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Grandmother,
Insisting Baby
Own, Arrested
Father Identifies
Abducted Child
New York -UPD- A girl kid
naped from a hospital nursery
2Vi hours after her birth 10
days ago was found alive and
well Sunday night in a wicker
bassinet in a former Brooklyn
mansion.
A grandmother, mother of
eight children, was arrested
and charged with kidnaping
the infant, Lisa Rose Chion
chio. The woman, Mrs. Jean
Iavarone, 43, insisted the
baby was her own, born un
attended and out of wedlock.
She named its father a "Mr.
Iavarone," a man she said
had taken an apartment with
her last May and had lived
with her at intervals since
then.
Chief Assistant District At
torney J. Kenneth McCabe,
said she continued to claim
the baby as her own even
after Lisa Rose was positively
identified by her footprints
and blood type.
The baby's father, attorney
Frank Chionchio, 28, found
his own identification a
tiny scar above one eyebrow
he had noticed in his first
brief glimpse of his newborn
daughter Jan. 2.
Mother Thankful
"It .was too unbelievably
good to be true," Mrs. Chion
chio said at her home today.
"I could think of nothing
btit to say a little prayer of
thanks to God for giving me
back my dear baby."
None of Mrs. Iavarone's
seven living children, ranging
in age from 3 to 21, made
their home with her, police
said. The younger ones are in
orphanages in private foster
homes, apparently because
their mother could not sup
port them on her $45 a week
salary as a department store
clerical worker.
Mrs. Iavarone's landlady,
Mrs. B. M. Collins, said she
did not believe Mrs. Iavarone
had been out of her large,
cluttered one-room furnished
apartment for the last week.
She said she had come out
in a bathrobe on Sunday or
the day before and asked to
use the telephone.
Police went to the house on
Sunday after a woman's voice
gave them the address on a
special police line at 3:15
p.m.-the 320th such call since
the line was installed to take
confidential tips on the case.
Mrs. Iavarone faces a pos
sible 20 years to life prison
sentence if convicted under
New York's kidnap law.
Salem-flJPD-A requested 14.5
per cent rate increase by Pa
cific Power and Light com
pany has been suspended for
six months by Public Utility
Commissioner Howard Morgan.
Western Oregon To Get
Relief From Rainfall
By United Press International
The weather bureau today
promised relief from heavy
western Oregon rain that shot
several streams over the flood
mark and resulted in closure
of several roads and property
damage in the Brookings area.
The weather .man said the
last storm front in a current
series moved inland over
western Oregon this morning
and that showers should prac
tically come to a stop Tues
day. A storm which carried near
ly four inches of rain in 24
hours in the Brookings and
Gold Beach areas caused some
damage to homes and prop
erty. There was no immediate
damage estimate.
Highway 42 between Co-
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1959
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FLIPPED INTO DITCH Myedford policeman Robert Mont
gomery helps William Sylvester Eubanks, 314 Vancouver
ave., from his vehicle Saturday evening after it ran off Cra
ter Lake ave., into a ditch between Grand ave. and Roberts
rd. Eubanks stated he was forced off the road to avoid a head
on collision with a vehicle coming from the other direction,
police reported.
Ha
Howell Appling as
Secretary
Salem '- (UPD ' Gov.-elect
Mark Hatfield today named
Howell Appling Jr., 39, Port
land farm implement distri
butor, as Oregon's 17th sec
retary of state.
Appling has been in Port
land since 1947 when he
formed a business partnership
with his Navy mustering-out
pay. Known as Independent
Distributors, the operation
has grown from two em
ployees ,to a business with an
annual sales volume of more
than $3 million. It serves Ore
gon, Washington, Idaho, Cali
fornia and Canada.
The appointment clears the
way for a test in the Oregon
Supreme Court of Dave
O'Hara's right to hold the
secretary of state office.
Retiring Gov. Robert D.
Holmes previously appointed
O'Hara as his choice for sec
retary of state.
Court To Decide
The high court will have to
decide which man is entitled
to the job on the basis of a
"quo warranto" proceeding
expected to be field by Hat
field. The secretary of state, in
addition to membership on
the Board of Control, Land
Board and Banking Board,
heads a department with an
accounting, audits, elections,
buildings and grounds divi
sion including some 270 em
ployees and a budget of nearly
$3 million. I
Appling would fill Hat
field's unexpired term which
ends in January of 1961.
He made no indication
when asked if he would seek
quille and Myrtle Point was
closed by slides. The Coast
highway, 101, was open to
one-way only traffic near
Gardiner and was expected to
be closed this afternoon be
cause of high water in the
Coquille river south of Co
quille. Santiam Over Flood Stage
The Santiam river at Jeffer
son was over flood stage and
was expected to reach 17 feet
at 4 p.m. today. Flood stage
there is 13 feet. The Willam
ette river was five feet under
flood stage at Corvallis and
Albany with more rising con
ditions forecast.
There also was moderate
flooding in the Marys, Lower
Santiam, Lukiamute, Yamhill
and Tualatin riven.
Appoi
nts
of State
election in his own right.
Hatfield commented:
"I have withheld the name
of my successor until the
legal authority for making
the appointment might be
clearly established. It has
been my feeling that the issue
at hand should be resolved
without the introduction of
personalities."
Not Obligated
Hatfield said" Appling was
"neither dependent on nor ob
ligated to me in any manner,
He is now a constitutional of
ficer of the state of Oregon."
Appling commented:
I nave accepted the ap
pointment in the conviction
that if we, as individual citi
zens, have any right to com
plain or criticize the course
of affairs in our government,
we must be equally prepared
to assume the duties of citi
zenship when the occasion re
quires it.
"I did not ask for the job.
I did not seek it. But Gov.
Hatfield is a man of great
stature, and I shall do every
thing I can to cause him and
the people we serve to take
pride in the appointment."
Appling is a native of
Carthage, Tex., and earned an
engineering degree from Rice
Institute and did advance
work in industrial manage
ment at Texas A & M.
He served as a lieutenant
in World War II with the
Navy. He is married and the
father of four children.
Lakeview Man Held
Following Knifing
Elmer Ward, 49 -year -old
Lakeview man, is being held
in Jackson county jail on
charges of assault with a dan
gerous weapon following the
knifing of a 17-year-old Lake
view youth in Jacksonville
Saturday night, according to
Jacksonville Police Chief
Frank Carter.
Ward is charged with in
flicting an 8-inch gash on the
shoulder of Dorsey Lewis, 17,
Lakeview, about 9:40 p.m.
Saturday.
Lewis said he and two oth
er youtns were visiting in the
home of Ronald King on West
California st., Jacksonville,
when the knifing occurred. A
pocket knife was used to
make the wound, which re
quired over 30 stitches by a
local physician. Lewis said
he was not taken to a hospital.
Price 10 Cents
Tribune
No. 252
Ike, Mikoyan
Schedule Meeting
Next Saturday
Berlin Crisis
To Be Discussed
Washington - (UPD - Presi
dent Eisenhower will meet
with Deputy Soviet Premier
Anastas I. Mikoyan Saturday
to discuss the Berlin crisis
and other East-West tensions.
Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles, who conferred
with the Kremlin leader when
he first arrived for his cur
rent U.S. tour, also will sit in
on the conference.
Mikoyan, emerging from
his informal talks with Dul
les, told newsmen "there will
be peace."
In President's Office
His meeting with Eisen
hower will be held in the
President's White House of
fice. Press Secretary James
C. Hagerty said it is schedu
led to begin at 9 a.m. Satur
day, but that he had no idea
how long it would last be
cause the President has fixed
not time limit on the discus
sions. Mikoyan, now in Los An
geles at the tag end of his
cross-country goodwill tour.
had planned to return here
next Monday. But his return
visit apparently was moved
up by two days to permit him
to make a flying visit to
ilorida. He had expressed in
terest in visitine the "sun
shine" state before returning
to Moscow.
Hagerty said in announcing
Saturday's White House meet
ing that others besides the
President, Mikoyan and
Dulles undoubtedly would at
tend. He said such details
will be announced later.
This morning Eisenhower
conferred at length on what
the White House described as
"natural security matters"
and undoubtedly involving
America's role in the space
age.
Those meeting with the
chief executive included the
secretaries of state and de
fense, Dr. James R. Killian,
special science adviser to the
President, and Gordon Gray,
special consultant to the
President for national se
curity affairs.
Later he met with Killian
and Dr. George B. Kistiakow
sky of the Science Advisory
Council.
Circuit Court Jury
Seated to Hear Case
A circuit court jury was
selected and sworn in this
morning for the trial of Mari
on Ben Day and Hazel Pauline
Day, 417 King st., Medford,
charged with unlawfully ob
taining public assistance.
On Oct. 17, 1957, the Days
did, "unlawfully, wilfully, fe
loniously, knowlingly and fal
sely, represent to the state of
Oregon Public Welfare de
partment that they were
entitled to assistance from
said deportment . . . when in
truth, Marion Ben Day was
gainfully employed and re
ceiving income," the com
plaint declares.
At the time the charges
were brought, Day was pick
ing peaches in Hollywood or
chards owned by Bear Creek
Orchards, according to James
Pullman Jackson county pub
lic welfare administrator. The
charges were brought follow
ing a routine investigation,
Pullman said.
Moofov May Be
Netherlands Envoy
Moscow (UPD Diplomatic
circles reported today that
ousted Soviet Foreign Minis
ter V. M. Molotov may be ap
pointed ambassador to The
Netherlands.
'Gambling Isn't Being
Inaugural Address
Asks Cooperation
To Achieve Program
Salem -(DPD- Mark O. Hat
field, 36-year-old Republican
elected as the youngest gov
ernor in Oregon's history last
November, today called for
"achievement worthy of the
Oregon pioneer" in the state's
100th year,
In his inaugural address
prepared for delivery to the
50th state Legislature, con
trolled by Democrats in both
houses, Hatfield said he ex
pected Oregon's government
to become more manageable,
more efficient and more eco
nomical in ' the next four
years.
He asked for a cooperative
coalition of Republicans and
Democrats to put : over- - his
program.
Hatfield struck the economy
theme hard.
"If we are to choose new
services and expanded pro
grams, we must be prepared
to sacrifice. May we discover
ways to meet the problems of
progress with solvency," he
said.
He asked that the test of
the Oregon pioneer be applied
to new proposals as Oregon
enters its second century: "Is
this essential or merely de
sirable; and, if it is only de
sirable, can I afford it? If all
proposals which fail this test
are left beside the trail of the
second century, then we truly
will have rededicated our
selves to destiny - to a bounti
ful destiny for all."
Hatfield made a number of
proposals in specific areas of
government including his esti
mate of outgoing Gov. Robert
Planning Group
Sets Open Hearing
A public hearing to consid
er a set-back variance for
eight apartment units at 825
East Ninth st. is slated for to
night's Medford planning
commission meeting at city
hall.
New members Harold Snod
grass and Larry Schade Jr.,
are expected to attend, ac
cording to the Mayor's office.
But William Prentice, the
third member appointed by
Mayor John W. Snider early
this month, reportedly must
attend an Army Reserve meet
ing instead.
Four public . hearings on
zone changes about the city
are also slated for tonight,
along with a hearing on
amending the city's sign ordi
nance for subdivision tract
signs.
The session is scheduled to
begin at 7:30 p.m. One item
not appearing on the agenda
is the election of a new chair
man to succeed M. Thomas
Wray.
A recommen dation on
wrecking yards and action on
several proposed subdivisions
and two street dedications
will also be heard.
Two Persons Die .
In Gas Explosion
Detroit - (UPD - A gas ex
plosion demolished a tavern
in suburban Romulus town
ship today, killing two per
sons and leaving two others
injured.
Harry Garavaglia, 29, Lin
coln Park, a gas company re
pairman, and Mrs. Josephine
Smigal, 53, a widow who
helped run a bar in Romulus
township, were the victims.
Entirely Eliminated"
D. Holmes' 298.6 million dol
lar budget.
Taxes: "I recommend for
your attention revision of our
income tax to increase partici
pation in sharing the cost of
government . . . My further
recommendation is that in
vestments in Oregon jobs
should be encouraged by en
actment of a capital gains pro
vision and that the inequities
of the inventory tax should
be eliminated."
He said that he would have
some later recommendations
for expenditures and on the
state building program for
which the Holmes budget pro
vides only $2,500,000.
(Continued on page 11)
Dates Announced
For Student Day
Student Government Day
will be held this year Feb.
4 and 5, according to William
Ruck, chairman of youth ac
tivities committee . and in
charge of the event sponsored
each year by the Medford
Elks lodge.
The project is being held
earlier this year, it was re
ported, to avoid conflicts with
other school activities.
The students participating
in the Student Government
day will take the oath of of
fice from Medford Mayor
John W. Snider, for city pos
itions and County Clerk E.
M. Madden for county offices.
The annual dinner will be
held the evening of Feb. 4
at the Elks temple with Eric
W. Allen Jr., managing edi
tor of the Mail Tribune, prin
cipal speaker.
Thursday activities will in
clude briefings by city and
county officials. City Manag
er Robert Duff will explain
points of city government
while County Commissioner
Chester Wendt will explain
the county government sys
tem. Ruck reported that the pro
gram has been in effect for
10 years in the valley.
Shooting Victim
In Fair Condition
Ray Edward Reid, 34, of
1850 Barnett rd., was report
ed in fair condition at Rogue
Valley hospital today. Reid
was shot Dec. 18 at the 90
and 9 Tavern on South River
side ave.'
Reported to be "much im
proved" by officials at Sacred
Heart hospital was George W.
Childs, 61, of 16 Portland
ave., who was hit by a truck
Dec. 22 at the intersection of
East Main and Cottage sts.
His condition was reported as
good.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Partly cloudy to
night, becoming foggy in valley
early Tuesday morning and con
tinuing through noon. Partly
cloudy Tuesday afternoon. Low
tonight 35. High Tuesday 52.
TEMP.
Highest Yesterday 53
Lowest This Morning 43
Prec. to 1Q a.m. Today 57
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 5:00 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 7:39 a.m.
Moonset tonight 9:13 p.m.
First Quarter Jan. 16
PROMINENT STAR
Aldebaran, high in
south ;.. 9:18 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Venus, sets . 5:44 p.m.
Mars, high in south 7:51 p.m.
Jupiter, rises 3:53 a.m.
Saturn, rises 6:41 a.m.
Harmony Marks
House, Senate
Caucus at Salem
Duncan Unanimously
Elected as Speaker
Salem-fUPD-Both Democrats
and Republicans met here on
Sunday in House and Senate
caucuses on the eve of the
opening of the 50th Oregon
Legislature to elect their
chief officers.
In complete harmony, mem
bers of the Senate elected
Walter J. Pearson, Portland,
president.
They also elected desk and
other senate officers. All elec
tions were by unanimous vote.
Salem Committee assign
' ments for Jackson and Jose
phine county members of
the legislature were an
nounced today.
The appointments were
made by Sen. Waller Pear
son, president of the state
senate, and Rep. Robert
Duncan, speaker of the
house of representatives.
The appointments are these:
Jackson county:
Sen. Edwin Durno-Public
health (vice - chairman),
ways and means, alcoholic
traffic, resolutions.
Rep. Eve Nye - Agricul
ture, education, local gov
ernment. Josephine county:
Sen. C. D. Cameron
Alcoholic traffic, commerce
and utilities (vice-chairman),
natural resources, public
welfare and institutions.
Rep. F. I. Bristol - Edu
cation, forestry, taxation.
Robert Duncan, Medford,
was unanimously elected as
speaker of the house.
Rule Changes Made
Several changes were made
in Senate rules, most note
worthy being creation of a
permanent president pro-tem
of the senate. State Senator
Harry Boivin, Klamath Falls,
who presided over the Senate
caucus, was elected to this
office.
State Sen. Jean Lewis, Port
land, chairman of the rules
and resolutions committee,
stated that heretofore a tem
porary presiding officer had
been designated by the presi
dent of the senate, but it was
felt that in the event the presi
dent of the Senate succeeds
to the governorship, there
should be someone to func
tion during the remainder of
the biennium.
The president pro-tem
would serve on all committees
to which he is entitled but
would not be in line for suc
cession to the governorship.
Carl Cover, Salem, who for
a number of past sessions has
been chief clerk of the Joint
Ways and Means Committee,
was elected chief clerk of the
Senate.
Others Listed
Ruth Renfroe was named
chief clerk of the house.
Only debate in the House
centered on a new committee
on planning and development.
It was approved.
Other Senate officers chos
en included Tyrla Zinn, assist
ant chief clerk; Jane Watkins,
calendar clerk; Meda Cole,
journal clerk; Rex Adolph,
reading clerk; Vern Drager,
sergeant at arms, and Rich
ard Moffett, chief door keep
er. Other House officers were
Elaine Steele, assistant chief
clerk; Francis Robertson,
journal clerk; Barbara Hanne
man, calendar clerk; Dr.
Frank Roberts, reading clerk
and Pat McCarthy, sergeant
at arms.
Morgan Slashes
Phone Rate Bid
Salem -(UPD- Resigned Pub
lic Utility Commissioner How
ard Morgan today slashed $4
million from the rate increase
application . of Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph comp
any.
It was one of his last offic
ial acts prior to leaving his
office at noon.
Instead of the company's re
quested rate increase of $4,
858,000 annually applicable to
all classes of telephone service
in the state. Morgan granted
8759,097 applicable only to
certain special services and
equipment charges and to bus
iness telephones in those cities
where toll free service has
been provided in recent years.
The company was forbidden
to increase the rates of any
residential telephone service
in the state and to increase
any long-distance toll charges
within the state.
MARK HATFIELD
Makes Inaugural Address
ROBERT DUNCAN
Elected Speaker
County Positions
Remain Unfilled
Several appointments to
county governmental bodies
have yet to be made, County
Judge Earl Miller said today
Miller said the county court
is having difficulty in finding
the right people for the posi
tions who have the time to
give.
Five appointments, includ
ing three on the planning
commission and two on the
budget committee, have yet
to be made.
John Niedermeyer, Jack
sonville; Lloyd Selby, Ash
land; and Stuart McQueen,
Medford, have all indicated
they do not wish to be reap
pointed to the county plan
ning commission, County
Commissioner Ralph James
said today. The terms of all
three have expired.
Homer Jeffries, Central
Point farmer, was appointed
Thursday to a two-year term
on the country dog control
board. He replaces Warren
Bayliss, Crater Lake high
way, who asked not to be re
appointed. Henry Owens, Antelope,
and Winn Arnold, Medford,
were reappointed to two year
terms.
Tom Wray and Curtis
Barnes, both of Medford, have
ended terms on the budget
committee.
Officers Elected for
Irrigation District
Eagle Point - Clarence J.
Greb was elected president of
the Eagle Point Irrigation dis
trict at a meeting of the mem
bers of the board last week.
Elbert Bigham was elected
vice president. .The board
also voted to retain Ted Flury
as secretary-manager for the
district.
At the annual meeting held
at the irrigation district of
fice Thelma Short was re
tained as bookkeeper for the
district and Frank Farrell as
attorney.
Mikoyan in Hollywood
To Tour Picture Studio
Los Angeles - (UPD Soviet
Deputy Premier Anastas I.
Mikoyan interrupted his tour
today to visit a move studio
after stating he thought co
production of films between
Russia and the U.S. would
help create good will.
Informal Talk
The Russian official had a
shave and mustache trim by
Ambassador Hotel barber Bill
Smith before he was whisked
to the UCLA campus for an
informal talk with professors
and students.
Next on the busy schedule
was a private noon luncheon
at the World Affairs Council.
It was closed to the press.
Chief Justice
McAllister Gives
Oath in House
Joint Session
Attends Rites
Salem -(UPD -Mark O. Hat
field was to be sworn in short
ly after 2 p.m. today as Ore
gon's youngest governor.
The 36-year-old Hatfield,
whose rise in politics has been
meteoric, was to take the oath
of office from Chief Justice
William McAllister of the
Oregon Supreme Court amid
pomp and pageantry in the
House chamber.
Before Joint Session
His inauguration was to
take place before a joint ses
sion of the Legislature which
convened at 10 a.m. for its
50th biennial session.
The actual ceremony was
not to begin until the new
speaker of the House, Robert
Duncan, Medford, read the of
ficial canvass of the votes
from the November elections.
This was the point at which
some observers speculated for
a time that the Democratic
controlled Legislature might
balk and refuse to inaugurate
Hatfield.
But these rumors were
spiked by retiring Democratic
Gov. Robert D. Holmes who
promised not to interfere and
also by Duncan and Senate
President Walter J. Pearson
who promised to go through
with their parts in the cere
mony. Court Battle Seen
Hatfield's inauguration will
set off a court battle as to
who will be the new Secre
tary of State, succeeding the
new governor.
Holmes appointed Dave
O'Hara, 71, former state elec
tions chief and a Republican,
as his choice, clearing the way
for Hatfield to announce his
man and get a test before the
Oregon Supreme Court.
Hatfield's choice is Howell
Appling Jr., 39, Portland.
The high court was expect
ed to act promptly on the
"quo warranto" proceeding to
test O'Hara's right to office.
In appointing O'Hara,
Holmes was following advice
of Attorney General Robert
Y. Thornton who contended
that Hatfield must resign un
conditionally before he can
assume the office of Gov
ernor. Hatfield's resignation sub
mitted earlier to Holmes only
became effective as he as
sumed the office of governor.
The Legislature went into
session at 10 a.m. to reveal
appointments to House and
Senate committees.
Major officers of House and
Senate were ratified at cau
cuses Sunday.
Family Attends Ceremony
Present for the inaugura
tion with Hatfield were his
wife of six months and his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
D. Hatfield.
The invocation was to be
given b the Rev. Arlin Halvor
sen, pastor of the First Baptist
church here. Music was to be
provided by the Eugene Glee
men and the Oregon National
Guard band.
The Rev. Paul Poling,
pastor of the First Presby
terian church of Salem, was
to give the benediction.
A public reception was
scheduled after the inaugura
tion and continuing from 7 to
9 p.m. in the executive suite.
DOW -JONES AVERAGES
New York-(lPD-Dow-Jones
final .stock averages: 30 in
dustrials 592.64, off 0.08; 20
railroads 163.67, up 0.09;
15 utilities 91.22, up 0.1 5,
and 65 stocks 206.33, up
0.06. Sales today were
about 4,320.000 shares com
pared with 4,760,000 shares
Friday.
Council Director Walter
Coombs said Mikoyan had
asked that the luncheon be
fore a group of some 50 direc
tors of the organization, in
eluding businessmen and
school presidents, be "off the
record."
Mikoyan was to be the
guest of producer Cecil B. De
Mille at Paramount Studios
after the luncheon.
Sees Good Will
The deputy premier said he
was not an authority on
movies but he believed one
good film coproduced by
American and Soviet com
panies "might lead to increas
ed results of good wilL"