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Mercury Drops
50 Degrees in
Midwest Stales
Br United Press International
The mercury dropped more
than 50 degrees overnight in
northern midwest states to
mark sharp weather fluctua
tions throughout the nation.
Cold air pouring down from
Arctic regions left the north
ern rockies and Dakotas shiv
ering in sub-zero weather that
only a few hours earlier had
been in the forties.
Great Falls, Mont., which
ushered in the new year in
49-degree weather, reported
four degrees below zero. Mi
not, N.D., dropped to 10 be
low from 32 degrees Thurs
day. Other widely scattered sec
tions, meanwhile, reported
equally sharp rises, due large
ly to a .band of warmer air
through the Southwest, the
Gulf Coast and north along
the Eastern Seaboard.
20 Degrees Higher
Readings were 20 or more
degrees higher Friday in such
widely separated spots as
Austin, Tex.; Grantsburg,
Wis.; Williamsport, Pa.; Syra
cuse, N.Y.; Lebanon, N.H.,
and Burlington, Vt.
It was warmer from Texas
northward to Eastern Nebras
ka and east of the Rockies
in New Mexico and Colorado,
where temperatures rose eight
to 20 degrees, and from the
lower great Lakes eastward
into New England.
Precipitation covered half
the nation Friday morning,
but came mostly as light
rainfall. Showers along the
Atlantic coastline were heavi
est, measuring as much as
2 inches overnight in the
Eastern Carolinas.
The only serious snowfall
occurred in western Nebraska,
where an inch of snow during
the night in addition to winds
up to 25 miles per hour cre
ated drifts that slowed much
of Nebraska traffic. Drivers
in the Alliance, Neb., area
were reported turning back
and waiting for an expected
reprieve late this afternoon.
Traffic Deaths in
Siate Number Four
By United Press International
The N ew Year's holiday
traffic death toll in Oregon
stood at four persons early
Friday. The count began at 6
p.m. Wednesday.
A Warm Springs Indian,
Gordon Rhoan, 19, was the
state's first fatality of 1959.
He was killed instantly when
his car plunged off an em
bankment from Highway 26
near Madras. His 18-year-old
wife, Vivian, was in critical
condition at a Redmond hos
pital. Barbara Eaton, 27-year-old
mother of five children, was
killed early Thursday in a
one-car accident on southwest
Barbur boulevard in Port
land. Vester Orville Varney, 39,
was killed early Thursday
when his farm truck left
Highway 350 a mile east of
Joseph.
. A two-car crash on High
way 99 four miles south of
Albany late Wednesday re
sulted in the death of Charles
Edgar Griffith. 65, Tangent.
He died early Thursday. Don
na Marie Scarborough, 15,
Tangent, was critically in
jured in the same crash.
Buying Activity
Featured in Lumber
Portland OD A spurt of
buying activity featured the
lumber industry during the
closing days of 1958, Crow's
Lumber Market News service
reported today.
It said retailers who had
bsen holding off in the hope
of a price drop suddenly de
cided to buy when they real
ized prices were rising. A
sharp dip in production be
cause of holiday shutdowns
was partly responsible.
COLD MU
MIDWEST:
MEDFORD,
'Don't You See? If We Ask for All This, They
Might Settle for Just Letting Us
Continue To Operate"
Auto Deaths Mount;
High Toll
United Press International
Auto' deaths mounted at a
rate of better than three .an
hour today, before the New
Year's holiday week end
reached the halfway mark, and
safety experts feared the toll
would exceed 400 by midnight
Sunday.
The National Safety Coun
cil had estimated only 40
more traffic fatalities for the
four-day holiday than would
occur during a non-holiday
period. A .comparatively safe
New Years Eve driving re
cord led council officials to
believe their estimate was
correct, but New Year's Day
brought a spurt in highway
fatalities, and there was no
slackening off by mid-day to
day. The United Press Interna
tional count at 9 a.m. p.s.t.
showed at least 149 persons
killed in traffic accidents
since the holiday began at 6
p.m. New Year's Eve. Twenty
nine persons perished in fires,
8 in plane crashes, and 29 in
miscellaneous accidents for an
overall total of 215.
California Leads
California, which reported
the highest traffic toll among
states during the Christmas
holiday, again led with 14.
New York counted 12, Wis
consin 11, and Pennsylvania
10.
"The toll is running at an
alarming and tragic pace,"
the council said. "Apparently
the shock 'of the Christmas
holiday toll, when 599 per
sons lost their lives in traffic
accidents, wasn't great enough
to hold down the New Year's
toll as we hoped."
Council officials pointed out
Tree Burn Slated
On Crater Lake Ave.
The tree burn following the
Moose Lodge Christmas tree
lift Sunday will be on Crater
Lake ave. just north of the
Grandview Market, according
to Moose Lodge officials.
The burn is expected to be
gin late in the afternoon after
all trees have been collected.
Boy Scouts will pick up
the trees and take them to
the burn site. Residents wish
ing to participate should leave
their trees in front of thein
houses, affixing to them what
ever contribution they care
to make.
Contributions, Moose Lodge
officers state, are to be used
for purchase of playground
equipment for city parks.
Washington - flJPD - Comp
troller General Ray M. Gid
ney today issued a national
bank call for the figures as
of Dec. 31.
OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1959
MOVES IHTO
SHOW BE
. j ! ei congress
Feared
that by about. the game, time
two years ago, the last com
parable four-day holiday, only
120 traffic fatalities had been
counted.'
The council had estimated
a roadway death toll of 390
during the 102 - hour New
Year's holiday, which ends at
midnight Sunday. That would
be 40 more deaths than the
normal toll for a nonholiday
period of the same duration
in early January.
The council said the New
Year's Day toll ran about 50
per cent above the traffic fa
tality count last Jan. 1.
City To Provide
Pollution Man
Medford can provide a man
for participation in . the pro
posed joint city-state air pol
lution study of this area, ac
cording to City Manager Rob
ert A. Duff.
Duff's report to this effect
is to be presented to the city
council at its meeting tonight
in the city hall council
chamber.
The state air pollution au
thority has agreed to train
the man, and provide air sam
pling equipment and analyses.
He would be responsible on
a part-time basis for servicing
sampling stations and making
field surveys
Also on the council's agen
da is consideration of an
agreement with Jackson cpun
ty for the joint improvement
of Stewart ave. The county
court signed the agreement
Tuesday. It calls for the city
to spend $27,500 in the 1959
60 fiscal year from its arte
rial street funds.
The council is also to con
sider authorizing the exten
sion of Eighth st. from River
side ave. across Bear creek
to East Main st. This is an
other phase of the arterial
street program, and would
provide the final step in the
Main st.-Eighth st. couplet.
WEATHER
Forecast: Partly cloudy to
night and Saturday with Iso
lated snow showers. Colder to
night with low 25. High Sat
urday 38.
TEMPERATURE
Highest Yesterday 4S
Lowest this Morning 34
PRECIPITATION
To 10 a.m. Today Trace
Our Skies Tonight
SKIES TODAY
Sunset today 4:50 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 7:41 a.m.
Moonrise tomorrow 1:29 a.m.
New Moon Jan. 8
Highlights of the phenomena in
the skies abcve in the First
Quarter of this year center
around the planets. Venus be
comes increasingly prominent
in the evening sky and Jupiter
will soon be joined by Saturn
in the morning sky. Mars grows
dimmer and its distance from
the Earth doubles in this period.
Tribune
Second Cold Air
Mass Expected in
Valley Late Today
Snow resulting from a cold
front moving into southern
Oregon could turn the ground
white in the valley temporar
ily this afternoon and evening,
the Medford station of the
weather bureau reported.
The cold front, second one
coming into this area in two
days, was expected to move
into the valley early this af
ternoon. A little more snow
than experienced in the flur
ries las, night and this morn
ing was anticipated but no
heavy snowfall on the valley
floor was foreseen.
The weather bureau said
that southern Oregon is hav
ing "a shot of winter" as the
result of cold air out of the
interior of Canada penetrat
ing west of the Rockies and
Cascade mountains. Chilly
weather is forecast, for two
more days with a warming
trend predicted about Mond
day. Cold Front Arrives
First cold front arrived over
the area during the morning
yesterday. Cold and unstable
air brought the snow flurries
last night and earlier today.
A low temperature of 25
degrees is expected .in the
Medford vicinity tonight and
the weather bureau warned
that anything which would be
harmed by freezing should be
protected.
All roads in the southern
Oregon area were reported
open by state police this morn
ing with snow flurries noted
generally throughout the area.
The Siskiyous had packed
snow, but it was sanded. Four
inches of new snow was re
ported. State police said mo
torists were getting along
without using chains.
Oregon Mountain was re
ported clear.
! Prospect this morning had
snow flurries, with 3 inches of
new snow. Motorists were ad
vised to carry chains.
It was snowing heavy over
East and West Diamond lake
roads. East Diamond lake
road had 6 inches of new
snow, and West Diamond lake
road had 5. Motorists were ad
vised to carry chains over
both roads.'
New Officials to
Take Oath Monday
Three new county officials
and three judicial judges will
take the oath of office Mon
day morning.
A deputy county clerk will
swear in Democrat Marvin
Madden as county clerk, Re
publican Joseph D. Walsh as
sheriff and Republican Earl
Miller as county judge. Also
renewing the oath of office
will be the reelected coun
ty commissioner, Republican
Chester Wendt. All are four
year terms.
Retiring Circuit Court
Judge H. K. Hanna is expect
ed to give the oath of office
to the new circuit judge,
James Main, reelected Circuit
Judge Edward C. Kelly and
District Court Judge Roy E.
Bashaw. All are six-year
terms.
Neuberger Joins in
Service Cut Prolest
Portland - (UPD - Sen. Rich,
ard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.)
joined California's Sen..
Thomas H. Kuchel today in
opposing Southern Pacific's
proposed cut in passenger
service between Portland and
Oakland, Calif.
The Oregon senator said he
had wired the Interstate Com
merce Commission to "rein
force" Kuchel's request that
the ICC suspend the request
ed cutback to three trains
weekly in the railroad's
Shasta Daylight service.
Price 10 Cents
No. 244
Ike Challenges
Reds to Practice
What They Preach
Gettysburg, Pa. -(UPD- Pres
ident Eisenhower today chal
lenged the leaders of Russia
to practice in Berlin what they
preach from the Kremlin
about peaceful coexistence
with the West.
The President, in an ex
change of New Year's mes
sages with the Soviet Union's
top bosses, said that Russia's
expressed hope of reducing
dangerous international ten
sions in 1959 was inconsistent
with her Nov. 27 demand that
the Western Allies get out of
West Berlin by June 1.
Thus Eisenhower took a de
cided arm's length attitude to
ward the New Year's peace
message which came in from
the Kremlin late Thursday,
Spends Leisurely Day
The President was spending
a leisurely New Year's Day
with his grandchildren watch
ing the Cotton Bowl football
game on television when the
White House in Washington
notified him that a message
had come on from Soviet
Prime Minister Nikita
Khrushchev and K. Vorosilov,
chairman of the Presidium of
the Supreme Soviet.
Voroshilov technically is
the Russian head of state, but
Khrushchev is the boss;
The message came in by
commercial cable in Russian
and was sent to the State De
partment for translation.
Eisenhower fired back his
thanks for the high hopes for
1959-and sent it by Western
Unior sV
Infesjmce, he informed the
Russians-that however admir
able peaceful intentions might
be, they should be backed up
by pbsitiveHpr6gressT-He sug
gested Berlin as a prime start
ing point.
898lh Patient On
Mercy Flights
Charles (Chuck) McNair,
15-year-old son of Dr. and
Mrs. Raymond W. McNair,
229 Valley View dr., was
flown to Medford from Ban
don, Ore., yesterday, for an
emergency appendectomy.
The boy had been visiting
his grandparents over the
holidays. The operation was
performed at Sacred Heart
hospital.
Young McNair was the
898th patient carried by
planes of Medford's non-profit
service, Mercy Flights, Inc.,
as was the first patient in
1959.
The service began opera
tions nine years ago this
month. The first year only
13 patients were carried, the
second year this doubled, to
26, and the third year, 1952,
there were 86 patients. Each
year following this the num
ber of patients carried by the
planes has been around 150.
It appears certain that the
900th patient will be carried
before Mercy Flights ninth
anniversary of its first emer
gency flight the middle of the
month. i -
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York - (UPD - Dow
Jones final slock averages:
30 industrials 587.59. up
3.94; 20 railroads 159.72,
up 2.07; 15 utilities 91.22,
up 0.22, and 65. stocks
203.91, up 1.48. Sales to
day were about 3.380,000
shares compared with 3,
970,000 shares Wednesday.
Butler Starts New Year by Counting
Out Stevenson; Boosts G. M. Williams
Lansing, Mich. -4UPD- Paul
M. Butler started his fifth
year as Democratic party chief
Thursday b y counting out
Adlai Stevenson and giving
a boost to Michigan's Gov. G.
Mennen Williams' chances in
the race for the 1960 presiden
tial nomination.
Butler, who was here to
help usher Williams into un
paralled sixth consecutive
term, told newsmen he did
not believe Stevenson would
run again and said he doubted
party leaders would want to
"take chances on a man al
ready defeated twice."
Williams received a tele
gram from Stevenson congrat
ulating him as "the winning
est fellow I know - in more
ways than one, or even six."
The Democratic party chair
JUDGE RETIRES-Circuit Court Judge Her
bert K. Hanna, right, who retired today
after serving 18 years as judge in judicial
district No. 1, Jackson and Josephine coun
ties, is shown above being congratulated by
William McAllister, Chief Justice-elect of
Firefighters Get
California Blaze
Under Control
Los Angeles -(UPD-Firefight-ers
expected to bring under
control today southern Cali
fornia's latest brush fire,
which has destroyed 81 homes
in its devastating march from
Topanga Canyon to the sea.
Norman La Vigne, chief
county fire dispatcher, said "it
should be a routine job from
here on in if the winds don't
increase."
Meanwhile, the thousands
of residents who fled from the
heavily populated area when
the blaze started New Year's
Eve began returning to their
homes.
A second fire that black
ened 650 acres, threatening
movie stars' mansions, was
brought under control Thurs
day" night by "some" 500 fire
men. La Vigne said the second
blaze, in the Topanga-Malibu
section of the Santa Monica
mountains, was' 60 per cent
under control, and added that
no structures were immedi
ately endangered.
He said the some 800 fire
men still on the lines were
aided in their battle by low
winds and a 30 per cent hu
midity. He said damage to exclusive
homes and other buildings
plus valuable watershed
amounted to "easily more
than a million dollars."
The second fire in Benedict
Canyon and Beverly Glen,
only a few miles from Beverly
Hills, swept along the canyon
walls and forced evacuation
of the homes of Doris Duke,
Marion Davies, Peter Lorre,
Cameron Mitchell, Barry Sul
livan and others.
Both fires were believd to
have ben the work of an ar
sonist. Quake Sways Homes
In Channel Islands
Jersey, Channel Islands -(UPD
The severest earthquake
recorded in the Channel Is
lands since 1927 swayed hous
es, rattled furniture and
caused minor craqks in walls
in the pre-dawn darkness here
today.
But no serious damage was
reported. Eastern areas of this
Channel Island near the Nor
mandy coast were the most
severly affected.
Gale force winds which
swept the island all night sud
denly subsided during the
tremor.
man said he was a "great ad
mirer or Mennen Williams"
and said the party "couldn't
go wrong" by nominating the
man who at 47 is the old man
of Michigan politics and the
nation's senior governor. But
ler quickly added that there
were other candidates with
vhoTi the party "couldn't go
wrong."
.uuer emphasized the party
was "pretty well stacked"
with presidential possibilities.
And he stressed that "it is
much too early to see where
they stand."
Butler said he did not think
Texas Sen. Lyndon Johnson
or former New York Gov.
Averell Harriman would be
candidates for the presiden
tial nomination.
He acknowledged that Mas
the Oregon State Supreme court. More than
50 members of the Jackson County Bar
association paid tribute to Judge Hanna in
a ceremony held in Circuit Court No. 1
this morning.
Bar Members Pay
Tribute to Judge
Members of the Jackson
County Bar association paid
tribute this morning to Cir
cuit Judge Herbert K. Hanna,
who retires today after 18
years as judge in judicial dis
trict No. 1, Jackson and Jose
phine counties.
More than 50 attorneys and
three judges met in Judge
Hanna's court room to pre
sent him with, a gift and to
praise his work on the bench.
Among those praising Han
na's career in the court was
Chief Justice-elect of the Ore
gon State Supreme court,
William McAllister, former
Medford attorney now resid
ing in Salem.
Hanna, who was born in
50,000 Workers
To Aid Centennial
John W. Snider, Medford
mayor and a member of the
Oregon Centennial commision,
told a group of southern Ore
gon lumbermen at a luncheon
here this week that an un
precedented 50,000 volunteer
workers will help make the
state's birthday celebration a
success in 1959.
Snider also told the group
that an unprecedented amount
of money is being spent by
private firms, the state travel
bureau, and the Centennial
commission to attract visitors
to Oregon this year. He said
that he feels the number of
visitors would more nearly
approach the maximum num
ber predicted, 10 million,
than the minimum estimate
of 6 million.
Reporting on Centennial
progress to date, Snider prais
ed the forest products indus
try for "taking the lead" in
working toward the success
of the 100-day exposition
which will climax the cele
bration next summer. The in
dustry plans a quarter-million
- dollar exhibit at the
Exposition and International
Trade Fair in Portland.
A. A. Lausmann, Medford,
finance chairman for the co
operative industry effort, told
the group that over half the
necessary funds for the ex
hibit had been raised, and
that the "clean-up" campaign
to collect the remaining funds
is under way. He said that
every member of the indus
try, "from the logger through
the supplier of equipment and
services" is being asked to
participate financially.
sachusetts Sen. John Kennedy
and Minnesota's Sen. Hubert
Humphrey were forerunners
in the presidential race and
that New Jersey Gov. Robert
Meyner has strong support in
his state. But he declined to
elaborate on their chances or
to name other possible candi
dates. Butler, who assumed party
leadership four years ago
Thursday in New Orleans,
said he planned to play a
"positive role" in planning for
the 1960 party convention. He
said a committee will meet
Jan. 17 in New Orleans to
make recommendations on a
site for the 1960 convention.
Six cities - Chicago, Los An
geles, San Francisco, New
York, Philadelphia and Mi
ami - will be considered.
Jacksonville July 15, 1882, is
the son of a circuit court
judge, the late H. K. Hanna.
He practiced law in Jackson
ville after being admitted to
the bar in 1906 and moved his
office to Medford in 1927.
Elected in 1340
He was elected circuit court
judge in 1940, taking office
in January, 1941, following
the retirement of the late
Judge H. D. Norton. When the
number of cases increased so
greatly by 1946, a second cir
cuit judge, Judge O. J. Mil
lard, was appointed to take
office in 1946. A third, Judge
Edward C. Kelly, was ap
pointed in June, 1957.
Circuit Judges Kelly and
Millard shared the bench with
Hanna at this morning's cere
mony. '
Others commending Han
na's integrity, selflessness, ju
dicial temperament and
knowledge were Attorneys
Frank Farrell, Otto J. Frohn-
mayer, J. F. Fliegel, Frank
Van Dyke and George Rob
erts, Medford; W. W. Balder
ree, Grants Pass; and William
Briggs, Ashland.
Court Representative
Justice McAllister said he
spoke partly as a representa
tive of the state supreme
court. He declared that the
"fine judges" in this district
were partly responsible for
the "fine bar in Jackson
county."
Van Dyke spoke on behalf
of the state bar association
and other members of the cir
cuit courts in Oregon.
A resolution from the coun
ty bar association was intro
duced to the court as a per
manent record. It praised
Hanna's outstanding career.
Train Hits Auto,
Occupants Escape
A Southern Pacific train
crashed into a car in Rogue
River yesterday, but the car's
occupants escaped uninjured,
state police said.
R. E. St. Clair, route 1, box
417, Gold Hill, and his family
jumped from the car when St.
Clair, the driver, thought he
would be unable to cross the
tracks ahead of the train. The
abandoned car was damaged
beyond repair, state police
said.
St. Clair said he became
confused and thought the
train was approaching on
tracks other than the ones he
was crossing. Thinking he
would be unable to cross
safely, St. Clair and his fam
ily jumped from the car.
The Southern Pacific rail
road trainmaster's office in
Medford said today it could
find no report of the accident.
State police were called at
2 p.m. yesterday, an hour
after the accident occurred.
American Ship Takes
Tourists from Cuba
Washington -(LTD- The State
Department reported that an
American ship began evacua
tion of 500 U.S. students and
tourists from Havana after
victorious rebel authorities
momentarily blocked plans
for the operation.
The department said rebel
leader Fidel Castro allowed
the City of Havana to dock
after the temporary two-hour
hitch.
Gettysburg, Pa. -(UPD- Presi
dent Eisenhower today gave
his final approval to the new
49-star American flag.
Heavy Bursts of
Gunfire Heard in
Areas of Capital
Urritia Proclaimed
New President
Havana -(UPD- Fidel Castro's
rebel troops made a triumphal
entry into Havana today.
Rebel militia still were
digging out remnants of de
posed President Fulgencio Ba
tista's followers and occasion
al heavy bursts of rifle and
machinegun fire was heard
through the city which was
also in the paralyzing grip of
a general strike.
The entry of his troops was
the final symbol of victory for
Castro, who earlier in the day
proclaimed D. R. Manuel
Urrutia provisional president
and Santiago de Cuba his pro
visional capital. The Cuban
armed forces accepted Urrutia
as president and pledged sup
port to Castro.
Some of the heaviest firing
today ocburred a few doors
from the United Press Inter
national headquarters which
was "sealed in" temporarily
by the militia pending clarifi
cation of the situation.
The biggest battle in down
town Havana took place in
the Manzana de Gomez area
between the rebel militia and
holdout followers of Sen. Ro
lando Masferrer, a supporter
of the now-exiled Batista.
This fight started about 11:30
a.m. and ended at 12:45 p.m.
Reports said an estimated 200
of Masferrer's followers sur
rendered there.
Rebels Enter City
Other firing was heard over
an area of several city blocks
and the sound of machineguns
and rifles was heard on all
sides. Heavy firing was heard
across the Ceomyal part of
the city. Another fight went
on at the corner of the Prado
and Colon st.
First elements of the rebel
troops reached the outskirts
of Havana at 10:30 a.m. The
main group entered the city
in 10 trucks at 12:40 p.m.
They were wildly cheered
by the populace.
Insurgent forces held a
tight grip on the city. For the
most part, they maintained
law and order, in contrast to
Thursday's wild rioting.
But some incidents still
took place.
The military and naval of
ficers club in Mariano, where
Batista had presided over
many lavish parties, was
sacked, looted and burned to
the ground by mobs.
The national rebel radio
network announced that it
was arranging facilities for
Castro to make a radio broad
cast this afternoon. No hour
was fixed, but the announce
ment said the rebel leader's
address to the nation would
be aired as soon as possible.
Charles S c h u m a n, UPI
UPMT staffer, was an eyewit
ness to today's battle in the
center of Havana. He watched
as the rebel militia and the
200 Masferrer adherents bat
tled it out in and around an
office building.
"For two hours the plaza
crackled with gunfire," Schu
man said. "It was no place to
be. Yet' hundreds of specta
tors watched the fight, expos
ing themselves to danger as
much as any of the combat
ants. "They followed the militia
as the soldiers advanced
through the fire toward the
target building.
Duncan Announces
New House Group
A new standing committee
of the Oregon house of rep
resentatives, to be devoted to
planning and devolpment mat
ters, will be appointed this
year.
State Rep. Robert Duncan
of Medford, speaker-designate
of the house, announced that
the committee will work with
the state planning and de
velopment department, and
would also be concerned with
Centennial legislation coming
before the house.
Duncan said the new com
mittee reflects the concern
felt over the needs for new
industry in the state, and that
this merits the appointment of
a standing committee.
Otherwise, the lineup of 20
other standing committees of
the house will remain un
changed, he said.
Bulletin
London- (UPI) -Moscow
Radio reported to
day that the Soviet
Union has launched a
rocket to the moon.