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test Eight 0 si Odd HID Wlrg list iighftlh iciDDofi . Wis Hlc" IMw Pop " Cardinals Seen Deeply Divided On Church's Need Political Head Vs. Spiritual Head Vatican City - (UPD - The Sacred College of Cardinals failed for the second straight day today to elect a new pope as successor to the late Pope Pius XII. Black smoke emerging from the special chimney atop the Sistine Chapel signalled that the cardinals had failed to agree on a new pontiff after eight ballots in two days. The cardinals started their deliberations in secret con clave Sunday morning. But after four ballots Sunday and four more today, they were unable to agree on a new spiritual head for the world's half billion Roman Catholics. The fact that the vote had gone to eight ballots appeared to indicate that the cardinals were deeply divided on the church's immediate needs. All in Strict Secrecy This division seemed to be over whether to choose a po litical or a pastoral pope, al though no one could be certain since all the proceedings in side the Sistine Chapel are held secret under threat of ex communication. A political pope would be a man who would have a great impact on world affairs. A pastoral pope would be one who would tend to concen trate on internal church af fairs. The long reign of the hte Pius XII is known to have caused some members of the Sacred College of Cardinals to feel that the church needed someone' to tend more to its spiritual affairs. This factor, too, indicated a division about the length of a new pontificate. Some were reported to feel that an elder ly cardinal would make a more acceptable "interim" pope, so that pressing affairs such as bringing the College of Cardinals back up to its strength of 70 could be handled with dispatch. This would leave the way clear for other, more enduring changes to be taken care of by a suc cessor, who presumably could be chosen within a relatively few years. Portland -(UPD The main line of the Union Pacific rail road was blocked about 19 miles southeast of Baker for several hours Sunday after seven empty boxcars jumped the rails, UP officials report ed. No one was injured. Make Medford Beautiful I : """S L ,o'-j5g"niiii 111 111 inwiini 1 I mwiJ SAGGING SIGNS-These service club signs, one at each end of town, appear to sag. They are clamped or tied near the bottom to keep them from blowing in the wind. But a clamp holding them further from the post so they would appear vertical would certainly be an improvement. A new coat of paint wouldn't do any harm, either. These pictures are part of the Mail Tribune's "Make Medford Beautiful" inventory. Bedford Stores MM Be L&?&a b J 1 ENTERING SACRED CONCLAVE at Vatican to elect new Pope, Cardinals were re ported seriously considering three men. From left: Angelo Giuseppe Cardinal Ron calli, Bennedetto Cardinal Masella and Gregory Peter Cardinal Agagianian, a Russian. 53rd Year Medford 16 Pages MEDFORD, Mat ffieDd Denied Ad on labor Press Portland - (UPD - Refusal of the Oregon Labor Press to accept an advertisement from the Hatfield tfor Governor committee was disclosed here today by Lamar Tooze, Hat field's, statewide chairman. "I am appalled that an ad which was to have carried Mark Hatfield's laudable vot ing record in the Oregon Legislature, as rated by labor spokesmen them s e 1 v e in Youths Receive Auto Theft Charges Medford police arrested three youths this morning in connection with the theft of an automobile over the week end from Yreka, Calif. Jerry Earl Lesher, 18, of Grass Valley, Calif., and two 17-year-old boys, were report edly interrogated at Fifth st. and Central ave. at 7:25 a.m. They were then taken to the police station. The auto was recovered by state police in Gold Hill where it had reportedly run out of gas. According to the record, it had been taken from a used car lot at Yreka Saturday afternoon or Sun day morning. A representative of the lot owners, Erickson and James, Inc., was in town today to pick up the vehicle. OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1958 No. 186- 1955,. has been refused by the Oregon Labor Press," Tooze' said. , Typographical Censorship "While the past two issues of the publication have carried blistering editorials attack ing Mark Hatfield, his com mittee is denied the oppor tunity even through paid ad vertisement to make response. Thus the subscriber tp the Labo? Press is 'subjected to a typographical censorship which cuts off a free and open exchange of points of view and permits only one side of a debate to be given," he added. James W. Goodsell, editor of the Oregon Labor Press, said there was nothing un usual in the Hatfield incident. He stated: "For the past 10 years or more, it has been the policy of the Oregon Labor Press to accept political ad vertisements only from candi dates who are recommended by the Oregon AFL-CIO, and the Multnomah county Labor Council, or from both candi dates in cases where no recom mendation has been made. The Labor Press is a small newspaper, and if it were not for this policy, it would be easy for candidates unfriend ly to labor to blanket the entire paper with paid ad vertisements." Transatlantic Jet Trips Inaugurated . Paris (UPD Pan American World Airways pioneered daily transatlantic jetliner service today with a big Boe ing 707 carrying 111 nassene- ers, among them actress Greer Uarson. The inaugural flight landed here at 10:01 a.m., 8 hours and 41 minutes after leaving New York - and an hour and 41 minutes behind schedule be cause head winds made it necessary to stop over at Gan der, Nfld., en route. Plans to fly the jetliner on to Rome were cancelled when Ialy, in a move to protect its nationalized Alitalia Airline, demanded that Pan American charge extra fares for jet flights. The airline rejected the de mand, and set prices for the first jet flight at the same level as its fares for propeller driven planes - $505 for a deluxe first class ticket and $272 for economy third class. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New Y o r k - d'PD - Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 535.00, off 4.52; 20 raliroads 146.20. off 1.56; 15 utilities 82.35, up 0.07, and 65 stocks 185.58. off 1.33. Sales today were about 3.980,000 shares com pared with 3.770,000 shares Friday. Price 10 Cents Tribune Zoning Violation Charge Heads For Municipal Court The controversy over an al leged violation of Medford's zoning ordinance by Watkins Construction company, build ers of an apartment structure at 825 East Ninth st., appear ed headed for Municipal court today. City Manager Robert A. Duff said the city is "going ahead" with court action. He said he had discussed the mat ter with Mayor John W. Sni der. ; City Attorney E. Roy Ba shaw said he was preparing charges. He did not indicate their specific nature, nor did he state any definite date for presenting them. . The controversy, which came to light last month, con cerns alleged violation of the law requiring certain setback distances for buildings from side lot lines. Formal Notice Issued Oliver R. McNeel, city building department head, is sued a formal notice Sept. 22 requiring correction of the violation and cessation of work until the builder indi cated compliance. James Boyce, representa tive for Watkins, replied that since the city building depart ment had issued a building permit based on plans which included the alleged viola tion, he thought his firm was 100 per cent in the clear." (Continued on Page 11) Supreme Court To Debate Security Washington -(UPD -The Su preme Court agreed today to decide if the government has the right to require some three million civilians work ing in defense plants to be cleared as security risks. The court announced it will. review a case in which the Defense Department's with drawal of security clearance led to the dismissal of an $18, 000 a year vice president of. a Maryland engineering re search firm. The case involving William L. Greene will be the first constitutional challenge of the broad government industrial security program to be con sidered by the high tribunal. WEATHER FORECAST Variable cloudi ness tonight and Tuesday. Patchy valley foj and smoke Tuesday morning. Low tonight 37. High Tuesday 68. TEMP. Highest Yesterday 70 Lowest This Morning 39 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today .... 5:12 p.m. 6:39 .m. Sunrise tomorrow Moonrise today ... 5:27 p.m. Full Moon today 7:41 a.m. PROMINENT STARS Aldebaran, in the east 9:32 p.m. Rigel, rises 9:59 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Mars, weU above Aldebaran. i Saturn, low in southwest S:28 pjn. Rescers Fight Through Smoke in Search of Others 166 Other Miners Flee To Safety Bishop, Va. (UPD- Rescue workers today recovered the bodies of all 22 men who were trapped in a coal mine. Bishop, Va. (UPD -The acci dent-plagued Pocahontas Fuel Company mine was rocked by an explosion today that killed at least eight men, Fourteen others were missing. Rescuers fought their way through a smoke and gas- filled tunnel and found eight bodies. The blast occurred two miles from the entrance of the mine which was hit by an explosion a year ago last February, killing 37. Safely Equipment Carried Rescue teams reported a heavy accumulation of smoke and gas in the mine tunnel, They wore gas masks and car ried other safety equipment. The missing men were be lieved trapped or dead far inside the mine. A company spokesman said 166 other miners fled to safe ty. Two rescue squadrons of 15 men each began ' working their way toward the trapped men. The rescue squads were equipped with portable tele phone equipment and were expected to begin- reporting to the mme office during the afternoon. Fate Not Known Roland C. Luther, company vice president at the scene, said he did not know whether the 22 missing men were dead or. alive. The survivors fled by foot and by f latcar from the miles of tunnels that run beneath the , West Virginia-Virginia line in this mountainous area of southwest Virginia. The blast occurred in the same mine where 37 men died in an explosion Feb. 4, 1957. Luther said 14 miners about 1,500" feet from the blast area telephoned imme diately after the explosion and said they were barricad ing themselves. But when it was found that the ventila tion system was not affected in their area, they ran to safety. Ran To Safety One man in the mine who said he was 2,400 feet from the blast said, "I was knocked down." He managed to get up and run to safety, he said. Luther said the explosion caused little visible damage to the mine,-but he did not know if any part of the mine had caved in. Election Measures To Get Discussion Voters will be given an op portunity tonight at two dif ferent meetings to hear and take part in discussion on the measures to be on the Nov ember general election bal lot. " . Members of an evening study group of Medford League of Women Voters will meet at 8 p.m. at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Rut ter, 1033 Queen Anne ave. Mrs. Rutter, who will lead the discussion, states that any interested woman is invited to attend. The public is invited to at tend a meeting at First Con gregational church at 7:30 p.m. where a panel of speak ers will, explain the various measures. Creating added in terest at this meeting, spon sored by the Social Action committee of the church, will be a debate between Walter Nunley, Medford attorney, and State Rep. Robert Duncan on the capital punishment measure. Duncan was one of the sponsors of the measure when it was introduced into the last legislature. Speaking on other measures at the church will be Mrs. Maxine Smith, Wilbur Fish, Dr. A. Erin Merkel, Manville Heisel, Mrs. Ben Day, Henry Padgham, Dale Farnhuam and Ted McLean. Emmett Bullard will be moderator. Russia Rejects Offer Of Test Suspension 'United Nations, N. Y. -(UPD-Russia today categorically re jected the offer of the United States and Britain to suspend nuclear weapons tests for one year from next Friday. pemi ' vi o ' L. L. (DOC) SIMPSON Well-Known Forester Dies L. L. Simpson Dies in Hospital Following Illness Lewis L. (Doc) Simpson, secretary-manager and fores ter for the Southern Oregon Conservation and Tree Farm association, died in a local hospital just before midnight Saturday. He had suffered two heart attacks in recent months, and had been hospitalized for sev eral days before his death. Formerly a forester for the US. forest service, Simpson helped organize the SOCTFA about 11 years ago, and serv ed as its executive until his death. He was largely respon sible for tree farming and conservation efforts in pri vate forestry in this area of the state, and had an organ izing hand in the formation of the nationally-known radio networks operated by SOCFTA in Jackson and Jose phine counties, as well as the cooperative fire fighting or ganization of SOCFTA's mem ber firms. Recently he was reelected chairman of the advisory board to the Medford district of the bureau of 'land man agement. He has been chair man of the board since it was organized a number of years ago. Survivors include his wid ow,' Martha, and four chil dren, Ferris, a sophomore at Southern Oregon college, and Martha, 15, Susan, 12, and Sally, 6, all at home. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Conger-Morris funeral home. . Nationalists Not To Abandon Hope Taipeh (UPD Ambassador to Washington George Yeh said today last week's U.S. Chinese communique does not mean that the Nationalists have abandoned' all hope of reconquering their Communist-held homeland. Yeh, talking to newsmen at Taipeh Airport before taking off for the U.S. capital, em phasized that the communi que said only that the Na tionalists have renounced force as the "primary means" of regaining their homes. It is absolutely wrong to say that we renounced the use of force in liberating our fellow-countrymen on the manland," Yeh said. Hillsboro (UPD - John Huff, 64, Astoria, died in a local hospital today from injuries suffered in a three-car acci dent Sunday. State Sen. Philip Lowry Voting Record and Claims Said Contradictory State Sen. Philip Lowry told told a - meeting of - Jackson county Republican campaign workers here Friday evening that either the incumbent con gressman from the 4th dis trict, Democrat Charles O. Porter, was "deliberately at tempting to deceive the vot ers, or pitifully ignorant pf his own record." Lowry declared that it was "important that we weed out of government people like the incumbent congressman." Gives Examples Lowry based his remarks on what he said were "differ ences between Porter's actual voting record and position on important issues and what he now claims them to have been." He gave as examples Porter's stand on farm legis lation, unilaterial;nuclear test suspension, and the number of bills which he has intro IUirtir9 .'Clock TbougDyt Mass Arrests in Romania Told by Western Tourists Revolution Fears ' By Officials Told Vienna -(UPD-Western tour ists today reported an "ex tremely tense" siuation in Romania and said mass ar rests had been made there bv Communist officials who fear a Hungary-style revolution. Prisons were reported packed. A number of law breakers sentenced for minor offenses were said to have been turned loose to make room for others jailed to pre vent their actively working on a revolt. According to the tourists' reports, mass arrests have been followed by quick sen tences without J;he formality of trials. Wealthy Watched Families who formerly be longed to the more wealthy classes of Romanian society are watched especially close ly by the Communist militia, these sources said. Practically nobody in Ro mania ever has a Sunday free, the tourists said. They explained that people are obliged to work as "volun teers" on state projects dur ing their free hours and on Sunday. This has added fuel to the smouldering fire of ha tred against the country's Communist bosses. The tourists said that only increased terror has been able to postpone the blaze. Churches are nearly empty. Sunday services usually are attended only by old people no longer able to work as "volunteers." Opposition to the Communists has mush roomed among Romania's peasantry, the tourists said. Sen. Morse Plans Medford Visit Wayne L. Morse (D-Ore.), Oregon's senior U.S. senator, will be in Medford briefly this Friday, it was announced today. He will speak at 12:30 p.m, at the Esquire- theater build ing, Democratic party head quarters, to a public gather ing. His topic will be the im portance of voting in the general election next week. : Senator Morse will be here on a quick, pre-election swing through the state, arriving from Klamath Falls, and go ing on into Josephine and Douglas counties later in the day. The public is invited, ac cording to Jim Redden, chair man of the Democratic party. He said there would be no charge, and that coffee will be served. He suggested that those attending make arrange ments to eat lunch between noon and 12:30, and, then drop in to hear the senator. State Penitentiary ' Escape Try Foiled Salem' -(UPD- A life - term prisoner attempted to escape from the state penitentiary to day but was overcome by pris on authorities after holding a knife in a guard's ribs. The escape attempt was made by Ernest L. Gibson, 32, who is serving a life sen tence from Linn county for the assault and robbery of the Linn county treasurer 2M years ago. duced and passed in congress Lowry, who is not seeking reelection, referred to a state ment in the Medford Mail Tribune on Oct. 2 which said that "Porter voted against the so-called ' omnibus farm bill on the floor of congress." Lowry said that after this statement appeared, he se cured a copy of the congress man's voting record which "reveals that at no time did he vote against this bill, but in fact has supported every high parity bill in congress." Error Admitted Lowry said that he "laid the facts before the editor" and as a result, the following issue of the paper, carried a letter by Porter admitting that this statement was in error, but stating, that, "My position has always- been against price, supports for so called basic crops." The state 'That's The Return EDeadBine Drrigafion Filing of nominating peti tions for directors for the five irrigation districts in Jackson county appeared today to hinge on the question of dead line. A letter was sent Friday to Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton by Phil Lowry, attorney for Medford Irriga tion district requesting an opinion on whether the dead line for filing was on Satur day, noon, Oct. 25, or noon today. The law states all pet itions must be filed with -the respective irrigation distircts 15 days before the election of directors which this year is Nov. 11. This would put the deadline on Sunday, Oct. 26. Some irrigation districts had set the deadline . tentatively for Saturday and others Mon day. .J "At least one candidate had filed a petition by Saturday in all irrigation districts ex cept Gold Hill. Gold Hill ir rigation district has interpret ed the law as setting the dead line for today. A petition ' is out in this district for the in cumbent, C. Norman Gail. Filings Listed Other irrigation districts and candidates who have fil ed are: Talent, David Holmes, incumbent; Medford, J. G. Cameron, incumbent; Rogue River Valley, Gordon Ker shaw, incumbent; and Eagle Point, C. J. Greb, incumbent. An Eagle Point irrigation district spokesman said a number of other petitions are out. The question, here, too, is what the filing deadline is. This particular irrigation dis trict election is expected to be hotely contested. One of the candidates reportedly to be seeking election as a direc tor is Mrs. Ann Todd. It was Mrs. Todd who charged the present directors during the district's regular meeting on Sept. 2 with corrupt practic es, conflict' of interests, fav oritism, holding unannounced meetings and failing to act in the best interests of the pub lic. Her charges and the re sulting investigation has brought the arrest of Ted R. Flury, secretary-manager of the district on charges of ac ceptance of consideration by public officials for services Urges Porter senator said that he felt Porter "owes the managing editor of the paper an apology for de ceiving him," and said fur ther that on Oct. 8 the Eugene Register-Guard also carried a statement by Porter saying that he voted against the omnibus farm bill. '"It is hard to see how both papers could have misunderstood him, un less he meant to be misunder stood," Lowry declared. Reads Congressional Record Lowry also charged that Porter had claimed that he opposed unilaterial suspension of nuclear tests on the part of the United States, then read a statement from the Congres sional Record of May 7 in which Porter said, "Please, Mr. President, or you my col leagues, "if you choose to en act my bill, stop the tests now and arrange immediately for international inspection under I've Been Afraid Of" Bothers OTices rendered for person dealing with a public body." i Each of the five irrigation districts has a board of three directors serving three year terms. One director is elected every year. A recent attorn ey general's opinion ruled that despite the fact that this year's elections fall on Nov. 11, Veterans Day, and a hol iday, the elections must still' be held on that day. Demurrer Filed In Pinball Case A demurrer was filed Fri day by Robert Dickey, Med-, ford attorney for the defend-, ants, in the district court case . which charges two valley men with possession and dis playing a game of chance. - The complaint, signed by the Central Point city police earlier this month, charges Ernest Lytle, 49 South Eighth st., Central Point, and Henry Aylmar Ditmanson, 221V&" North Holly st., Medford,' with displaying the machine in Valley Billiards hall, Cen tral Point. The demurrer filed in dis trict court asks that the com plaint be set aside as more than one crime is charged and that facts stated in the complaint do not constitute a crime.- District Attorney Thomas J. Reeder said that a hearing on the demurrer is expected to be held later this week. Congressman Porter Pays Last Visit Here Congressman Charles O. Porter will pay his last visit to Jackson county before the election when he attends a dinner at the Phoenix Grange hall at 7:30 o'clock tonight. Porter is scheduled to speak at the dinner to be held in his honor, Mrs. Mark Norton, Phoenix, said. La Grande - (UPD - Howard Addison. Jr.. 27. La Grande. was hospitalized today after his eun accidentally dis charged while he was ' hunt ing near Imbler Sunday. The bullet pierced a leg. Be Weeded; United Nations auspices." He said that this was not only a plea for unilaterial suspen sion but also showed the con gressman to be "either naive or duped by the Communists." On the matter of legisla tion introduced by Porter and passed in congress, Lowry de clared that the record showed "only one or two bills, of the 76 which he introduced, pass ed," but that Porter was now claiming credit for legislation which was not his. Critical of Stand Lowry, was also critical of Porter's stand for recognition of Red China and U.N. mem bership of Red China, and on "his use of the Rogue basin development problem for poli tical purposes." "If he persists in this," Lowry said, "he will probably succeed only in de laying action on this important project."
