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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
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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.
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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