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IMlorth CCorea Removal
OiF China Forces Sought
Communists Said
After Advantage
From Proposal
Envoy's Appearance
Finds Opposition
United Nations, N.Y. (UPD
The Republic of Korea chal
lenged Communist North Kor
ea today to permit the United
Nations to verify the announ
ced withdrawal of Red Chin
ese forces and to supervise
elections to reunify the divid
ed Asian peninsula.
Korean Ambassador You
Chan Yang told the General
Assembly's Political commit
tee that the Communists were
seeking to gain a propaganda
advantage from "this trans
parent strategem of the
withdrawal" and their propos
al for elections under "a neu
tral nations organ."
The announced decision of
Communist China to with
draw its forces from North
Korea, Yang said, might be
similar to the 1948 Soviet de
cision to withdraw "which,
alas, proved later to be the
preliminary step for the mili
tary aggression against the
Republic of Korea."
The Republic of Korea,
Yang said, has no aggressive
intentions toward any coun
try. The Korean Ambassador
appeared before the commit
tee despite protests by the So
viet bloc and India. They said
he should be allowed to ap
pear only if the Communist
North Korean People's Dem
ocratic Republic were given a
similar opportunity to speak.
Jacksonville Grants
Surrey Franchise
Jacksonville The Jack
sonville city council last night
approved a franchise for the
operation of a horse-drawn
surrey run in the city.
E. L. Garland had requested
the franchise, and plans to run
surreys from the Jacksonville
museum through town, in
cluding a tour of the pioneer
Jacksonville -museum. His
plans are in connection with
the Centennial observance.
He has announced he plans
to start right away, and oper
ate whenever the weather per
mits. If successful, the service
will continue after the Cen
tennial year. Later, he also
plans to operate a stagecoach
run in the area between Jack
sonville and Medford.
His surrey franchise is for
14 months, and is renewable.
Morse Explains
Railway League Fund
Portland -UPD - Sen. Wayne
Morse (D-6re.), asked to com
ment here on a Washington
report that the Railway La
bor Political League gave him
$1,000, said today that the
money was used in his cam
paign for fellow Democrats.
The contribution was re
ported by the League - in
Washington although Morse
.was not a candidate this election.
Make Medford Beautiful
PRETTY ST.? This is one of the buildings still standing in
the Jackson County housing authority area on West Jackson
st. Deadline for their removal and cleaning up of the site,
was Oct. 1. The housing authority has proposed to turn over
its assets to the city of Medford for constructing a swimming
pool at this location. But it could "Make Medford Beautiful"
sooner by seeing that the purchasers of this and other build
ings demolish them or haul them away in the near future
and clean up after themselves.
'Never Mind The Supply
of
Baker Challenges
Medford to Contest
For Beautification
Bill Jackson, mayor of
Baker, Ore., has challenged
the city of Medford to a con
test due to Medford's claim
that it will be the cleanest
and most beautiful city in
Oreeon bv the time of the
Centennial. The challenge was
accented Tuesday by Med
ford's Mayor John W. Snider.
Mavor Jackson comments
in his letter that "while it is
undoubtedly true that your
city receives more than its
share of rainfall thus being
washed down on frequent oc
casion, we of the City of
Baker wish to challenge
your unsupported assertion
and hereby challenge you to
prove by the beginning of
the Centennial which of our
two cities is the cleanest and
Morse Announces
Reelection Plans
Eugene -UPD- Sen. Wayne
Morse (D-Ore.), whose term
expires in 1962, announced
Wednesday he intends to run
for reelection.
Morse ignited both Demo
cratic and Republican camps
in Oregon last week while
campaigning for Gov. Robert
D. Holmes, incumbent Demo
crat, when Morse attacked
Holmes' now victorious op
oppent, Secretary of State
Mark Hatfield.
Morse's charges involved
the death of a 7-year-old girl
struck by a car driven by Hat
field 18 years ago. The sena
tor declared that Hatfield was
"unreliable" since the Oregon
Supreme Court discounted
testimony given by Hatfield,
then 17, in the case. Holmes
said he deplored Morse's ref
erence to the incident.
Ships Get This One"
n0A t&My
the most beautiful."
The challenge was accepted
by Mayor Snider under two
conditions: That the president
of the League of Oregon
Cities make an inspection of
both cities to determine the
winner, and that the losing
city post a sign declaring it
to be "Oregon's second most
beautiful city" and inviting
visitors to be sure and see the
other city, Oregon's most
beautiful.
In a postscrint to the let
ter, the Medford mayor stated
that the city resented Mayor
Jackson's comment that Med
ford received more than its
share of rainfall. Mayor Sni
der explained that "it hadn't
rained a single drop here
since early this morning."
In September Mayor Snider
announced the campaign to
"Make Medford Beautiful"
and stated that the objective
would be to "make Medford,
particularly along its ap
proaches, the cleanest, neat
est, most attractive city in
Oregon for the Centennial
year and years to follow."
Moon Shot Seen
Possible Tonight
Washington IUPD The Air
Force may try around 10:25
p.m. (PST) tonight to throw
a package of instruments
around the moon.
If the spacemen at Cape
Canaveral, Fla., don't get the
moon shot off at that hour,
they will have other chances
early Saturday and early Sun
day. Authorities said Monday
that the Air Force hoped to
take its third short at the
moon within a week. The
earliest favorable moment, at
which the moon would be at
the right place and distance,
would be early Friday (EST),
One attempted Air Force
moon probe was a complete
failure. Another, Pioneer I,
soared nearly one-third of the
distance to the moon last
month but didn't have enough
push to go into orbit.
Election Boards to
Complete Counting
Two election boards are ex
pected to complete counting
the more than 800 absentee
general election ballots late
Absentee ballots counted
up lo 1:45 p.m. today in the
race for slate senator from
Jackson county totaled Dur
no 85; Hudson 46. Counting
continued this afternoon.
this afternoon, according to
County Clerk Bereth P. Hop
kins.
The only race which con
ceivably could be changed by
the agsentee ballots was be
tween Dr. Edwin Durno, Re
publican candidate for the
state senate, and his Demo
cratic opponent, Druggist Gor
don Hudson. With 105 pre
cincts complete, Durno had
11,917 votes, Hudson 11,536,
a margin of 381 votes.
GOP Plans for
Reappraisal of
Campaign Tactics
Party Professionals
Express Beliefs
Washington IUPD Republi
can leaders surveyed the
wreckage of their 1958 cam
paign today and prepared for
an agonizing reappraisal of
their party organization and
campaign tactics.
Party professionals voiced
belief that the recession, weak
or divided GOP organizations
and the political power of or
ganized labor contributed
much to the national Demo
cratic trend in Tuesday's elec
tion. Some also talked of a
need for more colorful, per
sonable and aggressive candi
dates. Ik Discusses Results
President Eisenhower pre
sumably discussed the Demo
cratic landslide at a weekly
Cabinet meeting this morning,
according to News Secretary
James C. Hagerty.
The President and Vice
President Richard M. Nixon
also met at the White House
late Wednesday afternoon to
discuss the results but Hager
ty said he had nothing to re
port on the conversation other
than that it had been held.
Nearly complete returns
show the dimensions of the
Democratic landslide the
Democrats' greatest congres
sional victory since their peak
in the 1936 election of Presi
dent Rosevelt.
Elect 26 Senators
The Democrats elected 26
senators, taking 10 seats from
Republicans, picking up three
in states where Republicans
had retired, and losing none
of their own. With the 36
Democratic senators whose
seats were not at stake this
year, the Democrats will hold
62 seats, 12 more than a ma
jority. Republicans elected
only eight senators, leaving
them a total of 34 in the new
Congress.
Alaska elects its first two
senators Nov. 25 and this
could increase the Democratic
majority even further. Demo
crats are favored to win at
least one and possibly two
AiasKan seats.
280 Democrats in House
The Democrats elected 280
of 435 House members com
pared to 219 needed for a ma
jority. The GOP elected 154.
One House seat went to an In
dependent. -
In the contests for gover
norships the Democrats elect
ed 24 and led in one unsettled
race for an indicated total of
34, countinz nine holdovers.
Republicans elected eight and
naa six holdovers for a total
of 14.
Ground Broken for
Shopping Center
Ground was officially
broken this morning for the
Sears Roebuck and company
store in the new East Jack
son st. shopping center.
The ceremony, conducted
over the roar of excavation
equipment at the far side of
the site, was held to mark the
start of construction.
The Sears store is tenta
tively scheduled to open next
August. A Safeway store and
a Pay Less drug store are
also included in the center,
with others anticipated.
Medford Mayor John W.
Snider and Otto Frohnmayer,
president of the Jackson Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce
spoke in welcome to the pro
ject.
"The development of this
$lI million shopping center
is indicative," Mayor Snider
said, "of the growth we are
experiencing and demon
strates to us our real poten
tial."
W. Price Sullivan, north'
west zone manager for Sears,
also spoke.
Then Mayor Snider, Frohn
mayer, Sullivan and Mark
Goldy, local agent for the de
velopment, wielded shovels
in a previously softened spot
of ground near the speakers
platform.
Over 100 people attended,
despite the threat of rain.
Telephone Lines
Remain Unusable
La Grande -TOPH- Telephone
communications between here
and. the towns of Flora, Im
naha, and Imbler were still
out today, pending repairs of
line . damaee caused in the
Monday night storm.
Salem-l?D-Dr. Herbert Nel
son, clinical director of Ore
gon state hospital here, has
been" appointed assistant su
perintendent.
Opinions
lo wry Mentioned
Salem-(DPD-All eyes in this
capital city today were on
Mark Hatfield, the 36-year-old
secretary of state who will
take over as Oregon's govern
or next Jan. 12.
There were conflicting
opinions about what gave him
his 60,000-vote victory over
Democratic Gov. Robert D.
Holmes.
Hatfield had a lead of 323,
756 to 263,902 with 2703 of
2719 precincts reporting.
People Thought Convinced
Holmes said he thought the
Republicans had convinced
the people that the governor
was responsible for "high
taxes and the recent business
recession."
But -Hatfield had other
ideas.
He said voters were con
cerned about "partisanship in
the governor's office, politics
53 rd Year
Medford
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Complaint Seeks
Cancellation of
Copco Contract
Mrs. Ann Todd. Eagle Point;
filed a complaint yesterday in
circuit court asking that the
district's contract with the
California Oregon Power com
pany be cancelled and that
all district property "given"
to Copco be returned.
Ted Fluryi secretary - man
ager of the district, awaits
trial on the charge of accept
ing $4,050 in salary from
Copco while ' a district offi
cer. Oregon law forbids per
sonal interest in water-works
contracts. , He has pleaded
innocent.
Flury was indicted by a
grand jury called by District
Attorney Thomas J.- Keeaer
at Mrs. Todd's instigation. He
was arrested Oct. 15.
The complaint filed yester
day names as defendants the
district, its three directors, J.
Harvey Stanley, Clarence J.
Greb and Elbert H. Bigham
and Copco.
Plaintiff is the district on
the relation of Paul D.. Con
rad, Fritz M. Carlson, Her
man Higday, Ann Todd, Joe
Nork, Howard Todd and
Claude Self.
Mrs. Todd, who signed the
complaint on behalf of the
other water - users named
above, is apparently serving
as her own attorney so far.
Complaint Allegation
Among the complaint s alle
gations are:
1. That Flurv's personal in
terest in the contract has ren
dered it void;
2. That the contract is not
authorized by any law, and
that the district has sold
Cooco its water rights while
only authorized to sell and
manufacture electrical power;
3. That the contract is "un
fair," "inequitable" and "un
just" to the water users;
4. That the contract was
extended another year on
Sept. 2, 1958, with no addi
tional consideration to the
district;
5. That the directors receiv
ed a demand that the contract
be canceled and "have re
fused to take any action what
soever." The contract in question
was signed in aeptemoer,
1954. It provides among other
things that Copco be guar
anteed a large proportion of
the district s water for ooera-
tion of its Nichols Gap power
station. In return, Copco
aerees to finance the mainte
nance and improvement of the
district s mam canal above tne
station.
Cooco's water can be used
for irrigation below the sta
tion. But water-users above it,
including Mrs. Todd and oth
er plaintiffs, are limited to
the water not required Dy
Copco.
Holmes Will Be
Availible To Help
Salem-OIPD-Warden Clar
ence Gladden of the stale
penitentiary had a 'minor
matter to bring up before
the Stale Board of Control
today.
He had to move a fence
and maybe a few tzeei.
Gov. Robert D. Holmes
and Gov.-elect Mark Hat
field are both on the Board.
Said Holmes: "Maybe I'll
help. I'll have some time."
Differ on
in state business, lack of di
rection in the Democrats' tax
and fiscal policies and appar
ently were impressed with our
own background of economy
in the secretary of state's of
fice. Political leaders on both
sides thought Hatfield may
have had a better organized
campaign and that Holmes
lacked party backing at the
campaign level.
Morse Blast Rejected
Both men denied that Sen.
Wayne Morse's last-minute
blast at Hatfield concerning
an 18-year-old traffic case in
volving Hatfield, had any ef
fect on the election. But popu
lar opinion was that it was
detrimental to Holmes.
Gov. Holmes said he would
not campaign for political of
fice again.
"I am not the least bitter
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1 958
NARROW ROAD-This spot on Dark Hqjlow
rd., is where the Griffin Creek school bus
overturned with 35 children aboard after
being "crowded off the road by an unidenti
fied passenger car last Friday. W. H. Froh-
rriioVi 1vyffHfnrH ic hnlrlinfr : a niprp nf nlv-
.wood in the picture above .
tne exact wiatn oi tne dus, snowing uiai
there was not room enough for both vehicles
to' pass.. Fro hreich himself, driving the pick--
Festival Patron
Offers to Match
Ashland Dollars
Ashland - An unnamed pa
tron of the Oregon Shake
soearean Festival has offered
to contribute a matching dol
lar for each dollar raised in
Ashland for construction of a
new Festival theater stage.
Plans for the theater and
the campaign to raise $275,000
for its construction were dis
cussed at a meeting here this
week.
Glenn Jackson, Medford, a
member of the general cam
paign committee, told the
group of the "matching" otter.
- For every dollar requested
from Ashland patrons about
$4.50 will be raised outsiae
the community, Festival offi
cials said.
Clarence Bell, president of
the Ashland Chamber of Com
merce, said about $50,000 will
be expected from the Ashland
area, with more than 80 per
cent of the total goal solicited
from elsewhere.
The financial plan, Festival
officials noted, is flexible.
Pledges may be for one, two
or three years, ana aonors
may make payments on quar
triv semi-annual or on an
- ,
annual basis.
The general campaign will
officiallv start Nov. 12.
The stage used last season
has been dismantled so con
struction can start, as soon as
funds are available. The stage
will be readv for the 1959
season.
Taipeh, Formosa -ttJPD- Com
munist artillery which shelled
thp i Ouemovs with 5,700
rounds Wednesday fell silent
todav and Nationalist omc
ials said the off and on red
attacks showed clearly Peip-
ing was fighting only for po
litical reasons. . ..
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York -4CP&- Dow
Jones final stock averages:
30 industrials 554.85, up
4.17; 20 railroads 152.51, up
1.60; 15 utilities 84.36, up
0.04, and 65 slock 192.27,
up 1.47. Sales today were
about 4,890,000 share com
pared, with 4,080.000 shares
Wednesday.
IHIatffieDd
as State Secretary
over my defeat," he said, add
ing that he had decided some
time ago that this would be
his last campaign.
It was. the first campaign
Holmes had ever lost. Hatfield
has never been defeated.
In the weeks before his in
auguration, Hatfield plans to
go over state budgets, prepare
his message to the Legislature
and consider who to appoint
or retain as -leaders of his ad
ministration. Big Future for State
Gov. Holmes said he hoped
Hatfield would continue some
of the programs advanced by
himself and said "Oregon has
a tremendous future in the
current economical expansion
of the. Pacific Northwest."
Holmes said .he would
"keep busy from now to Janu
ary being a good governor.
"Oregon is entering a new
that represents
Seasona I Uptu rn in
Unemployment
Noted in County
October reflected the usual
seasonal upturn of unemploy
ment in Jackson county, John
J. Patton. manager of the
Medford office of the state em
ployment .' service, said today.
He noted, however, that the
increase in unemployment
was minimized by mild
weather which permitted con
struction and other seasonal
work to continue.
The number of job open
ings decreased noticeably
during the latter half of the
month, Patton said. Agricul
tural workers are normally in
short demand after the fruit
harvest and before the prun
ing season starts. .Pruning
should get under way some
time this month, he noted.
Estimated Unemployment
Unempoyment in the coun
ty Oct. 31 was estimated at
938. including 225 women.
Patton said this is an increase
of almost 50 per cent over the
estimate at the end of Sep
tember, but less than 65 per
cent of the number unem
ployed at the same time last
year.
Part of the increase in un
employment last month was
accounted for by former stu
dents and housewives enter
ing the labor market who had
not previously been employ
ed, he said
Claims filed against the
Oregon fund for benefits were
ud onlv about 25 per cent
over the number filed in Sep
WEATHER
FORECAST: Generally cloudy
through Friday with occasional
light rain. Continued mild tem
peratures. Low tonight 48. High
Friday 65.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 66
Lowest this Morning S3
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today ..01
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 4:59 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 6:52 a.m.
Moonrise tomorrow 2:27 a-m.
New Moon Nov. 10
PROMINENT STARS
Capella, low In north
east . 7:12 pjn.
Sirius, rises 11:14 P-m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Saturn, sets S: P-ra
Mars, in the east 1:20 pjn.
Victory;
era of history as a state and
I am proud to be a part of it,"
Gov. Holmes said.
Hatfield will face a Demo
cratic House and Senate when
he takes office with Demos
leading the state Senate 19-11
and holding a 33-27 edge in
the House. However, several
Democrats often vote with the
GOP in the House which de
creases the majority.
Lowry Mentioned
One of the problems facing
Hatfield will be whom to ap
point to succeed himself as
secretary of state.
The choice will be an im
portant one and may influence
future elections. -
Republicans being mention
ed for thf job include State
Sen. Anthony Yturri, Ontario
attorney, and ' former Sens.
Rudie Wilhelm Jr., Portland,
and Philip Lowry, Medford.
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No. 195
up above, was crowded off the road by
another car not far from this spot a few
munuis g". auuiciuus i-""o "- r ..
curred on the narrow, winding roaaTCouAty
TTncrinoer Paul Rvnnine said no construction
work would be done on. the road this year
because funds were not available-for it in
the budget. A petition, which so far has 60
names, is being circulated among residents
Of the area to get the road improved-
tember. This was one-third
the number of weeks claimed
in October. 1957. which was
highest October claims load
in the history of the local
office.
Employment can be ex
pected to continue to decline
in Jackson county over the
next few months, Patton said.
Weather will be a major fac
tor determining the point at
which the seasonal peak of
unemployment will start, he
added.
Lumber Market
Said Stabilizing
Portland -flJPD- The lumber
market is stabilizing, accord
ing to a report today from
Crow's Lumber Market Ser
vice. Crow's said the price
level today was a few dollars
above that of last July when
the sharp rise began. Price
variations were expected to
be slight.
Labor Leaders Prepare
To 'Cash in on Election
Washinglon-(UPI)-The AFL-CIO demanded today that the
new Conqres overhaul the Taft-Hartley Act and pas a
modified 'version of the Kennedy-Ive union reform bill
which was defeated at the last session.
The AFL-CIO Executive Council called for the repeal of
Taft-Hartlev orovision which permit states to pas right
to work laws banning the union shop.
Washington - (DPD - Leaders
of organized labor met today
to translate their election vic
tory into a new' anti-inflation
and full-employment legisla
tive program.
Determined to "cash in" on
their support for winning
candidates in Tuesday s Demo
cratic landslide, the AFL-CIO
chieftains also were expected
to include "moderate" labor
reforms in their proposals for
the next session of Congress.
Members of the labor
group's executive board
scheduled their meeting in an
exuberant mood over two
major achievements:
-The .685 batting average
chalked up by COPE, the
Rebels Suspected
Of Hijacking DC3
Over Eastern Cuba
American Sailor
Believed Aboard
Havana -UPD- A Cuban air
liner carrying 29 persons, in
cluding an American and 10
women, was missing today
over rebel - ridden eastern
Cuba, and there were strong
indications it was hijacked
by the insurgents.
Four unidentified men who
boarded the twin-engined
DC3 in Manzanillo were be
lieved to be rebel agents like
those who have stolen two
other Cuba airliners in little
more than two weeks. One of
the stolen planes crashed in
Nipe Bay, killing 7 Ameri-
cans and 10 Cubans.
. The missing plane was fly-'
ing from Havana to Santiago
on a route including several
intermediate stops. It left
Manzanillo at 4:29 p.m. Wed
nesday on a half-hour hop to
Holguin and has not been
seen since. -U.S.
Interest Sharpening
The lone American aboard,
Robert Montgomery (home
town unknown), was believed
to be a sailor on the way to
the U.S. Navy's big Guan
tanamo base.
The U.S. government is tak
ing an increasingly sharp in
terest in the rebels' plane
snatching tactics because of
the threat to American lives.
U.S. Navy divers recovered
the bodies of eight of the 17
Nipe victims Wednesday
nieht. when the bodv of one
of the victims was found to
be clad in the green fatigues
affected by the rebels.
Find Weapon
A cartridge belt carrying
a holster and a .45 automatic
was .strapped around the reb
el's body, as was a bandolier
containing .45 caliber ammu
nition. The butt of a broken
.30 caliber rifle was found
near th bodv.
Customary plane-snatching
procedure, in Cuba as else
where, is for . number, of
gunmen masquerading as pas
sengers to board the airliner
I mosen as a target, wnen tne
I piane js m the air, they force
n.. ,,r.r.;t
chosen as a target. When the
the Dilot at eunnoint to fly
the plane to some point not
on its original route.
Council to Consider
Sale of Bonds
The Medford citv council is
scheduled to consider author
izing the sale of $11,116.31 in
improvement district bonds
when it meets at 7:30 o clock
tonight in the city hall coun
cil chamber.
Other items on the agenda
include a correction of assess
ments on the Southeast Med
ford trunk sewer assessment
rolls, and authorization of con
demnation proceedings against
the Lusk property needed for
extending 10th st. from River
side ave. across Bear creek,
and against the Gore property
in the proposed clear zone for
Medford's airport.
Assessment ordinances for
paving Kennet st., Beatty st.
and Eastwood dr. are also
up for consideration. City
Manager Robert A. Duff is
to report on a proposed new
study, of the Clark st. railroad
crossing by the public utilities
commission.
Venn Defeated as
Lane County Attorney
Eugene -flJPD- Eugene C.
Venn was defeated in his
bid for reelection as Lane
county district attorney by
Democratic candidate Wil
liam E. Frye.
AFL-CIO political arm, in its
endorsement of candidates in
Senate. House and governor
ship races from coast to coast.
-The apparent reversal of
the trend towards state "right-
to-work" laws with its re
jection in five of six states in
cluding highly-industrialized
Ohio and California.
Joseph A. Beirne, head of
the Communiciations Work
ers and an AFL-CIO vice
president, interpreted the
election returns as a man
date" to Congress to half ris
intr livine costs, relieve unem
ployment and enact other pro
grams advocated by the big
labor union.