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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
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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
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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.
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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."