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liSyssiicaOTis Scientists
Win Physics Award
Unprecedented
Second Nobel
Prize Presented
'Cherenkov Effect'
Prize To Be Shared
Stockholm-flJPD-Russia won
an unprecedented second No
bel Prize today when the
Swedish Academy of Sciences
presented the physics award
to the Soviet experts who
discovered and developed the
"Cherenkov effect," which
may have been put to practi
cal use in Russia's Sputniks.
The Russians who will
share the $41,250 prize are
Pavel A. Cherenkov, Igor E.
Tamm and Hya M. Frank.
Paved Way for Discovery
The academy said that work
done by the three Russians
paved the way for the Univer
sity of California's recent dis
covery of the anti-proton and
facilitated Stanford Univer
sity studies of nuclear struc
ture by electronic diffraction.
It is also the basis for new
methods of studying cosmic
rays. - , -
The chemistry prize is ex
pected to go to British Prof.
Frederick Sanger, whose
analysis of the structure of
insulin contributed to man's
understanding of the processes
of life.
Storm Unexpected
Russia has never before
won two Nobel prizes in a
single year. The physics award
is not expected to arouse any
such storm as last week's
award of the literature prize to
Soviet writer Boris Pasternak.
The chain of physical dis
coveries which brought the
three Russians into Nobel
Prize consideration began in
1943, when Cherenkov no
ticed that a bottle of water
under radioactive bombard
ment gave of a weak blue
light.
Electrons Accelerated
He determined later that
the light was created when
radiation accelerated electrons
in the water, driving them up
to a velocity greater than the
. speed of light.
Tamm and Frank developed
Cherenkov's discovery. They
are believed to have used it
as the basis for a new type of
radiation counter that is now
whirling through space in
Sputnik III, Russia's biggest
artificial satellite.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
Neve- York IPU Dow
Jones final stock averages:
30 industrials 536.89. up
1.88; 20 railroads 147.89,
up 1.69; 15 utilities 82.38.
up 0.03. and 65 stocks 186.
44, up 0.86. Sales today
were about 3.670.000 shares
. compared with 3.980.000
Monday.
Make Medford Beautiful
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RELIC? This building, in a sorry state of repair, is situated
at one of Medford's prominent intersections. Motorists pass
ing through town, as well as local residents, can hardly miss
iirRemoving it would reduce tax assessments on the property,
end help "Make Medford Beautiful."
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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1958
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LITTLE HOOPER-It doesn't take much of a wiggle to keep
a hula hoop going if you know how, and Lorita Harris, 27-month-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Harris, who live
near Phoenix, has learned to supply the "boomps-a-daisy" in
just the right places. In fact she could be classed as an expert
now, since she has been at it for about four months and can
spin two hoops at a time with no trouble at all. Friends think
Loria could be the youngest hula hooper in this area.
Cochairman of Tree
Com in it tee Ha m ecL
By Mayor
John Adams, landscape arch
itect for Crater Lake Nation
al park, has been appointed
cochairman of Medford's tree
planting committee, according
to Mayor John Snider.
Mrs. Fred Lorish has been
chairman of the committee for
two years under the Medford
planning commission. Adams
began an active part in the
committee on Oct. 1, accord
ing to Mayor Snider.
Talent Woman Hurl
When Hit By Car
A 67-year-old Talent woman
was struck and injured this
morning by a vehicle driven
by an off-duty "rookie" patrol
man with the Medford police
department, police reported.
The patrolman, Floyd Ken
neth Lawson Jr., 25, of 1418
Reddy ave., was cited for fail
ure to yield the right of way
to a pedestrian, police said.
Myrtle Pearl Martin, route
1, box 405, Talent, was taken
to Sacred Heart hospital with
head injuries, and possibly a
concussion, police reported.
The accident occurred in
front of Medford city hall,
Fifth st. and Central ave.,
about 8:30 a.m., according to
police.
A physician at Sacred
Heart hospital said shortly
after noon that Mrs. Martin
was "doing all right" and that
there were "apparently no
serious injuries."
Snider
Adams came to southern
Oregon three years ago after
serving in San Francisco, and
in Yosemite and Joshua na
tional parks. He has planned
camp grounds, new roads'and
other facilities for Crater
Lake, Oregon Caves, Lava
Beds, and Lassen National
parks. He is a graduate of the
University of California
school of architecture.
Work On Master Plan
The tree planting commit
tee has been working toward
a master plan for the city, rec
ommending what trees Med
ford residents should plant in
various parts of the city. Mrs.
Minnie Barr, Medford, Coun
ty Horticultural Agent Clif
ford Cordy and Chet Correy
of Ashland have been assist
ing in the work of selecting
the right tree for the right
area.
Two other sub-units of the
committee are those of pro
motion and publicity and in
ventory. Paul Jorgenson and
Bob Johnson head the promo
tion committee and Mrs. W.
L. Tucker, John Gribble and
Mrs. O. A. Eden make up the
inventory group.
"The tree commitee has
planned a good portion of the
tree planting for Medford
streets," Mayor Snider said.
"Some streets have been
planted by homeowners and
others are awaiting trees
which have been ordered.
Anyone wishing more infor
mation about the committee's
work should write the tree
committee, box 1349, Medford.
Organization of the four
wards of the city into sub
planting committees is under
way.
Gasoline Hoses
Cut at Stations
Gasoline dispensing hoses
at four service stations in the
Medford area were cut last
night, according to state po
lice. State police said there is
a possibility the slashings are
involved with a local gasoline
price war since all four sta
tions are reported to be cut
ing gasoline prices to cus
tomers. Hoses to gas pumps were
cut at the Standard station
on South Pacific highway, at
Tom Thumb's market at Four
corners, and at a Shell Sta
tion at Four Corners.
Zachary Shell station at
439 North Central ave.,
Medford, reported four gas
oline hoses cut last night.
UDSUIIDDDS
Price 10 Cents
Tribune
No. 187
Oregon Lifer in
Isolation After
Escape Attempt
Prison Guard Held
At Point of Knife ,
Salem - (UPD- An Oregon
state penitentiary life-termer
was in an isolation cell to
day after failing in an at
tempt to escape by holding a
guard at knife-point.
The prisoner, Ernest L.
Gibson, 32, tried to make his
escape from the prison hos
pital Monday when the pen
itentiary was shrouded in fog.
Warden C. T. Gladden said
Gibson stuck a knife in the
ribs of officer E. E. May in
a hospital corridor and forced
him into the prison bake shop
on the floor below the hos
pital. May grabbed a rolling pin
and after a scuffle managed
to get out of the bake shop
and summon help.
Gibson was subdued easily
and taken to isolation.
Gladden said the convict,
sentenced to life plus 10 years
was one of his tougher charg
es and required close custody.
He had been in the prison
hospital three days complain
ing of stomach pains. .
Besides the crudely made
five-inch knife, a foot-long
hook, and -two-crude-alu
rnin -
urn keys to the bake shop
were found on Gibson.
Gladden said he apparent
ly intended to use bakeshop
sheets tied to the hook in an
attempt to scale the prison
walls in the fog. Gibson has
a criminal record dating back
to 1941.
He was serving his life sen
tence for assaulting and rob
bing the Linn county treasur
er of $8,001 more than two
years ago.
He had an accomplice Rob
ert L. Roberts, also escaped
from the Linn county jail
while awaiting a hearing on
an habitual criminal charge.
Gibson got to Bend where
he kidnaped a taxi driver
and was finally picked up in
North Bend in a stolen car.
The stolen car charge re
sulted in the extra 10-year
sentence.
No one has escaped over
the walls of OSP in the 5V&
years that Warden Gladden
has run the prison.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Continued fair and
smokey tonight and Wednes
day, with morning fog. Low to
night 33. High Wednesday 68
70. Temp.
Highest Yesterday 68
Lowest this Morning 36
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 5:11 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 6:41 a.m.
Moonrise today 6:02 p.m.
Last Quarter Nov. 4
PROMINENT STARS
Altair, high in south
west 7:25 p.m.
Vega, low in north
west .12:05 a.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Mars, follows the Moon
Saturn, sets 7:17 p.m.
Charles Porter Defends Record,
Congressman Charles O.
Porter last night jabbed at
his opponent and his support
ers, defended his own record
of accomplishment, and dis
cussed economics and foreign
affairs.
The Eugene Democratic con
gressman, here on his last
visit before the election,
spoke to some 65 members
and guests of the Democratic
Social club at the Phoenix
Grange at a dinner in his hon
or. Today he is going to Rose
burg and Coos Bay, and will
spend the rest of the week
in the northern part of . the
fourth district.
Goes Over Record
Porter went over, his rec
ord on foreign affairs, particu
larly on Latin America, and
reiterated his stand against
all types of dictatorship no
matter where found. He quot
ed a letter to him from R. R.
Rubottom Jr., assistant secre
tary of state for Inter-Ameri
'Don't Throw Bouquets At Me . . .
Land Use
Discussed
Officials Meeting
The development of land
use policies to regulate Med
ford's future growth was dis
cussed at last night's interim
meeting of the city planning
commission.
Three of the commission's
seven members, Paul Selby,
Allen Perry and Jack Edson,
were present.
Leading the discussion of
this and other topics was
Lloyd Anderson, planning
fcott&uitant
t iram-ihe bureauwof
municipal research and serv
ice at the University of Ore
gon. Also present,' besides City
Manager Robert A. Duff and
other administrative officials,
weer four city councilmen,
one from each ward. .
Topics Discussed
Other topics discussed were
a revised subdivision ordi
nance proposal, zoning areas
adjacent to freeway inter
changes, revision of the mul
tiple family zoning require
ments, and regulation of
wrecking yards.
Ned Langford, planning
technician currently conduct
ing a land use study of Med-
f o r d, received elementary
steps in development of land
use data and estimates of fu
ture growth and needs.
Anderson said that on the
basis of this study, city plan
ners and councilmen should
formulate policies they think
best for Medford's future and
incorporate these in a new
zoning ordinance.
Specifically under discus
sion last night was a study of
the Grandview-Kenwood area,
recently - annexed and still
largely undeveloped.
Control Traffic
"You can set policies on un
developed land," Anderson
said, "to control traffic flow
and potential land use."
Of particular interest in the
proposed subdivision . ordi
nance was the stipulation that
subdividers post cash, person
al bond or surety bond and be
required to carry out improve
ments. .
Asked if this might tend to
price lots out of the market or
can affairs', which said, in
part: .:' . . "
"... I was very glad that
you came by my office for
a talk prior to your trip to
Venezuela. Your statements
there with respect to the
world-wide communist threat
were clear and unequivocal,
and were widely applauded . . .
"The discussions which we
have had, 'and those which
you have also carried on with
some of my most experienced
colleagues in the bureau of
inter-American affairs, have
shown that there is very little
disagreement between us on
the principles to be followed
in the conduct of our relations
with Latin America . . ."
Comments on Opinions
Porter said such opinions
from high state department
officials brand as silly the
accusations made against him
that he is "for appeasement,"
or is "helping communism."
He reiterated his stand fa
Policies
at City
discriminate against small
subdividers, Duff . said, "1
don't think so," and that it
was "a matter of degree."
A public hearing on the pro
posal has been called for the
commission's Nov. 10 meeting.
Requests for zone changes
for property adjacent to pro
posed freeway interchange
sites both at Barnett rd. and at
Crater Lake highway prompt
ed consideration of what uses
to permit in these areas in the
Interests" of saf e'ty,?" avoid
ing traffic congestion and ap
pearance. Selby, recommended the
commission "hold fast" and
avoid rezoning action for the
time being.
$86,094 Received
In UMC Campaign
A total of $86,094.51, about
65 per cent of the goal, has
been turned over to the .Un
ited Medford Crusade. Goal
in the campaign, which start
ed in mid-September, is $131,
030. - Yesterday's report lunch
eon at the Medford Elks club
was the last general report
meeting. Other report meet
ings will be held for division
chairmen and cochairmen.
Dick Travis, general chair
man, reminded residents that
"Barber's Day" will be Thurs
day, Oct. 30, between 9 a.m.
and 1 p.m. Proceeds from
haircuts during those hours
will be turned over to the
UMC.
He also reported that the
Home Crusade activities got
under way yesterday . morn
ing with 377 women partici
pating in the door-to-door
drive.
The public employees div
ision, under . the direction . of
Elliott Becken, has been lead
ing division this year, while
the retail, under James Rag
land,' and commercial, under
Fred Robinson, have been the
low divisions, Travis noted.
voring trade with Red China,
and cited a recent State
Grange resolution which fa
vored it. He also said that
many Pacific Coast business
men feel that resumed trade
with China would be of great
benefit to Oregon.
Porter discussed more than
half-a-dozen economic issues
of importance to the Fourth
District, and described his ef
forts to obtain improvement
and relief for this area, par
ticularly increased supplies of
mortgage money to assist the
lumber industry, which he
said is still in difficulty. He
cited state unemployment
compensation commission fig
ures to show that this area
has .not had the degree of
economic " recovery enjoyed
by the rest of the nation in
recent months.
Gold Beach Road
He announced that the road
from Selma to Agness to Gold
Beach, for which he has been
Maneuver Seen
Saying of Face
As Blockade Fails
Secretary Sees
Communism Collapse
Washington flJPD Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles
said today the Chinese Reds'
on-again off-again shelling of
Quemoy and Matsu was out
landish and uncivilized. He
declared it was designed for
promiscuous killing of civil
ians rather than any military
objective.
Tactics Unprecedented
Dulles told a news confer
ence that the Communist tac
tics were unprecedented in
history and apparently were
designed to save face after
the intensive Red bombard
ment of the offshore islands
failed to blockade them.
The secretary would not
predict whether the shelling
would increase' or decrease
But he said he did not think
it was likely that the Reds
would raise their military ef
forts to the point likely to
provoke general war.
Dulles said the Commun
ists' intention of shelling on
an every other day basis was
evidence of what he called
the upside down thinking and
talking which one has to ex
pect from the Reds.
Says Commuism Will End
On other subjects of inter
national interest, the secre
tary said:
The Russians may be try
ing to wiggle out of any real
efforts to negotiate a nuclear
test ban because they discov
ered at last summer's Geneva
scientific talks that the Unit
ed States was far ahead of
them in the field of nuclear
explosives.
-He believes that Commun
ism, both in Russia and China
is going to collapse within a
matter of decades because the
people are not going to allow
themselves to be squeezed for
ever to promote the ambitious
plans of international Com
munism for world conquest.
-Chiang Kai-shek's renunci
ation of the use of force to
regain the Red-held mainland
was a completely fresh for
mulation of the Nationalist
government's mission, putting
emphasis on winning through
peaceful processes instead of
force. He said this should be
highly significant in the long
range developments in the
Far East.
No Agreement Made
-There has been no agree
ment between Chiang and the
secretary for a specific reduc
tion in forces on the offshore
islands. There are and will
be military level studies con
ducted on how to best use
Chiang's military resources.
However, any studies beyond
that would be very difficult
to carry out while the Reds
are still waging active war
fare. He and Chiang did not
discuss the possibility of more
economic aid for the Nation
alist government.
Paul Geddes to Speal.
At Southern Oregon
Paul E. Geddes, Republican
candidate for congressman
from the fourth district, will
speak on the U.S. foreign pol
icy at Southern Oregon col
lege at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
Discusses
wjorking, may be constructed
before too long as a result of
a recommendation last week
that part of it be included
on the U.S. forest highway
network. The recommenda
tion was made by representa
tives of the state highway
commission, the forest service
and the bureau of public
roads.
As to charges regarding his
position on H-bomb testing,
which he wants halted if the
Russians do the same, he said
President Eisenhower now is
calling for the same thing,
two years after it was first
suggested by such figures as
Adlai Stevenson. Quoting
State Sen. Philip Lowry, as
reported in last night's Mail
Tribune on this question, he
said it is obvious Lowry
hasn't read his (Porter's) bill
on the subject, or he could
not have made the allegations
he did.
Porter also discussed his
PIUS SUCCESSOR
'NON-POLITICAL'
sjfc 1
ANGELO RONCALLI
Reigns as Pope John XXIII
Eagle Point May
Hold Election for
District Director
The board of directors of
the Eagle Point Irrigation
district last night decided to
hold an election Nov. 11 for
director if possible. ,
Petitions nominating three
candidates have been submit
ted in. the district, the only
one of five irrigation districts
in Jackson county in which
more than one petition was
submitted.
The board last night agreed
to hold an election if possible.
Holding it hinges on an opin
ion from the attorney- general
on the deadline for filing pe
titions. . Philip Lowry, attorney for
the Medford Irrigation dist
rict, has asked Attorney Gen
eral Robert Y. Thornton for
a'n opinion on whether the
deadline was noon last Satur
day or noon yesterday. Ore
gon law provides that, peti
tions be filed 15 days before
an election. Sunday was the
15th day before the election
date, and some districts placed
the deadline Saturday and
others yesterday.
The Eagle Point district ex
pressed a desire for an elec
tion in case the opinion leaves
the deadline date up to the
district or interprets the law
as setting the deadline as Mon
day. If an election is held, it
will be between 8 a.m. and 5
p.m. in the Reese Creek
church.
A petition nominating C. J.
Grebb, incumbent, was filed
previously. Petitions nominat
ing Mrs. Ann Todd and James
Dunn were brought in yester
day, irrigation district offi
cials said.
In other districts, directors
were declared elected since
petitions were filed nominat
ing only the incumbent in all
four cases. They are J. G.
Cameron, Medford Irrigation
district; Gordon Kershaw,
Rogue River Valley; David
Holmes, Talent; and S. Nor
man Gail, Gold Hill.
Mean fo Speak on
Radio Station KYJC
AFL-CIO President George
Meany will be heard over ra
dio station KYJC here Oct.
29 at 9:30 p.m., according to
Pauline La Plane, secretary
of the Jackson County Labor
council.
Meany's topic will be "La
bor's Stake in This Election."
The address will be released
nationwide by the Columbia
Broadcasting System.
Foreign
bill-introduction record, 76 in
his two-year-term, of which
two were enacted and the ob
jectives of many other obtain
ed either through similar
legislation or administrative
action, as well as those which
have not been enacted but
which are still "alive." This
record is better than many
congressmen's, he said, and
pointed out that Republican
Congressman Walter Norblad
of Oregon's first district has
had his name on two pieces
of successful legislation in the
past 14 years.
Political Purposes
Lowry accused Porter of
"using" the Rogue basin de
velopment program for politi
cal, purposes. Porter replied
by stating that his opponent
(Paul Geddes, Roseburg Re
ublican) has never made pub
lic a stand on this matter, that
he (Porter) had been working
on it for two years, and that
it was Lowry, not Porter, who
Vatican City -(UPD-The Sa
cred College of Cardinals to-y
day elected Angelo Giuseppe
Roncalli, 76, Italian patriarch
of Venice, as the 262nd Pope
of the Roman Catholic church.
He will reign as Pope John
XXIII.
Roncalli is ' considered
"non-political" Pope-in short,
one who will devote his main
effort to the spiritual affairs
of the church rather than to
international events.
A cardinal priest, he was
born Nov. 25, 1881, and was
created a cardinal by the late
Pope Pius XII, whom he suc
ceeds, on Jan. 12, 1953.
The son of a north Italian
sharecropper, the new Pope
served for 27 years as a suc
cessful Vatican diplomat, but
was known as always a
bishop at heart.
Three Days of Voting
The election of the Vene
tian patriarch came on the
third day of voting-apparent-ly
on the 11th ballot.
First news of his election
came to the world when a
thin white wisp of smoke curl
ed up at 5:07 p.m. (8:07 a.m.
PST) from the chimney above
the Sistine Chapel.
The smoke signal was short
and indistinct at first, leaving
the hushed crowd of 200,000
persons gathered in St. Peter's
Square in anguished anticipa
tion. The first official announce- '
ment that the world's half
billion Roman Catholics had
a new spiritual leader came
when the Vatican Radio said
in a Portuguese language
broadcast at 5:23 p.m.:
"The church has a new
pope."
As news of the papal elec
tion spread by radio and
word of mouth throughout
Rome, thousands began hur
rying by foot or car to the
Vatican. . .
A massive traffic jam block
ed bridges crossing the Tiber
and leading to St. Peter's.
The choice of Cardinal Ron
calli was an apparent com
promise, made ' to give the
church a leader after two days
of deadlock in the conclave.
An elderly man, his reign
could be short, but it should
give him time to bring the
College of Cardinals back to
its authorized strength of 70
members from its present low
of 53.
The explosive cheers of the
crowd, swollen to at least
250,000, greeted Pope John
XXIII when he stepped onto
the balcony of St. Peter's after
receiving the homage of the
assembled cardinals who
chose him.
The new Pope was ordained
a priest in the Rome Church
of Santa Maria in Monte San
to Aug. 10, 1904, and cele
brated his first mass in St.
Peter's Basilica.
From the balcony of that
same historic edifice he car
ried out his first public act
tonight after it was announc
ed by Nicola Cardinal Canali
that "we have a new pope"
in the traditional Latin words
"habemus papem."
Traditional Blessing
In a strong and ringing
voice, the new pontiff deliv
ered the traditional blessing
"urbi et orbi"- to the city
and to the world. .
There was a moment of
tense silence as he intoned the
papal blessing-which carries
a plenary indulgence for all
who hear it. Then the cheers
of the hundreds of thousands
of Romans and visitors ex
ploded again throughout the
vast square.
"dragged it into a partisan
political campaign."
On farm legislation, the
congressman scoffed at his op
position's efforts to make it
appear that he favors high
farm price supports as a per
manent governmental policy.
"The truth," Porter said,
"which he (Geddes) and Lowry
both know, is that I have
always opposed high price
supports. My opponent's ad in
Monday's paper tries to tie
the increase in bread prices
to a position I never took.
Furthermore, he should know
that bread price increases do
not relate at all to the price
of wheat, which constitutes
only about three cents per
loaf."
He added, "It's no wonder
Phil avoided speaking to me
at the Candidates Fair and
the chamber of commerce
luncheon last week. His at
tacks are ridiculous and he
knows it"