tMmA
m
"Wait, Here, PIeae
Pierce Display Is .
Judged Winner of
Jaycee Competition
A display at the A. C. Pierce
residence, Pierce Heights, was
sweepstakes winner in the an
nual Medford Junior Cham
ber of Commerce Christmas
lighting contest, Del Landing,
project chairman, announced
today.
A display at the Pierce resi
dence won last year, but both
entries have been different,
Landing pointed out.
s The Pierce display this year
featured the traditional Na
tivity scene, with the Babe in
a manger having a lighted
halo. Near the child are three
gifts of the Wise Men, and
livo lambs and a live burro.
Flanks Main Window
The Nativity scene flanks
the main window of the home
which features the traditional
Christmas tree. The house is
trimmed with lights and spe
cial Jigh ting effects-are used
to set off the outside display.
Other winners in the light
ing contest:
Northwest area: Mrs. L. B.
Pierce, 516 West Jackson st.,
first; Charles Bottjer, 3350
Jacksonville highway, second.
' Northeast area; Thomas
Cardona, 224 Saginaw dr.,
first; Mrs. J. J. Pyle, 2480
Roberts rd., second.
Southeast area: Clark Rawl
Ings, 131 Vancouver ave.,
first; Dr. O. A. Welsh, 1300
East Main st., second.
Southwest area: Mrs. Burr
E. Tye, 102 Misletoe ave.,
firs; W. D. Mattson, 1036 Mt.
Pitt ave., second.
A drawing for six prizes
will be held from those entries
which were not judged as first
or second place winners,
Landing said.
Landing pointed out that
there are many beautiful
Christmas lighting displays,
Snow Reported on
Mountain Passes
Snow was reDorted on ma
jor highways out of the val
ley this morning, according
to state police.
Four inches of new snow
was reDorted on Highway 99,
on the Siskiyous, with four
inches on the roadside, and
Highway 66, the Green
Springs, reported ;three inch
es of new snow.
Kif?hwav 230. Diamond
Lake cut-off, has 10 inches
of new snow, and state police
reported that it was still
snowing in the area. Two in
ches of new snow is reported
at Union creek, police said.
New Leads Being Checked by Police
In Disappearance of Martin Family
Portland UPD Two new
leads were checked today in
the search for the Ken Mar
tin family of Portland, miss
ing since Dec. 7 on a Christ
mas tree hunting expedition.
Spotted Twice
Late Wednesday a Portland
truck driver, Leo Workman,
told authorities he had spot
ted what appeared to be a
station wagon off Highway
97, 10 miles south of Kent in
Sherman county, Dec. 8-the
day after Mr. and Mrs. Mar
tin and their three daughters
vanished. He spotted it again
Dec. 22 while he was travel
ing that route. "
State police attempted to
check out the report as direc
tions were relayed front Port
land by Workman.
Workman told Multnomah
but because they were not
entered the contest, they
could not be judged.
Entries in this year's con
test were almost double
those of last year. Landing
said. More than 70 entries
were received this year, com
pared to 39 last year.
Accused Slayer
Of Boy Critical
Astoria - (UPD - The condi
tion of Robert L. Slater, 53,
Portland labor leader charged
with 'the fatal shooting of
Larry Banyard, 16, Tigard,
Tuesday remained critical to
day. ,
Slater was removed to St.
Mary's hospital here, late
Wednesday from Seaside hos
pital, where he was taken aft
er shooting himself in the
head : minutes before he was
arrested by state police.
Authorities have been un
able to find a motive for the
shooting, which occurred
near Elsie on the Sunset high
way when Slater stopped his
car, flogged down the - Ban-
yard boy and his 14-year-old
brother, Benny, and accused
them of "following" him.
Slater has been secretary of
the Construction and Labor
ers Union No. 320 in Portland
for 18 years.
The Banyard brothers were
en route from Tigard to Sea
side to visit their father over
the holidays. Their parents
are divorced.
Shooting Victim In
Fair Condition Today
Ray Edward Reid, 34, of
1850 Barnett rd., was report
ed in fair condition at Rogue
Valley hospital today. Reid
was shot Thursday evening at
the 90 and 9 Tavern on South
Riverside ave. . v
An accident victim, George
Washington Childs, 61, of 16
Portland ave., remains in
poor condition, in Sacred
Heart hospital, hospital of
ficials reported today.
Childs was hit by a truck
Monday evening at the, inter
section of East Main and Cot
tage sts.
New York DPD Negotia
tors attempting to end a 16-
day deliverers strike that has
halted publication of nine
major daily newspapers took
a holiday recess today amid
an air of guarded optimism.
county detectives he first
spotted the corner of a sta
tion wagon off the highway
after observing 40-foot skid
marks leading off the road.
He reported the matter to the
county authorities Wednes
day after his wife urged him
to do so in event the informa
tion might solves the disap
pearance of the Martin fam
ily. Another area being search
ed today is a deep canyon
near Rowena Point. Hood
River County Sheriff Rupert
Gillmouthe said information
on the area came from a man
and wife at Bonneville who
said they were in the Row
ena Point area Dec. 17, and
were attracted, to the Hog
Canyon area by a flock of
buzzards, flying low between
Highway Traffic
Death Toll Starts
Upward Climb
Safety Council
, Predicts 620 Deaths
By United Press International
Americans rejoiced together
today in churches or laughed
together under Christmas
trees in a holiday from the
ballistics, brinks and block
ades that have beset the cha
otic world of 1958.
But on the nation's high
ways and- streets, an esti
mated 620 persons were ex
pected to meet violent death.
That was the number the
National Safety Council fear
ed would be killed in auto
crashes during the 102-hour
period which began at 6 p.m.
(p.s.t) Wednesday and ends at
midnight Sunday.
Highway Toll founts
At 7 a.m. (p.s.t.) a United
Press International count
showed 104 persons dead in
h61iday accidents, with' 89
killed on strets and highways,
five in fires and 10 in other
accidents. -
California had 12 highway
dead, Texas 11, Illinois 9, and
Indiana and New York 7 each.
Five other persons were
killed and eight more criti
cally injured just before the
holiday, began in a two-car
accident near Tikeston, Mo.
Tough Sledding '
Santa Claus and thousands
of little boys found tough
sledding this morning as the
weatherman failed to deliver
nature's gift to Yule tradition
-a white Christmas.
Sparse snow flurries were
forecast in the Rockies from
Montana into Colorado and
from the Dakotas across the
Great Lakes into parts of
Pennsylvania and New York.
Elsewhere it was a green
Christmas with rains predict
ed in Southern Texas, Florida
and the Pacific Northwest,
partly- cloudy skies across the
Gulf States and clear skies
from Southern California into
the midlands,
Three Injured in
Highway Mishap
Three persons were report
ed in 'fair condition at .Jose
phine General hospital today
following a two-vehicle acci
dent Wednesday about 4:55
p.m., a mile north of Rogue
River on Highway 99, state
police reported.
Two other persons were
treated and released, hospital
officials reported.
Confined to the Grants
Pass hospital were v Richard
V. Taylor, 20, of 303 NE W
St., Grants Pass; Mrs. Rachel
Amanda Fritz, '75, Fresno,
Calif.; and Mrs. Venus Lyle
Billeter, 57, also Fresno. Tay
lor, who is said to be suffer
ing from head injuries, was
reported to have had a "poor"
night by hospital officials. ,..
According to state police, a
convertible traveling south on
Highway 99 skidded broadside
of the road on a right hand
curve and hit a north-bound
sedan head-on. The converti
ble, registered to Taylor, was
thought by police to have
been operated by him.
Mrs. Billeter was operator
of the sedan, police said. Pas
sengers in the California car
were Guy Alois Billeter, 58,
and Mrs. Fritz, mother of
Mrs. Billeter. Passenger in the
other vehicle was Robert Has
tings, 21, of Rogue River.
Billeter and Hastings were
treated at Josephine General
hospital and released.
Both automobiles were demolished,-police
said.
It was reported that the
California residents were trav
eling to Salem to spend the
holiays with relatives.
the canyon walls, an unusual
sight. . -
Sheriff Gillmouthe said the
canyon apparently had not
been searched. He also obser
ved that Martin was known
to have taken his family on
other outings to Memaloose
Park, about three miles be
yond Hog Canyon and on the
same road.
Canyon Deep
The steep canyon is sever
al hundred feet deep off the
road leading to the point that
overlooks the onetime Indian
burial spot on Memaloose Is
land in the Columbia river.
The Bonneville couple decid
ed to report the buzzard inci
dent after disclosure Tuesday
that Kenneth Martin bought
gasoline with a credit card in
Cascade Locks Dec. 7.
53rd Year
Medford
20 Pages
Inner
By FATHER GEORGES PIRE
Writer for UPI
Huy, Belgium - (UPD .- For
the past 1958 years the angels
have been singing the encour
aging words known to all:
"Peace on earth and goodwill
towards' men." Without this
assurance we might doubt
that peace is possible after
finishing a year like this and
finfciing ourselves before the
unknown of 1959. And espe
cially when we see what little
progress humanity on the
whole has made.
Nevertheless, the immense
mail I have received since
receiving the Nobel Peace
Prize of 1958 has shown me
on one hand there are thous
ands of human beings on earth
awaiting peace and- on the
other hand many more who
Ashland Resident
Killed When Hit
Late Wednesday
Ashland - Charles Johnson,
82, of Ashland hotel, was kill
ed about 5:55 pjn. Wednes
day while crossing, East Main
st. at the intersection of Oak
st. to return to the hotel, Ash
land city police reported.
The man was struck by an
automobile operated by Ken
neth Theodore ' Wenaus, . 46
Granite st., Ashland. Police
said there is still a question
as to whether. Johnson was in
the crosswalk at the time of
the incident. ; 'A
The traffic fatality is the
first in more than two years
within- the Asblaad-rCity lim
its, police said. Johnson's
death brings to 22 '"the num
ber killed in traffic accidents
within the county this year.
This time iast year 26 persons
had lost their lives in automo
bile accidents in the county.
January Critical
In Test Ban Talks
Washington -flJPD- U. S- of
ficials said today the first
weeks of January will be crit
ical in determining whether
the United States, Britain and
Russia reach, a workable
agreement on a nuclear test
ban. .. .. , .. . -..
The big three .talks resume
in Geneva Jan. 5 after a hol
iday recess which came as the
Russians were showing some
willingness to meet the west
ern position. ,
American officials pointed
out that major hurdles remain
and hard bargaining lay
ahead. They believe Russia
will aeree by March to a test
ban including controls and in
spection if there ever is to be
such a pact.
The Russians suddenly
changed their attitude early in
December and began to talk
in earnest about the subjects
which led to agreement on the
first four articles of the pro
posed treaty. ' . i
1 r
Development Loan
Fund Budget Cut
Washington -flJPD- President
Eisenhower, in his budget-cutting
Droeram. was reported to
day to have slashed $300 mil
lion from the State Depart
ment request for the Devel
opment Loan Fund.
Informed sources said that
Eisenhower had decided : to
ask Congress in' the: 1960 fis
cal vear budget for $700 mil
lion in new funds for the de
velopment loan program, al
though C. Douglas Dillon, Un
dersecretary of State for Eco
nomic Affairs, has advocated
$1 billion for the program.
The fund provides loans . to
underdeveloped countries. ;
The disclosure of the loan
fund allocation came as Dem
ocrats and Republicans con
tinued to debate the Presi
dent's budget plans. v
Girl First Christmas
Baby in Portland
Portland-tUPD-The first baby
born on Christmas day in
Portland was a daughter, born
to Mr. and Mrs. Gene G. West
berg, at St. Vincent hospital
at 12:35 ajn.
winner
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBR 25, 1958
Peace
feel the need to believe that
someone believes in them. v
I have received many let
ters saying, "thank you for
your faith in mankind.". Let
us, therefore, have reasonable
faith in mankind and let us
all during the year to come
make an effort for peace.
During my last audience
with King Alav V of Norway,
in Oslo Palace, he said to me
"peace begins in the heart of
every man." .
It is with this sentence in
mind that I write my Christ
mas message for United Press
International.
Everyone who reads this
message is therefore a deposi
tary for some part of the
peace.
Those thousands of people
who write that they need
Asserts in Yyle
Iik-v tl a M&iW&i
SHOW STEALER - A "co-star" in the Lone
Pine school Christmas play Idst Friday
may never win an oscar, but her appear
ance on stage proved to be one of the
highlights of the evening's performance.
The "actress" " was a fluffy white burro
named Chiquita, shown above with Court
enay Odell and ' Harold 'Simon who played
Mary and Joseph in the production. Court-
Thousands of Pilgrims Gather
At Holv Shrine of Christendom
Bethlehem - (UPD - Thou
sands of pilgrims worshipped
today in Bethlehem, the small
town nestled in the Judean
hills where Christ was born.
Bethlehem, once part of
Palestine and ' now in West
Jordan, contains the holiest
shrines of Christendom and
more than 13,000 pilgrims
from throughout the world
visited here this Christmas
season. ...
As is the custom once , a
year,' Mandlebaum.Gate in
Jerusalem, five miles away,
is opened for the pilgrims to
pass from Israel into Jordan.
For many living in countries
still technically at war it was
a once-a-year chance to gath
er with relatives.
Planes have been landing at
Jerusalem Airport at the rate
of 20 a day for several days.
Passengers included 200
members of the U.N. Emer
gency Force from the Gaza
strip, a reminder that peace
on earth is still an unaccom
plished goal.
One procession headed by
Catholic patriarch Alberto
WEATHER
FORECAST: Increasing clou
diness tonight. Occasional rain
Friday. Low tonight 32. High
Friday 45. Low Friday night 35.
. . . Temp.
Highest Yesterday 43
Lowest this Morning 28
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today .45
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 4:43 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 7:39 a.m.
Moonrise today 4:54 p.m.
Full Moon tonight 7:54 pjn.
PROMINENT STABS
Regnlus, rises 9:38 p.m.
The Twins, high above Begnlus.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Mars, high in south 8:50 p.m.
Jupiter, rises : - 4:46 ajn.
Ussenftiol
and hope for peace must not
expect too much of it from
an exterior source. This "ex
terior source" may be a con
gress or a meeting of poli
ticians. Instead each of us should
look inward and begin this
peace within himself by liv
ing in internal harmony,
peace, calm, by dominating
his passions,' in justice, good
will and service and in seren
ity. This inner peace must reach
out to friends, neighbors and
kinsfolk,- ill humor with
foundation , must disappear
and vanity be crushed. .
This is the first step to
wards peace. Begin by inter
ior peace, and you form a
sort of island from which its
soft light can radiate out-
Gori arrived in Bethlehem on
Thursday escorted by an hon
orary guard of Jordanian cav
alry police.
The pilgrims prayed in st.
Catherine's church and then
at the Church of the Nativity,
built on the site where Christ
was born.
Bells' of a carillon in the
tower of the Church of Na
tivity sounded at midnight to
announce the most solemn
night of the year for Christ
ians everywhere while tiers
of choir boys sang sacred mu
sic.
There were services a mile
Two Christmas Babies
Born in Valley Today
Two babies, both girls,
were born on Christmas day
at valley hospitals.' ;
Parents of a girl born at
5:47 a.m-at Rogue-Valley hos
pital are Mr. and Mrs. Joe
H. Tosh, 1422 Dixie lane, Med
ford. She weighed 53i pounds.
The other baby is a daugh
ter of -Mr. and Mrs. Cliff
Beydler, route 1, box 199, Tal
ent. She was born at Sacred
Heart hospital at 6:12 ajn.
and weighed 8 pounds.
Trurhans Gather for
Christmas Observance
New York -flJPD- Former
President and Mrs. Truman
will observe Christmas today
at the home of their daughter
and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Clifton Daniel. -
The center of attention un
doubtedly will be the Tru-
mans' grandson, Clifton Tru
man Daniel, who will be cele
brating bis second Christmas
Price 10 Cents
Tribune
No. 237
wards.
By multiplying these islands
of peace we can hope one
day to see a world peace. Let
us disarm. But let us all dis
arm. We are all in a hot war
or cold war either inside our
selves or with those who sur
round us.
Why dream of an interna
tional peace when partly .be
cause of our own fault we
lack inter-individual peace or
interior peace. An uplifted
soul uplifts the world.
The Nobel Prize winner of
1958 wishes you all a happy
feast of the peace. He hopes
to contact a great many of
you. Write simply to me,
Boite Postable 10 Brussels,
Belgium.: He - will answer
quickly and see what together
you can do for peace.
enay is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Ralph
D. Odell, 1824 Brookdale rd., and Harold is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lauren Simon,
2105 Roberts rd. Chiquita, like most burros,
is cautious of strange surroundings and had
to be pushed bodily across the storm grat
ing near :the outside stage entrance. The
burro is owned by Mr.- and . Mrs. Simon. -
away along the road which
leads from Bethlehem to
Jerusalem at the well of the
Magi where tradition says the
Wise Men stopped to drink
and saw the reflection of the
star which led them to the
manger where the Christ
child lay. .
Airlines Mechanics
Accept Proposal
Miami (UPD Eastern Air
Lines' striking mechanics have
voted to accept a new com
pany proposal. But there still
is little indication when the
company's grounded planes
will fly again. .
A union official said
Wednesday night reports have
been received from all sta
tions showing that "the great
majority" of the company's
5,300 mechanics favor accept
ing the new contract.
But the walkout now in
its 32nd day - will not end
until at least Monday when
the rank-and-file votes are of
ficially tabulated, said George
Brown, local president of the
International Association of
Machinists.
Meanwhile, pilots striking
against American Airlines
withheld agreement on a pact
that could have put the na
tion's biggest air carrier fleet
back in operation for the holi
days. Salem -UPD- A total of 12,-
376 acres was burned on
state forest land during " the
1958 fire season.
Noon
Edition
Help us build new Euro
pean villages in which wc can
provide a human life to hu
man families. It does not mat
ter if these families come
from Eastern Europe and are
now in the West He would
do the same for any family
from any corner of the world
which found itself destitute
in another corner . of this
world which must become
more fraternal.
Unite our goodwill. I to
help you and you to help me.
Increase my range of action,
the warmth of my island of
peace. May this message, writ
ten without a literary touch
but the depth of my heart
reach you all and bring you
some joy on this Christmas
of 1958.
Pope Takes Role
Of Parish Priest
To Recite Mass
Vatican City-OIPD-Pope John
XIII took the role of a parish
priest this Christmas Day, re
citing mass, visiting the sick
and sending his blessing to
the, Roman Catholic; faithful
around the world.
. The. Pontiff recited mass
for thousands of Romans and
visiting pilgrims in the Basili
ca, of St. Peter, the largest
church in Christendom.
After the mass, he appeared
on the central balcony of the
massive basilica to pronounce
a Christmas blessing "Urbi Et
Orbi"-"to the city And the
world"-for his flock. '-
Thousands Receive BlestingV
Thousands In St. Peters
square below, many kneeling,
received the Pontiffs blessing,
as he moved, his hands slowly
in the' sign of the cross and
intoned the Latin words.
; Pope John was in" high
Christmas spirits as he left
the Vatican after the mass to
visit the sick in his favorite
role as a pastor to his flock.
First stop on the schedule
of his visits to the sick was
Bambino Gesu (Infant Jesus),
a children'! hospital next door
to the North American Col
lege where some 250 Ameri
can seminarians live.
Eisenhowers Have
Quiet Day at Home
Washington -JUPD- President
and Mrs. Eisenhower observ
ed Christmas today like mil
lions of other Americans with
a quiet day at home and the
traditional family dinner. .
No affairs of state were on
the presidential schedule and
the first family planned to en
tertain their son, Maj. John
Eisenhower, his wife Barbara,
and their four children at the
White House.
Santa Claus will visit the
Eisenhower grandchildren at
their home in nearby Alexan
dria, Va., before they go to
the White House for the 5
p.m. (e.s.t.) dinner with their
grandparents.
But other presents will be
exchanged, of course, by the
family around the White
House. Christmas tree. The
White House usually keeps
the nature of family gifts se
cret.
All 36 Aboard French
Airliner Survive Crash
Vienna-OJPD-An Air France
Constellation crashed in
flames Wednesday night but
the lives of all aboard "miracu
lously" were spared. The pilot
of the four-engine plane said
it entered a "cloud of fog"
just before it plunged into
a -muddy field a mile short
of the airport runway.
The plane was en route
from Paris to Vienna with
one stop at Munich.
Wind Spoils Attempt
Pierre Candau, French pilot
of the plane in which 36 per
sons narrowly missed death,
said visibility was good around
Vienna's Schwechat airport
but a strong wind spoiled his
first landing attempt.
Plane Starts To Fall
On the second approach, he
Gromyko Declares
Reds Would Ask
No Reservations
Limited Tests for
Peaceful Purposes
Moscow-IDTD-Soviet Forelrn
Minister Andrei Gromyko
said today the Soviet Union,
was ready to sign at any time."
an agreement with the United
States and Britain to end nu
clear weapon tests "without'
any reservations and precon
ditions."
Addressing the Supreme'
Soviet, Gromyko announced
to the assembled deputies:
The Soviet Government la
ready to sign an agreement on'
the discontinuation of nuclear
weapon tests at any time,
even tomorrow, without any;
reservations and precondi
tions, and to cease from that
day on, together with the
United States and Britain, the:
tests of all types of such wea
pons for all time."
Gromyko said the Soviet
Government was prepared to
agree to a limited number of
nuclear tests for peaceful pur
poses. But he said the Soviets
would take it for granted that
the number of tests made by
the U.S.S.R. "should equal
the number of tests made by
the United States and Great
Britain combined."
"The total number of explo
sions for every year should
be agreed on and limited in
advance," he said.
Spring Charge
The Foreign. Minister ae.
cused the West of trying to
use surprise attack safeguards
as a means of spying into the.
Soviet arsenaL . '
"We can satisfy their curi
osity in one respect," Gro
myko said. "We can assure
them once again that the
U.S.S.R.- has enough up-to-date
arms, both in quantity:
and quality,' to provide the
country with reliable safe
guards against any encroach
ment." - '
- He said Russia was willing
to scrap its arms "immediately ;
after the Western powers
agree to sign a treaty on ap
propriate disarmament meas-
ures."
Turning to the Berlin prob
lem, Gromyko. said that if the
problem were not solved, the
city might become a second
Sarajevo.
The: reference was to the
city in Bosnia, now part
of Yugoslavia, where World
War I was touched off by the
assassination of Archduke
Francis - Ferdinand of Aua-;
tria.
Gromyko said the Soviet
Government's motives were'
being misunderstood and that,
the Western powers were
looking for a hidden motive
which did not exist.
The Foreign Minister point-'
ed out that no substantial,
progress had yet been made
at the Geneva conference on
the suspension of nuclear wea
pons tests.
He said this has occurred
because representatives of the
United States and Britain
were apparently in no hurry,
to solve the task before the.
conference.'
Gromyko' said the Soviet
Union was always ready to
ban nuclear tests and did so
unilaterally last March while,
the United States and Eng
land refused .to follow and;
continued their experiments
at a faster pace. -
Man Struck by Bus .
In Portland Dies
Portland -flJPD- The MultwK
mah county coroner's officer,
reported Wednesday night
that a man had died in St.
Vincent hospital of injuries
suffered when struck by a bus
Wednesday afternoon.
He was identified from'
papers on the body as Walter
Peerson, about 65.
said "we started to prepare
for a landing. Suddenly we
could see nothing at all. We
suppose we entered a cloud
of fog. , ' : ;
"The plane then abruptly
started to fall. The copilot and .
I. tried to steady the engines
but that did not help." .
Plane Explodes
Witnesses said the plane ex
ploded just after the 30 pas-'
sengers and six crew members,
had scrambled to safety.
Some passengers were treat
ed for minor injuries at near-!
by hospitals but al had been
released by today.
Some parts of the plane,
were thrown as far as 200
yards away. All four engines'
were found in different direc-'
tions.