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off fam Plan iiraclt-Papi.c I Mr "- XJSS PORKY CAPTURED William Herring, Southern Oregon Humane Society officer, is shown above with the large porcupine that he "apprehended" in the back yard of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Fehl, 504 South Oakdale ave., Wednesday of this week. The inimal apparently had been living in the vicinity Cuba Suddenly Delays Trials For 12 Hours Havana-flJPD- The provision al government suddenly post poned its "war crimes" trials for 12 hours today without giving an explanation. The trials were scheduled to resume at 8 ajn. but two hours later, when they still had not started, Army Judge Advocate Humberto Sori Ma rin announced they had been put off until tonight. Two Sites He said they would begin simultaneously at Camp Col umbia and Cabana Fortress in an attempt to speed up pro ceedings. - Lt. Col. Richardo I.. Grao, Cuba's "war criminal No. 3" was slated to be next on trial. While there was no imme diate indication how long Grao's trial will take, tribun als sitting simultaneously at Camp Columbia and Cabana Prison are expected to deal with lesser offenders at a rate of seven a day. Castro To Launch Program The trials of Majors Jesus Sosa Blanco and Pedro More jon Valdes, the only other war criminals tried in Havana so far, lasted for upwards of 10 hours while witnesses by the dozen came forward to testify against the defendants. Meanwhile, Fidel Castro was preparing to return to his stronghold in the .mountains of Oriente, where he will launch his promised land re form program Monday by par celling out farms to landless hill dwellers. Fourth Polio Shot Is Recommended Portland-tIPD-A fourth shot of Salk polio vaccine for some persons was recommended to day by the State Board of Health. The Board said that three shots of the vaccine are enough for most but that fourth shots should be ob tained by persons whose phy sicians think they are "special polio risks." x Disease control specialists at the Board reached the con clusion after an exchange of telegrams and letters with the office of Dr. Jonas Salk, who developed the vaccine, and the office of the U.S. Surgeon General. Salem - (UPD - Frederic W. (Jerry) Farra, 56, assistant de partmental head of the State Highway Permit division, died Thursday of a heart attack. Rainier-Appointed Group Runs Affairs in Monaco Monte Carlo, Monaco -(UPB-A publicity-shy, five-man di rectorate appointed by Prince Rainier III took office today to run things until Monaco's little political crisis blows over. Newsmen Avoided All five members of the di rectorate went out of their way to avoid newsmen and photographers. Amedee Bor ghini, director of social affairs who is taking over as mayor, yelled "no. no" and hid his face with a newspaper. Rainier's America n-uni-formed cops hustled the pho tographers away and the di since Thanksgiving, Mrs. Fehl said, but since he only came out at night he was sel dom seen. Mr. Porcupine had made his nest under a shed and was living the life of Riley by feasting off Mrs. Fehl's shrub bery. The Ashland zoo now has custody of the animal. ' About 95 Students To Take Part in SGD About 95 students from Jackson county high schools are scheduled to participate in the 11th annual Student Government day in Medford Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 4 and 5, according to Bill Ruck, Medford High school teacher and chairman of arrangements for the Med ford Elks lodge. This year the program is being held a little' earlier to avoid conflicts with other Consolidation Decision Waited Medford school district ex pects to reach a formal deci sion by Feb. 10 on proposed consolidation of neighboring school districts with Medford, Dr. Leonard B. Mayfield, sup erintendent, said today. The statement followed a joint meeting last night by the Medford school board with delegates from Jacksonville, Howard and Lone Pine school districts. About 30 school of ficials and interested persons attended the meeting at Hed rick Junior High school. Although no decision was reached, the meeting was held primarily to exchange infor mation on consolidation possi bilities, Dr. Mayfield ex plained. The group did decide, however, to conduct further studies on establishing pos sible deadlines for certain legal procedures involved in moving toward consolidation. Lone Pine and Jacksonville school districts plan further district meetings on consolida tion, it was reported. Howard district has already started study of the legal aspects of consolidation proceedings, it was reported. Monday a similar joint meeting is planned with Grif fin Creek, Ruch and Apple gate districts. Jonel Hill Takes Oath as PUC Head Salem (UPD Jonel C. Hill. newly appointed public util ity commissioner, was sworn in to his new duties in a cere mony in Gov. Mark Hatfield's office here today. Salem -UPD- The State De partment of Motor Vehicles said today that total number of traffic accidents in the state dropped about nine per cent last year. Figures, still tentative, showed 56,000 ac cidents, 16,052 injuries and 446 deaths. rectorate began work in con ditions of great secrecy. The incident was the only one of note as the crisis en tered its second day. Councils Fired The five men will direct government affairs until mat ters between the palace and the legislators can be resolved. Rainier fired the National and Municipal councils Thursday on grounds they had been working to -undermine his su preme authority. It was Rainier's first real crisis during his three-year reign with Grace Kelley of Philadelphia as his princess. school activities, Ruck said. The two-day event starts with registration at the Elks temple from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4. " Oaths of office for both Medford city and Jackson county positions will be ad ministered Wednesday after noon by Medford Mayor John Snider for city students and County Clerk E. M. Madden for county students. Remain der of the afternoon will be spent on radio and television visits and broadcasts. Banquet Scheduled A banquet will be held at the .Elks lodge at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4. Jimmy Dunlevy will act as master of ceremonies. The Rev. John Ilg will give the invocation and benediction. Eric Allen Jr., managing editor of the Mail Tribune, will be prin cipal speaker. Student government day activities on Thursday, Feb. 5 will consist of briefing and introduction to public officials in both city and county of fices, a lunch in the Elks temple, a summary and ques tion period with City Manager Robert Duff and County Com missioner Chester Wendt in charge, tours of . city and county facilities and a coun cil meeting at 7:30 p.m. con ducted by students. Preliminary Plans Made for Park Central Point-The Central Point planning - commission this week started preliminary plans for development of a city park on property between the baseball park and West Pine st. Discussed were ' an under ground sprinkler system, and the advisability of getting a start by planting shade trees on the property. Ultimate plans include a swimming pool and play ground equipment. Develop ment of the park will be ac complished only as funds are made available, the commis sion noted. Harry Tonn was named chairman of the park com mittee. Danish Freighter Strikes Iceberg New York - (UPD - A Danish freighter struck an iceberg 37 miles off the southern , tip of Greenland shortly before noon today and radioed that its engine room, was filling with water, the Coast Guard said. The stricken vessel was identified as the 288-foot Hans Hedtoft, a 2,857-ton ship op erated by the Royald Green land Trade Department. The Coast Guard said it was sending a cutter, the Campbell, but said the cutter was about 300 miles from the scene and weather conditions were difficult. It would take the cutter more than 16 hours to get to the vessel in ideal weather, the Coast Guard said. Eight Men Killed In Boat Explosion . Helena, Ark.-(UPD-Eight men were killed today in the ex plosion of a log-loading boat in the Mississippi river, 20 miles downstream from here. County Court May Form Separate Parks Commission District Attorney's Opinion Received Jackson county court may legally establish a separate parks and recreation commis sion, according to an opinion from the district attorney's office. However, such a commis sion could not purchase or ob tain property, it was pointed out. The commission may recommend acquisition of var ious recreation and park sites to the county court which in turn may acquire them, the opinion read. The opinion was requested by County Judge Earl Miller, who proposed establishing a separate commission along the lines of that established by Marion county. The Jackson county plan ning commission had approved previously establishing such a commission although a rec reation and parks subcommit tee now furictions under the planning commission. A sep arate commission would abol ish this. Set Up Organization Judge Miller said the coun ty court would set up the organization of the new com mission soon and then would appoint probably seven mem bers. Exact details on the or ganization have not yet been determined, he said. The Marion county parks and recreation commission has from seven to nine mem bers with overlapping terms of office. The commission is allowed to acquire recreation and parks sites, promote discov ery of such sites, cooperate with state and federal au thorities on dedication and development of parks and recreation sites and enlist the cooperation of local agencies in the program., Missing Plane Spotted on Ridge Silver City, Idaho (UPD -The wreckage of Vale, Ore., civic leader John Miller's downed tripacer plane was spotted late Thursday on an 8400-foot ridge eight miles southeast of this remote min ing community by Lt. Don Newbill, an Air National Guard pilot. The sighting was made about 4 p.m. PST, and later identity of the wreckage was confirmed by the Idaho State Department of Aeronautics. Newbill said he saw an ob ject that resembled a body but was not sure. He said the wreckage was up against a sheer cliff and the plane ap peared to be totally de molished. Miller had been misisng since early Tuesday on a flight from Reno, Nev., to Vale. Search parties were expect ed to start out early today to reach the craft. The downed plane is in an almost inacces sible area bound in by deep snowdrifts. Students Schedule 'Dimes' Activities All three classes at Medford Senior High school have March of Dimes events sched uled for Saturday, according to Barbara Nulton, county Teen Age Program chairman. The senior class will con duct a Mile o' Dimes on a downtown street, with Nyla Murray as chairman; a shoe shine stand at Main st. and Central ave., under the direc tion of Rosemary Doolen; a coffee booth, also at Main and Central, with Kay Little as chairman, a cotton candy sale and car washes at Pruitt's service station, Main and Ivy sts., and at Ray's service sta tion, Stewart ave. and King st. A windshield wash, under direction of Roseland Randies and Linda Slessler, and a shoe shine with Jim Lacy in charge are planned by the junior class. The juniors also will collect bottles Saturday after noon, with Pat McLoughlin in charge.' Sophomores have scheduled a car wash at Pruitt's station, with Kay Harris as chairman, and a rummage sale at Eagle's Hall with Deanna Taylor as chairman. Salem - (UPD - An executive order continuing the Oregon Traffic Safety commission has been signed by Gov. Mark Hatfield. 53rd Year Medford 20 Pages 'Wartime' Effort To Into Try To Washington - (UPD - Dr. T. Keith Glennan, director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, today described as "reason able" a statement that Rus sia is perhaps 18 months ahead of the United States in space exploration. Washington - (UPD - Dr. T. Keith Glenman assured a State Legislature Tackles Problem Of Dental Ads Salem (UPD The Oregon Legislature has tangled with the tricky problem of whether or not to ban dental advertis ing. Dr. Richard Keller, Port land, president of the Oregon State Dental association, told a well-attended hearing Thurs day that 949 members of the 1,100 dentists in the Associa tion felt the present law should be tightened up. Only 38 out of 1,149 dentists advertise regularly. Said 'Degrading' Dr. Harold Noyes, dean of the University of Oregon dental school, testified before the House Judiciary Commit tee that dental advertising was "degrading" to the pro fession and did not contrib ute to expanded dental serv ice for the public. Present law enables den tists . todiscipline members who advertise falsely, but Dr. Rex Baldwin, Gearhart, a member of the State Board of Dental Examiners, said this power was not used much be cause the law was too ambig uous. The bill before the commit tee would prohibit dental ad vertising. Dr. William H. Burrell, Salem, said the problem of policing different types of dental ads was so difficult that it would be easier to ban all types. In opposition to the bill was Dr. John Miller, Portland, an advertising dentist. He said the present law was adequate to cure any excesses and that advertising was bringing need ed dentistry to thousands who could not otherwise afford it. Dentists favoring the pro posed legislation pointed out that most of the advertising centers around 'dental plates but Dr. Miller objected: "We do all types of dentis try and we don't pull good teeth." Philip Bladine, McMinn ville. m-esident of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Associ ation, testified he was m favor of anyone using the advertis ing medium to promote goods and services as long as the ads were truthful, decent and in good taste. . He was. fearful that if the bill prohibiting dental adver tising passed, other groups and businesses would be com ing to the Legislature asking them to use the police powers of the state to prohibit free expression. Bill Would Increase Minimum Driving Age Salem-(UPD-A bill was intro duced today by Sen. William Grenfell Jr. of Portland to increase the minimum driving age' in Oregon from 16 to 17 years.. The measure also calls for a re testing program every four years for drivers between the ages of 25 and 60. WEATHER FORECAST: Thickening cloudi ness tonight with occasional light rain tonight and early Sat urday. Showers and partial clearing Saturday afternoon. Continued mild. Low tonight 38. High Saturday 48. Temp. Highest Yesterday 40 Lowest This Morning 37 Precip. to 10 a.m. today, .06. Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:22 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow The Moon rises tomorrow and is in Perigee. .7:27 a.m. 12:29 ajn. Jan. 31 Last Quarter .... PROMINENT STAR Procyon, high in southeast VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, sets Mars, high in southwest Jupiter, rises Saturn, rises 9:08 p.m. 6:31 p.m. 8:24 p.m. 2:5R a.m. 5:39 a.m. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1959 Send Senate space inquiry today that the U.S. will try "with the same sense of urgency we had during the war" to place a man in orbit "within the next couple of years." The director of the Nation al Aeronautics and Space Ad ministration made the pledge in a statement to the Senate group headed by Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson 2 Etnown Dead in Nursing Nome Fire Glen Ellyn, Ill.-OIPD-Fire today burned out the Glen Ellyn Acres Nursing home, where about 20 elderly persons were patients, -leaving an undetermined number dead or missing. There are two known dead in the fire. Both were men. Another man, a fire official, died of what appeared to have been a heart attack while handling equipment at the scene. "We Have To Consider The National Security" Tree Plantings Are Set This Week End Major plantings in the Med ford tree program will be completed this week end, with at least six streets to be plant ed according to the master street plan, committee offic ials reported. Additional planting will also be done in the Garfield tract which will nearly com plete that area, according to Randy Hall, coordinator for Ward II. Additional plantings are also scheduled in the Country Club Estates area and on Summit and Willam ette aves. Twenty more fruitless mul berry trees will be planted in the Garfield area and the tree committee will distribute booklets on how to stake a tree for maximum protection. They will also provide each home owner with a stake for their tree. Country Club Estates Streets in the Country Club Estates to be planted are Ha vana ave., Sutter ave., and Sandy terrace. The ginkgo tree, sometimes known as the "sacred tree of China," will be planted on Havana and Sutter with Norway maple scheduled to be planted along Sandy terrace. Cerritos ave., in the same area, was recently planted in the Norway maples. All of the trees on Cerritos ave. will be dedicated to chil dren in the mayor's memory book of trees, it was reported. Summit ave. from Main to Fourth sts. will be planted in crimson king maples this week end. C. D. Wood was the Judge Appointment Measure Approved Salem-(UPD -Senate bill 77, authorizing the State Supreme Court to appoint any Circuit judge or retired Supreme Court justice as pro tem jus tices of the Supreme Court was approved and reported out "do pass" by the Joint Ways and Means Committee today. Be Man (D-Tex.) which is investigat ing U.S. progress in space ex ploration. "This committee wants to know where we now stand," Johnson said. "When can the American people expect to catch up with the Russians?" Glennan's statement did not answer the question directly, but said the effect of Russian space achievements has been -Uh first to plant on Summit with Dr. Milo Kubalek scheduled to plant there Saturday or Sunday. Jack Holmes, coordinator for' Ward IV, reported that staking and planting would begin this afternoon on Wil lamette ave. Fruitless mul berry will be planted there. Mrs. O. A. Eden, general chairman of the tree commit tee, reported that plantings on other Medford streets are being arranged. She said that plans for a special planting on Feb. 14, Oregon's Centen nial birthday, are being made. Mothers' Marchers Colled $2,120.96 Block workers in last night's Mothers' March, a March of Dirrfes fund-raising activity, collected $2,120.96 in Med ford, according to Mrs. Har old Gilbert, city March chair man. The amount is exactly S3 00 below that collected last year, Mrs. Gilbert said. In Ashland, Mrs. Jani Pace, city chairman, reported S233.37 collected in the door-to-door campaign, in which! a lighted porch light invited the block worker to call for a contribution. Eagle Point Mother's March collected $134.32, workers re ported. Assault Charge Against College Girl Dismissed Salem- (UPD - An assault charge against UCLA senior Moira Jean Sweeten, Hub bard, was dismissed by Dis trict Judge E. O. Stadter Jr. here Thursday. The girl had admitted shoot ing her father Monday after a family argument. Salem (UPD A bill intro duced in the Oregon House would authorize a straight sal ary increase of $25 per month for all state employees effec tive July 1. Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 268 in Orbit "enormous," and "our space mission is so vital we must carry it forward with the same sense of urgency we had during the war." Glennan reported that the McDonnell Aircraft Corpora tion of St. Louis will build "capsules we hope to use to send a man into orbital flight within the next couple of years." "We are calling upon every scientific and technological capability of the nation that can contribute to this pro gram," he said. The NASA chief also: Said that before the end of the year a flight of the Air Force XI 5 rocket plane to an altitude of 100 miles should "stretch our big toe into the edges of space." The plane will go almost high enough to achieve an orbit, but lack of speed would prevent this. Predicted that the "clus ter" of Jupiter rockets being put together by the Army will make it possible in 1962 "to put 10 tons of payload into deep space, far beyond the moon." The 10-rocket clus ter is expected to have a total thrust of 1,500,000 pounds. Johnson commented that Russian space successes "in dicate boosters of greater power than we possess and give evidence of their techni cal achievements." To Question Officials Before Glennan testified, Johnson announced he would ask the Central Intelligence Agency to clear up conflict ing reports on Soviet missile strength. He said officials of the super-secret agency would be - questioned later in a closed-door session. Dr. Homer Stewart, direc tor of planning for the Gov ernment Space Agency, said that the Russian moon shot demonstrated the Soviets have a highly accurate guidance system for intercontinental missiles. Dr. W. H. Pickering, direc tor of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, testified he be lieves, contrary to some pub lished reports, that, Lunik did pass the moon and perhaps orbit the sun as claimed by the Russians. Stewart said that even if the Russians were trying to hit the moon and achieved only a near miss, the guidance system was "good enough for weapons use" and good enough to guide an ICBM to its target. County Gas, Fuel Contracts Signed Contracts for providing Jackson county with gasoline, diesel oil, lubrication oil, grease and fuel oil for 1959 60 fiscal year have been made by the Jackson county court, County Judge Earl Miller an nounced today. Ten bids were opened this week by the county court and final tabulations made yes terday afternoon. Lowest bidder on gas and diesel oil, accepted by the county court, was Signal Oil company at $47,584.80. This was $996.60 under the next lowest bidder. Lowest bidder accepted on lubrication oil and grease was Tidewater Oil company at $4,096.10 or $296.40 under the next lowest bidder. Shell Products, L. G. Mc Laren and Company, was low est bidder on fuel oil at $1,817 which was $112.05 under the next lowest bidder. Russian Crackdown on 'Anti-Party Moscow- (UPD -The 21st con gress of the Soviet Commu nist Party appeared ready to day to crack down on the former government leaders accused of plotting against the policies of Premier Nikita Khrushchev. 'Leningrad Case' Due The so-called "anti-party group" are former Premiers Vyacheslav M. Molotov, Nik olai Bulganin and Georgi Mal enkov, former Foreign Min ister Dmitri Shepilov and La zar Kaganovich, former Presi dium member. In addition, the congress was expected to take up the so-called "Leningrad case" Program Would Tap Treasury For Payments Opposition by Eisenhower Told Washington-(UPD-Key Demo crats today were drafting a new farm plan which Presi dent Eisenhower has prom ised to oppose. The Democratic plan would enable the government to stop propping market prices for basic crops and would, in stead, tap the Treasury for direct payments to growers. Some Version Likely Some version of the new plan seemed likely to emerge as the Democratic Congress' answer to President Eisen hower's demand that it curtail the "excessively expensive" cost of farm price supports. Democratic farm leaders and some farm belt Republi cans rejected the solution pro posed Thursday by the Presi dent. Eisenhower in a special farm message asked for au thority to lower supports on a dozen crops for which the law now provides mandatory price floors. In apparent anticipation of the Democratic move, the President made it clear that he. would oppose any direct payment plan. Fear Bankruptcy Republican leaders insisted that the President's program was a "sound" solution to the problem of farm surpluses. But Democratic farm leaders said it would bankrupt the farmers. Some Midwest Re publicans agreed. Sen. Milton R. Young (R N.D.) said he was "disgusted'. with the President's farm message. The new plan on which in fluential Democratic senators are working is a sharply-revised version of the so-called "Brannan plan" which was advanced by the Truman ad ministration 10 years ago and rejected by a Democratic Congress. Eliminates Storage Costs Former Secretary of Agri culture Charles F. Brannan in 1949 proposed direct sub sidy payments for perishable products which can't be stored. In contrast, the plan being drafted by the Demo cratic senators would provide direct subsidies for growers of storable crops. Backers contend this would eliminate the piling up of gov ernment held surpluses and heavy storage costs. Trial Run of Pony Express Set Sunday The Ashland Sage Rider will hold a "trial run" over part of the proposed Centen nial pony express route this Sunday. The run will start at 1 p.m., according to Mrs. Mike Jacoby, director of the group. Automobiles will escort the horses to protect them from other vehicles along the high way. The run, which is being held for timing purposes, will be from Siskiyou summit to the Medford armory. Markers have been placed each mile so riders will know when and where to change hourses. During the actual run later this year the Medford Trail Riders will have the section of the county from the armory to the Josephine coun ty line. Stan Thompsen, Portland, president of Pony Express, Inc., will be here for the trial run. DOW -JONES AVERAGES New York-KPL-Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 in dustrials 593.96, up 3.56; 20 railroads 161.91, up 0.78; 15 utilities 90.88, up 0.40, and 65 stocks 205.69, up 1.12. Sales today were about 3.600,000 shares compared with 3,470,000 shares Thurs day. Group Seen which involved party intrigue and executions of several party leaders in 1949. Malen kov has been linked with this group. Preaict Parly Discipline The "anti-party group" de nounced originally by Khrush chev has been under heavy fire in the Soviet press for days. Thursday the head of the Leningrad Communist Party demanded they be brought in for an accounting. Observers said any action was likely to take the form of party discipline rather than legal action which would be left to the courts.
