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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!.!-
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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
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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.
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'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.
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