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Br United Press International
(Here is a chronological
lilting of the newi highlights
ef 1958.)
JANUARY
4 Lt. Gen. James C. Gav
in, critic of administration
missile and satellite policy,
quits as Army research and
development chief. 13 Eisen
hower's "space age" budget
recommends record peace
time spending program of al
most $74 billion in 1959 fis
cal year. 23 Perez Jiminez
regime in Venezuela over
thrown following two-day re
volt. 25 Financier Robert R.
Young commits suicide. 31
U.S. launches first earth sat
ellite. FEBRUARY
1 Egypt, Syria proclaim
United Arab Republic. 1.
Forty-seven servicemen killed
In collision of two military
planes over Los Angeles. 8
French aircraft bomb Tunisia
town, killing 68. 10 Bernard
Schwartz fired as counsel to
House Committee investigat
ing Federal Communications
Commission. , 13 Schwartz
tells House Investigators FCC
commissioner Richard Mack
'accepted money from repre
sentative of TV applicant. 15J
Harold Stassen resigns as
President's disarmament ad
Iviser. 16 South Kprean plane
hi-jacked in air and forced
to land in North Korea. 20
Nathan Leopold paroled.
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MARCH
3 Richard Mack quits as
FCC commissioner. 11 Gov
ernment reports U. S. employ
ment reached a 16-year-high
of 5,173,000 in February. 17
Navy launches second U. S.
earth satellite. 18 Eisen
hower vows "sound and time
ly" action to end recession.
22 Showman Mike Todd and
three others killed in New
Mexico plane crash. 26
Army launches third U. S.
earth satellite. 27 Khrush
chev succeeds Bulganin as So
viet premier. 31 Russia an
nounces unilateral halt to nu
clear tests.
APRIL
4 Lana Turner's 14-year-old
daughter fatally stabs
Johnny Stompanato. 8 Gov
ernment reports March un
employment at highest point
in 17 years; Eisenhower sees
some signs of leveling-off in
recession. 15 Los Angeles
and San Fransisco enter base
ball's major leagues. 16
Gaillard Government resigns
in France. 17 Brussels World
Fair opens. 21 United Air
Lines plans collides with Air
Force jet near Las Vegas; 49
dead.
MAY
7 Dr. Arthur S. Flemming
nominated to succeed Marion
B. Folsom as Secretary of
Health, Education and Wel
fare. 8 Mobs menace Vice
President Nixon in Lima,
Peru. 12 Revolution breaks
out in Lebanon against pro
Western government. 13
Stone-throwing mobs attack
Nixon in Caracas, Venezuela;
U.S. paratroops, marines sent
to Caribbean as "precaution
ary measure." 13 French
rightists rebel in Algeria to
stop new Flimlin government
from negotiating with Alger
ian rebels. 14 U.S. orders
speed-up of arms shipments
to Lebanon. 15 Russia
launches third Sputnik, heav
iest earth satellite. 19 De
Gaulle offers to resume pow
er in France. 28 Flimlin's
government resigns.
3
JUNE
1 De Gaulle becomes Pre
mier. 4 Eisenhower signs bill
to extend unemployment ben
efits. 7 Nine men aboard
U.S. Army helicopter seized
in East Germany. 10 House
investigators show that Sher
man Adams accepted favors
from Bernard Goldlfine and
interceded with Federal agen
cies on his behalf. 17 Adams
denies he did anything im
proper. 17-Hungary announc
es execution of ex - Premier
Imre Nagy and Maj. Gen.
Maleter for leading Hungari
an uprismg of 1956. 21 Fed
eral judge orders 2V-year
suspension of integration at
Little Rock high school. 25
Lebanese government asks
U.N. armed intervention
against rebellion. 26 Cuban
rebels begin series of raids
in which 45 U.S. and three
Canadian nationals are kid
napped. 27 U.S. Air Force
plane with nine aboard fired
on and forced down in Soviet
Armenia. 30 Congress ap
proves Alaska statehood.
JULY
3 Bernard Goldfine refus
es to. tell House investigators
about more than $775,000 in
"mystery" checks. 7 House
committee fires staff member
for "bugging" Goldfine hotel
suite. 7 Russians release nine
Americans from Air Force
plane forced down June 27.
14 Arab nationals take con
trol of Iraq after assassinating
King Faisal and Crown Prince
Abdul Illah. 15 U.S. Marines
land in Lebanon to forestall
Iraq-like coup. 17 British
fly forces to Jordan to pre
vent over-throw of King Hus
sein. 19 East Germany frees
nine U.S. soldiers held since
June 7. 23 K hrushchev
agrees to hold summit meet
ing on the Middle East in
the U.N. Security Council,
r AUGUST
1 Higher U.S. postal rates
take effect. 3 Atomic sub
marine Nautilus becomes first
ship to sail across North Pole.
5 Khrushchev rejects West
ern proposals for summit
meeting at the U.N. after con
ference with Red Chinese
leaders. 13 Eisenhower sub
mits U.S. peace plan for Mid
dle East in speech to U.N.
General Assembly. 14 KLM
Dutch airlines plane crashes
into North Atlantic; 99 dead.
17 U.S. fails in man's first
known attempt to orbit a
missle around the moon. 18
U.S. Appeals Court over
rules delay in Little Rork in
tegration. 22 Eisenhower of
fers to halt nuclear tests if
Russia is willing to negotiate
on a test control system. 24
85th Congress adjourns. 29
Red Chinese threaten invas
ion of Quemoy and announce
determination to "liberate"
Formosa as U.S. beefs up its
forces in Formosa Strait.
SEPTEMBER
4 Dulles indicates U. S.
would use force to stop Red
invasion of Quemoy, Matsus.
6 Chinese Reds propose am
bassadorial talks with U.S.
on Formosa crisis; Washing
ton accepts. 11 President
tells nation U.S. will not ap
pease Red China over For
mosa. 12 Supreme Court or
ders immediate integration of
Little Rock's Central High
School; Arkansas Gov. Orval
Faubus closes city's high
schools; Virginia starts shut
ting down its schools rather
than integrate. 15 U.S., Com
munist Chinese ambassadors
start discussing Formosa . cri
sis in Warsaw. 22 Sherman
Adams resigns as Presidential
aide. 26 Military takes over
in Burma. 28 New constitu
tion overwhelmingly approv
ed by France and all its col
onies except Guinea. 30 U.S.
reports resumption of Soviet
nuclear tests.
OCTOBER
4 Commercial jet service
begins over Atlantic. 5 In
tegrated high school in Clin
ton, Tenn., destroyed by bomb
explosions. 6 Reds call
week's halt to shelling of
Quemoy. 6 Atomic submar
ine Seawolf ends record 60
days under water. 7 Potter
Stewart named t o succeed
Harold H. Burton on Supreme
Court. 7 Military take over
in Pakistan. 9 Pope Pius
XII dies. 12 Jewish temple
in 'Atlanta bombed. 13 U.S.
fails in second lunar shot but
rocket goes nearly 80,000
miles. 23 Russian author
Boris Pasternak wins Nobel
Prize, indicates he'll accept
but later decides not to after
suffering abuse from govern
ment organs and fellow writ
ers. 23 Nova Scotia mine dis
aster kills 74; 81 rescued
within 24 hours, 12 more sav
ed a week later and seven
more two days after that. 24
Eisenhower accepts resigna
tion of Sinclair Weeks a s
Secretary of Commerce,
names Lewis Strauss to suc
ceed him. 25 Reds order alternate-day
bombardment of
Quemoy, Matsus. 28 Cardin
als elect Pope John XXIII.
NOVEMBER
4 Democrats sweep elec
tions. 8 Third U.S. lunar
probe attempt fails. 10
Khrushchev calls for Western
withdrawal from Berlin- 13
U.S. refuses to pull out of
West Berlin. IS Tyrone Pow
er dies while making a movie
in Madrid. 17 Sudanese gov
ernment seized by military.
21 Rash of strikes start hit
ting U.S. airlines. 27 Russia
proposes West Berlin become
"free city."
DECEMBER
1 Chicago school fire kills
89 children, three nuns. 9
Goldfine indicted for con
tempt of Congress. 10 Nine
die as bomb explodes in Cal
ifornia religious colony. 12
East-West agree on nuclear
test ban agreement. 14
Monkey shot into space in
scientific test. 16 NATO al
lies reject Kremlin ultimatum
on Berlin. 17 Bogota, Col
umbia, store fire fatal to 98.
19 Atlas satellite circling
earth. 21 Reds reject U.S.
memorandum on Berlin. 25
Thousands of pilgrims wor
ship in Bethlehem. 26 De
Gaulle decrees shut down of
French financial markets. 27
Holiday traffic claims 597
lives. 30 Cuban rebels claim
victories in revolution.
Several! (Oregon News Stories (Grab
National MeadBines During Past Year
Portland (UPD Oregon had
several stories which grabbed
national headlines during
1958, a year which also saw
the lumber industry bounce
back from a recession and a
Republican buck the Demo
cratic landslide to win the
governorship.
Names like Mrs. Patricia
Davis, Pat Boling, Hugh
D'Autremont and Mary Beth
Howe were involved in stories
containing human interest,
courage and tragedy. A feud
between Oregon's two sena
tors got wide attention.
There was a big train wreck
in the Cascades and a sensa
tional murder trial in central
Oregon.
The year started with a big
police chase which carried
over Highway 30 and ended
with another story involving
the same highway, the missing
Ken Martin family of Port
land. Hatfield Youngest
Mark Hatfield at 38 became
Oregon's youngest governor
elect when he defeated incum
bent Robert D. Holmes in
November. Hatfield won nomi
nation over several opponents
including State Treasurer Sig
Unander in the primary last
Extension Classes
Slated in Medford
Winter term classes for col
lege credit under general ex
tension division's evening
program will open in Med
ford and Grants Pass the
week of Jan. 5. Five classes
are scheduled in Medford and
four in Grants Pass.
Medford classes meeting at
the high school at 7 p.m. in
clude: Constructive a c c o u nting
(BA 112), Wednesdays, in
structor Harold S. Sekiguchi,
instructor in business educa
tion, assistant business mana
ger, Southern Oregon college;
curriculum construction (Ed
556), Thursdays, instructor
Keith Goldhammer, associate
professor of education, Uni
versity of Oregon; history of
the Pacific Northwest (Hst
478g), Thursdays, instructor
Arthur S. Taylor, professor of
social science, Southern Ore
gon college; foundations of
elementary mathematics (Mth
41 Og), Mondays, instructor,
Floyd L. Taylor, associate
p r o f e s sor of mathematics;
criminology and delinquency
(Soc 416 G), Tuesdays, in
structor Frederick J. Trost,
assistant professor of psychol
ogy, Southern Oregon college.
Winter Term Classes
Winter term classes and
their instructors in Grants
Three 5f at e Positions
To Be Left Vacant
Salem -(UPD Gov. Robert D.
Holmes said Tuesday that
three major state positions
which expire before Jan. 12
will be left vacant when he
leaves office that date.
The posts include that of
the tax commissioner, held by
Carl W. Chambers; industrial
accident and unemployment
compensation commissioner,
L. O. Arens, and parole and
probation board chairman,
now held by S. W. Mallett.
Vehicle Department
Moves To New Rooms
Salem -(UPD James F. John
son, director of the State Mo
tor Vehicles department, said
the long-awaited move of the
department's- headquarters to
a new building in north Salem
will begin' today.
He said the shift will be
completed by Monday morn
ing. The new building is a one
story structure.
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May. Holmes announced he
would name David O'Hara as
secretary of state while Hat
field's advisors claim the GOP
governor - elect has the au
thority to name his own suc
cessor to the job. The issue
was not resolved.
The governorship campaign
was highlighted by a reference
by Sen. Wayne Morse CD
Ore.) to an automobile acci
dent in which Hatfield was
involved when the latter was
18 years old.
Democrats won control of
both houses of the 1959 Leg
islature and the four incum
bent congressmen were re
elected. In September it was an
nounced that Sen. Richard L.
Neuberger (D-Ore.) had under
gone surgery for removal of a
small malignant tumor-cancer.
He also was given radia
tion therapy.
The dispute between Neu
berger and Sen. Wayne Morse
(D-Ore.) broke into the open
near the close of the year
when a columnist printed an
exchange of letters between
them.
Construction Strike
The state's economy suffer-
ed during the early part of
Pass are: school law and or
ganization (Ed 476 G), Satur
day mornings at the Junior
High School building, Ralph
E. Jones, superintendent of
Grants Pass public schools;
school supervision (Ed 574),
Tuesdays at the high school,
John D. O'Donahue, assistant
professor of education, gen
eral extension division; intro
ductory geography (G e o g.
106), Friday evenings and
Saturday mornings, alternate
weeks at the high school,
James T. Jack, instructor in
geography, Oregon State col
lege; biological science survey
(Sc. 101), Thursdays at the
high school, James R. Daw
son, assistant professor of sci
ence, Southern Oregon col
lege. Classes usually meet once a
week during the 10-week
term. Students may enroll for
credit or they may wish to
consider the possibility of
noncredit enrollment. Fees
are established by the state
board of higher education at
the rate of $9 per credit hour.
Fees and classwork are iden
tical for both credit and non
credit enrollments. Registra
tions may be completed at the
first or second class meetings.
Each college-credit course
offered by general extension
division has been drawn from
the curriculum of one of the
campus institutions of the
Oregon state system of higher
education and is the same
course presented on campus.
In most instances instructors
are members of state system
faculties though, in some
cases, particularly qualified
persons have been asked to
instruct courses.
Schedules and descriptions
of the courses as well as class
offerings in other southern
Oregon communities are
available from Raymond Pet
tey, regional representative,
general extension division,
College campus, Ashland.
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the year with a slmnp in the
lumber market. Many mills
closed and unemployment was
high. The lumber business
picked up however, and the
outlook was good for the year
ahead.
A strike against the heavy
construction industry during
the summer months idled
housands of workers for 34
days and slowed work on
some big projects.
Work was proceeding on a
big SAGE project at Camp
Adair. Plans were going
ahead for a federal John Day
dam on the Columbia river.
Portland was enjoying a
building boom with the $20
million Lloyd center under
construction. The city also
was to get new hotels, a help
for future conventions. Ore
gon's main highways were
being rebuilt as part of a na
tional program with a four
lane Highway 99 nearer a
reality and a big project start
ing on the southwest coast
north of Brookings.
One of the most heart
warming stories of the year
was the rescue in the central
Oregon wilds of Mrs. Davis
of Fresno, Calif. Her husband,
Bruce, walked for three days
through the snow in April to
report his wife was injured
beside their wrecked plane.
Her rescue and subsequent
long recovery in a John Day
hospital followed.
Fireworks Blast
Boling, a daredevil pilot,
set a new non-stop record for
light planes by flying from
Manila to Pendleton, Ore.
D'Autremont, one of three
brothers involved in the sen
sational 1923 Siskiyou train
robbery attempt, won a pa
role after more than 30 years
in prison. He is expected to
be released early next year.
On July 5, the Signal Fire
works Company warehouse
in Portland blew up. Twenty
eight persons were injured
and 284 homes were damaged.
One girl, 4-year-old Mary
Beth Howe, was killed. Later,
a state hospital patient ad
mitted he had been in the
plant before the explosion.
' An SP streamliner was
wrecked in the Willamette
pass area of the Cascades in
March,injuring more than 20
persons. No one was killed.
At Canyon City, rancher
Robert Sproul was cleared in
the gun duel shooting of his
brother-in-law, Harland Wil
liams. The June 21 shooting
climaxed an argument over a
road.
Chase Starts Year
At the start of the year,
police engaged in a chase over
Highway 30 for two men who
had escaped jail at Anacortes,
Wash. A state police car was
stolen during the chase which
wound up with capture of the
pair in wild country east of
Baker. As 1958 neared its
close, the big story was the
missing five - member Ken
Martin family of Portland
which left for a drive Dec. 7
to get a Christmas tree and
vanished. It was discovered
they had purchased gasoline
at Cascade Locks on Highway
30.
The state's grim toll of
more than one life a day con
tinued on the highways. The
worst accident saw six' per
sons killed in one crash east
of Portland in August. On the
same day four children died
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Three children were found
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police she was responsible. In
Prineville a man shot himself
after holding off police for
several hours.
Other Stories
There were numerous other
top stories - the Klamath In
dian termination bill preserv
ing timber was passed; forest
fires caused some heavy dam
age with one of . the worst
blazes east of Detroit in the
Cascades; fish facilities failed
at Oxbow dam on the Snake
river as the upstream salmon
run was under way; Alice
Miller, 19, Milwaukie, won
the right in court to- enter a
convent over objections of
her father.
The bank at Halfway closed
after a cashier admitted em
bezzling money; interurban
passenger service between
Portland and the Oregon City
Bellrose area was halted and
remained so despite efforts to
have it restored; the Harry
Holt "babylift" from Korea
continued with more than
1000 orphans now having new
homes' in this country.
As 1959 approached, Ore
gon was getting ready to show
off to the world in its Centen
nial celebration.
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A surprise party was given
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Ray Briggs Saturday, Dec. 20,
honoring their 25th wedding
anniversary. About 50 friends
attended.
Mr. and Mrs. George Pear
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Woman's Body Found
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Portland -UPD- The body of
a woman was found in a hotel
room here Tuesday. A deputy
coroner said a pathologists
finding indicated the voman's
death was due to causes com
parable to strangulation.
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as Leona Elaine McKillop, 39.
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