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r Reject Serita mum (Dragon Accidents lain Seven Owes Head-On Collision North of Redmond Leaves Four Dead Woman Killed North of Klamath By United Press International At least seven persons met death on Oregon highways over the week end, four of them in a head-on collision north of Redmond. The four victims were How ard Milton Jr., about 24, and Gerald Justice, 22, both of Redmond; Paul Williams, 22, of Terrebonne, and Mrs. Har riet W. P,a 1 1 e r s o n, 49, of Thompson Falls, Mont. Milton, son of the president of the Redmond Chamber of Commerce, and Mrs. Patter son were killed instantly in the crash which occurred at dusk Saturday on Cinder Hill , near a curve on Highway 97 Justice and Williams were dead on arrival at a Redmond hospital. Mrs. Patterson was alone in her car. John Chavarria, 30, Toledo, was killed when his jeep truck struck a tree on High way 20 near Toledo during a rainstorm. John Paul Wirth, 42, Leba non, was injured fatally when his car collided with another vehicle south of Corvallis, in juring three other persons, ons of them critically. Marlin E. Redfield, 66, Eu gene, remained in critical con dition at a Corvallis hospital Sunday. Also injured were Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Weav er, Eugene. - Mrs. Ermal Moody Stock ton, 44, Los Angeles, was kill ed. Sunday, when . her car ap-1 parently struck an icy spot in the road and struck four trees about 46 miles north of Klamath Falls. D'Autremonf to Be Released in January Salem -UPD- H. G. Randall, state parole director, said to day that Hugh D'Autremont would complete his pre-release training Tuesday and would be ready to be released on parole some time in Jan uary. Randall said D'Autremont had been offered several jobs D'Autremont and two broth ers were convicted of murder during an attempted mail Jtrain robbery in the Siskiyou mountains in 1923. Accidental Gunshot Kills Crescent Youth Klamath Falls -flJPD- Fred Dale King, 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Hasty, Crescent, died Sunday, appar ently of an accidentally self inflicted gun-shot wound. State police said the boy was attempting to crawl through a barbed-wire fence with his dog and gun when the .22 caliber rifle discharg ed. Police said the bullet en tered the right side of his chest and there were powder burns at the point of entry. An autopsy has been sched uled by the coroner. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York - (IPD Dow Jones final slock averages: 30 industrials 571.23, off 1.94; 20 railroads 154.34. off 0.34; 15 utilities 88.95, off 0.05, and 65 stocks 198.09, off 0.52. Sales today were about 3,030.000 shares compared with 3.540.000 shares Friday. Centennial Commission Employs New Director Salem -(UPD The Oregon Centennial Commission today replaced Floyd Ite.well as managing direct- f the state's Centennial reposition with H. Quentin Cos, Port land radio man. Functions Changed Jack Lively, a Springfield attorney, made the motion to replace Maxwell at a meeting of the commission here. He said that since many func tions Maxwell once had were now changed to other per sons or firms the commission should no longer continue his services. Hie vote was 4 'to 1 to re OREGON 1859 STATEHOOD STAMP The 4-cent Oregon Statehood Cen tennial commemorative stamp will go on sale for the first time on Feb. 14, 1959 in General Arthur E. Summerfield. It will symbolize the end of the long overland trek of its original settlers, he said. To the right of the unhorsed covered wagon is Mount Hood, and the terrain slopes to the Pacific Talent Project Paper For Recreation Work Received by County The Jackson county court received the proposed license agreement between the Unit ed States government and the county regarding the entire Talent project, County Court Judge Rodney Keating re ported today. The agrement, which is ex pected to be signed today by the court, was received from the bureau of recreation, Boise, Ida. The primary pur pose of the project, as stated Eleven Tree Farms Gef Certification Eleven new tree farms have been given certification in Josephine and Jackson coun ties, according to H. O. Puhn, president o f t h e Industrial Forestry . association . The new tree farms in Jack son county covers 1,977 acres, Puhn said. Names and owners are Echo Springs, H. A. Ho gan; Bar Three, Marion and Louise Dunlap; Squaw lake, Christine and Bert Harr and Preston ranch, Frank C. Pres ton. Addition of the new tree farms raises the total acreage of western Oregon tree farms to 2,398,674 acres, Puhn said. The area covers 238 certified tree farms protected and man aged for permanent timber harvests. Puhn said the association has certified 69 new tree farms in 1958 so far. Total acreage of west coast tree farms western Oregon and Washington-is now 5,643,237 acres. . 1 Kindness to Stray Dog Saves. Life Portland -(UPD- About a week ago Roy Courtney, 73, found a shepherd dog wan dering near First and Clay streets here. He gave the dog temporary shelter prior to trying to lo cate the dog's owner. Today, about 8 a.m. smoke filled Courtney's house from a fire blamed on defective wiring. The dog's barking aroused Courtney and, fire men said, possibly saved his life. Afterwards, a grateful Courtney, with the help of the Oregon Humane Society, located the owner, Lee Rob erts, 18. The youth, proud of the dog's life-saving barking, said the dog wandered away about a week ago. move Maxwell from the $15, 000 per year job. Voting against the motion was C. Howard Lane, Portland. Maxwell was not present at the meeting. Seconded by Snider Gene Rossman, another commission member, made the motion to hire Cox. This was seconded by Mayor John Snider of Medford and also was carried by a 4 to 1 vote. Lane voted against hiring Cox, saying he had names of some other persons he would like to have considered. Cox, 41, has been in the radio business in Portland since 1946. STATEHOOD 1959 Astoria, announced Postmaster ocean. in the contract, js for irriga-r tion, Keating stressed. The county court will re ceive proposals from the na tional park service regarding recreation and park sites within the area, Keating said. The park service will install the access roads, restroom fa cilities, and other necessary buildings and will then turn them over to the jurisdiction of the county. The county will in turn enter into contracts with individual lessees for concessions in the area, it was reported. Contracts Explained Keating explained that let ting of contracts for these concessions will not be held until 1960. They said that the facilities in the Howard Prai rie area will not be ready for use prior to that time. Keating said that once the county court has signed the agreement it will be returned to the government for neces sary signatures. Included in the agreement is a clause to the effect that the supervision of timber within the project would re main with the bureau of land management since it is O and C lands. . 1,500 Calls Made To Santa Locally Approximately 1,500 young sters placed telephone calls to Santa Claus last week through a service sponsored by Medford Kiwanis club in cooperation with Pacific Tel ephone and Telegraph com pany. Project chairman D. J. Bol ton reported that youngsters telephoned through the Med ford exchange of PTT from as far north as Canyonville and Roseburg and from as far south as Ft. Jones, Yreka and Robbins, Calif. There were numerous calls from other Rogue valley com munities. Postcards acknowledging the calls to Santa were mailed to 776 youngsters, whose names and addresses could be obtained. AFL-CIO Leader Scoffs At Hoffa's Union Boast Washington -(UPD-An AFL- CIO leader Sunday night scoffed . at teamster Boss James R. Hoffa's ambition to sign up 10 million state, coun ty and city workers. Arnold Zander, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, said ' there were cnly about 1,500,000 potential members for any union in this field. Moreover, Zander added caustically, organizing tech niques useful in enlisting truck drivers and warehouse men don't work with public servants. WEATHER FORECAST: Increasing cloudin ness tonight. Generally cloudy with a few light showers Tues day. Low tonight 38. High Fri day 48. TEMP. Highest yesterday 45 Lowest this morning 39 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 4:42 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:38 a.m. Moonset tomorrow 5:11 a.m. Full Moon Dec. 25 Algol, the variable star in the constellation. Perseus, dims out tonight. High overhead at 9:11 p.m. Algol will reach its mini num of brillianc: at 8:27 p.m. Goldfine Given Prison Sentence For Contempt Secretary Gets 1 0-Day Term Boston -flJPD-Bernard Gold fine and his blonde secretary were sentenced to federal prison today for criminal con tempt of court. Goldfine was sentenced to three months and Miss Mildred Paperman to 10 days. Both sentences were defer red until Jan. 7 to allow the defendants to be home for the holidays. The millionaire in dustrialist was freed in per sonal recognizance bond of $1,000 and his secretary on personal recognizance. The delay also was design ed to give both of them an op portunity to appeal the con viction. . Another Hearing The sentences were imposed by Federal Judge Charles E. Wyzanski who immediately began a hearing on another contempt charge. Goldfine and Miss Paper- man were sentenced for refus ing to turn business records of five textile mills over to the Internal Revenue Service investigators prior to Dec. 8 under Wyzanski's order Dec. 5th. . Before they were senten ced, Goldfine said he was very sorry for what happen ed. I hope you will take that into consideration.". Miss Paperman, who broke down and wept uncontrollably after hearing sentence passed, had pleaded with the judge. "I am terribly sorry. It was not my intention. The mistake was one of judgment and not contempt of this court." Political Discrimination Judge Wyzanski, who had convicted the pair last week after a two-day trial, said he would have sentenced Gold- fine to a longer term but this would have made him eligible for executive clemency. The judge said that to put the case in the hands tf - the chief executive would be to subject Goldfine to possible "political discrimination." He did not mention the President by name or title. Moffat Appointed To Festival Board Ashland. - William Moffat, Medford, has been appointed to the Oregon Shakespearean Festival board of directors, A. C. Fries, association president, said today. Moffat, assistant manager of Mann's department store in Medford, will fill- the position recently vacated by the resig nation of Dr. James .Luce, Eagle Point, j.ne board is composed of 15 members elected from the association's open member ship, five at each annual fall meeting. Purchase of a mem bership ticket entitles the holder to vote in the organiza tion. The board, in turn, elects its own officers Bob Hope Ignores Medical Advice Torrejon, Spain (UPD Bob Hope, ignoring doctor's orders to "take it easy," pushed ahead today with a grueling Christmas tour of U. S. bases overseas. . Hope was hospitalized brief ly at the U. S.- Air Force's Moron Field after his arrival in Spain Sunday, following an attack of dizziness apparently brought on by high blood pressure and exhaustion. He was up and about again, how ever, in time to play a sched uled show for the troops. He refused to cut down the 12-day, 10-show schedule of his tour of bases in the Azores, Morocco, Spain, Italy, Germany and Iceland. "The doc said I wasn't get ting enough sleep," Hope said. "We got only a few hours rest before leaving New Jersey, and nothing at the Azores. Then I played a benefit golf match when I should have been in bed and, man, it's been murder. "But I love it. We play in hangars and have to scream our lungs out, we get rained on sometimes, but I love it. The service people are great audiences, and they really ap preciate our coming." Port of Spain, Trinidad-(UPD Many persons in this part of the world were looking anxiously today for the bal loon "The Small. World," which has not been reported in a week on a flight across he Atlantic. Price 10 Cents Medford 26 PAGES Golden Bound To Grand Jury On Two Charges Waives Right To Preliminary Hearing Jerry Eugene Golden, 28, of 684 East Valley View rd., Ashland, waived the right to preliminary hearings in dis trict court this morning on two charges. He was arraigned in the same court Friday afternoon on charges of assault with in tent to kill and assault with intent to commit robbery. Golden was bound over to the grand jury by Judge James M. Main with bail con tinued at $25,000 on each charge. The man has admitted fir ing the shot that struck Ray Edward Reid, 34, Thursday evening in the 90 and 9 Tav ern on South Riverside ave. Reid, of 1850 Barnett rd., is reported in satisfactory con dition at Rogue Valley hos pital. At his arraignment Friday Golden had requested pre liminary hearing on both charges. It was scheduled for this morning at 10 o'clock, at which time he waived his right to an attorney, stating he lacked funds. The district court does not have the power to appoint an attorney, it was explained. The circuit court is the lowest court that can appoint an attorney, accord ing to Oregon law. Hearing Set For Water Users Circuit Judge Edward C. Kelly has docketed for 2:30 p.m. tomorrow a hearing of arguments in the case of Eagle Point Irrigation District water users including Mrs. Ann Todd against the district proper. Judge Kelly stated in a let ter of notification that num erous motions since filing of the complaint by Mrs. Todd Nov. 5 have tended to confuse the issue. He cited motions to strike the complaint, amend the complaint, require proof of authority,- issue a tempor ary restraining order and one on inspection of the district's records. "In ' view of the confused state" in which these motions leave the present proceeding," Judge Kelly wrote, "and fur ther in view of the fact that plaintiffs represent themselv es and are not represented by counsel, the court has con cluded that it should set a time for hearing of arguments on these various matters." ' The water users' complaint seeks to cancel the district's contract with the California Oregon Power company and gain the return from Copco of property allegedly "given" it. The contract, originally sign ed in September, 1954, guar antees Copco a certain por tion of the district's water for power purposes in return for financing of maintenance and improvements of the district's main canal bringing the water to the power station. Frogman Completes Swim Down Frazier Vancouver, B.C. (UPD French frogman Louis Lour mais, 38, was taking it easy today after making an unpre cedented 600-mile swim down the Fraser river to prove a point. Scarred and bruised tafter 17 days in the icy river, Lour mais said Sunday night he had "double proved" there was a place for frogmen in the cold, fast water of British Columbia. Lourmais, who began his swim at Prince George, B.C., arrived at tidewater in New Westminster, B.C., , Sunday morning. He was met by Pro vincial Labor Minister Lyle Wicks, two New Westminster alderman and a crowd of sev eral hundred well-wishers. He said later that when he came to British Columbia from eastern Canada 18 months ago, everyone told him the water was too cold for frogmen. He said he planned his swim down the Fraser to prove that there was a future for frogmen here. MEDFORD, OREGON, "I Never Worked Medford Schools Get Safety Award Plaque; Only One A school system safety award has been presented the Medford school system accord ing to a .letter from the Na tional Safety council receiv ed today by Dr. Leonard B. Mayfield, Medford school sup erintendent. Medford's school district is the only school system in the state to receive the plaque award, Dr. Mayfield. said. , ... The award is issued to all school systems where 90 per cent or more of the individu al schools in the system ach ieve National School Safety lkefs Message Said 'Cosmic Bad Taste' London (UPD A London newspaper today described President Eisenhower's Christ mas message from the Atlas satellite as "a joke in cosmic bad taste." "The Americans are to be congratulated on a scientific triumph; but their attempt to disguise the sinister under tones of this fearful weapon by dressing it up in the clothes of Father Christmas shows how tragically they misunderstand the true na ture of the cold war," edito rialized the Daily Telegraph. "The sound of 'Hark the Herald Yankees Sing' from outer space shocks far more than it reassures. How much better it would have been if the voice from outer space had proclaimed the simple truth: 'America wants peace, which this new and formid able instrument will help, pre serve." - . ' ' Tools, Tires, Wheels Taken from Vehicle ' About $479 in ' tools and $150 in tires and wheels were taken from his vehicle "some where in Medford" Saturday night, Paul Thomas Allen, route 1, box 230, Talent, told Medford police. He said the missing items were in the bed of a pickup truck, the tools being in four tool boxes. He stated that four tires and two wheels had been taken.' , S ft ires 9 'delk MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, So Hard In My Life" In State Honor Roll recognition, ac cording to the letter. The council defines a school sys tem .as one having five or more schools under one ad ministrative head. Purposes of the award plan are to provide ' recognition for school systems with good safety education programs in individual schools, to encour age programs for reduction or elimination of accidents to school children, to encourage more participation by schools within the school systems, to increase the . interest of the administrative head in his safety education program and to encourage coordinated ef fort for safety throughout the school system. The Medford school district will be listed with others .re ceiving the award in the Feb ruary issue of Safety Educa tion magazine, the National Safety Council letter stated. Dikh Worker Hurt, Taken io Hospital Charles F. McCasland, 36, of 303Vi North Holly st, Med ford, received arm and shoul der injuries this morning while working on a soil con servation district project a quarter of a mile west of the Star ranger station on the Applegate. Medford Ambulance serv ice reported McCasland was taken to the Medford Osteo pathic hospital where he was reported in fair condition. The 10-foot deep ditch appar ently caved in on him, ambu lance attendants said. ' Hinds Pleads To Burglary Charge Merle .Franklin Hinds, 19, of Hayfork, Calif., pleaded guilty in circuit court, last week to a charge of burglary not in a dwelling. A pre-sentence report was ordered by Judge Edward C. Kelly. Hinds was arrested with Jack Kenneth Lytle, 25, Nov. 18 by Central Point police and charged with several bur glaries in the valley. One of them ' was the Jacksonville High school safe job in which more than $800 was taken. Lytle was sentenced to three years in the state penitentiary earlier this month. . ' 5 Also appearing before Judge Kelly was Sylvestei; Perkins, route 3, box 625, Grants Pass, on a charge of burglary not in a dwelling. Perkins entered a plea of guilty Dec. 3 to the charge. The . judge . requested a. pre sentencing report. 53rd Year Tribune 1958 No. 234 Full-Time State Parole Board Recommended Hiring Chairman Said First Step Salem - (UPD The National Association of Parole and I Probation today . recommend ed that Oregon "move mediately" toward a full time parole board. The present three - man board is made up of part-time volunteers. In a report to Gov. Robert D. Holmes, the national board's western director, John Schapps, said Oregon should start by hiring a full-time board chairman and two part time assistants. Major suggestions called for: . . Merit-based appointments of board members. . . More frequent meetings, hearings on all violation mat ters, more and earlier initial hearings and rehearings with appearances and more time devoted to hearings. In 1957, hearings consumed an aver age of only 10 minutes. Hearings Modified . . . Board hearings should be modified to take more account of persons, their treatment and the positive need f or pa role. . . Penitentiary releases should be to the greatest ex tent possible' under supervis ory control and not at the completion of full sentences on a "scbtt-free" basis. Hearing practices should be brought up to national stand- ards to facilitate hearings, . . Board services should be extended to include . county jails. , ' . . Relationships of t h e board with the courts should be strengthened. . . Statutory changes should be effected to give single juris diction for board of control of jail parole releases. '. . . The department of parole and probation itself should be developed with the addition of 30 members within the next four years with increased sal aries and more emphasis on correctional case-work. Citizens Advise - The report was prepared with the advice of Judge Vir gal H. Langtry, Portland, and other Oregon eitizens. "Relatively speaking, pa role has been denied with in creasing frequency during the last five years with the result that a greater proportion of persons coming out of the penitentiary are turned loose ia the community to fend for themselves without super vision," the report stated. It said that despite the fact that the board is ahead of its case handling schedule, its policies were "qver-restric-tive" as to actual appearances of inmates before the board, i The report stated that Ore gon's present three-man, part- time board "cannot for long suffice," but emphasized that the State Parole and Proba tion Department would have to be beefed up along with creation of a full time, paid parole board. , Over $100 Stolen From Local Club Over $1Q0 was stolen early Saturday morning from the 21 Club, 1909 North Pacific highway, "according to Med ford police. About $100 was taken from a cigarette vending machine, $5 to $7 was removed from a jukebox and a fifth of whis key was missing, the report stated. Police were notified of the crime by Edmond Perry Col pitts, 321 Maple st., a part owner of the establishment. The thief or thieves pried open the vending machine and the jukebox with screw drivers lifted from- a desk drawer in the club office, ac cording to the police report. pentf Ymgh America Said , Lacking Power To Enforce Protest Editorial Says NATO Must Leave Germany Berlin - (UPD - The Commu nists today rejected a U.S. memorandum denying Rus sia's right to turn over control of West Berlin's lifelines to the local Reds. A front-page editorial in the Communist organ Neues Deutschland said the memor andum, expressing America's determination t o maintain troops in West Berlin is "nonsense." The 6,500-word U. S. mem orandum, published Saturday night, recalled the obligations the Russians . have assumed since World War II in a series of four - power agreements which it said they cannot abri trarily cancel. Protest Meaningless It recalled that at the end of the war U. S. troops held sizeable portions of Mecklen burg, Thuringia and Saxony, all now part of the Soviet Zone, and said America would have as much right to demand return of those territories as Russia has to try to force the West out of Berlin. - Neues Deutschland said the U.S. protest is meaningless because America no longer has the power to enforce it. 'NATO (the Atlantic Pact) must disappear from Ger many ..." the Red editorial said. "Germany belongs to the Germans ... The Soviet government has declared that it will trans fer its functions in Berlin to the Red German Democratic Republic. The GDR has ap proved this plan. It will be carried out." Crater Finance Burglarized Central Point - A total of $275.40 was taken from the Crater Finance company in Central Point some time Sun day night as a result of a sec ond safe burglary there. Cen tral Point police reported to day. . Police said the burglary was conducted in exactly the same manner as the one made on Dec. 4 and charged against two men now being held in the county jail . on burglary charges. A three-inch pry bar was used by the burglars to force their way in through the air duct opening in the roof of the company offices, the po lice said. A brake adjustment wrench was used to pry open the cabinet type safe, officers added. Lendell Buttram, 21, Shady Cove, is being held on burg lary charges after being bound over to the grand jury. Holmer Cloyd Brooks, 39, of Pueblo, Colo., is also being held in the county jaiL charg ed with the first Crater Fi nance burglary. Brooks has waived the right to a grand jury hearing and was arraign ed on district attorney's infor mation. Circuit Judge Edward Kelly appointed Bruce Dickey as Brooks' attorney. ' Loud Noise Brings Call for Policeman To Local Residence A Medford resident heard loud noises about the house early this morning and called the city police de partment to report a prowler. He and the patrolman who answered his summons discovered a large stick pro truding over the edge of the porch roof. But soon afterward, an early-morning newsboy "fessed up." He had tossed the morning - paper a little too hard. It had landed on the roof. He had tried to prod it off with the stick, and then accidentally knocked over a pile of wood while walking around the corner of the house. The modest patrolman omitted ia his report the' fact that he himself took a step-ladder and retrieved the newspaper. Uoufto
