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Planned
Corporation Buys
18-Acre Site for
Future Buildings
Roller Rink, Bowling
Alley Planned Soon
Plans for an extensive re
creation and sports center on
Highway 99 south of Char
lotte Anne dr. was announced
today by John S. Weisbrod,
Medford real estate agent who
handled the sale' of property
Developing the center is a
corporation formed by Med
ford area residents, who are
providing financial backing
The corporation will lease fa
cilities at the center to opera
tors, Weisbrod said.
The center, which will be
an 18-acre site, (will include
a roller skating rink, bowling
alley and, later, other facili
ties such as swimming pool,
tennis courts and possibly a
dance hall, he said.
Construction Planned
Construction of the bowling
alley and roller rink are
planned as soon as pear trees
are removed from the site,
which extends from the high
way eastward to Bear creek.
Weisbrod said the corporation
hopes to have the bowling al
ley and roller rink ready for
operation late in the spring
The bowling alley will be
operated by Herschel H. and
Kenneth F. Bixon of Ray
mond, Wash., and will include
modern equipment. The Bix-
ons will hold the American
Manufacturing and Foundry
company's bowling equipment
franchise in this area, Weis
brod said. Included in the
equipment will be an auto
matic scoring device, auto
matic pin setter and spotting,
and a ball return which deliv
ers the ball under the floor
to the rear of the bowler.
Weisbrod said the building
will be an investment in ex
cess of $100,000 and that an
additional $100,000 will be
invested in the bowling alley
facilities such as snack bar,
pro shop and space for retail
sales.
. The Bixons plan to retain a
professional bowler to handle
lessons and arrangements for
tournaments. The bowling fa
cilities will include 2' alleys,
Weisbrod said.
The roller skating rink will
be operated by Hazel Middle
kauff, Medford, and her
brother, T. C. Cline, who ope
rates two large rinks in the
Pacific northwest. They plan
to provide a professional ska
ter for instruction courses,
Weisbrod said.
The roller rink will be
about 14,000 square feet, he
said, and probably will cost in
excess of $100,000. Facilities
will include a snack bar and
pro shop.
Weisbrod said the corpora
tion plans to spend about
$350,000 at the site in the near
future. Members and officers
of the corporation were not
named, but Weisbrod said it is
made up of valley residents
interested in developing the
center, which has been plan
ned for some time.
The property of the center
formerly was owned by Clyde
C. Pittenger, Weisbrod said.
Value of the transaction was
not released.
Red China To
Replace Mao
Tokyo - (UPD - Peiping radio
announced officially today
that Communist leader Mao
Tse-tung will be replaced as
chairman of the Red Chinese
government.
The official Communist
broadcast did not name a suc
cessor. Reports reaching
Tokyo said aging Marshal Chu
Teh, now vice chairman,
would succeed Mao.
A Communist New China
news agency dispatch from
Peiping said "the question of
not nominating comrade Mao
Tse-tung as candidate for
chairman (president) of the
People's Republic of China for
the next term" was discussed
by the Chinese Communist
party's central committee.
"The plenary session adopt
ed the relevant resolutions."
the agency said, meaning that
Mao's decision not to continue
as president had been approved.
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COLLISION-A 16-year-old girl was treated
at 'Rogue Valley hospital and released Tues
day afternoon and the automobile she was
operating was demolished in a collision at
Eighth and Holly sts., according to Medford
city police. Miss Judith Jean Lambert, 172
Greenway circle, was treated for shock and
an injured left ankle after the vehicle she
was driving was hit by an automobile oper
ated by Mrs. Minda Everetta Irving, 42, of
Prisoner Smuggles
$590 Into
Jail Despite Search
Tight-fisted Lendel Carl
Buttram smuggled $590 into
Jackson county jail recently
following his arrest on a bur
glary charge, local police au
thorities reported yesterday.
According to their account,
he wadded the cash into his
faithful right" hand, swollen
from an injured knuckle. He
managed to. conceal it in spite
of being searched twice.
A total of $350 was discov
ered in the course of a jail
search yesterday morning, all
but $10 in the personal pos
session of other prisoners, the
authorities said.
First Clue
The first clue reportedly
came when Jack Kenneth Ly
tle, taken from county jail to
the Oregon state penitentiary
following sentencing here,
turned over $230 to the state
guard who admitted him. Ly
tle, 25, of Willow Tree court,
Central Point, was given a
three-year sentence in circuit
court after he pleaded guilty
to last month's burglary of the
Jacksonville school safe.
Buttram, 21, of Shady Cove,
is in the jail here awaiting a
preliminary hearing Friday on
a charge of burglarly not -in
a dwelling. His bail is $5,000.
He was arrested early Dec.
4, shortly after a high-speed
chase through Medford and
Talent, in connection with the
theft that night of approxi
mately $687.55 from the safe
of Crater Finance company in
Central Point.
Searched Again
He was questioned at the
Medford police station, and
then reportedly strip-searched
by Central Point officers. All
his clothes were reportedly
removed, but he kept the
"I Think This Is Rather A
Spirts
h of CHJ
County
cash,. $20, $10 and $5 bills,
safely in his hand.
At the county jail he was
reportedly searched again by
the Central Point police and
the night jailer, Again the
money went undetected, al
though it was said he turned
in his wallet .containing $30,
as part of his personal pos
sessions. Homer Cloyd Brooks, 39, of
Pueblo, Colo., who was ar
rested shortly before in con
nection with the same theft,
reportedly had no money him
self. Admitted Smuggling
Buttram yesterday admitted
smuggling in the money, ac
cording to a sheriff's deputy
who participated in the shake
down. The shakedown revealed
that Donald Harry Morgan
and John E. Clark, other pris
oners ,each had $160 tucked
inside cigarette packages. Al
ice Corrion, a woman pris
oner, had concealed $20 and
$10 was under Morgan's bunk,
according to the deputy.
Buttram was reported to
have given another $10 to a
visitor to the jail.
The other prisoners report
edly talked of winning the
money from Buttram in a card
game, but Buttram was said
to have stated he simply gave
it to them.
Results of the shakedown
have been submitted to the
district attorney's office. Dis
trict Attorney Thomas J.
Reeder said yesterday after
noon he did no., expect to
bring any charges against the
prisoners who had the money.
Salem - (UPD - State tax com
mission valuation division em
ployees will meet here Thurs
day and Friday for their an
nual in-service training school.
Sad Sort Of Thing . . ."
: Area
edfbrd
2103 Hillcrest ave. The Lambert car was
eastbound on Eighth st., police said, when it
was hit by the Irving car which was travel
ing north on Holly st. Mrs. Irving was cited
by police for failure to yield to a vehicle
on a through street. The Lambert automo
bile (above right) was turned over in the
impact. The front end of the other vehicle
also was damaged. A Medford city fire truck
was called to the scene of the accident.
Prentice Named
Secretary of
Tree Farm Group
Dale Prentice, now district
forest engineer with the West
ern Pine association in Red
ding, Calif., has been hired to
succeed the late Lewis L.
(Doc) Simpson, Robert Kline,
president of the association,
announced today.
Prentice said yesterday he
will assume his new duties as
secretary-manager and forest
er of the Southern Oregon
Conservation and Tree Farm
association Jan. 1. His wife
and two children will stay in
Redding to handle the sale of
their home there.
Mr. Simpson helped organ
ize the SOCTFA about 11
years, ago and served as its
executive until his death on
Oct. 25.
With Group 10 Years
Prentice has been with the
Western Pine association in
southern Oregon and north
ern California for 10 years,
and was a friend of the for
mer SOCTFA secretary-mana,-ger.
He spent seven of the 10
years in Klamath Falls for
the Western Pine association
and three years in Redding,
the U.S. bureau of entomology
Prior to that he served with
and plant quarantine when it
was an independent agency.
Prentice graduated from
the University of California,
served in the U.S. Army Air
Corps during World War II,
is a native of Kansas and
came to California in 1937.
Prentice said his job here
will be similar to the one he
has with Western Pine asso
ciation. His present job in
volves advising owners of
more than a million acres of
forest land in northern California-
and 300,000 acres in
southern Oregon.
Jaycees Announce
Christmas Tour
The Medford Junior Cham
ber of Commerce will sponsor
a shopping tour for under
privileged children, Jim Ash
er, committee chairman, has
announced.
Each child on the tour will
be given funds to purchase
gifts for his family. Children
are accompanied by a mem
ber of the Jaycees, who spon
sor the program for children
who would not otherwise be
able to purchase gifts.
Asher said anyone desiring
to contribute to the program
may mail contributions to the
Jayces, post office box 251,
Medford. Assisting Asher are
Don Randies and Jerry Nei
dergahl on the committee.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (UPD - Dow
Jones final stock averages:
30 industrials 569.38, up
4.20; 20 railroads 154.03,
off 0.33; 15 utilities 88.48,
up 0.59, and 65 slocks
197.42, up 1.02. Sales to
day were about 3,900,000
shares compared with 3
970,000 shares Tuesday.
Price 10 Cents
Medford
22 Pages
California Brush
Fire Burns Info
Camp Pendleton
Marine Forces
Man Fire Lines
San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
-(UPD-A roaring brush fire
whipped by turbulent winds
spilled over into the 110,000-
acre Camp Pendleton Marine
Reservation today and in an
other area threatened nearly
300 homes.
Marines manned fire lines
as the flames rolled across
the tinder dry brushland of
the reservation that is dotted
with scrubby oak trees. Bar
racks on the base were only
several miles from the fire's
southern edge.
52,000 Acres Blackened
The four-day blaze blacken
ed more than 52,000 acres of
valuable watershed and de
stroyed 19 structures, mostly
summer cabins, as it burned
on an 80-mile perimeter at
the junction of Orange, River
side and San Diego counties,
about 55 miles from lios An
geles. Fire officials said helicopt
ers were standing by to drop
Marine crews into remote
portions of the northern
front while backfires were
started to check other hot
spots.
More than 2,000 firefighters
were on the lines while bull
dozers carved out breaks on
mountain ridges and planes
bombed hot spots with a
water-borate solution.
County Purchases
Site for Wayside
Picnic Facility
The first of a series of pro
posed wayside picnic areas
was acquired yesterday by
Jackson county, County Judge
Rodney Keating said today.
A deed to approximately
1V acres at Spout Springs on
the Dead Indian rd. was
signed yesterday by Mr. and
Mrs. Leland D. Houk of Ash
land. When developed, the road
side rest and picnic area will
include a semi-circular road
through the site, picnic tables
and benches, toilet facilities
and a new drinking fountain,
the county judge said.
Agreement Reached
In return for the deed the
county, has agreed to run a
water pipe under the road
into two concrete watering
troughs which it will con
struct for the Houk livestock.
Profile drawings of the site
will be sent to the state park
department and to the Jack
son county planning commis
sion for making plans for the
site. The park committee of
the county planning commis
sion and a representative of
the state park department had
already examined the site,
Judge Keating said.
"Henry Enders of Ashland
was instrumental in interest
ing the Houks in the project,"
the county judge said. "This
has been under negotiation
for the past six months while
arrangements were being
worked out."
Branch Bank at
Portland Held Up
Portland (UPD The Hills
dale branch of the Multnomah
bank was held up about 1
p.m. today, police reported.
A spokesman at the bank
said it was not immediately
determined how much money
was obtained.
Brownlee, Idaho-(0PD-Idaho
Power's third 90,000-kilowatt
generating unit at Brownlee
dam across the Snake river
went on the line today.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Considerable valley
fog tonight and Thursday with
variable high cloudiness above
the fog. Low tonight 35. High
Thursday 45.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 51
Lowest this Morning 35
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 4:40 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 7:35 a.m.
Moonset tomorrow 12:27 a.m.
First Quarter today 3:52 p.m.
At moonset the constellation of
Orion will be in the south. Its
second brightest star, Betel
geuse, is high above Rig el and
to the left.
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1958
LONG REACH The Medford fire depart
ment's 85-foot aerial ladder rig has proved
itself to be a "handy gadget" to have around
for a number of things besides fighting fires,
and -use was made of it yesterday when
strings of Christmas lights were hung on the
two blue spruce trees in front of the Med
ford library.' The trees are so tall and the
NATO Ministers
Discuss Defenses
Paris-(UPD-The NATO Coun
cil of Ministers met today to
revitalize the alliance's atomic
and rocket defenses against
the new Communist offensive
in Berlin.
Authoritative sources said
NATO believed the existing
nuclear deterrent was power
ful enough to rule out danger
of a war over Berlin but that
Russia would continue to
probe the Free World's de
fenses. The subject of American
missile bases in Europe was
one of the major topics under
discussion today, both in the
council meeting and in private
diplomatic conversations. An
other was a drive to build
NATO strength to 30 divisions
from the current 23.
Action to Curb U.S. Supreme Court
Urged Before It Becomes
Organized action to curb
the U. S. Supreme Court
was urged by Andrew
Unger, 634 Pennsylvania
ave., at a meeting last night
in the speech room of Hed
rick Junior High school.
"I'm trying to interest
enough people to force Con
gress to take action of some
kind against the Supreme
Court," Unger said. "Other
wise it will become an
oligarchy."
He said the justices are
liable to be impeached at
the next session ' of Con
gress. They were almost im
peached at the last session."
Quotes Jackson, Smoot
Quoting Andrew Jackson,
seventh president of the
United States, and Dan
Smoot, contemporary tele
vision commentator, Unger
addressed his remarks to an
audience of 14 people. Col.
William H. Paine, 56 North
Orange st., acted as chair
man and spoke briefly at
the meeting's conclusion. '
Col. Paine noted that this
was Human Rights week,
proclaimed by President Ei
Double Launching
Of Thor Missiles
Termed Successful
Vandenberg AFB, Calif. -
(UPD- Two powerful Thor in
termediate range ballistic
missiles, fired within four
hours of each other Tuesday,
went the full program
range Into the Pacific and
Atlantic oceans, missile
sources revealed today.
Had Field Day
"The missiles went right
down the pickle barrel," an
unofficial spokesman admit
ted on the basis of informa
tion from this new western
missile base and at Cape
Canaveral, Fla., as the after
math of a double-barrelled
launching of the Thors.
"The Thor boys had a field
day in less than six months
after contracts were signed
for operational missiles.
"Both missiles went the
full range, landing within
five miles of the intended im
pact point. And that would be
close enough if they were car
rying atomic warheads."
The double launching, ac
cording to best - informed
sources, has paved the way
for the first Project Discover
senhower. He said the Presi
dent urged citizens to study
the Bill of Rights and the
United Nations Charter.
"If these are the supreme
law of the land," Unger
said of Congressional legis
lation authorized by the
Constitution, "where does
the Supreme Court get the
power to nullify any law
even if it is , unconstitu-
. tional."
"If Congress passes a law
contrary to their authority,
it is ipso facto nullified.
Congress would promptly
disallow the law itself."
Charges Court
- He charged the Court
with rejuvenating the Com
munist party in this coun
try by recent civil rights
decisions. "Lenin, Stalin
and other top Communists
have always predicted the
United States would col
lapse from within," he said.
He accused President Ei
senhower of calling the
Court "the supreme law of
the land" and said this
abased the presidency be
low the Court.
53rd Year
Tribune
No. 230
limbs so brittle that it would be impossible
to hang the lights by use of an ordinary lad
der. City Park Custodian Johnny Dyer is
shown above on top of the hydraulic ladder,
while Fireman Ed Evans operates the con
trols on the truck. Also helping put up the
lights were Park Custodians Tom Meed and
Fred Grow.
er program before the end of
the year.
At the same time, it was
expected that the first flight
test of the Titan ballistic mis
sile, slated as the eventual
successor to the Atlas inter
continental ballistic missile,
would be conducted before
the end of this year at Cape
Canaveral.
Portland Attorney
Suspended by Court
Salem (UPD The Oregon
Supreme Court today suspend
ed Portland Attorney Richard
R. Morris from the practice
of law for one year. .
Morris had been convicted
of failure to file federal in
come tax returns for 1953,
1954 and 1955.
Vancouver, Wash. - (CPD -
George Bell, 66, Vancouver
switch foreman, was dead on
arrival at a Vancouver hos
pital Tuesday after being
crushed between a moving
car and a stationary one. The
accident occurred at the down
town railroad yards.
Oligarchy
"Sen Morse (D-Ore.) de
fended the Supreme Court
when they attempted to
curb it," Unger said. "He
wanted to preserve the dig
nity and integrity of the
Court.
"If I go out here and
commit a crime, I lose my
dignity and integrity. The
people won't forget it.
"I told him (Sen. Morse)
I was going to attack him
for his stand on the Su
preme Court. I asked him
to come here and defend
himself. He hasn't replied."
Unger discussed his ex
periences in the Spanish
American War before the
meeting. He opened the
session officially by saying
he would discuss the U. S.
Constitution, which all pub
lic officials from soldiers
to policemen are pledged to
uphold and defend.
At its conclusion about
an hour later, he said, "The
time may come when I can
speak forcefully on the sub
ject. In the meantime I need
practice. Tonight was practice."
Short Circuit in
Nativity Scene
Starts Holocaust
Estimated 200
Persons Injured
Bogota, Colombia - (UPD - A
fire which started in a Christ
mas nativity display swept
through the crowded Vida de
partment store Tuesday night
in one of the worst holiday
tragedies in Bogota's history.
At least 98 persons died
in the flames and smoke
many of them trampled and
smothered in the panic that
followed the first dreaded cry
of "fire." An estimated 200
others were injured, of whom
about 50 were near death today..
The fire started at 5:25
p.m. while the store was
crowded with Christmas shop
pers, most of them women and
children. A fire department
official said the blaze was
caused by a short circuit in
the colored lights of the na
tivity display in the center of
the ground floor.
The flames, fed by paper
and straw in the simulated
manger of the Christ child,
leaped to nearby counters
piled high with inflammable
plastic toys and gifts.
Trapped Inside Store
In a matter of seconds, the
flames raced across the
ground floor, trapping scores
of persons in the windowglass,
doorless rear portion of the
building. Dense smoke quick
ly filled the store.
Firemen reached the scene
only two and a half minutes
after the alarm was sounded.
But by then the whole front
of the store was aflame.
Many were trapped, and in
vestigations were underway
to determine if the store's
doors had been ordered lock
ed to prevent theft.
, Within an hour, the blaze
was under control. But the
scene inside the store was
grim.
One fireman said bodies of
many of the victims were
piled against the back wall of
the store's ground floor. They
apparently had milled about
desperately and blindly there
until they felL Most were
asphyxiated.
The injured were taken to
the hospital of San Juan de
Dios and other institutions.
Some were given blood trans
fusions.
Escape Via Roof
Friends and relatives
crowded morgues and hos
pitals this morning, hunting
for their loved ones.
By dawn, every available
coffin in Bogota had been
used, and additional ones
were brought in from nearby
communities to hold the dead.
Many of those who escaped
saved their lives by making
their way to the store's roof
and jumping to the tops of
adjoining buildings.
One group of men, trapped
at the rear of the second floor,
grabbed tools from the hard
ware section and chopped
their way through the wall to
safety.
One survivor said that
when he ran to the back of
the first floor, he found a man
perched atop a fragile step
ladder frantieally beating the
wall and ceiling with his head
in a desperate effort to get
out.
Several other men joined
him with various weapons to
open a hole. As they worked
away, firemen chopped
through from the second floor
and saved them.
Children May Call
Si. Nick Tonight
Children of the Medford
vicinity still have three op
portunities this week to give
their orders to Santa Claus.
' They may telephone SPring
3-7353 this evening and Thurs
day and Friday nights. Hours
for calling are 7 to 9 p.m.
The telephone service has
been arranged by the Medford
Kiwanis club with D. J. Bol
ton, chairman, in charge.
Bolton advised youngsters
to dial Santa's number with
care in order that telephone
subscribers with similar num
bers will not be flooded with
calls. He reported that Trav
elodge motel here received ap
proximately 100 calls last
night because of transposition
of digits by dialers.
Santa talked to some 500
children calling from this area
last night.
Washington -(UPD- The Agri
culture Department has esti
mated Oregon's 1958 wheat
crop at 28 million bushels.