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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.