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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
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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
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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
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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.