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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1958
No. 215
IrfeoGD Sicoys.-lSecil.-Teirms
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BASHFUL - Sitting on Santa's knee is a
thrilling experience for a small tot, but
there is something about being so close to
the big expanse of white beard that often
makes a child forget temporarily what it
was he wanted for Christmas. Above, four-year-old
Ronnie O'Conner takes the candy
Sen. Neuberger
Hatfield Meet
For Tea, Talks
Portland (CPS Sen. Rich
ard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) and
Governor-elect Mark Hatfield
met at the Neuberger home
here Friday and discussed
federal-state problems includ
ing power development, high
way! and unemployment.
The 40-minute discussion
followed a get-together for tea
with their wives after which
newsmen were briefed on the
conference.
Among the nine topics dis
cussed were a new version of
the regional power corpora'
xion, state power agency,
highway financing, unemploy
ment compensation, fish pro
tection, state matching funds
for the University of Oregon
medical school, and a Neuber
ger proposal of federal tax
refunds to states.
The two men indicated they
were in accord on the topics
generally, but Hatfield said
ne could not disclose his
opinions on some of the sub
jects because they would be
covered in his inaugural ad
dress in January.
At the concusion of the
meeting Hatfield said he felt
the session had been "very
Deneiiciai to me." Neuberger
saia mat if Hatfield had oc
casion to travel to Washing-
ion, jj.u., Neuberger would
be "glad to arrange" for Hat
field to meet with members
of the Oregon delegation, if
possible.
Chrisman Given
Two Year Term
George Fredrick Chrisman
Jr., Medford, in circuit court
Friday afternoon, was sen
tenced to two years in the
Oregon State penitentiary on
cnarges or. burglary not in
dwelling.
After pleading innocent to
the charges at first, he chang
ed nis plea to guilty. He was
charged with burglarizing
Huffman Truck and Auto
Supply in Medford on Sept. 5.
Also sentenced in circuit
court Friday afternoon was
Gerald W. Moore, who plead
ed guilty to uttering and pub
lishing a false check. Moore
-had been extradited from San
Quentin prison upon his re
lease there' recently.
He was given a two-year
suspended sentence to Oregon
State penitentiary and given
six months to make full resti
tution for all bad checks is
sued in this area.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Variable cloudiness
today and Monday. Fog patch
es during night and morning
hours. High both day near
50, low near 32.
TEMP.
Highest Yesterday 53
Lowest Yesterday . 25
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 4:41 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 7:20 a.m.
.-loonrisr tonight 8:57 p.m.
PROMINENT CONSTELLATION
Cassiopeia, high in north 8:36
p.m. will be in northwest at
midnight.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Mars. In the east S p.m.
Jupiter, rises a-m.
Local Pears Facing
Stiff er Competition,
Lowering
Marketing of Rogue val
ley's 1958 pear crop is lagging
considerably behind last
year's schedule an official of
the Medford Pear Shippers as
sociation reports
A bumper crop of Califor
nia Bartletts and large quan
tities of apples and bananas
Hundreds Attend
Holiday Opening
Of Local Stores
Hundreds of valley resi
dents, including many young
sters, packed downtown Med
ford streets Friday night for
the opening of the Christmas
shopping season.
Merchants termed tne op
ening, which leaiurea a pub
lic treasure hunt, a "tremen
dous success," with the gen
eral reaction of all concerned
"very good."
Over 100 prizes were made
available for the event. The
majority had been picked up
at local businesses by the 9
p.m. closing.
C. O. Lovejoy, treasure nunt
chairman, expressed the ap
preciation of the Retail Mer
chants association for the help
of the McLoughlin and Hed
rick junior high school bands,
the Junior Chamber of Com
merce, Medford police and lo
cal publicity media.
Medford stores plan to re
main open Mondays ana
Thursdays until 9 p.m.
through the Christmas shop
ping season. The late closing
also is set for Tuesday, Dec.
23. ! i
City's Councilmen, Planners! Slated
To Meet In Joint Session Wednesday
The first joint meeting of
Medford s . city council and
planning commission under a
policy advanced by Mayor
John W. Snider last summer
scheduled for Wednesday
night at city hall.
Mayor Snider himself is
not expected to be here to
preside. He is attending the
annual convention of. the
American Municipal associa
tion in Boston. '
On the meeting's tentative
genda are consideration of
the new proposal for a city
subdivision ordinance and of
a city policy with respect to
issuing zoning ordinance vari
ances for the erection of signs.
Trad In Berrydale
A third item due for con
sideration is the zoning of a
small but controversial tract
in Berrydale. This tract, being
purchased under contract by
Harold Farr as an extension
to his Valley Center Trailer
court on North Pacific high
way, was originally to be
zoned light industrial to per
mit this use.
But William Doernbach, a
Santa Claus gives him but "clams up" when
it comes to answering his questions. Hun
dreds of children received candy and had
the chance to meet Santa in downtown
Medford during the Christmas opening
sponsored by Medford merchants Friday
evening.
Of Prices
have put the squeeze on local
fruit, the official states.
The California pears re
portedly reached the markets
first. And heavy storage hold
ings in that state, according
to the report, have also con
tributed to the delay.
30 Days Behind
Medford's Bartletts' are only
now being cleared out, some
30 days behind schedule.
A concerted sales effort, the
official notes, has kept the
winter varieties D'Anjou,
Bosc and Cornice moving.
But these too are reportedly
slower than usual, with the
prices generally lower.
Price-slashing brought on
by the large national , apple
crop has depressed the fruit
market generally, it is under
stood. And sizeable imports of
bananas has caused addition
al pressure. '
Hopeful
Local shippers are report
edly hopeful that retail pro
motion plus the usual brisk
holiday trade may improve
the situation, but they do not
anticipate any rise in demand
or price if the present market
conditions hold.
A decrease in export trade
of some 500,000 boxes under
last year has reportedly
matched the decrease in the
winter pear crop, so that the
number of pears that must
find a domestic market re
mains about the same .
Argentina Arrests
Railroad Workers
Buenos Aires (DPD The
goverment yesterday announ
ced the arrest of between 600
and 800 railroad workers in
its attempts to smash a crip
pling rail strike which was
declared illegal.
Berrydale resident and recent
candidate for the Ward I city
council seat, contended at
public hearings that deed re
strictions on the property
would permit only residential
zoning and use. Several other
residents supported him.
Mayor Snider's policy is an
attempt to encourage har
mony and if necessary -compromise
between the
councilmen and the planners.
Matter Deferred
Whenever a city council
man disagrees with a recom
mendation handed up to that
body by the planning commis
sion, he moves that a joint
meeting be held. If the motion
carries, the matter is deferred
until the two groups can get
together on it.
Previously, the council was
known to reject a planners'
recommendation " from time
to time. Such action, amount
ing in effect to a challenge of
the commissions' competence
or judgment, was inevitably a
source of ill feeling.
The Berrydale zoning dis
pute was referred to a joint
Formosa Reports
Renewed Threat
Of War In Strait
Red Chinese May
Have New Mig-19s
Taipei, Formosa -(UPD-Warn-ings
that large-scale hostilities
may break out again over the
offshore islands were sounded
yesterday after reports of in
creased Communist air activ
ity over the Formosa strait.
There were reports also
that the Soviets had supplied
the Chinese Reds with Mig-19
jets, the newest in the Mig-jet
family, and air-to-air. missiles.
Nationalist Chinese pilots
scored their biggest victory of
the pocket war with U.S.-built
"Sidewinders" at the height of
the battle for the offshore is
lands in September.
The official military infor
mation service and the Cen
tral News agency reported in
separate dispatches from Que
moy that Soviet-built Mig jet
fighters flew within sight of
the offshore islands three
times Friday. Eight Migs were
spotted in one flight during
the morning, and two flights
totaling more than 10 Migs
were sighted during the after
noon. No combat was report
ed. The- last Nationalist-Communist
aerial dogfight took
place on Oct. 10. There were
reports that the United States
and Nationalist China were
observing an aerial "cease
fire" within 30 miles of the
Red-held mainland but they
were officially denied.
Frank C. Learning,
Central Point Man
Killed In Collision
Frank Collier Learning, 51,
of 459 Grand st., Central
Point, was dead on arrival at
Sacred Heart hospital last
right following a two-car col
lision on Highway 62 at the
Eagle Point junction. ,
State police said Learning
was operator of an auto which
collided with a car driven by
John F. Henshaw, Butte Falls,
about 6:35 p.m. Saturday.
According to the police re
port, Henshaw had slowed to
make a turn from Highway
62 onto the road leading to
Eagle Point when Learning,
trying to pass Henshaw's car,
struck it. The Learning car
went through a guard rail and
overturned.
Henshaw suffered bruises
and his car was badly dam
aged, police said.
Learning is survived by his
wife at Central Point; two
brothers, Ed, Shady Cove and
Robert, Medford; and a sister,
Mrs. Alton Hart, Medford.
The remains are at the Jack
son county coroner's office.
Sports Bulletin:
Portland - (EPD - - Vale
won the Oregon A-2 foot
ball championship Saturday
night by scoring a 13 to 6
victory over Willamina.
Merrill romped to a 60
lo 7 triumph over Yoncalla
to rack up the Oregon Class
B championship.
meeting Aug. 21, but officials
evidently considered it insuf
ficient cause in itself for call
ing such a session.
Sign Variance
The sign variance issue was
raised at the council meeting
Nov. 6. The planning commis
sion had recommended that a
variance permitting a sign to
advertise the Mont Crest sub
division be allowed. But Don
ald Hansen, Ward II, said he
did not believe the citys' zon
ing ordinance would allow
variances of any kind unless
severe hardship would other
wise result. '
The other two sign variance
requests, still before the plan
ning commission, are for the
First Church of the Nazarene
and for Roy Wilkes' Brook
hurst subdivision.
The proposed subdivision
ordinance received its first
public hearing before the
planning commission Nov. 10.
The planners heard criticism
from two subdividers, Wilkes
and Claude Mclntyre, and de
cided to refer the controver
sial matter to a joint meeting.
JOEL BRUCE REEDER
, New City Attorney
Joel B. Reeder
Named Medford's
New City Attorney
Joel Bruce Reeder,- 30, has
been appointed Medford's
next city attorney, City Man
ager Robert A. Duff an
nounced yesterday.
He succeeds E. Roy Bashaw,
who assumes his new duties
as district judge in January.'
Reeder, who lives with his
wife, Mary Elizabeth, and
four children at 512 South
Oakdale ave., came to Med
ford last summer after grad
uating from the University of
Oregon law school.
At the law school he was
president of the student body
and ranked second in his class.
He was admitted to the Ore-
gon State Bar in September,
and is now associated with
Stanley C, Jones in the Med
ford firm of Jones and Reed
er. Brother of D.A.
He is a younger brother of
Thomas J. Reeder, district at
torney of Jackson county. He
was born in Tahlequah, Okla.,
July 18, 1928.
Reeder began college at
Northeast Oklahoma State,
but withdrew in February,
1948 after one and a half
years to join the Air Force.
He qualified as a B-29 pilot
and served a combat tour in
Korea.
Credits In Service,
He took extension courses
to increase his college credits
while in the service, and en
rolled at the University of
Oregon after his release in
June, 1954. He completed his
undergraduate career in June,
1956, and went on to law
school. As a' law student, he
took a course on municipal
corporations under Edward C.
Harms, mayor of Springfield.
Reeder plans to start work
in his new position Monday.
He will have a month to work
with Bashaw.
He has said he hopes to
continue his job at city hall
indefinitely. He is particularly
interested in carrying out the
task of revising the city char
ter, on which Bashaw has al
ready done some work.
Ritchie Low Bidder
For Ashland School
Medford contractor Loren
Ritchie, was apparent low
bidder for construction of an
addition to Walker elemen
tary school, Ashland, accord
ing to figures reported by
Wayne E. Struble, resident
architect at the Medford office
of Architect James I. Payne.
Ritchie s basic bid was for
$85,994 for construction of a
six-classroom addition and in
stallation of an office parti
tion. Other bids were submitted
by Myers Jones, Medford,
$86,100; Wiley Construction
comDanv. Ashland. $88,500;
H. Barnhart, Medford, $89,
000; Dwight Seely, Medford,
S89.000; Jack Batzer, Med
ford, $89,406; and Salter and
Klein .Grants Pass, $101,367.
King Hussein To Lift
Jordan's Martial Law
Amman, Jordan -(UPD- King
Hussein announced last night
he will lift Jordan's martial
law, effective tomorrow. It
was imposed 19 months ago.
The announcement was
made after a special cabinet
meeting. The young monarch
imposed martial law on the
country April 25, 1957 after
an unsuccessful attempt to ov
erthrow his government by
leftists and pro-Nasser Arabs.
Khrushchev Asks
Roundtable Start
By Next June 1
Warns Alternative
Would Be Tree City'
Berlin -(DPD-Soviet Premier
Nikita S. Khrushchev last
night called for a roundtable
conference of the wartime al
lies within six months on the
future of Berlin.
In a statement at a Moscow
diplomatic reception, Khrush
chev stressed that if negotia
tions with the "West had not
begun within the six-month
time limit set by Russia, then
the Soviets would put into
effect their "demilitarized free
city" plan for West Berlin at
the end of that time.
Khruschev thereby appar
ently extended the Soviet
deadline for West Berlin. Pre
sumably, if the talks started,
the deadline would be pushed
back and would be held in
abeyance until the talks end
ed. Revision
A Soviet embassy spokes
man in East Berlin suggested
that such talks could lead to
revisions ' in the Soviet plan
for Berlin which the West
views as a Communist at
tempt to drive out the Amer
ican, British and French gar
risons and leave the western
sectors at the mercy of the
East German Communists.
The spokesman said that
while the six-month time limit
was flexible, the West would
have to accept the basic Rus
sian idea of a "free city".
He added that the talks would
have to show signs of pro
gress before the Russians
would agree to revise then
terms. East German propaganda
Chief .Gerhart Eisler, a fugi
tive from U.S. justice, said
the Communist deadline for
Berlin was next June 1 just
six months from now.
Four Power Parley
Britain suggested a four
power conference with the
United States, France and
West Germany to -.consider
the western tactics in the
crisis touched off Nov. 10 by
Khrushchev's demand that the
West get out' of Berlin and
his warning that Soviet oc
cupation controls in the city
would be handed over to the
East Germans.
West Berliners were in
trigued by reports that
Khrushchev himself might
come to Berlin soon to lend
his immediate presence to
German demands that the
western allies get out.
But there was one indica
tion that the West expected
business as usual in Berlin.
America hotelman Conrad
Hilton and a party of cele
brities arrived to attend the
grand opening of the new
multi-million dollar Berlin
Hilton hotel.
"Americans don't throw
their money away unless they
intend to stay," a woman in
the crowd said.
First Cold Wave Strikes
As Traffic Deaths Mount
By United Press International
The first major cold wave
of the season mushroomed
across the nation yesterday,
plunging temperatures to sub
zero levels in the north and
to freezing and below as far
south as northern Florida.
The mammoth cold front
covered about three quarters
of the nation and was expect
ed to reach near record pro
portions with the reinforce
ment of a second mass of
bone-chillirlg Arctic air pour
ing across the Canadian bor
der. Meanwhile, heavy lake
snows and near blizzard con
ditions swept across part of
western New York in the aft
ermath of a record-breaking
snowstorm that paralyzed
traffic for the Thanksgiving
holiday from the Rockies
through the northeast.
A United Press Internation
al count last evening showed
that at least 273 persons died
in highway traffic accidents
throughout the nation since
the unofficial holiday period
"I'm Right Behind You, General"
Concession Cracks
Deadlock at Geneva
Geneva-(UPD-The four-week
deadlock in the east-west con
ference on nuclear tests ban
was cracked yesterday at a
special weekend session in
which both sides offered modi
fied proposals.
Western conference sources
said the moves brought the
conference "on the threshold
of being able to draft a
treaty on a nuclear test ban.
A Soviet concession was
said to have brought th,e op-
Firemen Control
4,000-Acre Blaze
Los Angeles-(UPD - Firemen
yesterday controlled a fire
which destroyed a house,
cabin and house trailer, burn
ed over 4,000 acres of brush,
and injured two firefighters
30 miles northwest of here in
the Calabasas area.
A small crew was kept to
patrol the 35-mile perimeter
of the blaze but fire officials
thought the danger which for
a time threatened 100 expen
sive homes in Stokes canyon
was over.
The fire was controlled
about noon, a few hours after
20 persons were forced out
of their homes by the danger
of flames crackling before ris
ing winds.
More than 500 firefighters
were on the line at the height
of the blaze which broke out
Friday, possibly after it had
been set by an arsonist.
Flames, driven by 35 mile
an hour winds, burned
through dry brush across
Warner Bros, ranch into
Stokes canyon. Firefighters
backfired along Mulholland
drive in the path of the fire
as it burned toward a group
of expensive homes. . .
began at 6 p.m. Wednesday.
In addition, 23 persons died
in fires, 2 in plane crashes
and 66 fatalities were attrib
uted to miscellaneous causes
for an overall holiday total of
364.
New York led the traffic
death count by states with a
total of 22. California listed
18 deaths along with Illinois,
while Ohio had 14, Pennsyl
vania 13 and Indiana 12.
The National Safety council
did not issue an official pre
diction for the 102-hour peri
od which ends at midnight to
night. But an average of 470
persons would die in a similar
period at this time of year,
the council said. During the
1957 Thanksgiving holiday
the UPI counted 554 traffic
deaths.
Not even the winter play
ground of Miami was to es
cape the cold. Weathermen
predicted temperatures in the
Miami area would drop to
around 45 degrees by early today.
posing sides closer together
on the disputed issue of a con
trolled test ban.
The United States and Brit
ain maintained their firm
stand for a close link between
a test ban agreement and es
tablishment of a control org
anization to police it.
The developments followed
two days of a secrecy-shroud-
ea backstage search among
the U.S., British and Soviet
delegations to find a way out
of the deadlock which brought
the conference to a virtual
standstill since the opening
day.
'Major Concession'
ihe boviets offered a new
plan Thursday night which
appears to have eased the way
at least for a start on actual
drafting of a treaty. The new
plan was kept secret but Com
munist sources said it had of
fered "a major concession."
Western conference sources
said the Russians made a
"slight amendment that came
at least a little way in the
direction of the U.S. position
of tying the control organiza
tion to a treaty document."
An official announcement
at the end of the special 90
minute session announced
that the United States with
British backing presented a
treaty formula which clearly
linked the obligation to end
tests to an "obligation to co
operate" with the projected
international control organ
ization. The twin obligations thus
would be incorporated in a
single document under the
western proposals.
What exactly the Soviet had
agreed to remain undisclosed
except for firm western hints
that Russia now was for a
"stronger link" than before
between the "" test ban and
controls.
Medford Firemen
Answer Four Calls
Four calls kept Medford
city firemen busy Friday eve
ning and Saturday morning.
Firemen were called at 6:40
pjn. Friday to extinguish a
flue fire at 1510 East Jackson
blvd. No damage resulted. At
6:19 p.m. Friday a track was
dispatched to 1474 Grand ave.,
for a burning clothes hamper
which had been pushed too
close to an electric heater,
and a flue fire. Damage result
ed to the hamper, clothes and
wall, firemen said.
At 8:25 p.m. a truck was
sent to 2083 College way to
extinguish a trash fire which
was burning after hours,
There was no dariage. Satur
day at 9:36 ajn. a truck was
sent to 24 Ross court to ex
tinguish a flue fire. No dam
Kansas City, Mo,-40PD-Fed-erl
mediators and represent
atives of Trans World Airlines
and the striking International
Association of Machinists be
gan a joint meeting late last
night.
Reports Britain
Ready To Stand
Firm On Berlin
Discussed Situation
In Talk With Churchill
Washington-flJPD-Vice Presi
dent Richard M. Nixon re
turned from London yester
day and declared Soviet de
mands in the Berlin crisis
will stiffen Allied resistance
to any Red seizure of the key
German city.
The Vice President made it
plain that the United States
would stand firm in opposing
Kremlin moves to expel
American, British and French
forces from West Berlin and
bring the sector under Com
munist control.
Nixon added that he found
the friendship of the British
people for Americans warmer
than at any time since the
war. As for Berlin, he said,
this country "can be sure our
friends in Britain will stand
shoulder-to-shoulder with us."
It was learned meanwhile
that the United States and Al
lied governments will let Rus
sian Premier Nikita Khrush
chev stew a while before they
formally slap down his pro
posal that West Berlin be
converted into what would be
a defenseless '"free city."
Dulles to Meet Ike
High officials made this"
known as Dulles made final
preparations before flying to
Augusta, Ga., today for a con
f e r e n c e with vacationing
President Eisenhower. They
expect the President and Dul
les to reaffirm a steadfast de
termination to resist by
force if need be - any Soviet
maneuvers aimed at forcing"
the Allied powers out of Ber
lin. Nixon represented Eisen
hower at dedication of a new
American chapel in St. Paul's
Cathedral and was able to
confer with British political
leaders of both parties during
his stay.
Meets Churchill
He reported that the Berlin
situation was one of the things
he discussed in a meeting
with Sir Winston Churchill.
Nixon also reported that the
British wartime leader hopes
to come to the United States
next May.
U.S., British and French of
ficials here and in European
capitals were seeking agree
ment on a constructive count
er proposal to the Russians'
Thanksgiving Day maneuver.
While unconditionally reject
ing Moscow's latest effort to
get them out of Berlin, they
wanted to be able to suggest
a positive approach to the .
whole problem of German re
unification.
Three Power Note
American officials felt a
three power note rejecting
Khrushchev's proposal could
be worked out at the ambas
sadorial level, in consultation
with the West Germans, prior
to the NATO meeting. The
plan would be , to secure
NATO endorsement of the
note and then fire it off to
Moscow.
Top officials said the six
months breathing spell Krush
chev gave the Western powers
in his ultimatum to get out o
Berlin does not lessen the ser
iousness of the situation but
merely postpones the ultimate
showdown.
Football Scores
WEST
Air Force Academy 20. Col
orado 14.
Notre Dame 20, USC 13.
Hawaii 40, Idaho Slate 19.
SOUTHWEST
Rice 33, Baylor 21.
Oklahoma 7. Oklahoma
Stale 0.
Southern Methodist 20,
Texas Christian 13.
SOUTH
Georgia 16. Georgia Tech 3.
George Washington 20, The
Citadel 14.
Florida 12. Miami (Fla.) 9.
Clemson 36, Furman 19.
Tennessee 10, Vanderbilt
6.
Auburn 14, Alabama 8.
Mississippi 21. Mississippi
State 0.
EAST
Army 22, Navy 6.