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N K M A M1 p. .'71 rVv mm r ok THANKSGIVING FARE - It is a good bet that any pilgrim would have traded his musket straight across for a plump turkey like the one above being held by Morris Boughner, manager of Groceteria meat market, Medford. Valley butch ers have been busy for the past 10 days taking and filling orders and it is estimated that more than 6,000 turkeys have been marketed in this area this Thanksgiving. R. J. Savage, of Savage Turkey farm, said this is their biggest year yet. In spite of the heavy Thanksgiving sales, Savage said he expects even bigger turkey sales at Christmas time. Directors Will Be Elected in Eight Districts Dec. 1 Tive water districts and three rural fire protection districts will hold elections Monday, Dec. 1. In each dis trict one or more directors will be elected. The Charlotte Anne Water district will elect one director for a four-year term. Candi date is Fred Marchbanks, who is running for the post now held by John W. Stewart, who is leaving the district. Polling place will be Camp U-Rest, South Pacific high way, from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. Seeks Reelection B. Sam Taylor is running for reelection as director for a three-year term in the Elk City water district. Voting will be held in the 1 Rancho motel, 3838 North Pacific highway, from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. Also running for reelection Is Charles Hoppe, in the Jack sonville Highway Water dist rict. The term will be for three years. Water district voters will cast their ballots In the Oak Grove school be tween 2 and 8 p.m. In the Maple Park Water district, Mrs. Geraldean Gra ham is .seeking a five-year term as director. She was ap- Oregon Traffic Crashes Kill Two By United Press International Two persons were injured fatally in separate traffic ac cidents in Oregon late Wednes day. State police said both ac cidents occurred before the 6 pjn. starting time for count ing Thanksgiving day holi day fatalities. Kenneth George Cruick- hank, 21, Bend, died from in iuries suffered in a one-car accident on Highway 26 north of Madras. State police said the car veered off the high way, struck a culvert and rolled over. The accident oc curred about 5 p.m. Mary Foss, 52, Coos Bay, died from injuries suffered in a two-car collision near Cres- well Junction on Highway 99 south of Eugene. The collision occurred about 4:45 P-m., state police said. Five persons in the second car were hurt but state police said apparent ly none of the injuries was critical.- Portland - (UPD- Portland was preparing today for its Friday Fairy Tale parade through down town streets, which will open the Christmas shopping season. Democrats Sweep All Major Offices In Alaska's History-Making Election Anchorage, A 1 a s k a-(UPD- Democrats, swept into every major office in Tuesday's history-making election had the job today of guiding the giant territory of Alaska on the path to statehood. Control of Legislature The Democrats won the gov ernorship, two Senate seats -and the lone seat in the House of Representatives. They also won control of both houses of the Legislature. Democratic victors were William A. Egan, the 49th state's first governor; E. L. Bartlett, U.S. senator; Ernest Gruening, U.S. senator; and Ralph J. Rivers, U.S. repre pointed to fill the unexpired term of a director who moved from the district. The election will be held at 1205 Sage rd., between 2 and 8 p.m., Dec. 1. Kings Highway District Two names will appear on the ballot in the Kings High way Water district. Harold E Toll, who was appointed ear lier this year to fill an unex pired term is seeking to fill the term until it expires Dec. 31, 1959. Also on the ballot will be James A. Phillips, who has been on v the board since its inception in 1954. The term is five years. Election in the Kings High way district will be at the Wayne Troxell residence, 1833 South Peach st., between 2 and 8 p.m. Eligible voters in the Cen tral Point Rural Fire Protec tion district will vote for two directors and decide on an nexation of a piece of prop erty in the White City area. Director Candidates Candidates for director are Claude Thompson, present chairman of the board who is seeking reelection for a five-year term, and Charles Bateman, who is seeking the unexpired term of four years of the late Harold Gebhard. Bateman was appointed to serve the term until the next district election. ' The election will be held between 2 and 8 p.m. at the main fire hall on Highway 99 just south of Central Point. Two directors also will be elected Monday in Medford Rural Fire district. Asher Neff, current chairman of the board who is seeking reelec tion for a five-year term, and Glen V. Allen, who is seeking the unexpired term of four years of H. Chandler Dr.ew who recently moved from the district. Polling place will be the Oak Grove school between 2 and 8 p.m. Shady Cove-Trail District Voters in the Shady Cove Trail Fire Protection district will elect two directors, one is for five years while the other is the unexpired term of Cecil Kee who resigned earlier this year. The term, which .will end Dec. 31, 1959, is currently filled by Bill Lo gan, who is a candidate for the five-year position. Also a post is Walter Sattler. The current dircetor, Robert Bush, is not running for reelection. Candidates for the one-year term are Bert Conner and George Mason. The polls will be open from 2 until 8 p.m. Monday in the Shady Cove-Trail fire station. sentative. Latest returns gave Bartlett 22,146 votes to 4428 for R. E. Robertson. Gruening, '-71, and a former territorial governor, led Mike Stepovich, his 39-year-old rival, 17,022 to 16, 022. Rivers led Henry A. Ben son. 15,167 to 11,597. Egan had 16,618 votes to 11,039 for John Butrovich Jr. 60 Precincts To Count There remained only 60 scattered precicts to be count ed in the contest between Gruening and Stepovich. . Ob servers doubted the remain ing votes would offset the trend. Gruening'i strength took West's Proposal To End Deadlock On Talks Vetoed Reply Described As 'Regrettable' Geneva - (UPD - The Soviet Union today turned down the West's entire plan for break ing up. the deadlock on the Geneva conference on pre venting surprise attacks. The move could signal a break down of the talks. Soviet First Deputy For eign Minister-Vasily V.' Kuz netsov rejected the Western proposals in their entirety during a 20-minute summing up of the East's conference stand. Proposals Denounced In harsh terms he denounc ed the Western proposals on the prevention and detection of surprise attacks as "not constructive, unrealistic and elementary." Kuznetsov's blast came in reply to U.S. delegation Chief William C. Foster's appeal to the Soviet Wednesday for a concrete response to get the bogged down conference off to a working start. Western diplomats called the Soviet reply "disappoint ing and regrettable." Ob servers said it appeared the surprise attack talks were nearing an end. Conferences Bogged Russians tactics have bog ged down two separate con ferences on a ban on nuclear arms tests and means of avoiding surprise attacks. The West indicated it was getting weary of the Soviet maneu cers. The West was pressing for: -A firm Soviet answer on whether Russia was prepared to establish here and now an effective international control system to police a nuclear test ban. -A Soviet response to its request for concrete moves that would let technical talks at the surprise attacks con ference get underway. The Russians here so far have sidestepped both West ern demands. But the West was deter mined to go on "probing" as long as there is the slightest chance of success. Los Angeles Smog Said Worst in Years Los Angeles (UPD Smog in the Los Angeles basin area has been worse this year than any year since 1955 despite some $70 million spent on control devices,' according to Dr. A. J. Haagen-Smit Haagen-Smit, professor of bio-organic chemistry at Cali fornia Institute of Technology at Pasadena and consultant to the county Air Pollution Control District, Wednesday said climate conditions were mostly to blame for this year's dense smog which has brought outcries from citi zens. "One effect of unusually high temperatures is a heavy loss of gasoline vapors from carburetors and automobile gas tank vents because gaso line starts boiling at about 92 degrees Fahrenheit." He said another weather phenomenon causing intensity of smog in the area was low inversion levels bands of hot air hovering near the earth that act like lids over the basin, preventing air pol lutants from escaping. the Republicans by surprise. Stepovich, the incumbent gov ernor, outpolled him by a 4 to 3 margin in the primary, and Republican leaders such as Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Interior Secretary Fred A. Seaton had cam paigned in his behalf. 25 Years of Experience Egan, the new governor, is a 44-year-old merchant from Valdez who served in the ter ritorial Legislature.' Rivers, 55, a Fairbanks attorney, will take 25 years of governmental experience with him to Con gress. Bartlett has spent 14 voteless years in Congress as a territorial delegate. 53rd Year Medford 34 Pages Thconksgivoinig Pirodamaftioim Washington-flJPD-Text of President Eisenhower's Thanks giving proclamation: At this season of the year we are reminded that the course of nature has brought us once again from the time of planting to the time of harvest, and we turn to almighty God with heartfelt thanksgiving for His enduring provi dence. ' We are grateful for the plentiful yield of our soil and for the blessings of food and clothing and shelter that have succored us throughout the year. We rejoice in the beauty of our land; in every brave and generous act of our fellow man; and in the counsel and comfort of our friends. We deeply appreciate the preservation of those ideals of liberty and justice which form the basis of our national life and the hope of international peace. For these and all the many spiritual and temporal benefactions betokening God's good ness, we offer up our prayers of gratitude. Let us be especially grateful for the religious heritage bequeathed us by our forebears as exemplified by the Pilgrims, who, after the gathering of their harvest, set apart a special day for rendering thanks to God of the bounties vouchsafed to them. Now, therefore, I, Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States of America, in consonance with the joint resolution of Congress approved December 26, 1941, desig nating the fourth Thursday of November of each year as Thanksgiving Day, do hereby proclaim Thursday, Novem ber 27, 1958, as a day of national thanksgiving. On that day let us, in our homes and in our accustomed places of worship, give due expression of our thanks for the blessings which have signalized our lot as a nation, and let us ask for guidance in our striving for a better world for all men. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Holiday Traffic Heavy; Officials Fear Many By United Press International Millions of Americans em barked on holiday trips today despite inclement weather in the north and two airlines strikes which tied up one third of the nation's domestic airlines. Travel was reported heavy on the nation's highways and safety officials feared hun dreds never would get home. The traffic death toll mount ed slowly for the 102-hour holiday week end which began at 6 p.m., local time, Wednesday and ends at mid night Sunday. A United Press Internation al count at 2 a.m., (p.s.t.), showed at least 11 persons killed in traffic accidents. Miscellean ous accidents claimed one life for an over all death total of 12. No Estimate Made Tennessee led the states with v five dead in traffic. Michigan and New York re corded two victims each. The National Safety Coun cil did not issue an estimate of holiday traffic deaths, but noted that an average of 470 persons are killed in traffic during non-holiday periods of the same length at this time of year. Last year, United Press in ternational counted 554 traf fic deaths, or 84 over tne average, for the four-day Thanksgiving holiday. Snow Adds To Hazard Cold, snowy weather in the northern plains and upper Midwest added to the traffic hazards. Frigid temperatures blanketed much of the nation, $1,000 Worth of Toos Reported Stolen Approximately $1,000 worth of tools was stolen from the McDonald Logging com pany, Trail, sometime be tween Sunday evening and Tuesday morning, according to Jackson county sheriff's deputies. A door to the building was forced to gain entrance, depu ties said. The burglary was re ported Wednesday afternoon. Movie Agent Dies of Cerebral Hemorrhage Hollywood (DPD Movie agent Bert Allenberg, 59, whose clientele included many top stars in Hollywood, died today in Ceddars of Leb anon hospital of a cerebral hemorrhage. Ht was 59, MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1958 To Die and snow up; to 14 inches blocked some roads in the wake of the northern plains blizzard. Travel was expected to slack off temporarily during the day with most Americans already at their destinations and taking it easy after hearty dinners. 79 Fires Reported In Rogue Forest A total of 79 fires were re ported in the Rogue River Na tional forest during the 1958 fire season, according to Car roll E. Brown,' forest super visor. Of the 79, 59 were caused by lightning and 20 were man caused. Sixty-nine fires were confined to a quarter of an acre, while the largest was 27 acres on Squaw creek in Ap plegate area. Brown said the 1958 fire season approached the critical stage, and fire danger was ap preciably higher than the av erage for the previous five years. The fire season was longer than any in the past 10 years. Fire weather occurred May 1, and fall rains did not bring an end to the season until Oct. 31. Smokejumpers were , used on six fires in remote areas. Smokejumpers are used where excessive time for ground crew travel would allow fires to gain large size before being controlled, Brown noted.' For the first time this year, the forest service used tanker planes to attack fires, Brown noted. A sodium calcium bor ate was used on three fires in Rogue River National forest, and eight fires in other forests were attacked by planes and personnel from Medford, Brown said. WEATHER FORECAST: Fog and low cloudiness with occasional driz zle in valley through Friday. Fair above the fog. Low tonight 35. High Friday 38. Temp. Highest Yesterday ..... 42 Lowest this Morning 36 Free, to 10 a.m. Today, Trace Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:42 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:17 a.m. The Moon rises 6:09 p.m. tonight and rides high. Last Quarter Dec. 3 Betelgeuse rises 7:34 p.m. below the Moon. Second bright est star . of the constellation, Orion, Betelgeuse is now esti mated to be about 520 light years away. East Germany! Describes Soviet Note as Ultimatum Little Room Seen Left for Negotiation Berlin (UPD East German Communist sources today de scribed Russia's note on Ber lin as a virtual ultimatum to the West, but West Germans said it gave them a six months respite to meet the threat of a new blockade. Russia, in a note delivered to the West Big Three and to East and West Germany, asked the Western powers to end the occupation status of Berlin within six months and turn it into a free and de militarized city. Western officials said six months of. negotiations in cluding some sort of Big Four meeting with Russia might avert the Soviet move but a Soviet spokesman " in East Berlin indicated the plan left little room for negotiations The Soviet "spokesman in dicated the status of Berlin must be regulated on the basis of the Soviet proposals or the Russians will put them into force unilaterally. Fight If Necessary End of the occupation status of Berlin could place Western Allied military air, rail and road links to the West at the mercy of the East German Communists. The West has said it would fight if necessary lo keep West Berlin free. But the city was swept by a wave of alarm and despond ency by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles' statement that the West might treat the East German Communists as Soviet agents. The American command was moving to end the alarm but already it was widespread. The political section of the U. S. Berlin command rushed official radioed transcripts of Dulles' press conference re marks on Berlin to all news paper offices shortly after midnight, but it was too late to head off bitter editorials in some morning newspapers. Dulles' differentiation be tween dealing with the East German Communists as the "agents for the Russians" and dealing with them as repre sentatives of the East German government was lost on the anxious West Berliners. They thought it amounted to the same thing anyway. West Mayor Angry Berlin's plain-speaking So cial Democrat Lord Mayor Willy Brandt flatly refused to accept Dulles' suggestion that the federal German lead ers have agreed with the Western Big Three that in certain circumstances they might deal with the East Ger man Communists over Ber lin." Brandt announced he was formally asking West German Foreign Minister Heinrich von Brentano whether this was in fact the case. Any suggestion that the West might deal with the East German Communists posed a direct threat to Brandt in the Dec. 7 municipal elections in West Berlin and could lead to substantial Communist gains. Camp White Man Hurt In Car Accident Clarence Andrew Hagglund, 62, of Camp White, was hospi talized Wednesday evening following a one-vehicle acci dent on Highway 62 near the city limits. Hagglund's sedan, traveling north, started around a curve, state police reported, and went into the ditch. Hagglund, who was taken lo Sacred Heart hospital by Medford Ambulance, was re ported to have suffered a bro ken right collar bone, possible broken ribs, and cuts and bruises. The car was reported to have been badly damaged. Hospital officials reported that he was released from the hospital this morning and taken to Camp White. Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 213 Tm Turning The Whole Parking Program May Be Immune to At Least One 'Bug1 The Klamath Falls city at torney said yesterday that Medford's proposed off-street parking program would be immune to at least one "bug" in Oregon's 1957 municipal parking law. This immunity, said Henry Perkins, the attorney, would be achieved by gaining city wide voter approval for the issuance of general obligation bonds to finance the project. Meanwhile, City Attorney E. Roy Bashaw of Medford told a meeting of civic leaders here that such approval in the Dec. 10 charter amend ment election would not in itself authorize ' floating any bonds. He explained that the am endment would be "enabling legislation." It would permit the city to proceed with reso lutions of a specific nature and with necessary public hearings. Determine Bond Issue These, he said, would deter mine how large a bond issue, if any, there would be. They would also lead to defining and establishing - the special assessment district that would help pay off the bond?. And they would decide the exact nature of the facilities to be developed. Two speakers at the League of Oregon Cities con vention in Eugene last week said Perkins had found some "bugs" in the 1957 legisla tion that cast a doubt on its legality. v But Perkins in a telephone conversation yesterday said his findings were "purely speculative." He said, "There is a lot of detail in the act that has not been passed upon at all." He stated that one particu lar "bug" that might affect the program currently being considered by Klamath Falls would not affect Medford's program. Organized Under Law "Districts," he said in de scribing it, "are organized un der the law for civic improve ments such as sidewalks and sewers. These are government functions. Off-street parking is not so much a government function as a commercial enterprise." -. He said he questioned "whether one group could force another into an off-street parking assessment district more for commercial than for government purposes." Perkins pointed out that Klamath Falls contemplates United Nations -(UPD- Rus sia s proposal to turn west Berlin into a demilitarized free city with UN participa tion was interpreted by West ern diplomatic sources today as a bid for worldwide sup port of its move to oust the West from the German city. Noon Edition Matter Over To Him" issuing revenue bonds rather than general obligation bonds. Revenue bonds do not require a city-wide-lection. They can be paid off only by parking revenues and assessments from benefiting property owners in the special district, Turning to Medford's plan for issuing general obligation bonds following city-wide ap proval 'at the polls, he said, "That sort of bond would un doubtedly hold up. , He mentioned the difficulty in marketing revenue bonds, and said, "That general obli gation is what's going to sell your bonds for you." Some 50 Medford city offi cials and civic leaders met at the Jackson hotel yesterday afternoon to discuss the na ture of Medford's program and the necessity for educat ing voters before Dec. 10. Otto Frohnmayer, president of the Jackson County Cham ber of Commerce, stressed Bashaw's point on the actual nature of the ballot measure. Only One Issue . "There's only one Issue to be voted on Dec. 10," he said, and that is to amend the city charter to permit the city to pledge its full faith and credit behind the bonds." He said residents in outly ing areas must be assured that no general tax levy is antici pated to pay off the bonds. Otto Ewaldsen said that bonding attorneys have rec ommended the city follow "the present procedure" in the interests of marketing its bonds. Mayor John W. Snider said the proposed program would "build our metropolitan area, distribute costs fairly where they belong and make Med ford known as one of the most progressive business climates in the Northwest." 17 Children Fire Destroys Oklahoma City - (DPD -Fire destroyed a private con valescent nursery in a quiet, suburban neighborhood today. Frantic residents of the area were able to rescue only 17 of the helpless children still abed in the rambling, two story frame and brick build ing. -Sixth Critically Burned Firemen carried five bodies from the residence and said a sixth youngster was critically burned. - Peace Justice Wendell Fos ter was awaiting identifica tion of four bodies taken to Mercy hospitaL . when fire men found another in a char red bed at the rear of the home. . The fire was discovered shortly before 8 a-ni. at the Six Months Given For Wesl To Pul Plan Info Effect Khrushchev Denies Ultimatum Given Moscow (DPD The Soviet Union demanded today that West Berlin be created a de militarized free city and said that unless the West agreed to the plan within six months, the Soviets and East Germany would put it into effect on their own. However, In a separata press conference statement, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrush chev denied that the Soviet plan constituted an ultima tum. Khrushchev likened the situation in Berlin to a "can cerous growth needing a sur gical operation." Whether there would be further negotiations between East and West, he emphasized. depended primarily on the United States. Khrushchev summoned his first press conference since becoming Premier shortly after the Foreign Office hand ed details of the Soviet plan to Western ambassadors. The Soviet notes said the. United Nations could parti cipate as an observer if the West wished. Six Month Standstill The Soviet notes said it would be most correct and natural for East and West Berlin to be reunited as a part of East Germany. But the note said the Soviet Union would agree to West Berlin remaining a free city with its own economy, admin istration and other affairs. It specified a six-month standstill during which the present procedure governing western traffic into West Ber lin would continue in force. The note to the United States called for removal also of all NATO forces from West Germany, withdrawal of West Germany from NATO and simultaneous withdrawal of East Germany from the War saw treaty in effect demili tarization of the two German states. Khrushchev, a d d r e s sing about 200 Soviet and foreign newsmen in the Council of Ministers, said the time had come to solve the Berlin prob lem to ease international ten sion. , But he said "we are not de ciding this question on the basis of ultimatums.' ' Asked by a reporter exactly what the Soviet Union would do if the U.S. did not recog nize a free city of West Berlin , and refused to withdraw from Germany or negotiate with the Communist East Germans, Khrushchev answered: "We would be extremely sorry, but that will not stop us from executing our plans. There is no other way out. The United States, Britain and France liquidated the Potsdam Agreement and dis regarded our protest. (Continued on Page 9) Northern States Get Cold Weather By United Press International Below freezing tempera tures greeted Thanksgiving celebrants today across the northern two-thirds'of the na tion, leaving only the South west and southern Florida as pockets of warm weather. Icy winds sweeping south ward from the Yukon plunged readings to sub-zero levels in most of Montana and, the Dakotas and brought near freezing temperatures as far south as northern Florida and the northen Gulf region. Rescued as Nursery Mary Flake Home, in subur ban Warr Acres. The rescues had been com pleted before fire trucks from Warr Acres and nearby Beth any, another suburb, arrived. Carries 12 To Safety William L. Brown, a Civil Aeronautics Administration employee who lives next door to the home, groped into the s m o k e-filled rooms and carried at least 12 of the chil dren to safety. Some of the youngsters were mentally re tarded, some victims of cere bral palsy, and others of con genital defects. Most of the youngsters were under five or six years old. Firemen said the cause of the blaze had not been deter mined, i
