing
rate of federal expenditures
in order to combat inflation.
He pictured the Demo
crats as being dominated by
"radical ... extremists" and
said the Republicans should
reject any form of govern
ment "that pretends to'help
the people while it robs their
pocketbooks through infla
tion." Some Logging Slash
Burning Permitted
Some logging slash burning
has been permitted by the
southwest district office of
the state department of fores
try this week. -
District Warden Curt Ne-.
sheim stated that the burning
has been allowed on a limited
scale according to location
and favorable conditions.
Rain, already falling in
some parts of the district this
morning, will halt the burn
ing of scattered slash but
burning joi piled logging de
bris can be allowed if other
conditions are all right.
Paving Starts at
Medford Airport
Paving of car parking and
ramp areas at the Medford
municipal airport started to
day by the Rogue River Pav
ing company, city officials re
ported. The three projects, costing
$4,050, will include paving a
section southeast of the termi
nal building which will ac
commodate 65 vehicles and
one northwest of the building
which will allow room for 28
cars. The third project will
include paving an 81 by 114
foot ramp in front of the Rog
ue Flying Service.
OPPOSITION
TO 'PROPOSED
CHARGE TOLD
A ' two-pronged offensive
was suggested here last night
to combat a proposal to
spread a portion of O and C
timber receipts over the
state's school districts.
Oregon School Boards as
sociation, district 13, should
have representatives attend
ing the state association meet
ing in Eugene Nov. 5, 6 and
7, and Mrs. Evelyn Nye, chair
man of the association which
includes both Jackson and
Josephine counties, urged
here last night. A two-county
representative should also be
long to the state association's
legislative committee, she ad
ded. The suggestions came near
the end of a meeting in Hed
rick Junior High school. The
meeting was attended by rep
resentatives of a majority of
the school boards In the coun
ty. Basic Support
An explanation of the basic
school support formula, what
loss of a portion of O and C
would mean to this county,
and arguments of those coun
ties favoring equal ' distribu
tion were given by Elmer
Fleming, superintendent of
Josephine county schools.
Jackson county would lose
$167,000 a year if the new
proposal is made into law,
he said. At the present time,
the .18 Oregon, counties re
ceiving O and. C funds use
them, for general county pur
poses. Some turn portions
over for use of the county
schools.
Fleming pointed out that if
Multnomah and eastern Ore
gon counties can obtain the
support of the state school
boards association and Ore
gon Education association, the
recommendation may be act
ed on by the state legislature
and the counties would lose
25 per cent of their O and C
funds to basic school support
funds. This would mean levy
ing of taxes in some O and C
fund counties, including Jack
son, which do not have to
now. 'I
Received by County
Mrs. Nye pointed out that
Jackson county had received
more than $9 million in O
and C funds during the past
seven years.
' During an organizational
meeting of 40 educators and
interested persons in Rose
burg Oct. 8, it was explained
the 18 Oregon counties that
receive O and C monies are
opposed tb proposed legisla
tion approved by the state
legislative education- interim
committee.
One of the committee's sug
gestions is 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 explain
ed then.
Loss of O and C funds
would mean that the wealth
ier school districts would
have to dig deeper and the
poorer districts would suffer,
it was explained last night.
Should Organize
Douglas, Lane, Jackson and
Josephine and Coos counties
would be. hard hit if the prop
osition goes through, and the
counties should organize to
prevent it, Leonard Mayfield,
superintendent of Medford
schools, pointed out.
.The O and C funds are not
WEATHER
FORECAST: Mostly cloudy with
occasional rain tonight. Partly
cloudy with a lew showers
mosUy over mountains Thurs
day. Low tonight 36. High Fri
day 58.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday .
Lowest this Morning 36
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 5:19 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 6:33 a.m.
Moonset tomorrow 2:49 a.m.
Full Moon( Hunter's
Moon) Oct. 27
PROMINENT STARS
Capella, low in north
east 8:11 P-m.
Betelgeuse, low in
east 10:31. P-m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Saturn, low in south
west 6:45 p.m.
Mars, high in south
. east 12:39 a.m.
Price 10 Cents
No. 182
paid to school districts so
should not be considered
school funds, Fleming said.
The; state has little connec
tion with them. The money is
a federal fund paid from the
sale of timber on forest lands'
administered by the bureau
of land management. The
lands were originally donat
ed to the railroads 'by the
federal government. The state
merely picked the railroads
to receive the land, so actu
ally has no jurisdiction over
the funds, and how they are
apportioned.
It would make as much
sense to spread out the funds
received by eastern Oregon
counties from the Taylor
grazing act or the property
taxes on eastern - Oregon
wheat lands, Flpming said.
Such wheat lands receive fed
eral supports paid for from
the taxes of everyone.
Basic argument for receipt
of the O and C funds is that
the basic school support for
mula is impossible for the av
erage person to figure. Equal
distribution of 25 per cent of
O and C funds throughout the
state would eliminate the
need for such a formula. This
formula can be easily under
stood using .eighth grade ar
ithmetic, Fleming illustrated.
(Continued on Page 13) . .
Lowry-Ms PUC
For Decision on
Railroad Case
State Sen. Philip B. Lowry,
Medford, has asked Public
Utilities Commissioner How
ard Morgan to advise him
when, a decision on the pend
ing case of three senators vs.
Southern Pacific railroad can.
be expected.- s
Senator Lowry, former sen.
Paul Geddes of Roseburg and
Gene L. Brown, former sena
tor from Grants Pass, filed a
formal complaint with the
public utilities commissioner
in July, 1955, asking the PUC
to prevent Southern Pacific
from discontinuing service on
its Eugene-Ashland run.
Trial Record
Senator Lowry pointed out
that "The trial record in this
case was closed on Sept. 20,
1956. Final argument was
made by the complakitants in
April, 1958, and proposed
findings submitted by them
some two months ago."
Lowry noted that prior to
the submission of findings,
Morgan "advised all parties
that you desired to -make a
prompt decision. You further
indicated more than two
months ago that you felt it
was your duty to make a
prompt decision and that you
were in a position to do so ir
respective of any further
moves by any of the parties in
this case." .
"We will therefore . appre
ciate your promptly advising
us as to when your decision
will be made, as numerous in
quiries have been made 'as to
what is delaying your deci
sion. In our opinion protract
ed delay will further injure
the public interest." " .
Survey of County
Salaries Completed
A survey of county env
ployees' salaries in Jackson
county was completed today
by Allan Kahn, staff analyst,
Oregon State Employees asso
ciation. Kahn said the results of the
survey of Jackson and other
counties in the state will be
compared with state salaries
and published in November. A
report will be given to the
state legislature for its con
sideration. Such recommenda
tions for salary changes for
state employees might be acted
upon by the state legislature
in January, and go into effect
in July and remain in effect
until the end of the biennium,'
Kahn explained.
GOING UP The crate in the picture above,
being ' hoisted to the top of the Medford
post office building by a big crane, contains
an electrical control panel for the new au-,
tomatic elevator which will be-installed in
the building within the next three months.
Three other heavy pieces of equipment were
sent up by the same means this morning.
The new elevator will eliminate the need :
Hatfield Calls on
Gov. Holmes To
Back Up 'Fantasy'
Salem (UPD Secretary of
State Mark Hatfield today
challenged Gov. . Robert D.
Holmes to back up with sup
porting facts, what he called
Holmes' "fiscal .fantasy"
claiming millions in savings.
"The governor's press re
lease of last week in which he
took a large part of the credit
for what he .said would be a
turn-back of $3 million tothe
general fund is largely inac
curate and misleading,!' Hatfield,-
Republican candidate
for governor, said. ' .
. Hatfield claimed that- de
partments over which the gov
ernor has budgetary . control
would turn back less than $1
million to the fund. '
In addition, the governor's
office has been "unable or un
willing" to substantiate even
this figure, Hatfield said.
"We must conclude that it
is purely a pre-election, polit
ical guess or an estimate," he
commented.
Accordling' to Hatfield, the
amount returned will be the
smallest in at least 10 years.
The Republican candidate
said that of the $3 million,
$764,000 was a "purely math
ematical error already admit
ted by the governor."
In addition, $1 million ap
parently is from the Emergency-Board,
not under the
control of the governor, and
$3C0,000 is from state institu
tions, Hatfield added. -
He also said the governor's
press release was misleading
in its statement that "reduced
state government expendi
tures" have brought about the
returns. "Actual expenditures
have increased materially,"
Hatfield charged. "Any return
will come from, greatly in
creased but unspent appropri
ations and not from reduced
expenditures." ': ;
U.S. Pressured To
Amend Resolution
United Nations, N. Yl-flJPD-Pressure
mounted on the Unit
ed States today to amend its
disarmament resolution in the
United Nations main political
committee.
The U. S. delegation referred
all suggestions to" the State De
partment for final decision.
Similar action was taken by
Britain and the other sponsors
of the 17-power resolution.
There was increasing be
lief among .diplomats and ob
servers ' that neither the
western resolution nor the
two others on the floor
could receive ' the command
ing vote to make it effective.
Best estimates were that
the western proposal, which
calls for early agreement on
"suspension" of nuclear
tests, would receive a bare
two-thirds majority.
TO SPEAK TONIGHT
Dr. Lynn Rodney of the
University of Oregon will
speak tonight at the meeting
of the park and recreation
commission in the city council
chambers. The meeting will
begin at 7:30 o'clock.
Portland -(UPD- Stratospheric
balloons for cosmic ray re
search may be launched by
General Mills, Inc., from Til
lamook starting next month.
for an operator, being operated by. the pas
sengers themselvs. The installation includes
a new elevator ' car, with automatic doors
and ' a generator and motor combination
that will make and use direct current for1
more accurate control. The equipment was
too bulky to take up in the elevator, so
the crane was employed.
Chiang Reassured
Q)f Convoy Support
, Taipeh, Formosa-(UPD -Secretary,
of State John Foster
Dulles reassured President
Chiang Kai-shek the U.S.
Navy, would resume it Que-
moy convoys if necessary, but
there were reports of dis
agreements ' in their four
meetings today.
American diplomatic quar
ters said Dulles will extend
his stay in Taipeh until at
least mid-day 1 Thursday in
hopes of ironing out any. mis-
Speedy Election of
New Pope Possible
Vatican City-(UPD-The new
pope may be elected in a mat
ter of minutes by "inspira
tion," Vatican quarters said
today.
Prospects for such an elec
tion at the secret conclave of
cardinals openinghere Satur
day were enhanced by the ap
parent, absence of any "obvi
ous" successor to : the late
Pope Pius XII. :
' Election by inspiration has
not occurred for centuries,
but the regulations governing
the conclave make specific
provision for such a proce
dure. .
The choice by "inspiration"
could take place if one of the
cardinals in the conclave sud
denly arose and announced,
"I propose. Cardinal as
supreme pontiff."
, If all the other cardinals
present unanimously an
nounced in Latin "eligo" (I
elect), the person named
would be the new pope.
2 Atomic Devices
Exploded in Nevada
'Atomic Test Site, Nev.-flJPD
Two full-scale atomic de
vices were exploded within
hours today at the Atomic En
ergy Commission's Neyada
Test Site.
American scientists, speed
ing up their experiments aft
er weather and technical de
lays, triggered shot Wrangell
above Frenchman Flat at 8:50
a.m. (p.s.t.), following a deto
nation called Socorro in a
scheduled triple,-feature of
weapons development tests on
a single day. The third shot
was - scheduled for 3 p.m.
(p.s.t.).
Down Payments Cut
On Home Financing
Washington -(UPD- A govern
ment - authorized reduction of
down payments on medium
priced homes financed through
federally - chartered savings
and loan associations was seen
today as helping counteract
any tightening of credit.
The Home Loan Bank
Board announced Tuesday
night that the associations may
write mortgage loans up to 90
per cent of a house's appraised
value. The limit had been 80
per cent, i
Thus) a buyer who is financ
ing a $15,000 house will be
able to borrow up to $13,500
instead of $12,000. The down
payment may be, therefore,
as little as $1,500 instead of
3,000.
understanding with Chiang.
The ' talks originally were
scheduled to end today.
An . American spokesman
said following the third Dul
les-Chiang meeting that there
were no major agreements
other than the convoy matter.-
Assistant Secretary of State
Walter S. Robertson denied
rumors that a "rift" had de
veloped between Chiang and
Dulles and said "their; talks
have been completely friend
ly" ' '
The mature Mf the reported
disagreements was not , disr
closed but American quarters
attempted to minimize their
importance. ; -,:
Agree on Principles
"I think you might say
there has been some differ
ences on methods of working
out a common front in the
face of Communist . China's
renewed attacks on Quemoy
but there is no disagreement
on general principles," one
American source said.
While Dulles was en route
here - from Washington the
Chinese - Communists shat
tered the Formosa strait cease
fire with renewed shelling of
Quemoy, blaming the United
States. - .
Medford Man Tries
To Help 'Make City
Beautiful' With Oil
One Medford man may
have thought he was help
ing "Make Medford Beauti
ful" Saturday when he be
gan dumping heavy crank
case oil in an alley behind
his residence. '
But a neighbor thought
otherwise and called city
police.
The man reportedly told
' the investigating officer he
' thought the oil would soak
into the ground "and do the
alley good." ,
The officer, it is reported,
told , him no, the oil would
not soak into the ground.
He then said lie .would
"clean it up immediately'
according- to -the record.
One way or the other, it
would seem, he was going to
do his bit.
Twenty, Medford Lawyers
Named to Committees
Twenty Medford attorneys
have been assigned to commit
tees of the Oregon State Bar,
George L. Hibbard, Oregon
City, newly elected president,
has announced.
A total of 46 standing com
mittees carry on the work of
the Bar with the largest group
in the trial committee,' which
has 94 members. - '
Local attorneys named in
clude George M. Roberts,
committee on bar building;
John R. Dellenback, board of
bar examiners; Kenneth G.
Denman and Frank P. Farrell,
trial committee; Carl M.
Brophy, committee on contin
uing legal education and tax
ation; Robert B. Duncan, com
mittee on appellate procedure
revision.
Otto J. Frohnmayer was
named to the committee on
corporation law, committee on
economics of law practice, and
Collision Occurs
High Over Anzio;
31 Declared Dead
Wing Sheared Off;
Craft Plummets
Anzio, Italy -(UPD- A Brit
ish European Airways turbo
prop Viscount airliner bound
from London to Naples col
lided in clear sunny weather
with an Italian air force jet
fighter high over Anzio to
day. BEA said all 31 persons
aboard the airliner were kill
ed.
A BEA spokesman in Rome
said the plane carried 26 pas
sengers and five crewmen.
The plane, he added, was de
stroyed. A wing was sheared
off in the air and the plane
plummeted to earth from 23,-
000 feet.
Jet Pilot Escapes
The pilot of the Italian air
force F84 jet parachuted safe
ly into the Mediterranean
and was picked up by a mo
torboat. Unconfirmed reports said
an elderly Italian civilian on
the ground was killed by fall
ing wreckage.
BEA announced in London
that the airliner pilot was
Capt. Frank Foster, a well
known glider pilot who has
flown with BEA since it was
started 11 years ago.
The jet fighter sheared off
the left wing of the four-en-
gined, turboprop Viscount.
BEA did not release a pas
senger list immediately, but
an airline official in Lon
don said "a number of jour
nalists were aboard." ,
Model Said Aboard -
The London Daily Sketch
said three of its reporters and
a model, Jane Buckingham,
22, were among the passeng
ers. The airliner, on a regularly
scheduled flight from London
to Malta by way of Naples,
struck land near the coast,...
close to the twin cities of An
zio, and Nettuno. The impact
smashed it into wreckage that
scattered over a 500- yard,
area. - -
; The Viscount crashed just
12 minutes before it was to
have reached Naples Capodi
chino Airport to dfscharge 13
passengers and pick up seven
others before continuing on
to Malta.
Permit issued for
Office Building
A building permit for
$42,341.91 was issued by the
Medford city building depart
ment Tuesday to the Wilson
and McCabe Refrigeration
company, for construction of
an office building at the cor
ner of Grape and Fourth sts.
The - building, to contain
5,200 square- feet of space,
will be leased to the Jackson
County Public Welfare de
partment and the state tax
commission, it was reported.
Additional suite of offices will
be assigned at a later date.
The property is owned by
the' refrigeration company,
301 North Fir St., who are
also having the building con
structed. .
Architect is Robert J. Kee
ney, who has reported that
the building will be the first
unit in a planned larger struc
ture. Truman Accused of .
Rewriting History
Chicago (UPD The White
House said today that former
President Truman was at
tempting "political rewriting
of history" by accusing Presi
dent Eisenhower of "surren
dering to the Communists" in
Korea in 1952. '
the trial committee; Thomas
J. Reeder, district attorneys;
Robert R. Dickey, chairman
of the committee on work
men's compensation; B.- Kent
Blackhurst, committee on eco
nomics of law practice; Ed
ward Branchfield, federal
practice and procedure, law
yer placement, legislation and
trial committees.
Frank J. Van Dyke, com
mittee on judicial adminis
tration, legislation and trial;
James V. Goodwin and H.
Dewey Wilson, juvenile law;
Manville H. HeiseL legal as
sistance to servicemen; G. W.
Kellington, grievance com
mittee; William E. Duhaime,
committee on legal ethics;
George M. Roberts, commit
tee on necrology; Lawrence L.
Clark, probate law and pro
cedure; and Stam B. Harbi
son, committee' on unauthor
ized practice. . a .