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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1958
No. 203
Me
Ambassadors May
Meet io Discuss
Berlin Situation
To Demonstrate
Solid Determination
Washington -TCPD- The
United States, Britain and
France probably will hold a
special ambassadorial meet
ing in Bonn this week to dis
cuss Allied moves to hold the
Western position in Berlin.
Informed sources said one
major purpose of the meeting
would be to demonstrate sol
id three-power determination
to remain in Berlin despite
Communist harassment and
possible efforts to force them
out.
American officials, mean
time, saw grounds for hoping
that the Soviet challenge in
Berlin would ease without
developing into a full-fledged
crisis such as the 1948 Berlin
blockade.
r l 11:1 I
Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles was reported
adopting a calm attitude and
trying to work out strategy to
keep the Berlin situation
from becoming more explos
ive.
One of Dulles' top aides on
Germany, U.S. Ambassador
to Bonn David K. E. Bruce,
was at the state department
conferring with officials
Bruce, who has been in Wash
ington about a week for con
sultations, will return to
Bonn, Tuesday for the pos
sible Big Three ambassador
ial meeting.
Tension Develops
Tension over future Com
munist moves in Berlin devel
oped recently when Soviet
Premier Nikita Khrushchev
said Russia would turn over
its remainng functions in Ber
lin to Communist East Ger
many. - ' " - ;
The statement was inter
preted as a move to force
Western recognition of East
Germany, perhaps a forerun
ner to trying to force the Al
lies out of Berlin and maybe
a preliminary to demanding
that U.S. forces even leave
West Germany.
But Khrushchev said Fri
day night that the Soviet Un
ion would present proposals
for the government of Occu
pied Berlin to the Allies. Of
ficials here ereeted the re
mark with a sigh of relief.
They interpreted it to mean
TChrushchev wanted to ease
the crisis atmosphere sur
rounding Berlin and discuss
future moves calmly with the
West through diplomatic
channels.
County to Survey
Recreation Site
Further steps will be nec
essary before the county
court can obtain clear title
on two acres of a proposed
recreation site on Dead In
dian rd. members of the
county court said Friday.
Suggestions as to the best
use of the acreage will be
requested from national park
service representatives, coun
ty Judge Rodney Keating
said. The county will make
a survey of the site, he said.
At Wednesday's county
planning commission meeting,
Commissioner Jerry Latham
said the county could obtain
clear title to the acreage
from the owners by installing
a pipe under the road and a
drinking trough for cattle.
The acreage is desireable for
a roadside recreation site
since it is on the road to the
Howard Prairie reservoir, he
pointed out.
Make Medford Beautiful
WEEDS AND DEBRIS This assortment of spare lum
ber, rubbish and (on the far right) an airplane carcass is scat
tered behind a building on the approach to Medford's airport
terminal: It is in plain view of visitors en route to or from
the terminal, and presents a rather poor first or last
impression. The weeds are no asset either. Cleaning this up
would be a good "Make Medford Beautiful" project for some
one, f
WINTER SCENE This tree on the
north slope of Roxy Ann. butte is typical of
scene confronting area residents yesterday
morning following the first substantial bit
of winter. Cold air is expected to remain the
next couple days, but chances of more snow
flurries are slim, weather bureau officials
City Officials Plan to Attend
League Convention in Eugene
A host of city officials are
packing their bags this week
end for the 33rd annual
League of Oregon Cities con
vention in Eugene, which
gets under way this after
noon.
A list of 26 from Medford
are planning to attend. Dele
gations from other Jackson
county communities are also
turning north.
Several Medford officials
are to take an active part in
the three-day program. -
Mayor John W. Snider, who
is a director of the league,
is scheduled to preside at a
luncheon Tuesday at which
Governor-elect Mark Hatfield
is to extend greetings.
Discuss Tree Program
John Williams, member of
the city's street tree commit
tee, is to discuss Medford's
tree program Monday morn
ing at a planning and zoning
meeting.
Robert L. Lee, water super
intendent, is slated to discuss
special assessment procedures
and financing as applied to
water mains that afternoon.
City Attorney E. Roy
Bashaw is to address an attor
ney's meeting at the same
time. He is to lead a discus
sion on recent Oregon deci
sions on municipal law.
Frank J. Van Dyke, a Med
ford lawyer who while not a
city official is a member of
the state legislative interim
committee on judicial admin
istration, is scheduled to lead
a discussion- of proposed
changes in traffic law and
procedures Tuesday morning.
Other Topics
Other discussion topics of
particular interest to Medford
officials and residents include
current city off-street parking
programs, improvement re
quirements in subdivision reg
ulations, tappmg community
resources for park and recrea
tion programs, local coopera
tion in entertaining Centen
nial visitors, new provisions
I of building codes, crime and
said. Lows this morning and tomorrow
morning are expected to be about 22 de
grees at the Medford airport with highs
about 45. An inch of snow was recorded at
the Medford weather bureau station during
the storm Friday.
the community and, "what of
the future?"
. The league's current mem
bership includes nearly all of
the over 20O Oregon cities eli
gible. It was formally organ
ized in 1925, at a meeting
attended by representatives of
26 cities.
Its primary objectives are
these:
1. To secure cooperation
among cities for thorough
study of local problems and
for application of efficient
methods to local government;
Exchange Ideas
2. To serve as a focal point
where officials can exchange
ideas and experiences and pb
tain expert advice;
3. 'To gather and distribute
Information about municipal
government;
4. To study and draw up
uniform ordinances and prac
tices; 5. To originate and promote
in the state legislature meas
ures benefiting cities and
their citizens ' and to oppose
detrimental measures;
6. To secure harmonious ac
tion between cities in matters
affecting their rights and lia
bilities; Assist Member Cities
7. To assist member cities
in the courts in matters rela
tive to municipal rights and
liabilities under "the constitu
tion, statutes or ordinances;
8. To do anything else nec
essary or proper for the bene
fit of Oregon's cities.
In pursuing these goals the
league's program includes re
gional meetings and training
Clearing House for
Baskets Organized
Robert L. Jones, secretary
at the Medford Young Men's
Christian association, has
been named chairman of a
committee in charge of locat
ing and distributing Christ
mas food baskets to under
privileged families in the
area.
Other members of the com
mittee, which is made up of
representatives from the
Council of Social Agencies,
include James Pullman, ad
ministrator of the welfare
commission here; Capt. Wil
liam Ricken of the Salvation
Army; and Mrs. Norris Por
ter of the Jackson county
chapter of the American Red
Cross.
The committee serves as a
clearing house for churches,
civic groups and other organ
izations wishing to contribute
food baskets to underprivil
eged families at Christmas.
Committee headquarters will
be in the Red Cross building,
60 Hawthorne ave.
The group ,was organized
last year to help avoid dupli-
conferences as well as the an
nual conventiop. It offers a
wide range of publications.
Technical arm of the league
is the bureau, of, municipal re
search and. service at the Uni
versity of Oregon. Bureau offi
cials, for example, are cur
rently assembling material
for a study and model ordi
nance for trailer parks.
Herman Kehrli since the
mid-3 0's has served as director
of the bureau and executive
secretary of the league itself.
Officials To Attend
Among Medford officials
planning to attend the conven
tion this week-besides those
already mentioned - are City
Manager Robert A. Duff, Pub
lic Works Director Vernon
Thorpe, Police Chief Charles
Champlin, Fire Chief Gordon
Barker, Building Inspector
Oliver R. McNeel, Recorder-
Treasurer Darrel Huson, Mu
nicipal Court Judge Noreen
Kelly; Purchasing Agent and
Airport Manager Richard Ho-
gan; and Mrs. Dorothy Sned-
den, the mayor's secretary.
Others, include all eight
city councilmen plus Council
man-elect Stanley Stark (Ward
IV); Paul Selby, Jack Edson
and Charles Crary of the city
planning commission; and
Jerry Poulos, chairman of the
parks and recreation commis
sion. 1
Personal expenses in mak
ing the trip are provided for
by "schools and conferences"
allotments in the city s budg
et. The sum of $1,170 was set
aside in the current budget
as dues for league member
ship
cation by groups contributing
to the same families. A total
of 350 persons received food
baskets last Christmas, Jones
said.
Organizations or individ
uals who wish to donate to
an underprivileged family
may contact the office in the
Red Cross building. Resi
dents who have names of
Dersons who may receive
such baskets are asked to con
tact the committee's office.
Jones said donations of
money also will be accepted
to purchase meat for the bas
kets,
16,761 Votes Cast
For Boundary Fixing
Total vote results on the
measure of fixing state bound
aries was 16,761 yes votes and
3,801 no votes, according to
xhe final canvass of votes in
the county elections depart
ment. A typographical error in
the Mail Tribune had given
1.676 as the total number of
yes votes cast.
Hollywood Star,
Tyrone Power,
Dies in Madrid
Collapses on Movie
Set After Scene .
Madrid, Spain (UPD Holly
wood Star Tyrone Power, 44,
died of a heart attack Satur
day after collapsing on a
movie set here.
Power died on the way to
a hospital.
He had collapsed half an
hour earlier just after the
filming of a fencing scene for
the movie 'Solomon and
Sheba." He was carried un
conscious to a car and rushed
to the Ruber hospital.
Dead on Arrival
A spokesman at the hos
pital said he was dead on
arrival. A doctor said Power
died of angina pectoris.
The body will be flown to
the United States by military
plane for burial, probably to
day. It was removed from the
hospital and taken to the U.S.
Air Force base at Torrejon,
13 miles from Madrid. Plans
for disposition of the body
had been delayed because the
widow was too distraught for
several hours to discuss the
matter with U.S. embassy
officials.
All work halted on the
color film which still had a
month of shooting. Director
King Vidor said the United
Artists company in Holly
wood would have to decide
whether it should be scrapped.
Studio officials said Power
had complained recently of
not feeling well, and had a
heart checkup a few weeks
ago. Although some concern
was felt about his health, no
one realized his life was in
danger.
Saturday he worked in a
dagger-dueling scene in which
he was supposed to be thrown
to the ground to avoid an
assassin's knife. .
As soon as it was finished,
he called for brandy and
went into his dressing trailer.
A moment later, makeup man
Ray Sebastian came out to
report that the actor com
plained of pains in both "arms
and had difficulty ' in breath
ing.' j
Producer Ted Richmond,
called for a car. By the time
it arrived, Power was uncon
scious. Power made his first movie
appearance in 1931 as an ex
tra. Later that year, he
played a small part in a Chi
cago stage production of "The
Merchant of Venice" and then
went on to New York with
the Chicago . Civic Shake
speare company as a page in
"Hamlet."
First Film
The first film role for
which he is remembered was
the lead in the 1936 movie,
"Lloyds of London."
Power was the son of Fred
erick Tyrone Edmond and
Patia Emma Power. He at
tended public school in Cin
cinnati, Dayton preparatory
school and St. Xavier Univer
sity. He was descended from a
line of distinguished actors,
and was the fourth to act un
der the name Tyrone Power.
WEATHER
FORECAST? Partly cloudy to
day; clearing tonight. Mostly
clear and a little warmer
Monday. High today 43; low
tonight 22; high Monday 48.
TEMP.
Highest Saturday 39
Lowest Saturday 29
PRECIP.
To 5 p.m. Yesterdy .01
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 4:49 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow : 7:05 a.m.
Moonset tonight 10:40 p.m.
PROMINENT STARS
Aldebaron, rises 6:20 p.m
Vega, low in north
west 10:50 p.m.-
VISIBLE PLANETS
Saturn, sets 6:09 p.m.
Mars, due east 7:22 pja.
Russia Rejects One Western Proposal
For Nuclear -
Geneva (UPD - Russian Sat
urday repected one western
proposal for nuclear-age
peace as a "waste of time"
and indicated it would turn
down another at the two
deadlocked East-West confer
ences here.
Observers said there was
no hope of any early break at
the separate meetings on
ways to prevent surprise at
tack and ban nuclear test ex
plosions.
At a one-hour meeting of
the surprise attack talks, So
viet first deputy foreign min
ister Vasili V. Kuznetzov in
sisted that there must be a po
TO
Verbal Barrages
Hurled by Oregon
Solons, Hatfield
Neuberger Invites
' Gov-Elect to Tea
Portland (UPD .Verbal bar
rages were hurled by the two
Oregon senators and the gov
ernor - elect Friday with one
result being an invitation to
tea extended to Mark Hatfield
and his wife by Sen. Richard
L Neuberger.
Oregon's senior senator,
Wayne Morse, accused Neu
berger of "s n i d e political
backknifing" Friday after
Neuberger had stated it was
regrettable that Morse had re
jected Hatfield's request for
a conference with the Oregon
congressional delegation. "
Hatfield had asked for the
conference in a letter to Morse
because it would "have bene
fit in giving me a better ap
preciation of our delegation's
plans for the next session of
congress."
Morse Refuses
Morse refused because he
said that he did not know of
any purpose by which the con
ference could be constructive.
Hatfield expressed regret at
Morse's refusal and said, "this
is no time for pride and prej
udice." ;
Neuberger observed after
the refusal, "it will be very
unfortunate if the great and
urgent needs of our state are
neglected while Sen. Morse
and Gov,-elect Hatfield jockey
politically for 1962."
Morse will be up for re
election in 1962, and Hatfield
has been mentioned as a can
didate for t'h e Republican
nomination for senator in
1962.'
Later Statement
Neuberger, in a later state
ment, said that, " .. . . to do
my own part toward putting
an end to this distressing bick
ering, I have invited Governor-elect
Hatfield and Mrs.
Hatfield to . have tea with
Maurine and me at our home
the day after Thanksgiving,
where I trust we can discuss
problems of federal-state re
lation which Oregon con
fronts." Morse said he would send
copies of the Hatfield proposal
to other members of the Ore
gon congressional delegation.
He also assured Hatfield that
the services of his office would
be available to Hatfield on
any matter withm. the juris
diction of the federal govern
ment concerning Oregon.
Policemen Being
Trained in Radar
All Medford policemen are
currently being trained in use
of the department's new "Pa
trolmaster" radar set, accord
ing to Police Chief Charles
Champlin.
Champlin said Friday the
department hasi received a
temporary operating permit
from the federal government
with a regular permit to fol
low. He reported that Patrol
man Duane Franklin and
Robert H. Larson, of Max-Sig
Communications at the Med
ford airport, are in charge of
instruction.
Both the police department
and the public "works depart
ment are scheduled to use the
set. It will see service in rou
tine detection of speeders,
checking on special com
plaints of basic rule violations
and traffic studies.
Age Peace; Another Seen
litical settlement. He was sec
onded by delegates from
Czechoslovakia and Poland
in rejecting the proposal of
the United States, Britain,
France, Canada and Italy for
considering only technical
means of preventing any sud
den attack.
Kuznetzov said the west
ern argument was a "waste
of time" and that nuclear dis
armament and scraping of for
eign military bases must be
included in any agreement
on preventing of surprise at
tack. The delegates agreed only
to meet again on Monday.
e
"Can You Make Out If They Look
Real Determined?"
Consolidation Being
Studied by Boards
In Talent, Phoenix
The educational, legal, and
financial questions involved
in a proposed consolidation
of Phoenix school district 4
and Talent school district 22
are being discussed and stud
ied by school boards and ad
ministrators of both districts.
School officials said that
under . the proposed plan,
high school students of both
districts would attend school
at Phoenix, occupying the
present high school plant
there. Junior high school
students from both districts
would attend and utilize the
present Talent High school
plant.
Officials feel that such con
solidation would enrich the
high school program for stud
ents from both districts, and
will help to fill small classes
conducted in college prepar
atory subjects in both high
schools at the present time.
' New school names would
be considered for the high
school at Phoenix, and the
junior high school at Talent,
they noted. Phoenix is now a
first class district with an en
rollment of 820 students, and
Talent is a second class dis
trict with 580 students.
Administration of the con
solidated district would pass
into the hands of the school
Officials of "the most popu
Sports Bulletins
Eagle Point battled its
way into the Oregon A-2
.high school football semi
finals by licking Oakridge
33 to 6 her last night. The
Eagles will play Vale in
this area next week and for
the right to enter the cham
pionship finals. Getting off
to a 20-poini jump. Eagle
Point led 20-6 at the half
and scored 1 w i c in the
fourth quarter.
Salem-OJPp - Ray Sharrah
scored three touchdowns to
lead Pendleton to a 26 to 14
win over North Salem in
the state class A-l quarter
final game here last night.
The score was tied 7 to 7
at halftime. Pendleton will
meet Medford in Medford
next week end in the state
semi-final game.
The conference on a nuclear
test ban apeared headed for
deeper quarrels.
The official Tass Soviet
News Agency Friday night
denounced the United States
and Britain for "continuing
to raise obstacles" in the path
of a nuclear test ban. It ac
cused them of "hedging"
with "meaningless declara
tions." Observers took this to
mean the Soviets will reject
the western roposal present
ed at the conference Thurs
day for a treaty with built-in
controls providing for an
East-West test ban.
i m to
lous district" as defined by
Oregon law, in this case the
Phoenix school district.
After such consolidation
residents of both districts
will be eligible for school di
rector at regular school elec
tions. Employees of both dis
tricts would be retained in
the combined system.
School officials said it has
been agreed that each district
j would retain, its own bonded
and other indebtedness.
Petitioning and voting pro
cedure in both district to ef
fect the consolidation will be
initiated at an early date, of
ficials said.
$2,000 Raised at
Smorgasbord
Nearly $2,000 for the Med
ford High school band fund
was raised Friday ,by the
Southern Oregon Salesmen's
club.
Almost 6,000 tickets were
purchased for the feed at the
Big Y market, according to
Nick Egbert, who with Milt
Evans, a fellow Grants Pass
resident, headed up the ef
fort. Proceeds will go toward ex
penses for sending the Med
ford band to the Shrine East
West All-Star Football game,
Dec. 27, at San Francisco.
A smorgasbord was held a
week ago at Grants Pass. An
other one will be held Dee.
12 at Klamath Falls. Bands
of all three? southern Oregon
cities have been invited to
participate in pre-game arid
half-time activities at the all
star game. -
The salesmen, who obtain
large amounts of food dona
tions, offered "all you can
eat" for 25 cents. They said
that some people, however,
paid as much as 50 cents and
others $1. Mothers of band
members baked pies with do
nated pumpkin pie crust mix.
Jayceettes and store clerks
helped salesmen.
Manager Named for
VA Domiciliary
Washington (UPD The Vet
erans administration Friday
announced that Henry C. Her
zoz, assistant manager of the
VA center at Wadsworth,
Kans., has been named man
ager of the domiciliary home
at Camp White, near Med
ford. ' -
Grants Pass Woman
Killed in Accident
Roseburg-flJPD-Gladys Horn
aday, Grants Pass, was killed
Saturday when the car in
which she was riding went
out of control after striking
an icy spot on Highway 99
and crashed into an abutment
at Ford's bridge about 25
miles south of Roseburg.
Mrs. Ruth Hollands, Grants
Pass, driver of the car, was
taken to a' Canyonville hos
pital for treatment of facial
cuts and shock.
Phoenix Accident
Fatal to Women
From Washington
Five Are Killed
In Past Six Days
Two persons were killed
and two others injured in a
two-car accident just south of
Phoenix on Highway 99 about
7 oclock Friday night.
Mrs. Rannah Dawson, 81,
of Seattle, Wash., was killed .
almost instantly, state police
said. Mrs. Hannah Jane Olson,
52, of Langley,- Wash., died in
a, Medford hospital Saturday
morning of injuries received
in the accident.
The fatalities brought to
five the number killed in
traffic accidents in Jackson
county in the past six days,
and it was the second crash
in which more than one per
son has been killed in a week.
Last Saturday night, two per
sons were killed in an acci
dent just north of Ashland.
18 Dead This Year
Eighteen persons have been
killed in traffic accidents so
far this year in the county.
Last. year at this time, there
were 23 traffic fatalities.
Mrs. Dawson and Mrs. Ol
son were passengers in a car
operated by Arthur Efraim
Olson, 55, of Langley, Wash,
police said.
Treated at Medford Osteo
pathic hospital were Richard
L. Wessell, 21. of 180 Sherman
St., Ashland, driver of the
other car involved, and his
wife, Mrs. Sandra Lee Wes
sell, 20. Police said Wessell
suffered bruises and a sprain
ed arm, and Mrs. Wessell suf
fered lacerations.
Both were reported in good
condition Saturday morning.
In Front Seat
Police said Mrs. Dawson
was sitting in the front seat
next to the door when the
Olson vehicle was struck
bradside by the Wessell car.
Olson, traveling south on
Highvay 99, started ' across
highway separator islands to
enter a motel where the high
way divides south of Phoenix.
The Wessel car, travelling
north, struck the Olson car in
the right side, police said.
Mrs. Dawson was killed al
most instantly, police said.
Mrs. Olson suffered internal
injuries.
The bodies of Mrs. Dawson
and Mrs. Olson were taken to
Seattle, Wash., by Conger-
Morris Funeral home for serv
ices. FOOTBALL
SOUTHWEST
Texas A&M 28. Rice 21
Texas Christian 22 Tex
as 8
Oklahoma State 6. Kan
sas 3
Oklahoma 39, Missouri 0
WEST
Arizona State .7. Willa
metis 0
Brigham Young 22, Den
ver 7
Montana State 20, Mon
tana 6
Air Force Academy 21,
Wyoming 6
California 12. Washing
ton 7 -
Colorado 7. Utah 0
UCLA 7, Oregon 3
Oregon State 24, Stan
ford 16
Idaho 34, Utah State 7
SOUTH
Duke 29, Wake Forest 0
Alabama 17, Georgia
Tech 8 '
Citadel 14, V.M.I. 6
Auburn 21, Georgia 6
Vanderbilt 12, Tulan 0
MIDWEST
Indiana 8, Michigan 6
Wisconsin 31, Illinois 12
Kansas State 14, Iowa
State 6
Notre Dame 34, North
Carolina .24
Minnesota 39, Michigan
State 12
Ohio State 38, Iowa 28
Purdue' 23, Northwest
ern 6
EAST
Dartmouth 32, Cornell
15 '
Brown 29, Harvard 22
Princeton 50, Yale 14
Pennsylvania 42, Colum
bia 0
Tufts 16, Lafayette 8
Army 26. Villanova 0
Qufntico Marines 13,
Rutgers 12
Navy 28, George Wash
ington 8