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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
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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