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Aieiricaoii Pik it Ms law ETQ 53rd Year Medford 20 Pages mm MB :i U m m 552 St. fcmirfrwii i iMifi hi CTim BRUIN CAPTURED A large black bear mat weighs between 450 and 500 pounds that . has been pestering orchardists and and is at least 20 years old, according to farmers in the Phoenix-Talent area for a some "bear" experts. The big bruin had number of years, was captured alive this gained a reputation in the area for eluding week by Herman Cannon (above) and (his hunters. He refused 'to be. treed and had on, Hank, of Talent. The bear was caught mauled a number of hounds of various hunt in a cage built by Cannon, which is mount- ing parties in past years., J ', ,.,. ' . " , ed on a. trailer... It is estimated .that the. ani- - u- J.-..,i.4K((riW,,irW,. ..-i!.!- AAooini Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Draft Starts . Geneva (DPD The United States, Britain and Russia began drafting a nuclear test ban treaty today, but East and West still were split on the fundamental issue of con trols. The drafting party met in the Palais des Nations to draw up the preliminary articles of a treaty which would commit the signers to a nuclear test ban and an obligation to co operate with a control organi sation. The scope,, powers and re sponsibility of the control group, however, remained the center of disagreement be tween the Soviet Union and the two Western- atomic na tions. Dislike Veto Power . Russia has demanded a veto-bound tripartite director ate for any international con trol organization with mem- WEATHER FORECAST: Variable cloudi ness tonight and Saturday. Patches of morning fog. Con tinued ' cold. Low tonight 25. High Saturday 45. Temp. Highest Yesterday . 51 Lowest this Morning 26 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today :39 P-m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:28 a.m. Moonrise tomorrow 2.31 a.m. New Moon '. Dec. 10 VISIBLE PLANETS Mars, in the east 5:41 p.m. and in the west 2:47 a.m. At the latter time the cluster of the Pleiades will be seen above it. Jupiter, rises 5:45 ajn. Gold Beach School Board Bans Married Students Milwaukie, Ore. -UPD- State :Sen. Monroe Sweetland (D Milwaukie) said today he has asked the Gold Beach school board to reconsider its action in barring married students from attending high school there. Sweetland said he under stood the school board in the coastal community had adopt ed a rule allowing three mar ried students at the high school to finish the current semester, but that they may not enroll for the next semester. He said in the letter to the MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1958 ML RECOBfllM mm l s f Shot Waited bership limited to itself, Brit ain and the United States. This would bar possible future nuclear powers - such as France and Communist China. Western sources said the Soviet plan would ' give the Russians "a veto on every little thing a control organi zation can do." The West is holding out for a truly international organi zation open to other countries but with special permanent status for : the three-current members of the nuclear club. Deputies Arrest Man For Chain-Saw Theft - Jerry Howard Dillard, 333 North Holly st., Medford, was arrested by sheriffs deputies yesterday on charges of bur glary not in a dwelling. Dillard is charged with tak ing a chain-saw from a garage belonging to Clyde A. Dunkin, Grants Pass, sometime during January. 1 He was arrested after deputies learned he tried to trade the chain-saw for a car. He was lodged in Jackson county jail, deputies reported. Chicago Buries School Fire Dead Chicago-flJPD-Chicago buried its school fire dead today. Solemn last rites were held for the children who died Monday in the- dreadful pyre of Our Lady' of the Angels school. school board that ". . . the board's decision ... is con trary to' good public educa tional policy." . Sweetland said J. L. Turn bull, assistant state superin tendent of schools, had cited a 1956 attorney general's rul ing which said "district school boards shall admit free of charge to the schools of their district all persons between the ages .of 6 and 21 residing therein." Turnbull said the matter had never been taken to the courts in Oregon and that "we would welcome such a test." Presence of Von Braun Lends Weight To Report Cape Canaveral, Fla.-OJPD-Dr. Wernher von Braun ar rived here today to look over the Army's Juno II moon rocket and it appeared plans were proceeding on schedule to launch the stately space ve hicle this week end. The G e r m a n-born Von Braun, chief Army missile scientist, visits the Cape only on special occasions and his presence strengthened reports that the Army's first moon bird would be fired as early as Saturday.. . If the four-stage rocket does go Saturday, the world will know before the week end is over whether the team of '. scientists and rocketeers which put the first American satellite' into orbit has suc ceeded in stabbing deep into space past the moon. Although the Air Force set a new altitude record when Pioneer I hurtled 79,000 miles from the earth Oct. 11-12, the Air Force probes fell far short in three tries to reach the moon, 220,000 miles away. . . . The Army thus finds itself in a position similar to the circumstances that surround ed its triumph early this year. After the first Vanguard had failed, an Army Jupiter-C rocket thrilled the free world by putting Explorer I into or bit last Jan. 31. The Army's first moon rockets is little more than the big brother of the Jupiter-C. Instead of a short-range Redj stone ballistic missile, Juno II will use a Jupiter interme diate range war rocket as its booster. Unlike the Air Force's moon probes, the Army vehicle is not intended to orbit the moon- Instead, as Von Braun has explained, the Army will aim the rocket at the moon with the expectation that it will skim past the lunar sphere and go on to become a satellite of the sun, 93 mil lion miles away. Salem (UPD Gov. Robert D. Holmes has urged all Ore- gonians to observe Sunday, Dec. .7 as National Civil De fense Day. Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 220 Resolution Asks Voters to Pass Charter Measure Election Will Be In City Wednesday The Medford city council last night adopted a resolution recommending to the city's voters that they approve the charter amendment for off street parking in the election next Wednesday. The resolution was read by Councilman Donald Hansen, Ward II, and unanimously ap proved by the six other coun cilmen present. It includes these principal points: 1. "A solution to the park ing problem is. necessary to the growth, development, ade quate planning, and public safety and welfare. . Increase Cost 2. "Postponing a solution to the parking problem will only increase the eventual cost and difficulties of a solu tion. 3. "The council deems the proposed amendment and bond authorization the only present or reasonably fore seeable method of solving the parking problem. 4. "The proposed charter amendment and bond author ization is the outgrowth of this council's insistence upon btriTWn J"safcgal'ds"tainsuYe1 that the cost of facilities will be borne on a benefit basis, plus a fair portion of parking meter revenues, and not be come a general tax or levy measure. 5. "This council is attempt ing to fulfill its solemn obli gation to the citizens of Med ford to provide for sound, effi cient and economical munici pal government." Informed observers regard the council's action in recom mending approval to the vot ers as unprecedented. In other action, the council awarded the sale of $114,116. 31 in Bancroft bonds for mis cellaneous improvement dis tricts to the lowest of three bidders, Rogue Valley State bank together with Foster and Marshall. ; ' Authority to initiate con demnation proceedings to ac quire the Lusk property nec essary for the extension of East 10th st. across Bear creek was approved. The council also approved a comprehensive" list of liquor license applications. City Man ager Robert A Duff reported the Veterans club, " 42 North Front st., did not intend to apply. Acting Mayor Paul Meyers said the council could take action later on controll ing liquor violations. Council man Ed Hall, Ward I, said action should be taken if vio lations continue. Turned down was a request by Roy Picard that the city's sign ordinance be amended to permit a sign low enough un der the Franklin building marquee to be visible. Such a sign would have been in violation of the height limits in the ordinance. The council called for a public hearing Dec. 18 on a sanitary sewer for Eastover terrace and part of Hillcrest rd., and authorized plans and specifications for a sanitary sewer on portions of Spring brook and Delta Waters rds. A public hearing on remov al of the dangerous sign at Anderson's Super Thrift mar ket on South Central ave., was called off. The sign had already been removed. They continued to the next meeting a public hearing on a sanitary sewer for Temple dr., pending settlement of rights of way. Defer Action They deferred action on amending the fire code to set a larger minimum space standard' for the basement sprinkler system requirement. They also deferred action on approval of a lease with Lyle Estelle for space at the south end of the airport terminal building to be used for an air taxi chartering service - and aircraft brokerage business. EMS ROM 'Didn't I Meet You in Korea Once?" Gift TT hJAHiTDJ rT C. Four Men Perish in Fire at Portland Portland - (DPD - Four men died here late Thursday in a fire in a small hold of a land ing craft utility (LCU) at Gun derson Bros. Engining Corp. The dead were identified as Clarence V. Tucker, 48, crane operator, Portland; Joseph G. Gredvig, 43, rigger foreman, Portland; Willard Akers, 44, crane operator, Hillsboro, and Norman R. Boucher, 33, electrician, Port land. AH but Boucher worked for Gunderson. He was em ployed by the Electro-Machin-ical Co., of Portland. Worst in History Deputy Multnomah county coroner Tony Wald said the men may have died from suf focation, burns or even elec trocution. ' Leightori W Johnson, chief engineer for the ship build ing firm" said the accident was the worst in the history of the company. Gunderson Bros, has been wQrking.on s.fvea.IiCU crafts for the Navy and the vessel on which the fire occurred was due to be launched with in two weeks. Johnson said the fire start ed in a 440-volt electrical cable and spread to the paint ed bulkheads. Cause of the fire was not determined. The fire burned only brief ly but fiercely. The four vie- Dunlevy Pledges Help for Measure Every Medford voter should avail himself of the opportun ity to become informed on the charter amendment authoriz ing off-street parking facil ities, James Dunlevy, council man from Ward IV, said to day. A special election in sched uled Dec. 10 on the ballot measure. Dunlevy pledged his assist ance to publicize the measure, which the council has en dorsed and which it considers important to the economic de velopment of the city as a whole. He made the state ments in response to persons who noted that many voters fail to cast ballots when they do not understand a ballot measure. "This ballot measure is leg islation which is required be fore any orderly solution to the off-street parking problem is possible," . Dunlevy . said, "however, it is only the first' action necessary in this di rection. .... "The next steps ' following voter approval of the measure are the finalization of plans for the downtown assessment district , and evaluation of plans for the most economical and practical. method of pro viding off-street parking re lief." ' An- appraisal of the ballot measure and an understand ing of the intent of the city council to solve the parking problem is necessary in order that the time and study de voted to the problem shall not have been wasted, Dunlevy said. w tims apparently had no op portunity to escape from the small winch hold. Firemen had to cut a hole in the deck to remove the bodies. The LCU vessels are 135 feet long and 30 feet wide. Howard District Mailing Ballots on Reorganization The board of Howard school district 100, at the request of the Jackson County Reor ganization board, is mailing to all registered voters in the district a ballot asking them to indicate their choice of con solidation with the Central Point district 6C, or Medford district 549C. . . The ballot is to be returned as indicated on or before .Dec. 22, at which time the Howard school board will hold a spe cial meeting to tabulate the ballots.- The county school reorgani zation board will then decide whether or not to change its previous recommendation for consolidation with Central Point district 6C. Nick Gier.,2902 North Pa cific highway, assisted by some other voters in the dis trict and with the sanction of the Howard school board, is organizing a committee which will hold a special hearing sometime the week of Dec. 7 13, at Howard school. All reg istered voters are asked to at tend. Exact date of the hear ing will be announced later. The committee is preparing tax comparison charts, and developing all pertinent infor mation regarding the subject. The committee will point out advantages and disadvantages of consolidating with either district. . The committee also will have authorized representa tives from both the Medford and Central Point districts to speak to the group comparing the respective curriculums of each system. Two Local Children Returned to Home Two Medford children were discovered promenading through the fog several blocks from home in their bathrobes this morning, Medford police reported. The youngsters, who car ried additional clothing and wore their shoes on the wrong feet, unlaced and without socks, were brought to the po lice station after an . unsuc cessful attempt to return them directly home. Cold, hungry, inquisitive but unable to communicate their own names, the small pair were thawed out by hot chocolate and rolls. Later, they were identified as Richard Burton ' Goodwin Jr., 3, and Gloria Kay Good win, ' 4, children of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Burton Good win, 920 Maple Park dr. Po lice turned them over to the Jackson County Welfare com mission. They were home in time for lunch. DOW -JONES AVERAGES New York-IUPD-Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 in dustrials 556.75, off 2.35; 20 railroads 154.07, up 0.06, 15 utilities 86.47. up 0.31, and 65 slocks 193.97, off 0.35. Sales today were 3,360,000 shares compared .. with 3.360,000 - shares . yesterday. Flier Parachuted When Light Plane Ran Out of Gas Blackmail Attempt Seen by Authorities Berlin -(UPD-The East Ger man press office announced tonight that missing U. S. Army pilot Lt. Richard Mack in parachuted into East Ger many Wednesday. The press office announce ment said Mackin was not in jured and was in the hands of East German authorities. The announcement said Mackin told the East Ger mans he parachuted when his LI 9 light plane ran out of gasoline. Mackin, 27, Washington. ID. C, piloted an artillery- spotting plane for the 3rd Armored Division. He had been missing for 48 hours on a flight from Frankfurt to Grafenwoehr near the Iron Curtain border. U. S. author ities had speculated that he was being held by the Com munists in another attempt to blackmail the West into recog nition of the East German Communist puppet regime. Today's announcement by the East German ADN news service said Mackin flew across the East German bor der without permission in the area of Sonneberg and Hild burghausen. His aircraft crashed and was destroyed, the announce ment said. It added that Mackin was found by youths who turned him oyer to East, German border police. "The flyer is uninjured and is in the hands of organs of the German Democratic Re public," the announcement said. - Radio Report Received The last word from Mackin came Wednesday night when he radioed that he had lost his way and was running out of gas somewhere in thei bor der area. He said he would bail out of his faltering plane. , An intensive search of the Grafenwoehr maneuver area, which is less than 40 miles from Communist territory, failed to tuf if up"any 'f facebf Mackin. Reports from the other side of the Iron Curtain, however, indicated he was in Red hands even before the ADN announcement. Jaycee Program Information Sent i Information regarding the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce's Disti nguished Service Award program is being sent to churches, service clubs and fraternal organiza tions, Clyde Wheaton, chair man, has announced. . Enclosed with information sheets are application forms for those who wish to nomi nate candidates for the award. Young men between 21 and 36 years old are eligible. The nominee must have taken an active part in community serv ice programs or civic func tions during the year. The ac tivities must be outside of. the work he is expected to do in his regular employment. Wheaton said nominations will be accepted anytime from now until January 15. Appli cation froms may be obtained from Jaycee members or by writing the Medford Jaycees at post office box 251, Med ford. "All candidates will be judged by a panel of business and professional men, and the award will be announced at a banquet at the Rogue Valley Country club. On the committee with Wheaton are Charles Henry, Hal Gardner, Garry Shuler and Ron James. Prineville Ex To Pen, Kills Prineville. Ore. (DPD An ex-convict who feared he mieht have to eo back to prison shot himself to death early today after holding a squad of police officers at bay for nearly 10 hours. . The ex-convict was Stanley Robinson, 27, the father of four children. Friends de scribed him as "personable and charming, like the boy next door." Served One-Year Term Robinson was released from Oregon State Prison three weeks ago after serving a one-year term v for bad checks. A police officer came, to his house about 3 p.m. Thursday to arrest him for obtaining money under false pretenses. Picking up a 30-30 rifle, Trees Cm Q Diego Illy Don egfioon Illegal cutting of Christmas trees has been reported in the Green Springs area on bureau Of land management land and property owned by Weyer- BARBARA NULTON County Teens Leader Teen-Agers To Meet Saturday Student leaders from Jack son county high schools will meet at the Medford hotel Saturday at 7 p.m. to com plete plans for the Teen-Age program, formerly Teens Against Polio. The Teen-Age program is part of the March of Dimes fund-raising cam paign, which runs from Jan. 2 through 31. . . The .county -student group is under the direction of Miss Barbara Nulton, county Teen-1 Age cnairman, wno is oeing assisted by John Frohnmayer. Both are students at Medford Senior high school. Chairmen have been ap pointed for each high school in the county and it is this group which will discuss the program at the dinner meet ing. The National Foundation program, which includes con genetal birth defects and rheumatoid arthritis in addi tion to polio, will be ex plained at the meeting. Methods of fund raising and other phases of the program also will be discussed. Two House Fires Reported Today Medford firemen reported two house fires this morning. They said that a living room wall, the ceiling and the roof were damaged in a blaze at the home of Willie Glenn Jer den, 2666 Bullock rd. about 8:45 a.m. and that fire extend ed from a kitchen electric heater into the wall and closet behind it about 9:35 a.m. at the home of L. D- Hoxworth, 911 South Ivy st. Firemen attributed the Bul lock rd. fire to a defective flue with wood wall built up against the flue. Portland (UPD Wilhelm Properties Inc. has announced purchase of 7V2 acres in Mil waukie Industrial Park and said it would build a new warehouse there for Rudie Wilhelm Warehouse Co., Inc. - Con, Fearing Return Self as Cops Close in Robinson ordered the officer away. Another policeman turned in an alarm and soon 14 city and state officers were at the scene. "I won't go back to the pen!" Robinson shouted from a window. "I won't come out until I lay down my gun -and I might not do that." Spotlight on House - Police tried in. vain to per suade him to give himself up. As night fell, they turned a spotlight on the house. At in tervals Robinson appeared at the window and shouted to officers. Robinson's ex-wife, Dorothy 24, called him on the tele phone and sobbingly pleaded with him to surrender. She and one of the children were said to have been in the house haeuser Timber company, ac cording to Ross Youngblood, district forester for BLM. He reported that approxi mately 1,500 trees, more than one-third on government land. were discovered Thursday by BLM personnel stacked along roads on Jenny creek near Pinehurst and the Walters Cabin rd. on the way to Buck lake. Youngblood stated that cutting in this area is particu larly serious since there is not an excess of young trees in the area. He explained that the tree growth is slow in this part of the forest and any further cutting would make reforestation necessary. Brought to Medford The local forester said the trees belonging to the govern ment have been brought to Medford and will be sold Monday to the highest whole sale bidder. The trees must be sold im mediately, he said, and whole sale dealers interested in the trees should contact the BLM office prior to 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8. He added that the trees belonging to Weyer haeuser Timber company were taken to Klamath Falls for sale there. The Federal Bureau of In vestigation has been contact ed concerning the incident, Youngblood. Cutting Christmas trees for home use on government land is allowed in limited areas of the forest, Youngblood said, but reminded residents that permits are needed. Forest service personnel with the Rogue River National forest added that individual use per mits may be secured on the Prospect, Applegate or Bea ver Creek'districts:"" 525,000 Bail 5ef In Burglary Case Bail was set at $25,000 each by District Court Judge James M. Main for Homer Cloyd Brooks, 39, of Pueblo, Colo., and Albuquerque, N.M., and Lendel Carl Buttram, 21, Shady Cove, and recently of Albuquerque. The two men were ar raigned in district court Thursday afternoon on charges of burglary not in a dwelling and are lodged in the county jail. They are spe cifically charged with ' the theft of $687.55 from the Cra ter Finance company,. 135 East Pine st., Central Point, Dec. 3. . Books, a parolee from New Mexico, waived the right to an attorney and preliminary hearing and was bound over to the grand jury. Buttram de sired an attorney so his case was continued until Monday, Dec. 8, at 1:30 p m. The two men were arrested by Medford city police follow ing a chase with speeds up to 90 miles per hour from Med ford to Talent, which ended on Hillcrest rd. The complaint was luea Dy intrai f oini police. Buttram was married in the Jackson county jail 'Jan. 9, 1956, shortly after he was sentenced in circuit court here on a previous charge of bur glary not in a dwelling. He was released from the Oregon state penitentiary earlier this year, local authorities said. when the policeman first came to arrest him, but they later were allowed to leave. - Finally, Robinson demand ed that the counselor who had helped him in prison come to the house. The counselor, Wade Scott, made a rush trip from Port land, 160 miles away, and entered the house at 10:53 p.m. - At 12:25 a.m., Scott burst from the ' house and ran through the police guards. The heavily armed officers then converged on the house after throwing a tear gas bomb Inside. t Seconds later, there was a muffled explosion. The of ficers went inside. Robinson had turned the rifle on him self. Ha was killed instantly. 1
