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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 1959
No. 263
53rd Year
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"Well, At This Price We Had to Sacrifice
Something"
Mikoyan Calls for
East-West- Meeting
To Check
Moscow-flJPB-Soviet Deputy
Premier Anastas I. Mikoyan,
reporting that he found the
American people ripe for a
cold war settlement, Saturday
called again for East-West
talks to head off a Berlin im
passe May 30.
The Armenian-born Russian
trade chief repeated previous
Soviet statements that the
Kremlin might suspend its
May 30 deadline for turning
over Its occupation powers in
Berlin to the East Germans
provided the United States,
Britain and France agreed to
Two More Die in
Tank Car Explosion
Monroe, La.-flJPD-Two more
victims died Saturday in the
aftermath of a fire and ex
plosion that ripped apart a
derailed railroad tank car, in
juring more than 50 person.
Five have died.
The latest victims, both
railroad men, succumbed in a
hospital. Three died at the
scene of the fiery blast last
night.
Of the injured, 17 were list
ed in critical condition.
C. O. Prestage, 47-year-old
wrecking crew foreman , of
Monroe, and trainmaster Char
les R. Barnes, 35, of Little
Rock, Ark-, died Saturday.
Two victims were burned be
yond recognition.
The car was among 33 that
jumped the tracks midnight
Thursday when a journal on a
139 - car Missouri Pacific
freight train burned out.
Two Sentenced for ,
Portland Robbery
Portland, Ore.-flJPD - Two
Portland men who robbed the
Canteen Co. of Oregon of $14,
000 in December have re
ceived maximum sentencing
by Circuit Judge Charles W.
Redding.
Floyd Melvin Libby, 24,
and Arthur Lavalley, 26, re
ceived five years each in the
Oregon prison for their part
in the robbery-
About $10,000 of the origin
al amount has been recovered.
Medford Man Reunited With Mother;
Each Thought the Other
The heart-warming story of
how a Medford businessman
spent part of the Christmas
holidays with his mother a
mother he had presumed dead
for the last 38 years was
told last week by William E.
Frake, 22 Richmond ave.
Frake returned home after
a trip east and related de
tails of the almost unbelieva
ble story.
Searched Records
The Medford man went
east before Christmas to visit
his son, Bill, sophomore at
Harvard university, and de
cided to search the records in
Massachusetts and Connecti
cut in an effort to find dates
concerning his mother's death.
A separation in the family
when Frake was still a small
boy had resulted in father
and son going to California to
live, while the mother return
ed east. At the age of 12 he
had been told that his mother
had died-
Frake'i search resulted in I
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Impasse
negotiate the Berlin question
before that time.
"The main thing is not the
deadline but to have talks,"
he said.
Tour Discussed
He discussed his 17-day,
coast-to-coast American tour
at a news conference in which
he touched on a wide range
of topics. He said he found
anti-Russian "prejudice" in
the United States but also an
increasing American convic
tion - not shared by Washing
ton - that the time had come
to end the cold war.
The mustached Mikoyan
said he was impressed by the
"cordial" reception accorded
him by President Eisenhower
and other officials as well as
by such capitalists as Henry
Ford and ordinary American
citizens.
He said any top American
leaders who wanted to visit
Russia would receive an
equally warm welcome. But
he did not say whether any
planned to come.
His "general impression" of
America, he said, was this:
"There is a growing convic
tion that despite the evidence
of the cold war and the ex
istence of many prejudices in
the U.S.A. against the
U.S.S.R. and its attitude, the
atmosphere generally is now
favorable for steps toward
peace."
Interest Said Shown
He pointed out that in his
meetings with American "cap
italists" the businessmen had
shown great interest in pros
pects of closer economic ties
with Russia.
They "frankly stated that
we must normalize our rela
tions," said the Communist
leader who dined on Wall
street.
He reported that his meet
ing with American labor lead
ers, unlike those with busi
nessmen, was "sharp to the
end."
He and Walter Reuther
tangled verbally over Berlin
and Hungary, he said.
"Reuther thought he crush
ed me, but I gave him back
plenty," Mikoyan said through
his interpreter, Oleg Troyan
ovsky. his finding Henry Frake,
Springfield, Mass., a cousin
of his late father, and an aunt,
Mrs. Sarah Frake, in Three
Rivers, near Springfield. The
latter informed the visitor
from Medford that his mother,
now Mrs. Mary Chandler, was
living in Woonsocket, R.I.
Touch of Unreality
The reunion, which had a
touch of unreality for both
mother and son, took place
at her home Dec. 21. Mrs.
Chandler had been told by her
husband's relatives that her
son had been drowned when
he was 12, and for some time
could not believe that her un
expected caller was indeed
the William Frake she had
believed dead for 38 years.
By means of names, dates
and old pictures, the two were
convinced that they were in
deed mother and son. Mrs.
Chandler learned that she not
only had a living son, but a
daughter - in - law and two
grandson, Bill Frake at Harv
State Centennial
Budget Remarks
By Hatfield Due
Salem -UPD- A joint state
ment regarding the budget of
the Oregon Centennial com
mission will be issued by Gov.
Mark Hatfield and chairman
of the Joint Ways and Means
committee next Tuesday.
Neither the governor nor
the co-chairmen had any com
ment to make on the amount
of the budget Saturday!
Budget Suggested
A commission budget of
about $1,790,000 was suggest
ed to a sub-committee of the
joint Ways and Means com
mittee by Sen. Ward Cook
(D-Portland) Friday.
Cook said he felt certain
that directors of the Centen
nial could make up the dif
ference between this sum and
the $2,046,314 that the Cen
tennial asked the state to ap
propriate. '
At a meeting of the sub-committee
Monday at 3 p.m., fin
al recommendations on the
Centennial budget and the
amount of its appropriation
from the state will be resolv
ed.; -
The full committee will
probably consider the budget
Tuesday morning.
Regardless of what the fin
al state appropriation is,
members of the sub-committee
are determined that both
budgeted and unbudgeted ex
penditures be under strict
state budgetary control.
Meanwhile, discontinuance
of the State Tuberculosis hos
pital here was called for in
a bill introduced in the
House.
The state would be author
ized to enter into a compact
with other states for return of
juvenile delinquents and run
aways, under, terms, of a bill
introduced in the House
A resolution calling for a
full investigation of the con
stitutionality of the state esta
blishing school standards was
introduced in the Senate. A
similar resolution was intro
duced in the House.
Proposed changes in admin
istrative expenditures by the
State Tax commisison that
would result in savings as
high as $500,000 were sug
gested by Sen. Alfred Cor
bett, Portland, and Rep.
Keith Skelton, Eugene, co
chairmen of the joint Ways
and Means committee.
In a letter to the commis
sion, the Democratic co-chairmen
asked the tax commission
to prepare a revised budget
reducing administrative costs
Klamath Student
Wounded by Pistol
Klamath Falls-ZUPD - A 15-year-old
high school student
here was wounded in the hand
Friday when a .25 caliber
pistol he had bought accident
ally discharged.
Robert Green told authori
ties he had paid $15 for the
pistol and took it to school
He hid it in a book in class
and it discharged, wounding
him in the left hand and
grazing a girl, sitting nearby,
in the leg.
Juvenile authorities said the
gun had been stolen by anoth
er youngster from a sporting
goods store.
Long Dead
ard, and Jim, sophomore in
Medford High school-
Frake and his older son
spent Christmas day in Maine
with Mr. and Mrs. Leslie J.
Gould, uncle and aunt of Mrs.
Frake and then together visit
ed in Boston; Hartford, where
the elder Frake was born; in
Washington, D.C., New York
City and Philadelphia. They
spent ; some time with Mr.
and Mrs. Richard J. Porter in
New London, Conn., another
uncle and aunt of Mrs. Frake
Saw Ex-Local Man
In Washington, D.C., they
saw Walter Carson, formerly
with United Airlines here and
now ground operations man
ager for the airline in the
capital.
When Frake's son returned
to school after the holiday
tour, the Medford man spent
several days with his newly
found mother and her hus
band in Woonsocket before
returning to Medford.
and to be prepared to discuss
such a budget with a sub-committee
this week.
Among the changes suggest
ed were:
Retroactive elimination of
100 per cent audit of all tax
returns.
Provision for elimination of
refunds if amounts involved
are less than $5.
Simplified income tax form
for taxpayers with earnings
entirely subject to withhold
ing. Reduced number of refunds
under the adjusted withhold
ing tax.
Distribution of refunds ov
er a longer period to adjust
work loads.
One per cent gross income
tax collections on temporary
agriculture workers in place
of net withholding.
Elimination of installment
payments of income tax.
Bear, Antelope
Irrigation Bids
To Be Refused
Future applications for ir
rigation water from Bear and
Antelope creeks and their
tributaries will not be ac
cepted, Lewis A. Stanley,
state engineer, has announced.
Stanley issued the order to
reject further applications for
irrigation rights Thursday.
The order followed a request
from the state water resourc
es board here last week that
future requests for irrigation
rights be rejected.
The only requests which
will be accepted, he said, are
those which seek construction
of reservoirs and the storage
of water from Nov. 1 to
March 30 and appropriation
of the stored water.
Stanley said "information
submitted by water users and
stream flow records kept by
the state engineer indicate
that there is not sufficient wa
ter in Bear creek and Ante
lope creek during the major
part of the irrigation season
to satisfy existing rights."
Principa tributaries of
Bear creek are Walker, Emi
grant and Neil creeks.
"Irrigation," Stanley said,
"is the principal beneficial
use of water being made from
these streams with rights to
the use of water being held
by the Talent Irrigation dis
trict, Medford Irrigation dis
trict, Rogue River Valley Ir
rigation district, and numer
ous individual users. Rights
for use of the water for do
mestic, municipal, manufac
turing and other purposes "ex
ist in a lesser degree."
Two Drown as Car
Dives Into Siuslaw
Florence -UPD A man and
his wife drowned in the Sius
law river about nine miles
east of here Friday when
their pickup truck went out of
control while trying to pass
another car.
Drowned were William
Howard Mosby, 61, and his
63-year-old wife Martha Lucy,
of Eugene.
According to a witness Mos
by was attempting to pass an
other car and when he saw
that he didn't have room
swung back and lost control
of the truck. It went over a
bank and into about 25 feet
of water.
Salem (DPD A bill which
would add two temporary jus
tices to the Oregon Supreme
Court early in February has
been approved by the Senate
Judiciary Committee.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Cloudy with inter
mittent rain this morning be
coming partly cloudy this after
noon, variable cloudiness with a
few fog patches tonight and
early Monday. Cloudy with rain
Monday. High today 52, low to
night 35. High Monday near 50.
Highest Saturday 56
Lowest Saturday 41
To 10 p.m. Saturday
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Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today
5:15 p.m.
.7:32 a.m.
6:46 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .
Moonrise tonight .
Last Quarter
Jan. 31
DEN'EB, brightest star of Cyg
nus, is sinking in the northwest
at moonset. 1600 - light yean
away, Deneb is the most distant
of the brighter (tan.
IMlevs
Briefs...
Madras-(UPD-Judge Ralph S.
Hamilton, circuit judge of the
18th judicial district compris
ing Deschutes, Crook and Jaf
ferson counties, announced
Saturday that he was retiring
and would file notice of his
intention with the secretary
of state in Salem this week.
His retirement would be effec
tive Feb. 1.
Speculation was that State
Sen- Boyd Overhulse (D-Mad-ras),
president of the Oregon
Senate in the 1957 session,
would be high on the list of
lawyers recommended as
Hamilton's successor.
Waldport-UPD-A cable su
spension bridge over the Alsea
river about 12 miles north of
here collapsed and fell some
30 feet into the river Thurs
day night. Cause of the bridge
collapse was not immediately
known.
Salem-tOPD - Charles Mack,
Klamath county judge, has
been appointed to the state
tax commission by Gov. Mark
Hatfield. Mack replaces S. W.
(John) Horn, who resigned.
Mack, 50, will take over his
duties next month.
Washington-(UPD-A drive to
confer statehood on Hawaii
gets under way in Congress
Monday with its backers high
ly confident of success.
Washington-fllPD - President
Eisenhower's proposal to raise
the interest rate on GI housing
loans will face a quick, and
probably fatal test this week
in the house veterans affairs
committee.
Salem, Ore. (UPD Peter
Gunnar, 34-year-old Salem at
torney, has been elected chair
man of the Republican State
Central committee, succeed
ing James F. Short, who re
signed 10 days ago. .
"'"Washington -lUPD-'The Unit
ed States said Saturday that
Russia is hamstringing agree
ment on a nuclear test ban
by demanding veto power ov
er the proposed inspection
system.
Mexico City -(UPD- President
Adolfo Lopez Mateos' decision
to break off diplomatic rela
tions with Guatemala appear
ed Saturday to have the al
most unanimous backing of
press and public opinion.
Castro Ejects
Reds From Labor
Havana -(UPD- Fidel Castro
has thrown out the Commu
nists who infiltrated the Cu
ban Labor Union leadership
in the hectic first days of the
Rebel victory, it has been dis
closed. The Rebel chieftain forced
a reorganization of the Cuban
National Labor Front and
Workers Confederation before
he departed on a week end
trip to Caracas, Venezuela.
Five Reds were" reported
forced out of the labor leader
ship. At the same time, the pro
visional government t o o k
steps to tbne down the spec
tacle of the Havana "war
crimes" trials. Sources pre
dicted that no more trials
would be held in the big sports
stadium where Batista Army
Maj. Jesus Sosa Blanco was
condemned , after a 12-hour
and 19-minute trial witnessed
by 30,000 jeering spectators.
Nixon Favored
By Republicans
Des Moines, Iowa (UPD -Soundings
among Republican
organization leaders indicate
that Vice President Richard
M. Nixon is still a heavy fav
orite for the 1960 presidential
nomination. '
Many of them admit an in
terest or curiosity about Gov.
Nelson A. Rockefeller, who
won a spectacular victory in
New York last November by
bucking the national Demo
cratic trend. But none of them
appears to be in a hurry to
start a Rockefeller-for-presi-dent
bandwagon rolling.
These inferences could be
drawn from talks this week
with members of the Republi
can national committee, which
also includes most of the GOP
state chairmen. The commit
tee met here to begin plan
ning for the 1960 campaign.
Drastic
Battered by Surging
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SURREYS READIED - Visitors in Jackson
ville will soon have the opportunity to take
a real old-fashioned "buggy ride" when
partners Lee Garland and Dave Taylor
finish renovation of two surreys to use in
their guided tour service of the historic
town. The men have acquired the franchise
to operate the horse-drawn vehicles in con
nection with Oregon's centennial celebra
Senior High
Rooms Damaged
By Saturday Fire
Fire early Saturday morn
ing damaged the boiler and
laundry rooms at Medford
High school.
Heat damage was consid
erable in the south boiler
room, firemen said, and dam
age in the laundry room was
extensive. Elliott Becken, as
sistant superintendent of Med
ford schools, said most of the
laundry equipment was dam
aged. Becken said school will
continue as usual with the
use of an auxiliary boiler.
The damaged equipment will
be replaced or repaired as
quickly as possible, he said.
The fire, discovered by Ray
Harder, janitor, about 6:48
a.m. Saturday, apparent
ly started in the flue, firemen
said. The blaze was contained
in the two rooms, which are
enclosed in concrete.
Fire Marshal Truman Nel
son inspected the scene Sat
urday morning.
The boiler room was used
for the first time this year,
Nelson said. Previously, the
outer chamber of the protec
tive brick enclosing the metal
flue had been used as a lint
trap from the adjoining laun
dry room.
When the boiler room was
put in operation this year,
the lint trap was disconnect
ed, but the outer chamber
encircling the metal flue
could not be cleaned out.
Nelson said when the inside
metal flue become hot, it
ignited lint within the outer
chamber. From there the fire
ignited material inside the
boiler room, he said, prob
ably from direct contact
against wooden shelves on the
outside of the outer chamber,
or by contact with something
at the clean-out door at the
bottom.
Varsity wrestling togs were
burned in the fire. .
Cooperation in
Death Probe Asked
Portland -(UPD-Mayor Ter
ry Schrunk of Portland Fri
day expressed his desire for
the Portland police to co-operate
fully with county and fed
eral authorities investigating
the death of Fred Moe, killed
Thursday night in an automo
bile accident.
Moe was suspected of being
involved in a huge narcotic
smuggling ring believed
working out of Red China.
In a letter to Police Chief
William Hilbruner, the mayor
said, "there is always the pos
sibility that this could have
been vicious murder."
Moew as killed when his
car crashed into a concrete
abutment on the Banfield expressway.
Action -
tion. The tours will be operated on week
ends, beginning early in February, Garland
said. Above, Garland shines up the leather
upholstry on one of the surreys while
Taylor tries out the driver's seat. The sur
reys will be equipped with a fringed top to
allow all-weather operation. A stage coach
run will also be operated by the men later
this spring.
Man Killed; Child,
Policeman Injured
In Shooting Fray
Aberdeen, Wash.-(UPD-One
man was killed and two other
persons a state patrolman
and a five-year-old son of the
dead man were wounded in
a gun battle north of here on
the Washington coast Friday.
The dead man was identi
fied as John Craig, 25, an oil
worker from Houston, Tex.
Officer Howard Chapman
was shot in the left shoulder,
but was released from the
Aberdeen hospital after the
bullet was removed. The boy
was treated for vounds from
bullet fragments in the
shoulder.
Girl Not Injured
A girl, about four years old
and believed to have been
Craig's daughter, was not in
jured. !
Craig, who was renting a
cabin at a motel, asked Wil
liam Redfield, the landlord, to
look at some faulty plumbing
and when Redfield's back was
turned, Craig struck him.
Craig then loaded the chil
dren into a jeep and fled-
Redfield's wife telephoned
police and Chapman was sent
to investigate. He was tak
ing Redfield to Ocean City
for treatment when he noted
Craig's car parked in a gravel
pit.
Took Revolver
The officer stopped the po
lice car, armed himself with
a shotgun and sneaked around
behind Craig. He took a re-
Sports Bulletins
Medford. Southern Ore
gon conference pace-setter,
rampaged 78 to 50 over the
Crater high basketball learn
here last night. Period leads
for the Tornado were 22
to 4, 37 to 21 and 62 lo 31.
Jerry Anderson had 26
points and Lowell Dean 21
for Medford and Wayne Al
len 20 for Crater.
Grants Pass Grants
Pass Cavemen defeated
Ashland high school 55 lo
28 in a basketball game
here last night. The Cave
men enjoyed leads of 7 lo
at the quarter, 23 to 8 at
the halfway mark and 32
to 16 at the third quarter.
Portland Substitute
Stan Weber scored 10 points
in a double overtime af
fair to lead Portland Slate
lo a 75 lo 67 victory over
Southern Oregon college
for their second win in as
many nighls. Portland Slate
has undisputed possession of
first place ' in the Oregon
collegiate conference.
Washington 79. Oregon 60
Phoenix 48. Rogue River
35
Taken inn Areas
volver from Craig but per
mitted the man to get back
into the jeep when Craig said
he wanted to get some per
sonal belongings before go
ing to the police car.
Craig suddenly came up
with a derringer pistol and
shot Chapman in the should
er. The officer using the gun
he had taken from Craig, shot
back and hit Craig in the arm.
Craig fired again and hit his
son but then was killed when
Chapman shot him in the
head.
Pear Growers
To Hear Talks
A talk by Donald Langmo,
assistant industrial engineer,
Oregon State college, on bulk
handling of pears is expected
to be one of the featured
talks at the annual pear
growers meeting in the court
house auditorium Monday.
Langmo will report on bulk
handling experiments con
ducted in local orchards and
in , Washington and Hood
River areas.
Another important talk will
be that of C. B. Cordy, coun
ty horticultural agent. He will
talk on influence of root
stocks on tree size, yield and
decline.
Other talks will include re
ports on local research. These
include pear nutrition, O. C.
Compton, associate horticul
turist, Oregon State college;
time of picking red Bartletts
as related to quality, Elmer
Hansen, OSC horticulturist;
fungicides and fruit russet,
Norman Dobie, OSC plant
pathologist; pear pest control,
L. G. Gentner, Southern Ore
gon Branch Experiment sta
tion entomologist; and spray
program, Don Berry, county
horticulture agent. '
Porter Says
By Fidel Castro 'Just'
W ashingto n-(UPD-Rep.
Charles O. Porter (D-Ore.),
just, back from Cuba, says
the more than 200 persons ex
ecuted by the rebel govern
ment "deserved to die."
'Half-Cocked' Protests
Porter, a frequent critic of
Latin American dictators,
said the storm of protest in
this country against the kill
ings was "half-cocked-even
though well-intentioned."
"All evidence was that the
trials were just and had been
done properly," Porter said.
He said that those executed
were convicted of "torturing
and murdering defenseless
people."
Streams
Cordon of Guards
Seal Off Area
Of-Fremonl, Ohio
Receding Water
Threatens Cave-ins
By United Press International
Mid-winter floods battered
several Ohio .and Pennsylva
nia towns Saturday night, and
officials took drastic action
to protect homes and prop
erty from water destruction
and looters.
A "cordon of guards" seal
ed off a flood-ravaged area
of downtown Fremont, Ohio,
where the ice-filled Sandusky
river rolled over its banks
and reached a crest of 17 feet.
At MeadviUe, Pa., dynamite
was delivered by helicopter
to authorities who hoped to
relieve pressure pn the wat-ter-soaked
community by
blasting an ice jam on French
creek.
Street Cave-ins Feared
Some maverick streams and
rivers were receding. But at
Chillicothe, Ohio, a third of
the city was inundated and
still closed by the floodwa
ters of the Scioto river. A
danger of street cave-ins post
ed a new threat as water
drained out of the area.
At Lafayette, Ind., a bridge
over the Wabash river was
threatened by ice jams, and
authorities prepared to evac
uate patients from a sanitar
ium if the river continued to
rise.
Still other towns faced ad
ditional dangers from the
rampaging streams in Ofiio
and Pennsylvania, where
floodwaters forced at least
25,000 persons from their
h o m es and caused damage
well above $100 million. Red
Cross headquarters in Wash
ington said preliminary re
ports indicated at least 3,500
homes were destroyed or
damaged by floods from In
diana to New York.
Al Least 115 Dead
The floods, plus the giant
snowstorm which battered
the nation during the past
week, exacted a high price in
human life. A United Press
International count showed at
least 115 deaths attributed to
floods, traffic, exhaustion, ex
posure and tornadoes.
Meanwhile, a warming
trend mushroomed across the
plains into the midwest,
breaking a bone-chilling cold
wave that followed on the
heels of the snowstorm, the
worst of the winter. Warmer
temperatures were expected
to push into New England
today.
Federal and state agencies
speeded relief to the Ohio
Pennsylvania flood areas af
ter President Eisenhower au
thorized federal aid Friday.
In the keystone state, Gov.
David L. Lawrence called a
meeting of cabinet officers
for tonight to discuss pos
sible emergency legislation to
help the flood areas.
Four Youths Confess
To Robbery of Grave
Paso Robles, Calif.-JUPD-Four
youths, one an AWOL
soldier from Ft. Ord, confes
sed Saturday they robbed a
grave and planted the skull
on a fence post "just for
kicks," sheriffs deputies said.
"We just did it for kick,"
one of them said. "There's
nothing to do in this town
and we thought we'd have a
little fun."
Executions
Several lawmakers who
have been critical of the rebel
trials and executions declined
rebel leader Fidel Castro's in
vitation to come to Cuba to
see for themselves how Cu
ban justice operates. Porter,
who spent two days in Cuba,
said his investigation uncov
ered no proof of any "drum
head courts martial or blood
baths." But the congressman said
he recommended to Castro
that the rebel leader stop the
"spectacle" of trials in the
Havana Sports Palace where
thousands watched the pro
ceedings. Castro followed this
advice.