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ism Jl Dlt mm 01 Pre I; ' , '-A r 4'.' ,', r '6A ICE CAVERN AT SOUTH POLE Silhou etted against the glare of a hidden flood light, three members of a U.S. Navy task force explore ice formations in an Antarctic Ice cave filled with stalactite-like icicles. $1,000 Stolen From School Safe In Jacksonville Jacksonville Approximate ly $1,000 in cash was reported stolen from a safe in the prin cipal's office at the Jackson ville High school sometime between Sunday at 3 p.m. and 7:45 o'clock this morning, ac cording to Jackson county sheriffs deputies. The majority of the money, $800, was reported to have been the proceeds from the school carnival held there Fri day evening. Sheriffs deputies, who are still investigating the theft, said that the building was en tered through a basement window. A tool cabinet in the boiler room was pried open, it was reported, and the tools used to break open the safe. A filin cabinet in the prin cipal's office was also pried open and papers were scat tered throughout the room. Three More File Campaign Funds Three more candidates in the Nov. 4 general election have filed their expense and receipt accounts with the elec tions department. Deadline for candidates to file is Wednesday, Nov. 19, elections department officials reported today. Candidates who have filed in the last several days are County Commissioner Chester Wendt, J. F. Christian, candi date for county commissioner, and E. Roy Bashaw, unop posed candidate for district judge. A breakdown" of the re ceipts filed by Wendt includes $250 from the Republican committee and contributions from Raymond Reter, Tom Oliver, David Holmes, J. N Winton, Bud Nutting, $35 each; A. A. Lausmann, $30; and Mary S. Grisman, .$25. He received a total of $357.13 and listed disburse ments of $382.13. The statement filed by Bashaw shows no receipts or disbursements. Christian re ported disbursements of $268. 85. He reported receipts of $25 from three individuals. GOP House, Senate Members To Meet Salem-flJPD-Republican State Chairman James F. Short said today that all GOP House and Senate members have been invited to a caucus here Sun day Nov. 23. Make Medford Beautiful BOONDOCK GRAVEYARD This closeup shows a group of airclane carcasses west of the main North-South runway at Medford airport. They are visible to passengers in planes landing or taking off. They are hardly reassuring to the more nervous of these passengers-and certainly an eyesore to all. The Mail Tribune includes this scene in its "Make Medford Beautiful" inventory in the belief that the air approach to Medford is just as important as the ground approaches if the city is to be spruced up. These men were part of a wintering-over unit which remained in the Antarctic throughout the long winter night in support of the International Geophysical Year program. Trail Riders Plan Participation in Pony Express Run The Medford Trail Riders plan to participate in the Ore gon Centennial Pony Express mail run, according to a letter from Harry Long, executive vice president of Centennial Pony Express, Inc., Baker, Ore. The Ashland Sage Riders submitted an application for participation in the event in October. The mail run is scheduled for June 7 to 10 Dog Control Man In Auto Mishap James Christian Hagler, 25, Jackson county dog control officer, received bruises and abrasions and two dogs in his custody were killed outright Friday afternoon when Hag- ler's panel truck struck a ve hicle driven by Patricia Ann Barnes, 16, of 2895 Hillcrest rd., according to Medford po lice records. Miss Barnes was cited for failure to yield the right of way to another vehicle, the record showed. The collision reportedly occurred at the in tersection of Howard and Ber- rydale aves. For Hagler this was the sec ond collision in just over a fortnight. His truck was struck by an automobile in a four-car collision in front of the U.S. post office in down town Medford Oct. 30: Forestry Men To Hear Porter Keynote speaker at the 10th annual meeting of the Na tiosal Forest Recreation asso ciation here Nov. 18 through 20 will be Congressman Char les O. Porter, Eugene. He will speak ' n. congress' views on national forest recreation at a dinner Tuesday at the Jack son hotel at 6:30 p.m. Approximately 150 opera tors and representatives of lodges in national forests in 12 states are expected to at tend. Other speakers scheduled will represent the forest ser vice, national park service, and school of forestry person nel. Salem DPD Motorists were advised to carry chains at Government Camp, Willa mette pass, Chemult, Austin and at East Diamond lake by the State Highway depart ment today. r fin. I it- next year, Long sad It will be staged to "kick off" the Oregon Centennial exposition and international trade fair in Portland. Pony Express post offices 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 Medford. Trail Riders has 48 members and has been active in community affairs. These events have included the Medford Rodeo, Phoenix Festival, Cat Fish Derby, Camp White veterans' events, Yoncalla Rodeo, Jackson county fair and five different parades in 1958. Tax Payers Stream Into Courthouse Many Jackson county resi dents paid their property taxes Saturday at the court house tax i apartment, offic ials reported today. A steady stream of persons reported in the office much of the day, but officials said that the line did not extend outside the tax department door. A large number of pay ments are expected in the mail today, since midnight Saturday was the deadline for mailed payments. Three largest payments for the year were from Pacific Telephone and Telegraph, $234,110.59; California Ore gon Power company, $447,- 441.78; and Southern Pacific railroad, $66,573.68. The three payments total $748,116.05. Chamber To Spend Promotion Money Oregon state and municipal development org anizations will spend a total of $413,538 this year for advertismg and promotion to attract tourists, vacationers and industry to the state, according to a re cent survey by the research department of the Curtis Pub lishing company. Of the total, Jackson Coun ty Chamber of Commerce will spend $2,390, and the Grants Pass and Josephine County Chamber of Commerce, $18, 445. The State Highway de partment will spend $310,000, the report showed. The report declared that tourist expenditures benefit virtually every segment of a community's economic life. Two Boys Perish As Fire Guts Home Kelso, Wash.-flJPD-Two boys burned to death early today when fire gutted their home here. The victims were Delbert Lentz, 7, and his 11-month-old brother, David. They were the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Lentz. The official canvass of votes cast in the Nov. 4 general el ection is expected to be com pleted Tuesday, elections de partment officials reported today. 53rd Year Medford 16 Pages Mew'Cairdiiinials Sacred College List Includes Two Americans Strength Greatest In Church's History Vatican City - (UPD - Pope John XXIII named 23 new cardinals today to raise the strength of the Sacred College of Cardinals to an unprece dented 75. The Pontiff called a Vatican consistory for Dec. 15 when the new cardinals will be in vested with their red hats. Two Americans He named two new Ameri can - cardinals: Msgr. John O'Hara, archbishop of Phil adelphia, and Msgr. Richard James Cushing, archbishop of Boston. Archbishop Amleto Giovan ni Cicognani, apostolic dele gate to the United States whose residence is in Washing ton, D.C., also was named a cardinal. i The new cardinals were named shortly after the Pon tiff named Msgr. Domenico Tardini as Vatican secretary of state. He had been acting in that position for some time. Tardini also was named cardinal. Italian Elevated Msgr. Giovanni Montini, the archbishop of Milan, was among Italians elevated to the rank of cardinal. Montini had wo.i fame for his work against the Communists in that indus trial area of Italy. The 23 new cardinals raised the strength of the Sacred Col lege to its greatest strength in history. The new ones in clude 13 Italians, two Amer icans, two French and one each from Mexico, Uruguay, Britain, Spain, Austria, Ger many. Elevation of two Americans to become Princes of the Church brings to four the number of American cardin als. The other two are Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbish op of New York, and James Francis Cardinal Mclntyre, Archbishop of Los Angeles. (See Story on Page 5) Russian Fighter Attack Disclosed Washington (DPD The State Department disclosed today that Russian fighters at tacked a U.S. Air Force plane over the Baltic Sea and also made a threatening pass at another plane over the Sea of Japan 10 days ago. In a note delivered to Mos cow last Thursday but not made public until today, the United States "strongly pro tested the dangerous, offen sive and provocative actions of Soviet fighter aircraft." This government also blunt ly warned that if Russia con tinues such "dangerous tac tics" that "commanders of American aircraft will be un der instructions to take any defensive action which they consider necessary and appro priate." Presumably this meant U.S. pilots would be ordered to shoot back. Chrysler Resumes Auto Production Detroit-PD-Chrysler Corp. employees resumed produc tion today of 1959 cars left on the assembly, lines when white collar workers went on strike last week. . . The strike, first in the auto industry's history by white collar workers, ended Sunday night. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York -d'PD- Dow Jones closing stock averag es: 30 industrials 567.44, up 2.76; 20 rails 156.46, up 1.76; 15 utilities 87.33, up 0.45; 65 stocks 197.21, up 1.25. Sales today were about 4,540.000 compared with 4,390,000 Friday. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1958 Snow Expected To Fall in Northwest By United Press International Parts of eastern Oregon shivered in near-zero temper atures this morning while the weather man said snow may fall on northwest Oregon be fore -the current cold snap ends. It got down to three above at Bend and four above at Ba ker early today as much of the state got frosty weather. Cold Snap To End The weather bureau said western Oregon's cold snap was due to end tonight with higher temperatures predicted for the Portland area tonight than during the day today. Severe Storms Batter Western Half of Nation By United Press International Severe storms lashed the western half of the nation to day with blinding snow, tor nadic winds and heavy rains. Blizzard warnings were hoisted from the Dakota wheatlands to the Oklahoma Panhandle. Snow piled 16 inches deep at Lemmon, S.D., and forced., schools - to . close in Western Kansas. Tornadoes and high winds swept Northern Texas and Ok lahoma, and a tornado alert was sounded in Northwestern Oklahoma, southeastern Kan sas and West Central Missouri. Rain In East Kansas More than four inches of rain lashed eastern Kansas, threatening floods on rapidly rising rivers. The gigantic storm system, which even weathermen call ed severe, stamped winter's brand from the Pacific to the Dakotas and south into Ari zona's cactus country. The Weather Bureau at Chicago said the storm was "continuing to intensify over the plains" and would not reach its peak before some time Tuesday., A storm bringing 10 inches and more of snow to portions of North Dakota, bulged into Northwestern and Western Kansas. At -Chicago forecast ers said the storm "will make weather history for its large extent and unusually severe conditions for so early in the season." Neuberger Sees Classroom Defeat , Portland-UPD-Sen. Richard L. . Neuberger (D-Ore.) said Sunday night America is los ing the cold war of the class rooms to Russia. Neuberger told the Knights of Columbus at their annual banquet that it was significant that only about 8,000 Ameri cans were learning the Rus sian language while more than 10 million Russians were studying English. "In 1956, Russia graduated about 70,000 engineers, the United States 30,000 and the Soviets' lead is increasing," he said. Slaughter Turns Up Long List of Items Tillamook-fTPD-A bull re cently slaughtered by the Christensen Meat company here was the answer to a long series of lost items from the Warm Springs Reservation near Madras. Meat cutters found in the bull's stomach: A gold watch band, half of an in nerlube, nine pennies, gold bridgework, two plastic bags, a 4-inch stock of bobby-pins, a fishing spinner, 5 clothes pins, a rubber cowboy doll, 6 can lids, 2 hypo needles, shell casings, 2 rubber heels from men's shoes, a key chain, 5 coffee can bands, part of a pop bottle, childrens' jacks, 16 nails and two earrings. But forecasters warned Port landers that as much as two inches of snow might fall. Snow also was forecast for other parts of northwest Ore gon today before turning to rain. Two separate storm systems were reported off the coast and both are expected to move inland by Tuesday morning. Gale warnings were display ed from Tatoosh to Cape Blan co for winds up to 45 miles per hour. Eugene Cold Spot Eastern Oregon will get cold again tonight with lows of 5 to 20 above predicted. West ern Oregon was expected to get readings of 32 to 40 to night. Eugene was the cold spot west of the mountains early today with 28. The State Highway Depart ment said McKenzie pasr was almost impassable and that motorists should carry chains to Government Camp. Chains were required at Cascade Locks. ield To Have Tea With Neuberger Portland (DPD Gov.-elect Mark Hatfield accepted dur ing the week end an invita tion to tea with Sen- Richard L. Neuberger (D.-Ore.). The invitation was issued to Hatfield and his wife fol lowing an earlier verbal ex change among Neuberger, Hatfield and Sen. Wayne Morse (D.-Ore.). The exchange came following a letter from Hatfield to Morse asking him to arrange a meeting with members of the Oregon con gressional delegation. Morse said he would not meet with Hatfield but would send the letter to other members of the delegation, and would make available the services of his office to Hatfield. Rep. Charles O. Porter (D. Ore.) said he planned to meet with Hatfield this Thursday. Nepal Asked for Expedition Permit Kathmandu, Nepal - (UPD -American oil millionaire Tom Slick today asked the Nepal ese government for permis sion to send an expedition into the Himalayan Mountains to search for the abominable snowman. The four-man team was ex pected to concentrate its search in the Barun Valley of the Everest and Makalu Ranges, but it may visit the mountain kingdom of Mus tang to examine the skin of a strange animal that could be the mysterious, human like creature oft-times sighted in the mountains. The expedition will include two Britons, one American and an Indian 'zoologist. It will remain in the mountains for six months according to the plans Slick submitted to the Nepalese government. WEATHER FORECAST: Clondy tonight and Tuesday. Snow beginning during night and changing to rain in valley Tuesday. Warmer. Low tonight 32-35. High Tuesday near 48. TEMP. Highest Yesterday 39 Lowest This Morning . 24 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 4:48 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:06 a.m. Moonset tonight 11:41 p.m. First Quarter tonight 8:59 pjn. Mercury is making an appear ance as an evening star this week hut so far south among the stars that it will be hidden by the rays of the Sun in most of the Northern Hemisphere. tores f-'dek Tribune Prodigal Mayor Reaffirms Off-Street Parking Amendment Support Mayor John Snider has re affirmed the city administra tion's endorsement of the pro posed charter amendment act ed upon recently by the Med ford city council. The amendment provides for local enabling legislation to finance and operate off street parking facilities, un der the provisions of a 1957 state statute Mayor Snider stressed the need for such enabling legis lation, to allow for an order ly solution to the citys' park ing problem. He praised the city council, the city planning commission and the special advisory committee on park ing for the detailed study which preceded the framing of the amendment. Snider pointed out that the bonds required would be re tired by a levy only on a spe cial metropolitan assessment district to be formed once the ballot measure is approved. This downtown levy would be offset by the revenue from the new off-street facility and a portion of the on-street parking revenue. "This is only the first step in the direction of parking progress for the needs of our community," Snider stated, "and it will take the whole hearted support of every re sponsible citizen to make this progress possible." He called for the formation of a citizens advisory commit tee to carry out a program of public education to the merits of the ballot measure. He urg ed every voter to become in formed concerning the Russia Offers New 'Concession' " Geneva -(UPD- The Soviet Union offered the West what it said was a new "concession" to save the Geneva nuclear conference from complete stalemate today. But the West said the offer was no conces sion at all and did nothing to ease the existing East-West deadlock. ' At the same time, the So viets refrained from their ex pected flat condemnation of the United States offer of a nuclear testing ban treaty. Ii.stead, in an unexpected tactical move, they handed the West a new, slightly revised draft working plan. Commu nist sources said this was de signed to keep the deadlock ed atom talks alive here. Washington -UPD- The pow er of legislative committees to quiz reluctant witnesses is under Supreme court exam ination again this week. Price 10 Cents No. 204 Father amendment and especially to the methods of . financing through the downtown assess ment district and other sourc es of parking revenue, The proposed charter amendment will be voted on by Medford voters Dec. 10 Vital Statistics Meeting Held A regional institute on vital statistics registration is being held in Medford todav at the Jackson county public health department, according to Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county health officer. Here conducting the insti- titute are Deane Huxtable, di rector of the vital statistics section of the Ore iron stat board of Health, Portland, Miss Marian Martin and Keith Putnam, members of Huxtable staff. Attending the institute will be persons responsible for birth and death registration and legal responsibility of getting these statistics on file. Included in the discussions will be physicians, funeral directors, coroners, health of ficers and registrars. Attending the meeting here will be Jackson County and Josephine county officials as well as representatives from Curry and Douglas counties. counties. Red China Peace Feelers 'Ignored' Taipeh. tormosa (DPD Vice President Chen Cheng said today Communits China has sent peace feelers to Na tionalist officials but that the Nationalists have ignored them. Chen, who is also premier. made the statement to the of ficial Central News Agency in confirming Manila and Hong Kong reports the Peip ing government has tried to open peace talks. "Neither the Chinese gov ernment nor any individuals in it have paid any attention to this kind of Communist trick," Chen said. There have been rumors for several ' weeks the Commu nists had sent peace feelers to the Chiang Kai-Shek gov ernment but in the past such reports have brought only Na tionalist denials. Huntsville, Utah -(DPD The body of a third airman who froze to death after parachut ing from a crippled four-engine plane over Utah moun tains was recovered by the Air Force today. ' pmi :(UJ untie TFiniDglhiti Veteran Leader Of Defense Force Seizes Power Policies Expected To Remain Pro-West Cairo - (DPD -The Sudanesa army commander was report ed to have seized power today from pro Western Premier Abdullah Khalil in a pre dawn coup. But diplomats here believed the move would not change Sudan's pro-Western policies. Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Abboud ringed the capital of Khar toum with armored cars be fore dawn and announced hii takeover over the state radio. He pledged closer relations with president Gamal Abdel Nasser's United Arab Repub lic, but he called for a free and independent Sudan. Everything Quiet The British Foreign Office said in London it had receiv ed official confirmation of the coup from its office in Khar toum. It said everything was quiet and there was no infor mation to indicate any loss of life or damage to foreign property. The first assessment of dip lomats in Cairo and London was that Abboud if in per sonal control of the coup would not alter Sudan's pro Western policies. Politicans in the upper Nile state of Sudan have been bat tling over the question of Egypt, and there has been heavy pressure before and after Sudan won its independ ence on Jan. 1, 1956, from Britain and Egypt. Veteran Leader Abboud is a veteran leader of the old Sudan defense force which policed Sudan when it was still a colony and he is an old friend of the de posed premier, a former gen eral himself. Abboud also holds a high British decora tion for his services, the Or der of the British Empire. Abboud said in a series of communiques broadcast by Omdurman radio he would "improve relations" with the United Arab Republic, Su dan's northern neighbor. The two countries are now in a dispute over diversion of wa ters of the river Nile, the life line of both countries. Army Convoy Tests Red Blockade Plans Berlin -(DPD- A U.S. Army truck convoy passed through the Soviet Zone without Com munist interference today on its way from West Berlin to West Germany in a test of Red blockade plans for this city. An Army spokesman said the Russians made no move to inspect the two transport trucks and one jeep when they passed Red Army check points at each end of the 110 mile superhighway that runs through East German terri tory. The new convoy was sent out as a partial test of the Soviet blockade intentions. The Soviets halted last Fri day's convoy because the trucks involved were covered and the Americans aboard re fused to let Red Army men search them. Today's vehicles were opeii sided trucks. Mercury To Climb Weatherman Says Somewhat warmer temper atures have been predicted for the Medford vicinity after the coldest temperatures so far this fall. Sunday's 21-degree reading at the airport station of the weather bureau was the sea son's coldest temperature and today's 24 degrees was second low. High on Sunday was on ly 39. Snow is expected to fall in this area beginning during the night but weather bureau pre dicted that the precipitation will change to rain in the valley tomorrow. Portland - (DPD The falsa swearing trial of Clyde C. Crosby, Oregon Teamster leader, has been postponed until after the first of the year.
