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Newspaper Page Texto3rd Year Price 10 Cents Subscribers Recommended To report Improper or Boa delivery of the Mail Tribune in Medford phone SP 2-6141 Ash land MU 2-1021. Yreka 841W before 6:45 pjn. daily and 12:30 ajn. Sunday. If regular delivery arrives shortly after you call please notify office thus eliminating: special messenger service. Off-street parking and parks and recreation programs In oth er cities were discussed In the League of Oregon Cities meet ing in Eugene recently. A re porter's summary of these dis cussions Is given on page 14 in today's Mall Tribune. DFORD RIBUIE United Press Full leased Wire United Press full Leased Wire 56 PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1958 No. 209 ME Mediford Tornado Fops Pendleton Dn 27-2(5 ThriDDer Medford's Black Tornado nosed out spirited Pendleton here last night in a spine tingling battle of touchdowns to reach the championship finale for the Oregon Class A-l football championship. The Tornado slammed over a come-from - behind touch down with 6V minutes left in the final period to give Med ford a 27 to 26 nod over the Buckaroos from eastern Ore gon in the state semi-final match. Gerry Lyons, work horse ball packer for the Tor nado, cracked seven yards to end a 46-yard drive and Mike Murray booted his third con version of the night to pro vide the margin of victory. Medford now goes up against powerhouse Jefferson Friday, Nov. 28, at Multno mah stdium in Portland for the 1958 A-l diadem1. Jeffer son, of the Oregon metropolis, is the defending champion. Jefferson's Democrats of Portland scored 19 rjoints in the first quarter and added three more touchdowns for an easy 38 to 0 romp over West Linn on Friday. Nip and Tuck It was a nip-and-tuck of fensive struggle all the way last night although each team scored only one touchdown in the final half. The Tornado led 7 to 6 at the quarter and took 13 to 6 and 20 to 13 gaps in the sec ond period but Pendleton had caught up 20-all by the half time gun. Pendleton tallied two minutes into the final panel. Then Medford came back with its pay-off touch down drive. The quick, deceptive Buck- aroos started the trade of touchdowns. Ray Sharrah broke away for a 63 yard gal lop to the Medford seven-yard line. Ladd Horn made two yards, then went over from the five. Chuck Eliason's ex tra point kick failed. Medford followed with an 85-yard march in 13 plays and Lyons plunged over from the three. Murray kicked the bon us lor Medford and . It was 7 to 6. For the second Medford FOOTBALL EAST Harvard 28. Yale 0 Dartmouth 21, Princeton 12 Western Maryland 20. Johns-Hopkins 13 Rutgers 61, Columbia 0 MIDWEST Ohio State 20, Michigan 14 Michigan State 26, Kan sas State 7 Purdue 15. Indiana 15 Illinois 27, Northwestern 20 Iowa 31, Notre Dame 21 Wisconsin 27, Minnesota 12 Missouri 13, Kansas 13 SOUTH Florida 21, Florida State 7 Duke 7, North Carolina 6 Georgia 76, The Citadel 0 Auburn 21, Wake Forest 7 Louisiana Stale 62. Tu lane 0 SOUTHWEST Oklahoma 40. Nebraska 7 Texas Christian 21, Rice 10 Air Force Academy 45. New Mexico 7 Ariiona State 47, Ariiona 0 WEST Wyoming 22, Brigham Young 14 California 16, Stanford 15 Washington State 18. Washington 14 Oregon 20. Oregon Stale 0 UCLA 15. Southern Cali fornia 15 WEATHER FORECAST: Fog and low cloud iness Sunday and Sunday night with occasional periods of drizzle. Cloudy Monday with rain beginning Monday afternoon or evening High Sunday 46; low Sunday night 38. High Monday 45. TEMP. Highest Saturday 45 Lowest Saturday 42 To 5 p.m. Testeday . .01 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 4:44 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:13 a.m. Moonset tomorrow S:29 a.m. BRIGHTEST STAR Sirius. rises ! 10:07 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Mars, in the east at 6:44 p.m. will be high 1b south 11:14 p.m. Jupiter, rises C:20 am. touchdown of the night Don Peek brought the crowd to its feet with an electrifying 89-yard punt runback. He took the ball on a reverse from Danny Sieg, swung to the right side line and found the help of the Tornado block ing wall. Murray's thump missed this time. The Bucks moved 67 yards in 12 plays to tie the count. Dan Eckles took a four-yard touchdown toss from Dennis Tyler and Ray Sharrah caught Tyler's aerial for the extra point. 23 Yard Surge A 38-yard run by Ron Reich and Murray's second conver sion boot made it 20 to 13 Medford. But, Pendleton surged 73 yards after the kick-off. The Buckaroos moved in eight plays to the Medford 28. A Medford hold ing penalty put the ball on the 13 and Tyler hurled again to Eckles for a score. Horn swept end for the extra. Pendleton fought 33 yards in eight offensive moves to make the score 26 to 20. Tyler rolled around end for the touchdown. A pass, Tyler to Horn, failed to click on the conversion effort. Onside Kick-Off The Bucks tried an onside kick-off but Don Harrison nabbed it for Medford at mid field and ran back to the Pendleton 46. The Tornado in four plays gained to the 35 but two tries lost to the 39. Bob Pond threw to Ken Dur kee, whose spectacular catch put the ball on the 19. Lyons gained to the 12. A Pendle ton offside put the ball on the seven and Lyons made it from there. Lyons raced from the Med ford 25 to the Buck-sixain- the late moments of the game but clipping put Medford back on its 18. Pendleton got the ball on the 41 and gain ed to the Tornado 13. There Lowell Dean and Jerry An derson deflected a Tyler pass. Lynn Knight of Medford caught the ball and Medford ran out the clock. Pendleton's well-mixed at tack outgained Medford 292 yards to 244, and the Buck aroos had 17 first downs to Medford 13. Nye Is Officer Of Farm Society Corvallis Stephen G Nye, Medford, was named sec ond vice president of the Ore gon State Horticulture society for 1959 Friday at the group's 73rd annual meeting at Ore gon State college. Other Jackson county men named to offices included Or- ville C. Hamilton, Central Point, retiring president, and Ward Spatz, Medford, both to the board of trustees. Walter Leth, Salem, field superintendent for Blue Lake facKers, was elected presi dent of the horticultural so ciety. uuier officers elected in clude J. S. Smart, Salem, third vice president; C. O Rawlings, Oregon State col lege extension horticulturist, re-elected secretary, and Paul J. Willard, Salem, re-elected treasurer. "Gosh, I Think We're Outnumbered" TOYS This off-street parking lot, behind Medford's downtown firehouse, accommo dates the ranks of used toys to be rehabili tated by firemen as Christmas gifts for needy children. Looking them over are Fire Michigan Town Mourns Victims Of Ship Disaster Rogers City, Mich.-IUPD-This Michigan shipping community of about 4,000 persons buried its dead Saturday - the Rog ers City victims of the Carl D. Bradley ship disaster. In nearby Onaway, Mich., the scene was repeated. Two of the victims were from that small town. In all, 33 men perished when the once-proud Great lakes limestone carrier broke up and sank in stormy Lake Michigan Tuesday night. Fif teen of the crewmen have never been found. ' 1 First Mate Elmer Fleming and Deck Watchman Frank Mayes, the only two survivors from the 35-man crew, were confined to the Charlevoix hospital and unable to attend services today for their ship mates. ; Residents March Almost all the residents of Rogers City marched in the two-mile long funeral which led from St. Ignatius church's gymnasium to a wind-swept nil loverlooking Lake Huron acros sthe tip of southern Mi chigan from where they died. Mayor Kenneth Vogelhelm proclaimed a 30-day period of mourning. All flags were dropped to half mast. On four sister ships of the Bradley, crews were dismissed to at tend services. Disaster Fund The Detroit Times, which started a ship disaster fund to aid the 52 children left father less by the disaster, reported Saturday that the fund has passed the $16,000 mark and the fund is only three days old. Late Saturday a coast guard plane reported sighting an oil slick between High and Gull islands where the Brad ley is believed to be subherg- ed in about 300 feet of water. The missing crewmen went down' in that area " with the ship, according to survivors. Authorities said they plan to fly but to that area about 35 miles from the Michigan mainland to investigate the oilslick. men Vernon Ritchie, Goftlon Shelton and Kenneth Handle. More parts are needed, es pecially for wagons and repairable bikes. The Lady Lions, who distribute the gifts, say they need more dolls too. 'Glad to Cooperate' O'Hara Tells Press, But Dispute Looms Salem (DPD David O'Hara.. named by Gov. Robert D. Holmes to succeed Mark Hat field as secretary of state, said yesterday he thought he could work well with the state board of control and Gov. elect Hatfield.' . But no one is sure whether his appointment to tffice will stick. Gov. Holmes set the capital 'Treasures' To Be Shown Downtown "Treasures" to be claimed by lucky ticket holders in the Christmas Treasure Hunt being held in downtown Med ford will be displayed in store windows starting Monday. The articles of merchandise will be shown during the week, and at 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 28, numbers will be as signed the prizes. Persons holding tickets cor responding to the number on the articles may claim them as their "treasure." The tickets are still avail able at participating stores in the downtown area to ail per sons who enter regardless of whether a purchase is made or not. The Friday evening cere monies, held in lieu of the parade as in previous years, will include Medford school bands, Santa Claus and caro lers. Stores will remain open until 9 p.m. Next City Name Expected Soon The name of Medf ords next city attorney should be an nounced this week, according to City Manager Robert A. Duff. Candidates for the recently-authorized post of parks and recreation director are also being considered, Duff said Friday. One person mentioned as a possible successor to the city attorney's office is Gerald J. Scannell, Jr. He is currently a deputy district attorney of Jackson cbunty. Duff said he is "one of sev eral we're considering." E. Roy Bashaw, the pres ent city attorney, confirmed the fact that Scannell is in the running. But, he said, "Noth ing is definite." Scannell himself could not be reached for comment. He is reportedly in Portland for the week end. The names of other candi dates have not been revealed. But if financial gain is a prime consideration, then ac cording to Duff some at least are already in public office or from another community. Most Medford lawyers, he said, appear to be profiting comfortably from private practice. The 1958-59 municipal bud get allows $5,763 for the city attorney's services. This fig ure, it is understood, varies with the individuals exper ience. Accordine to the amended city charter, Duff is respon sible for the appointment. It is expected, however, that he will consult other officials. agog Friday by naming Re publican O'Hara, a former head of the state elections di vision, to fill Hatfield's spot when the now secretary of state becomes governor. Both Holmes and Hatfield said they thought an immedi ate court test of the appoint ment was necessary and the Oregon Supreme Court could reach a decision on the mat ter in two or three weeks Hatfield claims he can name his own successor, but the governor maintains that he has the power to name a successor of the same politi cal party as Hatfield. Holmes is a Democrat. ... The 71-year-old O'Hara re tired last year as elections chief after working briefly under Hatfield, Rumor had it then that O'Hara and Hatfield were not getting along well together, but O'Hara said "I don't dislike Mark. We have never been close and have had different ideas in respect to government, but would be glad to co-operate with him in the best interests of the state." Cxov. Holmes contended in making the appointment that no person holding any other state .office is eligible to fill the office of governor, He maintains that Hatfield must resign as secretary of state before assuming the of fice of governor and thus having the power to appoint his successor. Hatfield has not resigned. (Continued on Page 15) Attorney's Bashaw assumes his duties as district judge in January He has said he would like month at least to acquaint his successor with the func tioning of the attorney's of fice. Duff reported that several candidates for the parks and recreation directorship were interviewed during the League of Oregon Cities con vention at Eugene last week He said one is currently in volved in academic pursuits The rest hold municipal posi tions already. He observed that those interviewed seem to be looking for a salary comparable to that of a high school principal. Authority for appointing parks and recreation director is contained in the ordinance establishing a parks and rec reation commission passed by the city council Sept. 4. London Red's Call For Anti-Nixon Attacks London -UPD- The Commu nist party yesterday called for South American-style demon strations against Vice Presi dent Richard M. Nixon and a march on the U. S. Embassy when he arrives Tuesday from Washington on a goodwill visit. MRS. PATTERSON DIES Hillsboro -UPD- Mrs. Ada Linton Patterson, mother of late Oregon Gov. Paul L. Pat terson, died at her home here yesterday at the age of 84. She had been ill for some time, doctors said. nn f itt. n uuce s 12)81? lesyBftiiinig Dim Russia Withholds Announcement Of Liquidation Plan Western Diplomats Anticipate No Change Moscow -(DPD Russia (yes terday) kept the West in sus pense and held off formal an nouncement of its plan to "li quidate" the occupation of Berlin. Western diplomats had ex pected to receive the state ment yesterday from the Sov iet foreign ministry. They at tached no significance to the fact that it did not material ize. They assumed it would be announced early this week, possibly tomorrow. It was ob vious that there had been no change in the Kremlin's plans. , The Communist party news paper Pravda referred again yesterday to Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev's Nov. 10 proposal to "liquidate the occupation status and normal ize the situation in the capi tal of the German Democratic Republic." But it said nothing about the formal announce ment which would hand Sov iet occupation rights to East Germany and demand West ern withdrawal. Apparently Believed line n,ast uermans appar ently believed, with the West, that it would be forthcoming yesterday. (A broadcast said Russia wuuia mane is.. proposal, on the "eradication of the occu pation status oi .tseriin ' yes terday morning.) When the Russian foreign ministry asked the ambassa dors of Austria, Belgium and Holland to appear yesterday for separate c o n f e rences. tain the long-expected state ment would be issued. Instead, the envoys confer red only on trade matters be tween their countries and the Soviet Union. The ambassadors of the United States, Britain and France, the nations sharine occupation rights with Russia in Berlin, received no invita Western diplomats were cer tions. Grand Jury To Hear Case of Leroy Eckel Five witnesses testified Fri day during a preliminary hearing in district court for Clifford Leroy Eckel, 19, for merly of Happy Valley dr., Medford. , Eckel, who is charged with rape, was bound over to the grand jury following the hearing by Judge James M. Main with bail set at $1,500. He is being held in, county jaiL The man was returned from Los Angeles, Calif., by Jackson county sheriffs depu ties Nov. 15 on a warrant is sued earlier this year. Attorney for the defendant is Bernard Kelly with John C Aniker Jr., deputy district at torney, presenting the state's case. " INSPECT CENTER Mrs. Al (Kathryn) Lundquist, supervisor of the curriculum materials center of Medford schools, ex plains the center to a group of Medford businessmen Thursday at the annual Education-Business Day sponsored by the Jack- i S ECTOR li TTTTV, BElN GAT0W AIRFIELD' L TtSfcLA VJ - IS EC TOR! jbritishCT wssrn i SECTOR )psMBft$sy ( , IU-S. SECTOR vitRfttO?Ofr SCH0EHFE10 I EAST GERMANY " y j HOT SPOT Map shows different sectors of Berlin, complete ly enclosed by Communist East Germany. The Russian gov ernment is expected to tell the ain, U.S.) that all of Berlin belongs to East Germany, and to exert pressure on them to leave the city. Airline Labor Strife Threatening Traffic By United Press International Labor disputes involving several airlines Saturday threatened to severly cut pas senger traffic on skyways over a wide section of the nation. Planes of an intercontinent al line, Trans World Airlines, already were grounded by a strike of machinists. And walkouts also threatened to idle planes of American and Eastern Airlines early next week. Meanwhile a fourth major West Coast Has One Round Trip Via Medford Portland -A7PD- West Coast Airlines is working on a lim ited schedule after 86 me chanics struck the airlines in a contract dispute Friday. The mechanics walked off the job after negotiations in Seattle, carried on since the contract expired June 1 of this year, failed. The International Associa tion of Machinists is demand ing a pay boost to bring WCA wages in line with other ma jor airlines; demanding that the wage settlement be retro active to June 1, and asking that the company hire inspec tors whose sole task would be to check work done by the mechanics. West Coast is now operat ing on a one-a-day round trip schedule b e tween Seattle, Wash., and Klamath Falls via Medford. Operating with DC-3 equipment only, Flight 747 leaves Medford at 4:36 p.m. for Klamath Falls, and Flight 748 leaves here at 6:32 p.m. for Seattle. Prior to the strike, two round trips daily were pro vided between Seattle and Klamath Falls. The limited service will be effective until after the strike is settled, officials said. There are no mechanics stationed in Medford. nv n iyflcv u ISed CyftiioirD EAST GERMANY Western Allies (France, Brit airline Capital planned to resume some of its flights to day after a 37-day strike by union mechanics which halted its operations A fifth air carrier, Lake Central Airlines, which main ly operates in Indiana, faced a walkout of its stewardesses but was expected to continue its flights. I Stiffened Attitude The labor disputes arose against a background of a stiffened attitude by manage ment of major airlines. Six of the lines American, TWA, United, Capital, Northwest and Eastern have agreed that increased profits, result ing from a strike against any of the six, shall be returned to the idled air line. A walkout of 6,7000 ma chinists early Friday morning grounded planes of TWA, whose 196 daily flights nor mally carry about 12,000 pas sengers across the - United States and to and from 23 foreign cities. Planes in the air at the strike deadline,, however, were allowed to fin ish flights. But about 19,000 TWA employes including. some in Europe- and Asia were given furloughs without pay. The machinists, who work ed without a contract since Octo. 1, 1957, rejected a com pany offer in the dispute in which wages and length of contract were main bargain ing points. But TWA Presi dent Charles Thomas said the union also asked the company to limit authority of foremen and supervisory personnel. Pilots of American airlines threatened to walk off the job at midnight Tuesday to enforce demands for pay boosts and changes in work ing conditions. C. N. Sayen, presidento f the AFL-CIO Air Line Pilots, association, noti fied the national mediation board that the 1,491 plots of American will "withdraw from service." Sayen said the pilots were unable to reach an agreement with American, which flies from coast to coast and has service into Mexico and Canada. on County Chamber of Commerce in co operation with Medford schools. The center provides textbooks and film strips for all Medford schools, except Medford High school. (Brainerd's Photo) (7 2eeirD Western Unify, Military Alert Warning Kremlin Washington Officials Doubtful Of Conflict Washington-(UPD - President Eisenhower's determination to go to war if necessary to ve Berlin apparently has forced the Russians to shift to a more cautious diplomatic approach in their compaign to oust Wes ter Allies from the city. That was the assessment yesterday of high American officials as they awaited the next Soviet move in the war of nerves over Berlin. With its military forces on alert and and a 600-plane air lift available to crack any blockade attempt, the United States obviously was prepared to meet force with force if that became necessary. However, top officials hers said they were more con vinced than ever that the Rus sians would not push matters to the point of open conflict. To Give No Ground The Kremlin's pressure tac tics against Berlin have unit ed the Wester powers mors firmly than ever in their in tention to give no ground be fore Communist expansion at any point, officials said, and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrush chev knows this. West German authorities here underlined the Allied un animity on a firm Berlin stand. They said, after West German's Ambassador Wil- helm G. Grewe had a confer ence at the state department Friday night, that they were confident the United States was not going to fall into any trap by dealing with the East Gernam Communists on any continuing basis, no matter how limited. American officials said they expect some formal Rus sian notification this week of the Kremlin's professed desire to "liquidate" the four-power occupation of Berlin. They declined to predict what form it would take. Conflicting Reports The state department and the Pentagon, as frequently occurs, differed somewhat in their assessment of how the United States should handle the situation. This gave rise to conflicting reports as to what the United States would actually do if confronted by an East German takeover. Military officials favored using armored cars and tanks to keep road and rail traffic flowing without recognizing the authority of the East Ger mans to exercise control and inspection functions. The state department insist ed on a more flexible set of instructions setting forth dif ferent methods of dealing with various decrees of auth ority assumed by East Ger mans. Officials said that so far, the White House has endorsed the more cautious system fav ored by state department of ficials. Lt. Pean Reports Auction Successful The Medford police depart ment's auction Thursday was a great success, according to Rollie Pean, services lieuten ant. An estimated 100 people showed up and paid a total of $479 for the bicycles, old cars, costume jewlry and oth er unclaimed items, Lt. Pean reported. "We sold every thing," he said. Highest individual sales, he said, were a Pontiac at $32.50 and a girl's bicycle at $31. One outboard motor gas can was the only item to be claim ed by its original owner. Detective Lt. Lyle Perkins served as auctioneer. The auc tion was held in the police department's storage shed at Medford airport. Washington (DPD Gov. Elect Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York said yesterday he and Vice President Richard M. Nixon have agreed that all potential candidates should be encouraged to seek the 1960 Republican presidential nomination.