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EAGLE SCOUTS Douglas Kliever admires
the Eagle pin worn by Fred Lorish while
John Crawford looks on. All three received
the Eagle rank in a court of honor held at
Roosevelt school last night. Other awards
went to Kelly Somers, bronze palm; Stan
Dowson and Mike Gannon, life rank; Tom
Deakins, George Dames and Eric Schade,
Star rank, and Monte Kennedy, first class
rank. Merit badges were presented to Craw
Education Board
Talks Vocational
Center Problems
Salem UPD The State
Board of Education today
thrashed out some problems
that might arise from setting
up a system of educational
centers for vocational arid
technical education in Ore
gon. ' ,
The centers were recom
mended by Dr. W. R. Flesher
of Ohio State university fol
lowing a recent survey.
O. I. Paulson, state director
of vocational education, told
the board that Oregon voca
tional education people were
generally in favor of setting
up such centers.
Possible in Next Biennium
Board member May Darling
said that should the Legisla
ture approve the plan, there
was the possibility of getting
two-year educational centers
started in the Salem, Eugene,
Coos Bay, Pendleton and
Bend areas during the next
biennium.
Elesher divided the state in
to seven districts where
schools might be started, but
the Board agreed that boun
dary changes of the districts
probably would have to be
made.
Board members expressed
some concern over local re
action to setting up another
school board able to levy
taxes in addition to boards al
ready in the area.
Make Medford Beautiful
ILL-GROOMED This tangle of overgrowth might inspire
Vincent Van Gogh or lesser artists, but it is not likely to im
press visitors entering Medford too favorably. Fence-mending,
lawn-mowing and some snips of the pruning shears would
make a big difference. Making Medford Beautiful is going to
be primarily the sum of individual citizens each doing their
part.
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1958
ford, public health and nature; Dames citi
zenship in the home and masonry; . Bill
Dames masonry; Deakins, scholarship and
citizenship in the home; Dowson, home re
pairs and swimming; Gannon, stamp col
lecting; Mike Higgins, masonry; Kliever,
firemanship; Lorish, public health, fireman
ship, camping and home repairs and Schade,
basketry. ;-
Geddes Discusses
Views on Red China,
Natural Resources
Ashland-Paul Geddes, Rose
burg attorney and Republican
candidate for congressman
from the fourth district, dis
cussed his views on recogni
tion of Red China and Ore
gon's natural resources at a
"Meet Your Candidates" as
sembly here this morning.
The assembly was the sec
ond at Southern Oregon col
lege at which candidates seek
ing office in the Nov. 4 gen
eral election appeared.
Geddes reviewed his oppo
sition to admission of Red
China to the United Nations,
and reasons why he objects
to recognition of Red China
by the United States.
Technically at War
He said the United States is
technically at war with Red
China because of the coun
try's membership in the UN.
He apparently referred to the
UN truce with Red China,
noting . that no actual truce
treaty had been signed.
The Republican candidate
said Russia is using the Unit
ed Nations as a place for Com
munist propaganda, and if
Red China is( admitted to the
UN, the Chinese would use it
for the same' purpose.
Geddes felt that recogni
tion of Red China by the
United States would lead to
UN membership. He felt that
by any concepts of interna
tional law or democratic
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I standards, Red China-was not
eligible for recognition.
I "China wishes to liberate
from democracy the Philip-
pines, and a number of other
democratic Asian countries,
and does not intend to enable
them to remain autonomous,"
Geddes said. He deplored the
emotionalism with which
both parties view the problem
of recognition of Red China.
Natural Resources
The Roseburg attorney also
discussed the federal govern
ment's hold on Oregon's na
tural resources, and felt that
an unfair portion of income
from Oregon and other west
ern states is being funneled
into the federal government.
He cited the state's timber re
sources as an example.
Geddes recommended that
Oregon resources be devoted
to furthering the welfare of
the state in every way possi
ble. He said this was import
ant now because of the Ore
gon Centennial scheduled for
next year.
Also attending the assem
bly at Churchill hall were
Mrs. Evelyn Nye, Republican
candidate for state represent
ative from Jackson county;
Melvin La t tie. Republican
candidate for state represent
ative and Dr. Edwin Durno,
Republican candidate for state
senator.
Mclaughlin Pupils
Delivering Signs
McLoughlin Junior High
school student body members
today were to deliver "do not
disturb" signs to elderly resi
dents and homes in which
there is illness.
The annual Halloween pro
ject by the McLoughlin stu
dent body was started in 1946
as a public service.
Signs, which are orange
with blacky lettering, are
staked in front yards of those
who request them, school of
ficials said. They generally
are honored by children "trick
or treating" on Halloween
night, they noted.
Glenn Lynn, principal at
McLoughlin, said about 50
signs will be placed today.
Pendleton -&?D- Arvine Por
ter, 43-year-old wheat and
cattle rancher from Pilot
Rock, has been named presi
dent of the Northwest Rodeo
association.
Price 10 Cents
Tribune
No. 188
Miners Trapped
For Six Days
In Deep Shaft
May Be Others,
Official Declares
Springhill, Nova Scotia-(UPD
Twelve miners were reported
found alive today, nearly six
days after they were trapped
13,000 feet underground in
North America's deepest coal
mine along with 81 other
men.
"There may be more of
them alive," said an official of
the Cumberland Railway and
Coal Co. There still were 57
other miners unaccounted for
since an earthquake - like
"bump" shattered the mine
last Thursday night and trap
ped 174 men, mainly at three
different levels.
24 Bodies Recovered
Of the 174 men in the mine
at the time of the disaster, 81
were rescued. Another 24
bodies were recovered from
the mine. Workers have been
struggling night and day to
reach the rest of the men.
Mine officials, workers and
families of the trapped men
had long since given up hope
that any men remained alive.
Richwod, W. Va. -(DPD- Two
coal. ... mine . explosions .jn.u as
many' days in West , Virginia
left 35 men dead. " Thirteen
were killed in the blast that
ripped through the Burton
Mine of the Ogleby-Norton
Coal Co. near Craigsville
Tuesday morning.
Twenty-two were killed in
a similar explosion at the
Bishop mine of the Pocahon
tas Fuel Co. at the Virginia
border Monday morning.
Charles Ferguson, United
Mine Workers safety inspec
tor, said he believed this was
the first time mine disasters
had occurred on consecutive
days in the United States.
Democrats Schedule
Meeting Tonight
A pre-election meeting of
Democrats will be held at
party headquarters in the Es
quire theater at 8 o'clock to
night, according to Party
Chairman Jim Redden.
He said a "get out the vote"
campaign would be given a
last-mmute review, and that
all workers interested in par
ticipating would be welcome.
Sound trucks, a telephone
campaign, and mail reminders
are planned in an effort to
get out a big vote in next
Tuesday's general election.
Fireman Injured
En Route to Fire
Elmer Ernest . Tompkins,
30, of 130 Elk st., was injured
Tuesday afternoon while rid
ing the tailboard of a fire
truck at the intersection of
Pennsylvania ave. and Peach
st. en route to a fire at 713
Pennsylvania ave.
According to Medford city
police, Tompkins and Gor
don Ardell Shelton, 36, of
948 Alta st., both Medford
city firemen, were riding on
the rear of the main fire sta
tion truck operated by Theo
dore George Marisz, 36, of
1540 Ellendale ave., when
the .accident occurred.
Reports show that the
truck hit several dips in the
street causing Tompkins to
be thrown into the air and
fall on the hand rail of the
truck. He was taken to Sac
red Heart hospital by Med
ford Ambulance where he
was treated and released.
City firemen reported that
the fire, at the residence of
Donald J. Richey, started in
a trash box on the back porch.
Richey, who was driving past
his home at the time, noticed
smoke and turned in the
alarm.
The fire burned through
the porch floor and partition
into the kitchen. Reports
Show heat and smoke dam
age to the kitchen.
Boris Pasternak
Rejects Nobel
Literature Prize
Russian Scientists
To Accept Awards
Moscow -(DPD-Soviet author
Boris Pasternak today reject
ed the 1958 Nobel prize for
literature. He said in an in
terview that he changed his
mind voluntarily and without
consulting even his friends.
However, three Russian
scientists who have been
awarded the 1958 Nobel prize
for physics said today they
will go to Stockholm later
this year to accept their
awards. Two of the three-Dr.
Pavel Cherenkov and Igor
Eugenevic Tamm-made the
announcement at a Moscow
press conference. The third
man, Frof. llya Micnauovic
Frank, was not present. He is
vacationing on the Black Sea.
Pasternak said that he had
thought over the reaction to
the prize and decided finally
and on his own to renounce
it. The Soviet press has de
nounced him for having ac
cepted it in the first place, and
the Soviet Writers Union ex
pelled him from its ranks.
Pasternak's rejection was
the first since the days of
Adolf Hitler when the Ger
man fufarer forced three Ger
mans to reject the prize. Hit
ler became angered when the
Nobel peace prize was award
ed to anti-Nazi journalist Carl
von Ossietzky in 1935.
Meanwhile, at Stockholm,
three Americans at the uni
versities of Wisconsin, Stan
ford and Oxford were expect
ed to win the Nobel medicine
prize for their work in ge
netics. - .
They are Dr. George W.
Beadle, formerly of Stanford
and now at Oxford, Dr. Ed
ward L. Tatum of Stanford
and Joshua L. Lederberg of
Wisconsin university.
After the medicine prize is
announced only the prize for
peace will be left. Its winner
will be chosen by' the Nor-
weian '"oberwnninitteein
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BLM to Review
Timber Program
Suggestions toward improv
ing the Medford bureau of
land management district
1959 field operations program
will be received by BLM of
ficials at a meeting at I p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 6, in the Jack
son county courthouse audi
torium. Plans for development of
resources in the area will be
discussed by local BLM offi
cials. -
This is the second meeting
scheduled to- give interested
persons an opportunity to
make suggestions toward im
proving BLM field operations.
The first one was held earlier
this year. ' '
BLM State Supervisor Vir
gil Heath, and members of the
staff, as well as local person
nel, are expected to attend to
be available to answer ques
tions.. Representatives of the
forest service also are expect
ed to attend.
Included 1 on the agenda
will be a discussion of the sal
vage problem, according to of
ficials. The salvage problem
was added to the agenda at
the suggestion of small log
ging operators in southern
Oregon, who have expressed
the belief that salvage opera
tions could be handled on a
more effective and efficient
basis.
Nuclear Explosions
Detonated in Nevada
Atomic Test Site, Nev. -(UPD
-Nuclear blasts sent rumb
ling echoes across the desert
today as U. S. scientists
Dunched buttons in' a race to
fire five shots in one day and
beat a proposed test ban dead
line. Humboldt, the day's sec
ond shot, flared brightly as it
was detonated at 6:45 a.m.,
(PST). A few hours earlier,
Mazama had been triggered.
Portland -(UPD- Clinton S.
McGill has submitted his re
signation as executive direc
tor of. the Housing Authority
here to enter private business.
He was appointed to the
89,600 a year post three years
ago.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York - (UPD - Dow
Jones final stock averages:
30 industrials 542.72, up
5.84; 20 railroads 149.10, up
1.21; 15 utilities 82.92, up
0.54, and 65 stocks 188.22,
up 1.78. Sales today were
about 4,790.000 shares com
pared with 3.670,000 shares
Tuesday.
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DR. C. TODD JESSELL
Speaker ai Meeting
Radiologist to
Speak at Cancer
Society Meeting
Dr. C. Todd Jessell, Port
land radiologist, will be guest
speaker at the annual meet
ing of the Jackson county unit
of the American Cancer So
ciety at the Rogue Valley
Country club Friday, Octl 31.
Dr. Jessell is scheduled to
speak at 11:15 a.m. Friday on
the origin, history and future
course of the American Can
cer Society, and during the
presentation of awards to
volunteers, scheduled at 12:25
p.m.
A graduate of the Univer
sity of Wisconsin and Wiscon
sin medical school, Dr. Jessell
has been an active volunteer
executive board member of
the American Cancer Society,
Oregon division, Inc., since
1951. He received a special
sword plaque award at a re
cent meeting and workshop
of the Oregon division in Port
land for his outstanding work
as chairman of the executive
and medical-scientific com
mittee.. v , . .
' The meeting will start at
9il &; iSaCiHXSrfii&tiSif
and a discussion of the coun
ty's work -toward . a " solution
for the cancer problem. Topics
wnicn .. wiu De covered- in
clude service facilities, edu
cational program, memorials,
tumor registry and clinic and
the film story.
Reservations for the lunch
eon may be made by telephon
ing the Cancer Society ' at
MUrdock 2-6551.
Dallas Man Injured
On Construction Job
Melvin Clinton Shefetov,
50, Dallas, Ore., was treated
at Rogue Valley hospital Tues
day afternoon for scalp lacer
ations and released, according
to Medford city police.
Shefetov," who is working
on a construction job on Co
yina ave. approximately 75
yards south of Grand ave.,
was hit on the head by a
crane which was digging a
ditch, police said.
Shefetov said that he
thought the crane, operated
by Frank Richard Wairi-
wright, 51, Grants Pass, was
pulled away when he jumped
into the ditch to measure it.
He was taken to the hos
pital by Medford Ambulance
service.
Sage Riders To
Be in Mail Runs
The Ashland Sage Riders
have submitted an application
and registration to partici
pate in the Oregon Centen
nial Pony Express mail run
June 7 to 10 next year, Harry
Long, Baker, executive vice
president of Centennial Pony
Express, has announced.
The mail run will be staged
to "kick off" the Oregon Cen
tennial exposition and inter
national trade fair in Port
land. Pony Express post of
fices will be established
throughout the state, and
stamps will be sold at each.
The statewide Pony Express
mail run is expected to take
three days, Long said, and
will follow two main line
routes across Oregon with
some feeder lines. One run
each week, starting at the
Centennial site in Portland,'
is planned for the duration
of the Centennial celebration,
Long said.
The Ashland riding club
was formed last May, and has
participated in parades, shows
and formed a posse to locate
a boy lost in the mountains.
Mrs. Mike Jacoby is president
of the club, which also helps
ranchers in the area in cattle
drives.
Pontiff's Speech
Brings Elective
Conclave To End
'Listen To Voices
World Leaders Urged
Vatican City-(UPD-Pope John
XXIII began the first day of
his reign today with an ap
peal to the leaders of the
world to abandon their mon
strous arms and ensure peace
with justice.
The 76-year-old pontiff, in
his first papal address, asked
the world leaders to "look at
the people, listen to their
voices."
"What do they ask? What
do they implore? Not new
monstrous arms but peace . . .
but justice . . . but tranquility
and concord."
Pope John, his voice firm
and at times almost musical,
spoke in Latin from the papal
throne in the Sistine Chapel
where a secret conclave of
cardinals elected him Tuesday
as the 262nd pontiff.
His speech followed a Sol
emn Mass that brought the
electing conclave to an end
and opened the sealed area of
St. Peters to the world for the
first time since last Saturday.
Needs Free Peace
He said the world needed a
free peace-not a peace exist
ing under conditions of sla
very. Addressing himself to those
who "hold in their hands the
fate of nations," the Pope
asked:
"Why are dissensions and
discord not settled? Why are
efforts directed at creating
harmful instruments of war
instead of civil progress?
"Come, act courageous and
confident . . .' the light from
above shines on you."
He quoted from St. Augus
tine: "Pax est tranquillitas
domini'-Peace is the tranquil
ity of the Lord, and from St.
Thomas: "Between peace and
slavery there is a great dif
ferencel Peace is tranquil
freedom." .
Speaks of 'Silent Church
He spoke then of the ''silent
church" behind the Iron Cur
tain and said: "". -'
"Our thoughts go out in a
particular way to the bishops,
priests arid faithful who live
where the church's sacred
rights are trampled on with
daring . . . where pastors are
impeded to the point that
they canont carry out their
task.
"We share in their sorrows."
Such restrictions against
church liberty are "complete
ly repugnant" to civilized
life, he said. He prayed for di
vine enlightenment of ' the
minds of the persecutors to
bring about "freedom for all."
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Geddes Called on
To Repudiate Ads
Eugene - (UPD - A spokesman
for Rep. Charles Porter CD
Ore.) today called on Repub
lican Paul Geddes of Rose
burg to repudiate newspaper
advertisements published in
behalf of Geddes' campaign
to unseat Porter in the fourth
congressional district.
Keith Skelton, .chairman of
the Reelect Porter to Con
gress Committee, declared
that the advertisements were
"in the character assassination
tradition of Nixon,, McCarthy,
and Deadwood Dave Hoover,
and are an insult not only to
Congressman Porter but to all
of the rational and reasonable
people of the State of Ore
gon." Skelton said he had re
ceived a wire from National
Democratic Party Chairman
Paul Butler reporting that
Butler has asked the Fair
Campaign Practices commit
tee for prompt action in con
nection with the Geddes advertising.
Military Units To Take
Part in Veterans Parade
Military , units of southern
Oregon have indicated they
will participate in the Veter
ans Day parade Nov. 11, Brig.
Gen. W. H. Prentice, military
chairman, announced today.
Maj. Gen. Thomas E. Rilea,
adjutant general of the Ore
gon National Guard, will be
honorary marshal, and will be
accompanied by . the Oregon
National Guard band from
Portland.
National Guard units from
Medford and Ashland will
lead the parade, with Army,
Navy and Air Force reserve
units participating, Prentice
said.
The parade will start at
10:30 a.m". from Oakdale ave.
Holmes,a-cvield
Press Campaign
Portland (UPD Gov. Rob- Portland -UPD- Mark Hat-
ert Holmes told a labor union
audience here Tuesday night
that he doubted Mark Hat
field, if elected governor,
would serve a full term.
Holmes told members of
the Streetcarmen's Union at
the Labor Temple that he ex
pected Hatfield, the . Republi
can candid at e opposing
Holmes, would try to unseat
Sen. Richard L. Neuberger
(D-Ore.) when the ' latter's
term expires in 1960.
Miss Shirley Field, a Re
publican state legislator from
Multnomah county, asserted
that the state income tax was
lower because Republicans
fought for lower rates in the
last special session of the Leg
islature. Holmes replied that
in the regular session taxes
were reduced for the 60 per
cent of the people who have
lesg than $6,000 income."
Miss Field countered: "In
the first $500 of income the
rate doubled from 2 to 4 per
cent. Isn't that true? Yes or
no."
Holmes said he couldn't an
swer because he didn't know,
but he continued, "I do know
that nobody has the authority
to call a special session except
the governor, and no Repub
lican governor in the state's
history has ever called a spe
cial session to cut taxes when
they had a surplus."
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Tax Appeal System
Salem - (UPD - Several thous
and Multnomah county tax
payers may appeal increased
property tax assessments by
machinery now being set up,
Gov. Robert D. Holmes told a
news conf eren'ce here today.
The governor said appeal
blanks are now being printed
and temporary offices will
be set up around the county
by the Tax Commission.
S. W. Horn, chairman of
the Tax Commission, said any
Multnomah county taxpayer
whose assessment had been
increased could file an ap
peal.
The governor said he had
received between 75 and 100
letters from taxpayers, in
Multnomah county, most of
them from older citizens who
were fearful of losing their
property due to increased
assessments.
Last Friday, the governor
ordered the Tax Commission
to conduct an investigation of
the situation.
The governor said the tax
and Eighth st. It will proceed
east on Eighth st. to Bartlett
st., north on Bartlett to Main,
and west on Main to Laurel
st. A reviewing stand will be
located on Main st. . .
The parade is among activ
ities planned ly the Jackson
County Veterans Allied Coun
cil in observance of Veterans
Day. Others include break
fasts for veterans, a public
dance at the Medford Armory
that night, and a football game
between Southern Oregon col
lege and Moffat Field at Med
ford High school that after
noon. Medford stores, all govern- i
mental offices, and schools;
will be closed Veterans Day. I
field said Tuesday he was
''not of the school that says
'party first and the public
second'."
The Republican . candidate
for governor told a Kiwanis
lunheon that he did not con
sider all the brains were in
the Republican party. "We
must bring together people oi
ability, capacity and exper
ience, regardless of political
label," Hatfield said.
The secretary of state saio!
he had "fought hard" to bear
the standard of the Republi
can party. But he said he did
not think only party should be
considered in making political
appointments.
Hatfield outlined three
points of tax structure im
provement he said he believed
necessary to help bring in new
industry. He said he favored
a capital gains provision for
the personal income tax, elim
ination of the "discrimina
tory" inventory tax and pro
vision for writing off small
business losses. He said the
latter would help encourage
expansion of business already
in operation in the state.
Hatfield revealed that con
tributors to his campaign have
reached the 1,000 mark.
Sets Up
increase had caused hardships
and that he favored a "home
stead bill" proposed by the
Legislative Interim Commit
tee on taxation which would
not forgive taxes, but would
defer payment of taxes until
the property was sold or went
into an estate.
The governor took excep
tion to a different homestead
bill proposed by his opponent
in the Nov.. 4 election, Secre
tary of State Mark Hatfield.
Hatfield would forgive
taxes, but the governor said
"I don't think he could sell
it to the Legislature."
Taxpayers who wish to ob
tain the three per cent re
duction by paying their taxes
by Nov. 15 could make the
payment on or before that
date and still file an appeal,
the governor said.
Bids To Be Opened on
Two Sewer Projects
Bids on two Medford storm
sewer projects are scheduled
to be opened Thursday at 11
a.m. at city- hall, according to
Vernon Thorpe, public works
director.
One project is . on North
Riverside ave. at Edwards st.
The second is on Columbus
ave. between Dakota ave. and
Mt. Pitt ave.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair tonight and
Thursday except for patches ol
valley fog late night and early
morning hoars. Low tonight 35.
High Thursday 75.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 71
Lowest this Morning 34
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today . 5:09 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow , 6:43 a.m.
The Moon rises 6:41 p.m.
tonight and its orbit around the
Earth has again brought it
into the constellation, Taurus.
It is seen between Aldebaran
and Mars and during the night
it moves nearer Aldebaran.
Last Quarter Nov. 4
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