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.