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Humphrey To
Report io Ike-On
Khrushchev Talks
Cold War Issues
Aired in Russia
Washington -UP&- Sen. Hu
bert H. Humphrey (D-Minn.),
returned today from a trip
to Moscow to report to Presi
dent Eisenhower on his unus
ual eight-hour talk with So
viet Premier Nikita S. Khru
shchev on cold war issues.
Humphrey told reporters
at National Airport here that
the information he will give
the President Tuesday does
not necessarily "bode ill" for
the United States because
this country is very strong.
He has described as "signifi
cant" a message Khrushchev
gave him to carry to Eisen
hower. No Details Given
Humphrey declined to give
any details of his report to
the President. The senator has
told reporters Khrushchev did
impart two "secrets" involv
ing "items of our security
The senator, at the airport,
said he supports the Presi
dent's position on the Berlin
crisis and believes that if the
United States continues to
stand firm that situation will
not worsen.
Humphrey planned to see
Undersecretary of state,
Christian Herter this after
noon and go to the . White
House Tuesday morning.
Peace Seen Essential
Humphrey said he believed
that Khrushchev wants peace
because peace is essential to
the Soviet seven-year econom
ic plan. He said the U. S.
should use those seven years
in an attempt to penetrate
the Soviet system with "good
works and good deeds."'
Humphrey, also said he
would confer as soon as pos
sible with. Senate Democratic
leader Lyndon B. Johnson of
Texas. The Minnesota senator
said he believes it important
to work out bipartisan coop
eration in foreign policy in
the coming new Congress.
Humphrey said he discuss
ed nuclear tests suspensions
both with Khrushchev and
with the Soviet's chief dele
gate at the Geneva negotia
tions and that Khrushchev
"seemed to show some will
ingness for a meaningful
a greement with effective in
spection controls."
Eagle Pointer. Loses
Presents, Nickel
To Wrong Auto
An Eagle Point woman
lost some Christmas pres
, enls and had to pay a park
ing fine Saturday because
her car looked like loo
many others.
Mrs. Nellie Lucille Webb.
Bulla Falls Star route. Ea
gle Point, while Christmas
shopping in Medford gave
her daughter . some Christ
mas packages to put in the
car and a nickel for the
parking meter.
Unfortunately, her daugh
ter 'put the nickel in the
wrong meter and the pack
ages in the wrong car. The
car, of foreign manufacture,
was the same color and
make as the Webb car.
Mrs. Webb requests that
anyone finding the packages
in their car either call her
at Hlllcrest 6-3930 or write
lo her at the above address.
Portland -0IPD-W. F. (Ray)
Wilson has been elected presi
dent of Oregon's largest Team
sters local, No. 162 of Port
land.
Dating Couple Learns
Of Brother-Sister Ties
Oregon City-(UP&-A boy and
a girl went out on a date and
discovered they were brother
and sister.
Couple Introduced
Richard Gillett, 22, adopted
son of Bert and Pat Gillett
of Wilsonville, was introduced
by a friend of Richard's to
Dorothy Manewal, 16, adopted
daughter of Mrs. Fred Mane
wal, Gladstone.
They made a date for Satur
day night. Richard said the
girl told him her real name
was Sarah Esther Abridge. "It
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1958
"Is This An Early One, Or Is It Left Over
From Last Summer?"
Hearing Scheduled
On Consolidation
A public hearing on district
consolidation involving How
ard school will be held in the
Howard school gymnasium at
8 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 11, ac
cording to N. F. Gier, chair
man of the reorganization in
formation committee for
Howard school.
Thirty Howard school dis
trict voters met at the school
Saturday night to discuss the
problems facing the school
Jacksonville
Road Detour Set
The Medford - Jacksonville
highway at Daisy creek will
be closed to traffic to allow
for culvert installation Wed
nesday and Thursday, accord
ing to Paul Robertson, Med
ford maintenance foreman for
the Oregon state highway de
partment.
A detour will be made be
ginning Wednesday morning,
starting at Oak Grove rd.,
will continue through Stewart
ave. and Bellinger rd., and
connect with the highway at
Arnold lane, Robertson saicu
Drivers of logging trucks
are advised to take either the
Medford-Phoenix highway or
the Medf ord-Central Poi n x
hiehwav. which by-pass this
stretch, the maintenance fore
man said.
The work will start Wed
nesday mornins and will con
tinue through Thursday, Rob
ertson said. A larger culvert
is being installed to relieve a
flood condition across the
highway, he said. Estimated
cost of the construction is
$3,000. -
Precipitation
Below Normal
Although .39 of an inch of
rain fell Sunday and another
.17 was recorded up to 10 a.m.
today oreciDitation this month
is still below normal for De
cember.
Sunday's "heavy mist"
brought the rainfall total for
seven days this month to .43
inch, which is still .27 below
normal, according to records
at the weather bureau's Med
ford station. Rainfall for the
season, as of midnight last
night, was 2.76 inches, which
was 3.17 below normal.
wasn't 'till then that I knew
she was my sister because my
real name is Michael naries
Abridge," he said.
Mother Killed
Richard explained their
mother had been killed in an
accident and that their father
had been in a veterans' home
hefore they were adopted
Dorothy was 7 when she was
aHnnted and Richard was 12
Richard was back at the
Manewal home Sunday, help
ing his sister with Christmas
decorations.
district with consolidation.
The group approved holding a
hearing and a poll of voter
opinion.
Present recommendation of
the Jackson county school re
organization committee is to
consolidate Howard . school
district with the Central
Point school district. The
deadline for making recom
mendations to the state board
of education has been extend
ed to Dec. 22 to allow the dis
trict to poll their voters, it
was explained at the meeting.
. , Under house bill 163, if the
majority of voters decide
against the""courity reorganiza
tion committee recommenda
tion a petition must be circu
lated within 30 days. Another
election must be held, then in
30 days. If the majority of the
voters still disapprove anoth
er election is possible within
120 days, all at the expense of
the district, it was explained.
Both Medford and Central
Point district officials have
agreed that regardless which
way the district consolidates,
the students now attending
high school may complete
their high school education at
the school they are now at
tending. Ashland Tops Goal
For Festival Fund
Ashland - AsHland workers
for the Shakespearean Festi
val fund drive went over the
top today with a total of $51,
241.34 collected as of this
noon, according to A. C.
(Archie) Fries, president of
the Shakespearean Festival
association. " .
Goal for the Ashland work
ers was $50,000. Total goal
for the drive is $275,000.
Mdeford is to hold its report
luncheon on the drive
Wednesday noon. Medford's
goal is $100,000, it was re
ported.
"The Ashland people are
determined to go on with the
drive to get more money for
reconstruction of the Shake
spearean Festival theater,"
Fries said. "Actually, the
$275,000 is an emergency
amount. It will not take care
of all the work needed."
Medford Man Dies,
Car Hits Pole
Ralph Andrew Truax, 67,
route 3, box 251, Medford,
died apparently from a heart
attack while driving a car
along Court st. here this
morning, city police reported.
The car struck a power pole
in the 1000 block of the
thoroughfare shortly after 11
a.m. Police surmised mat a
heart attack caused Truax to
lns control of the vehicle. He
was dead on arrival of the in
vestigating officer.
His only passenger in the
auto was a dog.
Thp hodv was taken to
Conger-Morris Funeral home.
Tribune
No. 222
Demo Advisory
Council Drafts
'Union Message'
Civil Rights, Union
Legislation Asked
Washington - (UPD - The
Democratic Advisory Council
handed Congress its own
"state of the union message
today calling for more civil
rights action, some union
backed legislation and more
spending on new or expanded
welfare programs.
The proposals were sure to
provoke prqtests from South
ern Democrats and conserva
tives in both parties who
would view it as a big-spending,
updated version of the
New Deal. And it was unlike
ly to get an enthusiastic re
ception from Democratic con
gressional leaders.
The blueprint for action
designed for the new Demo
cratic Congress, which con
venes next month, came Sun
day night from the party's
policymaking voice outside
Congress between national
conventions. The advisory
council m e.m beri. include
former President Truman,
Adlai E. Stevenson, Gov
Averell Harriman of New
York, Gov. G. Mennen Wil
liams of Michigan and other
party leaders.
Urge Union Reform Bill
Besides the far-reaching
civil rights proposals, the pro
gram included such labor
backed recommendations as a
$1.25 minimum wage (now $1)
and repeal of the Taft-Hartley
provision allowing state
right-to-work laws. It also ad
vocated passage of the Ken-nedy-Ives
union reform bill,
which was passed this year
by the Senate but killed by
the House. ' . . v
The council meeting Sun-
day climaxed a series of post
election Democratic sessions
in which the party-splitting
issue of civil rights, was domi
nant. The same issue was be
fore the Democratic National
Committee Saturday when it
refused to unseat Camille E.
Gravel as Louisiana national
committeeman and gave a
vote of confidence to party
Chairman Paul M. Butler,
specificaly, for his "forthright
utterances"' on civil rights.
The 6,000-word statement
from the council was the most
comprehensive it has ever
issued.
It applauded the congres
sional leadership of Speaker
Sam Rayburn and Senate
Democratic Leader Lyndon B.
Johnson, who refused to join
the council and never show
ed much enthusiasm about
getting its advice. .
. In its civil rights . section,
the council merely expressed
a hope for legislation to help
reopen closed schools in the
South and to prevent others
from closing in disputes over
racial integration.
But it also called for enact
ment of a bill like the con
troversial "Part m" stricken
by the Senate from the 1957
civil rights bill. That provi
sion would allow, the Justice
Department to seek injunc
tions against persons seeking
to deprive others of civil
rights. !
Alongside the civil rights
program, the council urged a
tighter anti-filibuster rule for
the Senate, where Southern
filibusters have long served
to block civil rights legisla
tion. DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (UPD Dow
Jones final stock averages:
30 industrials 556.08, off
0.29; 15 utilities 87.20. up
0.73, and 65 stocks 194.06,
up 0.09. Sales today were
about 3,590,000 shares com
pared with 3.360,000 shares
Friday.
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SislkSyou Area ISeDoevedl Low E3isEi
toPossible Location of Earthquakes
Pasadena, Calif.-TOPD-Eighty
to 90 per cent of the earth
quakes in the U. S. occur in
California but many other
states throughout the country
are vulnerable to damaging
temblors, Dr. Charles F. Rich
ter said today.
Survey Completed
Richter, professor of seis
mology at the California Insti
tute of Technology and an in
ternationally known author
ity on earthquakes, said he
has completed a survey of the
U. S. designed to show where
the severest earthquakes are
likely to hit.
Areas of high risk which at
some time could suffer dam
age to buildings from earth
quakes are California, north
ern New York state, New
England, the Central Missis
sippi Valley, nd a narrow
East German
Premier Issues
Blockade Threat
Berlin (UPD - A massive
vote against Communism by
the people of West Berlin
touched off new Communist
threats today and a veiled
warning by East German Pre
mier Otto Grotewohl that
Western troops face a land
and air blockade if they try
to remain in the city.
Barelv-12 hours after the
Communists' .smashing defeat
in the West Berlin city elec
tions Grotewohl went before
the Communist zone parlia
ment to claim West Berlin as
part of East Germany. : He
said that Allied troops are
unjustly arid illegally" sta
tioned "on the territory of
the German Democratic Re
public." "The Communist east zone
government will be in a posi
tion to exercise sovereignty
on the land, on the water and
in the air," Grotewohl said.
Ignores . Municipal Balloting
Hp iznored the West Ber
lin municipal balloting which
gave a rousing and empnatic
no" to a Soviet proposal that
Western Allied troops leave
Berlin and West Berlin be
turned into a demilitarized,
'free city" surrounded by
Communist bayonets.
The Russian demands were
the main issue in Sunday's
record voting, and the em
phatic rejection gave the
Western Allies a clear man
date from the people of West
Berlin to reject the Red de
mands. Grotewohl said the West
Berlin City Council elections
were not a plebiscite on So
viet demands that the West
ern Allies quit the city - the
view also taken by the
Communist press. Until re
cently, when he expected the
Communists to gain, he had
said just the opposite. j
Vole of Confidence
It was a massive vote of
confidence for Socialist Lord
Mayor Willy Brandt who de
clared, "West Berliners have
said that never and at no
time will they bend under the
yoke of Communism."
The Communists received
only 1.9 per cent of the bal
lots and this from the labor
district of "Red" Wedding
which was known as a
Communist stronghold even
in the days of Adolf Hitler.
The Communist, vote was
smaller than in the 1954 elec
tions and again was too tiny
to win a seat in the City
Council,
Planning Commission
Meeting Postponed
The Medford planning com
mission's regular monthly
meeting, scheduled for to
night, has been postponed un
til Dec. 15, according to City
Manager Robert A. Duff. Duff
said the necessary quorum of
four members would not be
available tonight
TrouDDbdl.ii
belt extending north and
south through Montana, Ida
ho, Utah and Arizona, Richter
said.
Where Risks Exist
The seismologist said his
survey divides the country
into risk areas ranging in in
tensities on the Mercalli in
tensity scale from six to nine.
The scale measures shaking
at any one point caused by
quakes and an intensity of
six is enough to cause slight
damage to poorly constructed
buildings while a nine inten
sity can cause considerable
damage to well constructed
buildings.
Areas labeled "high risk"
are those where a nine inten
sity quake is likely to hit, he
said.
Richter said he was mak
ing no attempt to predict
Yes Vote Asked For
Charter Amendment
Details of the proposed off
street parking charter amend
ment, to be voted on in Med
ford on Wednesday, appear
on Page 10 of today's Mail
Tribune.
Mayor John Snider today
called for a favorable vote on
the measure, in a letter ad
dressed to voters of the city.
His statement said:
16-Year-0ld Held
On Theft Charges
A 16-year-old Oklahoma
boy was held by Jackson
county juvenile authorities
today in connection with the
theft of a $750 cameo brooch
and other items from the Med
ford couple who had be
friended him.
. Medford police reported the
boy was picked up for routine
check at the Greyhound Bus
Depot, 212 North Bartlett st.,
early this morning. At first
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd J. Chap
man, 505 Benson st., said their
young boarder was free to
leave.
But thev notified the po
lice station not quite an hour
later that some items were
missine. Meanwhile, the boy
had missed his bus. He was
picked up again, and taken to
the station.
He told investigators he
had left home, Musogee,
Okla. on Oct. 21. "I didn't
like my dad and didn't get
along with him," he said. "I
didn't want to grow up to be
like him."
He. said he hitch-hiked with
a friend to his grandmother's
home in Redlands, Calif. Then
the pair continued to Med
ford, The boy said his com
panion left him here Nov. 9,
and that two days later he
was taken in by the Chap
mans. .
Officer Roy Thompson said
the boy had done some work
for Chapman during his stay.
When picked up at the
depot the second time, the boy
reportedly had in his posses
sion besides the brooch,
clothing,, jewelry, tools and a
bus ticket to Hilt Junction,
ralif. He told police he was
planning to take them to his
grandmother.
T.V. Highlights
A report on Wednesday's
special election on a Med
ford charter amendment to
set up an off-street parking
program will be giren on
KBES-TV at 10 o'clock to
night. On the program will
be City Councilman James
Dunlevy. Municipal Judge
Noreen Kelly. Dr. D. Kirk
land West, chairman of a
citizens advisory committee
on off-street parking, and
Otto Ewaldsen, downtown
merchant ' - long active in
promoting parking facil
ities for Medford.
when earthquakes would oc
cur.
"The estimates do not rep
resent the probability of average-sized
quakes, but the
maximum shock that could
be anticipated over long per
iods of time," he said.
Siskiyou Area Low Risk
Areas of lowest risk in the
U. S., Dr. Richter said, were
parts of Southern California,
California's Sierra Nevada,
the Klamath and Siskiyou
mountains in Northern Calif
ornia and Southern Oregon,
mountains in the north of
Washington state and Idaho
and Southern Florida.
One of the primary pur
poses for plotting the survey
is the possibility for zoning
a city for earthquake protec
tion, he said.
To the People of Medford:
Your "Yes" vote on the
balanced parking measure
will mean much more than
just the first orderly step
toward the solution of one
of our city's most awkward
problems.
Your "Yet" vote will
build our metropolitan area
with the costs justly dis
tributed over a narrow,
well-defined mid-town bus
iness district.
Your "Yes" vote will
establish Medford as one of
the ' most progressive busi
ness climates in the North
west. This is important if
we are to attract the pay
rolls of industry lo our '
valley.
I sincerely recommend
and solicit your support of
this planned program for
convenience parking.
John W. Snider
, Mayor of Medford
Polls will be open from 1 to
8 p.m. Wednesday, one in each
ward, as follows:
Ward I: Hedrick Junior
High school.
Ward II: Medford High
school (girls' gym).
Ward ni: McLoughlin Jun
ior High school.
Ward IV: Girl Scout office,
500 East Main st. .
$1,500 Stolen
From Local Store
The theft of over $1,500 in
cash and checks from the
Thrifty Nifty market, 223
West Jackson st., was report
ed to Medford police Sunday
morning.
The theft occurred some
time Saturday night or early
Sunday, according to the re
port from Raymond Edward
Gould, 825 Park st., the
owner.
About $740 in cash and
$780 in checks, cached away
in a money , sack behind
twelve loaves of broad, were
reportedly missing. The theft
was discovered by Jesse Har
old. Smith, 411 Oak st., ac
cording to the report.
Washington (UPD Presi
dent Eisenhower will hold a
news conference Wednesday.
Snow, Freezing Rain Force School
Closures in
Bellingham, Wash.- (UPD -
Whatcom county schools
closed their doors today in the
face of a freezing rain and
snow storm while eastern
Washington and northern
Idaho were digging out after
a week end snowfall.
Worst Since 1932
Old timers in Whatcom
county said that the area was
struck by its worst storm
since 1932. Roads and high
ways were covered with ice
up to two inches thick in
places,
High winds had knocked
He said generally buildings
constructed on mountains or
solid rock are likely to suffer
less damage from temblors
than those on lower hilly and
terrace areas while buildings
on sandy areas near the coast
are most vulnerable of all.
Count Small Quakes
A rough rule for estimat
ing the likelihood of a dam
aging earthquake occurring in
an area is to count the num
ber of small quakes which
rumble through the section
each year, Richter said.
Where an average of 500
small temblors occurs each
year, one great earthquake
can be expected once every
40 years. Where 50 small
quakes occur each year, one
great one may be expected
about once every 400 years.
; MRS. MAXINE SMITH
New President of OEA
Local Teacher
Named As Head
Of Educators
Mrs. Maxine .(Paul R.)
Smith, 3412 Madrona lane,
language teacher in Medford
High school, was elected presi
dent of Oregon Education as
sociation at a meeting of the
association's r e p r e sentative
council held Saturday in Port
land.
Mrs. Smith, who was first
on the faculty of McLoughlin
Junior High school, has been
with the Medford system
since 1946. She is a former
president of the Jackson
County unit of OEA and of
the State Department of
Classroom Teachers. She -has
been a delegate to six conven
tions of National Education
association and has served on
a number of state, regional
and national committees.
Mrs. Smith, a native Orego
nian and graduate of the Uni
versity of Oregon, is a mem
ber of Epsilon chapter, Delta
Kappa Gamma, and Kappa
Kappa " Iota, professional so
rorities for educators; Med
ford branch, American Asso
ciation of University Women;
Kappa Delta, national colle
giate sorority; Medford
League of Women Voters and
Rogue River Valley Knife and
Fqrk club.
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Western Washington
over more than a hundred
power and utility poles caus
ing serious outages in tele
phone and utility service.
The northern part of What
com county was glistening un
er a "silver thaw" which cov
ered every tree, every build
ing, and every pole with a
sheet of ice.
40-Mile Winds
School districts in the area
Sunday announced the clo
sures as snow drifted in. front
of 40-mile-an-hour winds and
the State Patrol placed a
chains required restriction on
most roadways. The patrol
Cooperation With
United States,
Britain Pledged
Key Control
Provision Okayed
Geneva -(UPD- Russia accept
ed a binding treaty obliga
tion to cooperate with the
United States and Britain in
a control organization for su
pervising a nuclear test ban.
Agreement came after a 3V4
hour session of the three-power
nuclear conference which
approved the key control
provision aslhe second article
of a test ban treaty.
Today s accord was reached
within 48 hours of the East-
West agreement on the first
article of the projected treaty
pledging the prohibition of
nuclear tests.
A communique announced
that the conference agreed
on the text of a draft article
on the establishment of a con
trol organization for the pur
pose of assuring that the ob
ligations assumed in the
treaty are carried out by the
parties."
West Demanded Pledge
The West had been demand
ing such assurance from the
Soviet Union as a binding
link between a test ban and a
control organization to police
it ever since the conference
started more than five weeks
ago.
The Soviets, after weeks-
long stalling and blocking
tactics, finally gave their ap
proval to this commitment
which western conference
sources consider the key to
the test ban issue.
It was the first known,
time that the Soviets had com
mitted themselves to cooper
ation in an international con
trol organization extending to
Soviet territory.
However, this commitment
did not yet clear all the ob
stacles to a final test ban ac
cord.
What still has to be agreed
is the working procedure of
the projected international
control organization.
, Much, if not all, will de
pend on scope, powers and
workings of the control
scheme.
Copco to Build
Office Building
The California Oregon Pow
er company plans to erect an
ofifce building on property it
owns near the corner of
Grape st. and Stewart ave., it
was . reliably reported this
week.
John Boyle, vice president
and general manager of the
utility company, this morning
confirmed plans for such
structure are being made, but
that they are incomplete as
yet.
Details of the building, how
extensive it will be, and its
cost, will not be available
probably until the middle of
January, Boyle said.
Copco generates and distri
butes electric power through
out the southern Oregon-
northern California area. Its
headquarters are in Medford,
and its main offices at pres
ent are located on West Main
st.
WEATHER
FORECAST; Mostly cloudy with
occasional light rain tonight and
Tuesday. Valley fog early Tues
day. Little temperature change.
Low tonight 40. High Tuesday
50. TEMP.
Highest Yesterday 47
Lowest This Morning 4S
Prec to 10 a-m. Today U
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 4:39 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .... 1:29 a.m.
Moonrise tomorrow 6:06 a.m.
New Moon Dec 16
PROMINENT STARS
Aldebaran, In the
east 6:50 p.m.
Regulus, In the
east . ...11:59 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Mars, well above Aldebaran.
Jupiter, leads the Moon.
said sDeeds of more than 20
miles per hour were highly
dangerous. All schools in the
county with the exception of
Western Washington college
at Bellingham were closed to
day. Snow at Spokane
In eastern Washington
crews were busily clearing
streets and highways after
the week end storm which
was the third in three weeks.
Nearly six inches of snow was
reported in Spokane, three
inches in Colvilletwo in El
lensburg and several inches of
snow fell over north Idaho.
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