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I Sad Weather Forecast May Mi To Holiday Traffic Till Western Berlin Demands Force If Necessary Western Powers Warned by Mayor Berlin - (UPD Isolated West Eerlin demanded today the Western Allies use military force if necessary to save it from absorption by the Communists. Leaders and citizens alike rejected the Soviet proposal to establish a "neutralized free city" in West Berlin and called it a cunning Soviet power attempt to swallow an other part of the free world, West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt warned the Western powers: "Do not put your head in the sand. The naked exist ence of 2,200,000 people who live in West Berlin is at stake. The Soviet goal is absolutely clear - all of Berlin is to be incorporated into the Soviet Zone." Brandt said the United States, Britain and France must back up the city with their military might and an nounced he would fly shortly to Washington to discuss the situation. Give Solemn Pledge He said the Allies have given their solemn pledge to defend the city and "we can not release our Allied friends from this responsibility." Brandt's warning was echoed by Ernest Lemmer, top representative of the West German government in Berlin. He said West Berlin would never agree to become a no-man's-land in the middle of Germany and Europe. Most Berliners immediate ly conjured up a vision of the free city of Danzig which was annexed by Adolph Hitler the moment he saw fit. West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, speaking in Bonn, assured anxious Ber liners that Western Allied se curity guarantees will save the city "no matter what the developments of the future will be." Louisiana Athletic law Held Illegal New Orleans-UPD-A federal district court struck down to day a Louisiana State law which prohibits whites and Negroes from competing against each other in all ath letic events.- The three judge court here declared the 1956 state law unconstitutional and issued an Injunction prohibiting the continued enforcement of the act. The court ruled the law and a section of the rules of the State Athletic Commission, which prohibited inter-racial boxing events "unconstitu tional insofar as they attempt ed toprohibit athletic contests between Negroes and whites based solely on the contest ants' race or color." The decision was based on a suit filed by Negro boxer Joseph Dorsey Jr., against the athletic commission. Dorsey maintained that the law "jeo pardized" his ring career. Parade Ushers Holiday Season Into Portland Portland-fl!PD-The Christmas season was ushered in today as thousands of parents and children braved a chilly east wind to watch the annual Fairy Tale parade in down town Portland. The tempera ture was around 36 degrees but the sun was shining. Salem-UPD-All Oregon high ways were clear of snow to 4 Protests About Highway By-Pass Sent to State m Phoenix A letter from the City of Phoenix protesting "a hazardous condition" on the one-way-by-pass for 'north bound traffic on Highway 99 at Phoenix has been sent" to the Oregon State Highway commission. It was directed to H. B. Glaisyer, commission secretary. Phoenix City Attorney Frank J. Van Dyke, writing on behalf of the city, stated that "records of the Phoenix Police department indicate that since July 2, 1957, nine cars on different occasions have spun out of control and gone over the bank on this by-pass." Frequent Mishaps The letter adds that "fre quent occurrences of mishaps cn this stretch of highway, particularly during rainy weather, make it obvious that appropriate steps should be - 'T3gM-w - svry-rrt ...... J ,'J r i i V ) I J e d 4, it y i I I a if iiw(rwiiiw i'i,mm tmmwm-MM'Mmm EMBARK FOR TITLE GAME Medford High school football squad members pose here before leaving for state Class A-l championship game with Jefferson being played tonight at Multnomah stadium in Portland. They are wearing new travel jack ets presented to the high school by Crater Military Spending Talked by Chiefs Augusta, Ga. -(UPD- Secre tary of Defense Neil'H. Mc Elroy said today after a long conference with President Eisenhower against the dark ening background of the Ber lin crisis that the administra tion would have a "pretty rough time" holding military spending in the next fiscal year to the present level of $40,800,000,000. The President, McElroy and Treasure Hunt to Start Late Today Prize numbers will be dis played on merchandise in 43 stores in "downtown Medford between 4 and 5 o'clock this evening when the stores will open for the Christmas shop ping season. Free tickets for the treasure hunt have been available in the stores for the past two weeks and will be distributed until 4 o'clock today. Throogh out this week the stores have displayed the one or more prizes which will be marked with the winning ticket num bers. Prizes' wilL be removed from the Christmas treasure hunt if they are not claimed by 5 p.m. Saturday. Santa Claus will make his appearance this evening ac companied by the Medford High school and junior high school bands. Sponsored jointly by the Retail Merchandise associa tion and the Junior Chamber of Commerce, the bands will play in the downtown area from 7 until 8 o'clock. Santa Claus will follow the bands until 8 o'clock when he will stop on Bartett st. between Eighth and Sixth sts. and con tinue to talk with children and distribute candy until 9 p.m. Carolers will also accom pany Santa on his tour. All stores in the downtown section will be open until 9 o'clock tonight. Paris -4UP&- Premier Charles De Gaulle will fly to Algeria next week for the fourth time since his return to power to try once again to restore peace to the North African territory. taken to remove this hazard ous situation." Two persons died as a re sult of an accident in the area earlier this month. Previous correspondence pointing out the need for a guard rail "was answered by a letter from your division engineer to the effect that no funds were available for the construction of such a railing and its efficacy as a safety fac tor was questioned," Van Dyke wrote. Ask Steps Taken "We think that your depart ment should take appropriate steps to either cause the sur face of the road to be non skid material or should in stall guard rails or both," the letter declared. A copy of accident reports prepared by Walter C. John, Phoenix police chief, also was- sent to the commission. " '-'v;'''' Budget Director Maurice H. Stans devoted most of the morning to conferences with a group of top defense officials, including the department's guided missile boss, William Holladay, working on the 1960 military budget. Further conferences with Eisenhower late next week in Washington will be necessary, according to McElroy, before a iinai iigure can be ap proached. 'Substantially Higher The so-called working fig ure before the conferees to day, based on estimates by the individual armed services", was "substantially higher" than the amount Eisenhower intends to recommend to Con gress. ' McElroy said he did "not think the necessary 1960 in crease would be as much as $2 billion higher than the spend ing figure for the present fis cal year which expires June 30. "How about one billion in crease?" he was asked. "I don't know," he replied. "Any figure I gave now would be premature." During the morning sessions at the Augusta National Golf club, Stans also reported sep arately to the President on the overall budget preparations, saying he could cite "progress in the President's program to trim federal , spending where possible in departments- and agencies outside the national security and welfare fields. No Final Figure Attempted Stans said no final budget figures for fiscal 1960 were attempted today and that these would require other conferences with Eisenhower in Washington. The President was expected to return to the White House next Tuesday or Wednesday. Meantime, the President and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, who is in Wash ington, continued in commun ication by telephone about So viet efforts to get the three Western powers out Qf Berlin within six months. Thanksgiving Turkey Weighing 30 Pounds Goes Up in Flames The six hungry members of the William Glomb fam ily, 341 Black Oak dr., watched frantically yester day morning as their 30 pound Thangskiving turkey went up in smoke and flames. Glomb had, as usual, cho sen the largest bird he could find, Mrs. Glomb re ported today. But the extra -bit of tail which hung over the end of the pan in the hot oven dripped fat onto the electric coils and re sulted in loss of half the turkey, including breast meat and drumsticks. Mrs. Glomb said the kitchen filled with smoke and spurts of fire when Glomb opened the oven door to inspect the bird. She and the children stood by as he doused the flames with 10 pounds of while flour. The Glombs went out for dinner with friends, as planned, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Vilarino, Old Stage rd., but taking as their share only the turkey back, wings and dressing. The Vilarinos served ham. Lake Machinery company and Rogue Equip ment Sales. Standing beside the bus, left to .right, are Jim Fontaine, Jim Clark, Gerry Lyons, Gary Heath, Fred Funston, Dennis Bart, John Harvey, Monty Penwell, Pete Rasmussen and line coach Paul Evensen. Soviet Maneuver Not To Threaten Or Trick Allies Washington - (UPD - The Soviet Union was on notice today that the United States and its allies can be neither tricked nor threatened into turning free West Berlin over to "hostile domination" by the Communists. The Western Allies began consultations which foreshad owed virtually certain rejec tion of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's Than ksgiving Day maneuver to force Brit ain, France and the United States out of West Berlin and turn it into a "demilitarized free city." The Russians said that if the .Western. Big Three -refused to agree to the plan within six months, the Soviet Union would withdraw from" its sector in East Berlin and force the Allies to deal with the puppet East German Com munist regime, which they re fuse to recognize. The United. States lashed back in a sharp statement de claring that the Russians ap parently want to "keep their grip on East Berlin" while tricking the Allies into leav ing West Berlin "in favor of what is called a 'free city'." The U. S. statement, issued late Thursday, made it clear that the 'Russian maneuver will fail for two reasons: 1. Britain, France and the United States are "solemnly committed" to the security of West Berlin and its 2,250,000 inhabitants who have "con vincingly and courageously demonstrated the good fruits of freedom4." 2. This country will not agree to Russia's pulling out of its treaty obligations in Berlin "nor will it enter into any agreement with the Soviet Union which, whatever the form, would have the end result of abandoning the peo ple of West Berlin to hostile domination." Oregon Records Deathless Holiday By United Press International Oregon apparently got through the Thanksgiving day holiday without a traffic death. State . police reported ' no fatal accidents for the period from 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Thursday. Two persons died in traffic mishaps just before the holi day period started. Mrs. Mary Foss, 52, Coos Bay, was in jured fatally in an accident south of Eugene on Highway 99 and Kenneth G. Cruick shank, 21, Bend, died from injuries suffered in an acci dent north of Madras. Sfafe Gets Senior Republican Chapter Salem-(UPD-State Republican Chairman James F. Short said today a chapter of the newly formed National Senior Re publican Club has been start ed in Oregon with four men named to positions. Honorary members of the national executive committee of the Club are Mrs. George F. Gerlinger, Portland, and former governor A. W. Nor blad, Astoria. Mrs. Marshall E. Cornett, Klamath Falls, and Walter W. R. May, Port land, were named chairmen of the active Senior Republican Club chapter. California With 13 Fatalities Leads Nation Snow, Freezing Rain Pile Up in East By United Press International A forecast of bad weather for nearly two-thirds of the nation today has hung a black cloud over hopes for safely celebrating the last two days of the Thanksgiving week end. The holiday neared its mid point with a relatively low traffic death toll, but warn ings of heavy snows through out, the Southwest and freez ing rain across the upper half of the nation threatened a deadly finish to the week end. A United Press Internation al count at 10:30 a.m. (PST) showed at least 152 persons killed in traffic accidents since the four-day holiday began at 6 p.m. Thanksgiving Eve. In addition, 17 persons died in fires, one in an air plane crash in Texas, and 28 in miscellaneous accidents for an overall toll of 183. California reported the heaviest traffic toll with 13 dead, followed by Ohio 12, Pennsylvania 11, and Illinois and New York with 9 each. Stay-at-Home Holiday The weatherman's gloomy predictions were expected to keep even more people at their own firesides for the remainder of the four-day holiday-already one of the homiest in recent years. Strikes against two major airlines-Western and Trans World-have reduced the na tion's air traffic by one-third. ' The holiday death toll .was expected to rise at a steeper rate today with hazardous driving conditions predicted for the Midwest and South west, where snow, sleet and rain glazed highways. ; Freezing temperatures were forecast for the New England states. In other deaths, two girls drowned at a Stoughton, Wis., swimming pool after breaking through the ice while skating and two 12-year-old boys fell through thin ice and drowned in a Chicago park lagoon. In San Jose, Calif., Mrs. Clara Mull, 83, choked to death while eating Thanksgiv ing turkey. Pileup Injures Six California highway patrol men said a 34-car pileup near San Francisco at the approach to the southern end of Car quinez Strait bridee was the worst within , memory. Six persons were seriously in jured. The Chicago weather bureau predicted heavy snows up to four inches in Kansas, Okla homa. Nebraska and narta nf Arkansas and Missouri. Light er snows were to fall through out the Midwest. The temperature dipped to 20 degrees below zero iq the high mountains of Colorado and Wyoming, with sub-zero temperatures forecast through out the rest of those states. License for Nursing Homes Gets Backing Portland (UPD The .State Public Welfare Commission said today it would seek coop eration of the State Board of Health in seeking legislation requiring that both the health and welfare departments be responsible for licensing of nursing homes. At present only the health department is responsible for licensing. Welfare officials, at their regular monthly meet ing here today, said they felt they also could contribute in judging adequacy of nursing, homes. Jeanne Jewett, state wel fare administrator, said there was a possibility the depart ment would not have to seek more money from the State Emergency Board in the heavier caseload winter months,' although cases re increasing. In October, the caseload was up eight per cent over the same month last year. WEATHER FORECAST: Fog or low clouds tonight and Saturday morning. Fair Saturday afternoon. Fog again 'Saturday night. Low to night 30 degrees. High Satur day 46 degrees. Temp. Highest Yesterday 42 Lowest this Morning ..: 29 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today, Trace. Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 4:41 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:18 a.m. Moonrise tonight 7:01 p.m. Last Quarter Dec. 3 PROMINENT STARS Vega, low in north west 10:03 p.m. Rigel, in the south east 10:16 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Mars, high in southeast 9:21 p.m. Jupiter, in the southeast at sunrise. 53rd Year Medford 22 Pages Property Taxes in County Show 8.6 Per Cent Increase All-Time High Is Reached in State Property tax levies in Jackson county have in creased 8.6 per cent for 1958- 59 over the previous year, ac cording to preliminary figures compiled by the State Tax Commission from reports of the various counties. The 1958-59 total for Jackson county is $6,228,937, compar ed with $5,734,128 the pre vious year. Property taxes in Oregon have reached an all-time high of nearly $170 million for the 1958-59 tax year, the Commission reported. The compilation shows an increase of 7.1 per cent or nearly $12 million over last year for the state. The new levy amounts to $104.50 for every man, woman and child in the state, according to the Oregon Tax Research. Taxes for the 1958-59 fiscal year ending next June 30 totaled $178,810,392, which includes $2,080,324 in special assessments. The 1957-58 re port showed an ad valorem levy of $164,923,010 and assessments of $2,019,589, for a total of $166,942,599. Basic School Support Increased basic school sup port voted by the special ses sion of the 1957 Legislature served to hold down the in crease this year. Without the additional help from the state's general fund, property tax levies would have totaled nearly $9 million more, ac cording to estimates of - the state department of education. Four counties had -lower taxes, one showed no change, and the other 31 recorded in creases. The largest single pefcentage increase, 27.3 per cent, was reported by Gil liam county, where the total jumped from $567,154 to $722,225. Sherman county had the largest percentage de crease, 13.9 per cent down to $564,253 from $655,395. Hood River county showed no change. Josephine county's total property tax levied in 1958 59 total $1,873,142, 21.3 per cent more than the $1,544,482 in 1957-58. The Oregon Tax Research reported that of the $178.8 million levied for the current year, $113 million was for school purposes. The 36 county levy for schools was up $7 million from the pre vious year. Farmers' Prices In Slight Decline Washington - (UPD - Prices farmers received for crops and livestock dropped four tenths of one per cent in the month ended Nov. 15, the Agriculture Department re ported today. The Department's monthly price report also showed the cost of production and living supplies purchased by farmers rose one-third of one per cent to a new all-time high during the same period. The amount farmers re ceived in mi d-November averaged 81 per cent of parity, the lowest recorded for the year. This compared with 82 per cent in mid-October and 81 per cent in mid November a year ago. Parity is the price needed to put commodities sold by farmers on a par with the par with the cost of things they must buy - theoretically a fair return for their products. Berlin (UPD Vice Presi dent Richard M. Nixon has assured West Berlin of "un diminished American support" against any Communist threat. lest Wont . It's fete i la MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, "Lyndon, Are You , You're Trying sniw witiwetw for Russia, SaieHtes Propose inspect Geneva -(UPD- Russia and its European satellites today pro posed a limited ground and open skies inspection ; sys tem to prevent - surprise at tacks. The Red proposals iheir first fhm contribution in near ly three weeks of talk were accompanied by their invari able .demand for discussion of major political problems. The Western powers have already rejected this demand Transient Asks for Lodging; Gets It Levi Anson Lewis, 51, tran sient, who "wanted to be ar rested so he , would have, a place to sleep," according to Medford police, was arraigned in district court Wednesday evening on a charge of tres pass to real property. City police said Lewis ap peared at the police station Tuesday evening and asked for lodging. When advised that it was not the policy of the police to give transients a place to sleep, police said he threatened to go out and break a window so police would be forced to put him in jail. , After leaving the station, witnesses reported that Lewis broke a window in Stan's Shoe Repair shop, 137 North Central ave., and demanded city police arrest him. The police complied. The transient pleaded guilty to the charge before Judge James M. Main and was held1 in county jail with sentencing scheduled this afternoon. Tanker Truck Burns On Salem Bypass Salem-flJPD-A tanker truck caught fire on the Salem by pass early today and traffic was diverted for two hours. No one was injured. Heat was so intense that pavement melted. State police said the truck and trailer rig was owned by Rick's Oil Company .of Eu gene and was driven by D. C. Stevens, also Eugene. Capt. R. G. Howard said the trailer started to wave before tipping over and that sparks from the skid appar ently set it afire. The truck was disengaged from the tank er trailer. Firemen from Salem and Four Corners were sent to the scene. The accident occurred north of the Silverton road overpass. Traffic was diverted into Salem at Market street and, at the Hayesville junction. NOVEMBER 28, 1958 Sure That' AH To Launch?" oon on the ground that it would transform the conference on means of preventing surprise attacks into a propaganda cir cus; - Today's Red proposal came in two parts:. ... A Russian "declaration. . . for the prevention of surprise attacks?' presented to the con ference by Deputy Foreign Minister Vasily V. Kuznetsov. Communist sources said this amounted to ' a summary of the Russian stand which had deadlocked the conference. A satellite "proposal. . . on the installation of control posts on land, an aerial in spection and on the simul taneous realization of certain measures in the field of dis armament to diminish the danger of surprise attacks," presented by Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Jiri Hajek for his country, Poland, Rus sia and Albania. Western sources said the Communist proposals ap peared at first glance to be "mostly political." They added, however, that both papers will be closely studied by 1 Western experts even though there is no firm assurance that they repre sent any change in the Rus sian position. The conference adjourned until i Monday to allow time for study of the Red move. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York - (DPD - Dow Jones closing stock aver ages: 30 industrials 557.46, up 8.31; 20 rails 155.68, up 1.94; 15 utilities 85.25, up 0.42; 65 stocks 194.05, up 2.43. Sales today were about 4,120,000 shares com pared with 4.090,000 Wesnesday. Short Tax Form Allowed If Income Under $10,000 Washington - (UPD - The In ternal Revenue Service re minded taxpayers today that maximum income for filing the "short form" tax returns for 1958 has been boosted to $10,000. Figure Incorrect The revenue service said it was issuing the reminder be cause about 53 million 1958 W-2 . forms (statements of earnings and tax withheld), incorrectly carry a maximum figure of $5,000. The forms were printed, before the in come limit was doubled. Some taxpayers who changed jobs this year have already received W-2 state ments showing the old limit. An IRS spokesman said the Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 214 01 Opposition To Maneuver Said To Be War Threat No Guarantee for Traffic of Allies By United Press International The Western allies served notice today they would not relinquish their rights in West Berlin in the face of a Soviet near-ultimatum re nouncing war-time occupation agreements and demanding the Big Three pull out of Ber lin within six months. Threatened but defiant ' West Berlin appealed to the United States, Britain and France to use military force if necessary to save the city from Communism; West Ger man Chancellor Konrad Ade nauer expressed confidence me wesi wouia stana Dy us commitments to defend Ber lin. The Soviet Union, in a not handed Thursday to envoys of the Western Big Three and West Germany, demanded that W e s t e r n occupation forces leave Berlin within six months and turn West Berlin into a demilitarized "free city" deep within Communist territory. 'Hot War' Threat If the West refuses, Mos cow said, Russia will go ahead and turn over its occupation amies u ine .cast eeriin Communists at end of the six months period. Moscow of fered negotiations in the meantime but Premier Nikita Khrushchev said anyone who opposed ' the Russian ma- The note said whether the Western powers like it or not, the Soviets no longer will guarantee Western allied traf fic between the city and the West. They announced they will transfer to East Germany the authority to regulate not only western allied road and rail traffic but the vital air traffic, as well. . In effect, the Soviets gave the East Germans a blockade' weapon. Khrushchev, in his first press conference since assum ing office, emphasized the im portance of the Russian move. He called the Berlin situation a cancerous tumor that must be removed by surgical opera tion. West Berlin feared that the operation would be a total blockade. Board of Education Considers Budget Cut Portland (UPD T h e Mate Board of Hieher Education. met here today to consider a request that it trim its bien nial budget by more than $7.5 million. Los Aneeles - (DPD - Mrs. Margaret H. Christie, 67-year-old widow with $20,000 in a savin es account, was ordered jailed for 30 days Wednesday for stealing two cartons ol cigarettes worth about $4. forms printed before the change would be used. They amounted to about half the total W-2 printing. Under the new rules, tax payers may use the short re turn, form 1040A, if their wage or salary income was less than $10,000 in 1958 and other earnings did not top $200. Married couples may file a joint return on Form 1040 A, if their combined in come did not exceed these limits. 31 Million Eligible The IRS estimated that about 31 million taxpayers will be eligible to file on form 1040 A, a punch card about the size of a bank check. About 14 million per sons used it in 1957.
