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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1959
No. 269
MEBFORDfJiRIBUNE
Danish.
Feairedl
Amid -Iceborgs'
Halifax, N. S. (CPU An
Armada of search planes and
ships battled perilous ice and
the Arctic darkness yesterday
in a fruitless search for an
"unsinkable" Danish ship that
crashed into an iceberg in, a
Titanic - like disaster on her
maiden voyage. She was
feared sunk with a loss of 95
lives.
"Fear is gnawing on us,"
said Danish Premier H. C.
Hansen in Copenhagen.
The 2,857-ton orange-paint
ed Hans Hedtoft, flagship of
the Royal Greenland Trading
company's Arctic fleet, had
not been heard from since
12:36 p.m. pst Friday, when
she radioed her hull was
slashed and she was sinking.
Thick With Icebergs
Search planes and a U. S
Coast Guard cutter that
reached the scene shortly be
fore the 11:04 a.m. pst Arctic
sunset . reported the area was
thick with icebergs and float
ing chunks of ice of various
sizes. At least one mercy ship
Perjury Charge,
Results in Arrest
Of Medford Man
Darrell Lewis Johnson, 26,
of 217 South Riverside, ave.,
was arrested Friday night on
a charge of perjury and
lodged in Jackson county jail,
Medford police reported.
His arrest was requested
by District Attorney Thomas
J. Reeder on evidence he gave
false testimony in " Meford
municipal court Friday morn
ing. He is being held on $2,000
bail.
Johnson was tried Friday
before Municipal Judge Alan
Holmes on a charge of driving
while his operator's license
was suspended on Jan. 24.
Deserve Witness
He presented David Clay
Dick, 19, of 62 Oak Grove
rd., as a witness to corrobor
ate his own testimony. Their
account of the incident was
that Dick, not Johnson, was
driving the car at the time
But Medford Patrolman
William Hall, who arrested
Johnson, testified he saw no
one else in the vehicle.
Judge Holmes found John
son guilty, and imposed a $100
fine and a 10-day suspended
jail sentence.
City Attorney Joel B. Reed
er asked city police afterward
to investigate the matter
further.
Dick was questioned at the
police station that afternon,
and admitted in a signed state
ment that Johnson had asked
him to give false evidence
"Everything I said in court
this morning was false and 1
knew it was false," he stated,
No charges have been
lodged against Dick.
Phoenix Conducts
Consolidation Poll
Phoenix A public meeting
on consolidation with either
the Talent school district or
the Medford school district
will be held in the Phoenix
grade school gymnasium at 8
pan. Monday, according to
Ernest James, Phoenix school
district superintendent.
During the past week. In
formation and ballots were
sent to voters of the Phoenix
school district to get a poll
on whether the majority
would favor consolidation
with Medford or Talent, the
superintendent said.
Any resident voter who has
not received a ballot through
the mail may obtain one at
Phoenix High school. Ballots
may be left at the meeting
or sent to the school superin
tendent's office in the high
school before Feb. 6.
Results of the poll will be
made available immediately
to the county organization
committee, James said.
Murphy, Idaho -EP&- The
body of John Miller, 36, prom
inent Vale, Ore., businessman,
w as removed from the wreck
age of his light plane in rug
ged Owyhee mountain coun
try in Southwestern Idaho
near here yesterday after
noon, i
Snip
Sunk
turned back because of the
menacing ice.
The cutter reported a high,
hazardous concentration of
ice, with one floe measuring
40 miles by a half-mile in
size. The weather was clear,
but the early sunset cut the
cutter's search short.
The cuter Campbell, com
manded by Capt. Fred J.
Scheiber, 46, Cedar Grove,
N. J., a veteran of the Green
land ice patrol in World War
U, sent word that the weather
had become severe by night
fall, with near-blizzard con
ditions developing.
High Winds, Waves
The Coast Guard in New
York reported that winds of
up to 35 to 60 miles an hour
and nine to 12 foot waves
were expected . during the
night.
"As time goes on the
chances, diminish, but we're
all still looking," a Coast
Guard spokesman said.
The Campbell remained on
the scene all night and was
due to renew its active search
at sunrise today.
The disaster, the first ship
collision with an iceberg in
peacetime since the Titanic
went down in 1912, occurred
far north of the most heavily-
traveled Atlantic shipping
lanes, which are patrolled con
stantly for icebergs.
Slight Hope
Officials held slight hope
for the survival of the 40
crewmen and 55 passengers,
including 19 women and six
children, who were aboard
the Hans Hedtoft. All were
Scandinavians.
The ship was on the home
ward leg of its maiden voyage'
between Denmark and Green
land when it crashed into an
iceberg only 24 miles off the
Greenland coast in a fierce
North Atlantic blizzard that
whipped up 20-foot waves.
Experts estimated that a
person could live only about
an hour in the freezing-cold
Atlantic.
Rogue River Faces
School Space Plight
Rogue River A public
meeting will be held at 7:30
p.m. Tuesday in Rogue River
High school gymnasium to dis
cuss possible action by the
school board to handle stu
dents displaced by the closure
of the upper floor of Rogue
River Elementary school.
Deputy State Fire Marshal
W. P. Roble, Grants Pass, who
inspected the school facilities
last week, closed the upper
floor of the school effective
Friday.
He said the district could
comply with the legal require-
Flames Damage
Phoenix School
Phoenix-A fire in the fur
nace room of the Phoenix
High school Saturday morn
ing caused slight damage, ac
cording to Ernest James,
Phoenix school district super
intendent. James said - the fire was
possibly caused by a defect in
new wiring put in the furnace
room this summer or by a
spark from the furnace which
might have ignited a box of
paper towels nearby.
Some of the wiring was
burned through, and some
general heat and smoke dam
age resulted, the superintend
ent said. A new floor will be
necessary in the nearby jani
tor's closet, he added.
Ike Appoints Nixon
Anti-inflation Head
Washington -(UPB- President
Eisenhower yesterday estab
lished a special cabinet com
mittee headed by Vice Presi
dent Richard M. Nixon to
spearhead his war against in
flation. Eisenhower already has
warned that unless inflation,
with the accompanying deval
uation of the dollar, is halted,
the government may have to
resort to price and wage con
trols. The move gave Nixon
his first major formal execu
tive post and a chance to be
heard publicly on the nation's
economic problems.
Dulles Decries
Double Standard
In United Nations
Secretary to Fly
To Europe Tuesday
New York -CPfl- Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles
said last night that Soviet
pressure on Berlin showed the
Communists "never honestly
accepted" rules of justice and
law and that this eventually
might wreck the United Na
tions. He said Communist refusal
to abide by the rule of justice
and law had led to a "double
standard in the United Na
tions." He warned that the
world organizataion could not
survive indefinitely in this sit
uation.' Dulles' renewed condemna
tion of Soviet actions with re
gard to Berlin and Germany
came in an address to the
New York state bar associa
tion which presented him its
gold medal award.
To Europe Tuesday
The speech followed a State
Department announcement in
Washington that Dulles would
fly to Europe Tuesday amid
reliable reports of Western
differences on the timing of
a Big-Four conference on the
Berlin crisis and European se
curity. The announcement said the
trip did "not reflect any em
ergency." But officials report
ed that France and West Ger
many were urging a go-slow
approach to a four-power con
ference. - . "
In his speech here Dulles
laid down a three-point pro
gram which he said would
"promote a fuller recognition
of the rule of justice and law
in international affairs."
More Condemnations
He said there was a need
for more condemnation and
less tolerance of the double
standard in the United Na
tions "which, has been creat
ed by the actions and activit
ies of the nations of the So
viet bloc."
"I say in all seriousness
that the United Nations and
the world can, perhaps, sur
vive a limited phase of the
double standard," ' he said.
permanent double standards
ments for re-use of the third
floor, but conditions were
such that it could not be made
safe, according to John B.
Harr, superintendent. He rec
ommended that the third floor
be permanently abandoned.
Harr said students were
moved from the upper floor
Friday afternoon, and some
primary classes are being com
bined. Emergency use of base
ment and gymnasium space
will care for the students not
combined with other classes.
No elementary classes will
be held Monday, Harr said, to
give custodians and teachers
an opportunity to make final
changes. All classes will re
sume in new locations Tues
day morning.
A normal high school sched
ule will be followed Monday,
he noted.
The fire marshal's order
and recommendations will be
presented at the public meet
ing Tuesday, at which time
the board also will receive
suggestions from residents
concerning the future plans
of elementary school space.
City, State Police Plan
Discussion of Radar Use
A joint meeting of Medford I
and state police officers to dis
cuss aspects of using radar for
traffic control, is scheduled for
10 a.m. tomorrow at city hall.
Medford police plan to
place their first radar set in
regular operation, issuing traf
fice citations to speeding mo
torists, Feb. 9.
Wind Up Training
Patrolmen are currently
winding up their training in
use of the set. They have
been operating it at various lo
cations in the city, issuing
warnings but not citations.
Medford Mayor John W.
Snider, City Manager Robert
A. Duff .and a group of city
councilmen observed the set
in operation Friday morning.
Tomorrow's meeting is slat
ed to take up such matters
as the presentation of radar
opserved speeding eases in
MMllMsisaaiis
WILLIAM G. BARR
Parking Expert
Parking Program
On Private Funds
To Be Discussed
The case for private devel
opment of off-street parking
facilities is cheduled for pre
sentation here Thursday by an
official of the National Park
ing association.
NPA's executive director,
William G. Barr, is to speak
at a Thursday noon luncheon
at the Jackson hotel arranged
by the Jackson County Cham
ber of Commerce. The public
is invited.
Medford voters defeated at
the polls last Dec. 10 a propos
al which would have provid
ed the first step to municipal
development of off-street par
king. They defeated a com
parable measure back in 1956.
Some critics have suggested
that downtown businessmen
develop off-street parking fa
cilities for that area them
selves instead of asking the
city to do it.
Over 100 Cities
Barr, who operates parking
facilities himself in Joliet, 111.
and in other communities of
that state, has recently com
pleted a survey of parking
conditions in over 100 Ameri
can cities. He has spoken fre
quently before civil and civic
groups.
His recommendations have
reportedly led to improved
cities as Charleston, S. C;
Monroe, La., Marion, Ind.;
Burlington, N.J.; Pawtucket,
R. I.; and Tucson and Phoe
nix, Ariz.
He' is also reportedly re
sponsible .for adoption of
"park and'shop" programs in
a number of cities. These are
programs permitting merch
ants to offer their customers
free parking at nearby facil
ities. The merchants and park
ing facility operators jointly
share the cost of such free
use.
Articles as Well
Barr has written articles as
well, dealing with the relation
of off-street parking to the
present-day economy.
The NPA has been cited by
the Chamber of Commerce of
the United States for "import
ant service in helping cities
solve their traffic and park
ing problems and revitaliz
ing downtown shopping dist
ricts." Chamber officials here have
asked those wishing to attend
to make advance reservations
through the office, Spring 2
6293, as seating will be
limited. ...
Moscow-TOPD-Former Soviet
Premier Nikolai Bulganin has
been dropped altogether from
the new edition of the small
Soviet encyclopedia now be
ing issued.
court, problems in operating
the set' and various technical
points.
Champlin, Fichtner ; ,
Chief of Police Charles
Champlin a nd Capt. Clyde
Fichtner of Medford, togeth
er with lieutenants and ser
geants on the city's force, are
expected to attend the meet
ing. Capt. Paul Morgan, Sgt.
Tom Eaton and a radar tech
nician are to represent the
state police.
Municipal Judge Alan
Holmes and City Attorney
Joel Reeder are also expected.
Chief Champlin said, Friday
the set would be u sed in both
marked and unmarked police
vehicles in all parts of the
city. He added that particular
attention would be paid to
areas where citizens complain
of many speeders.
Hearing Slated
On Highway Land
Acquisition Policy
Duncan's Complaint
To Result in Study
Salem - The House commit
tee on highways has scheduled
a hearing at 3 p.m. Tuesday
Feb. 10, here on right-of-way
problems in relation 'to the
state highway commission, ac
cording to Verne N. Cady, rep
resentative from Grant coun
ty, and chairman of the com
mittee. The hearing was called
after Robert B. Duncan, Med
ford, speaker of the house,
recommended and requested
a hearing on policies of the
highway commission in ac
quiring land rights-of-way for
highways.
Duncan, in a letter to Cady
last month, said citiiens "of
Jackson and Josephine coun
ties have expressed to me con
siderable dissatisfaction with
the land acquisition policy of
the state highway commission,
and particularly their tech
niques and tactics in acquir
ing land for the relocated
Highway 99 in the area near
Rogue River."
He asked for a hearing "to
determine the extent of the
problem and whether legisla
tion is needed to solve it."
Cady said the committee
would appreciate hearing
from those desiring to be
heard on the subject. Inter
ested persons may contact the
committee clerk, Ellen Schei
del, room 325, State Capitol
building, Salem, concerning
the specific topic on which
they wish to speak and the
time which they will need to
present their subject.
The hearing will be held in
room 309 of the state capitol
building.
Mrs; Rita Holmes
Named State Head
Mrs. Rita M. Holmes, Camp
White, has been appointed
Oregon state director of Sen
ior Citizens of America, a na
tional non-profit, educational,
philanthropic, scientific or
ganization serving citizens of
mature interests.
Mrs. Holmes is a group spe
cialist with 26 years' experi
ence in community organiza
tion, recreation and related
fields. She has had special
work at the University of Wis
consin, the University of Illi
nois, Stanford and the Uni
versity of Southern Califor
nia, and has attended many
geriatrics conferences and
workshops.
Mrs. Holmes also is a mem
ber of the National Recreation
association, the American and
California Recreation socie
ties, and the American Aca
demy of Political and Social
Science.
In addition to having organ
ized Golden (Age groups in
other states, she is at present
coordinator of the Medford
and Camp White Fifty Plus
clubs. Mrs. Holmes is an ad
visory member on the board
of directors of the Rogue Val
ley Council on Aging.
BASKETBALL
By United Press International
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
RESULTS
Duke 75. Pittsburgh 66
Michigan. Si. 81, North
western 72
Navy 66, Temple 53
Ohio St. 64, Minnesota 80
Princeton 75 Rutgers 48
Kentucky 94. Florida 51
Tennessee 66, Georgia 60
Iowa Si. 48, Oklahoma
St. 47
Yale 78. Harvard 65
Iowa 78. Michigan 74
Oklahoma 40, Air Force
Academy 39
Indiana 75, De Paul 69
Washington 22, Stanford
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WEATHER
FORECAST: Variable cloudiness
through Monday. Low clouds or
tug in the valley during late
night and morning hours. High
today 55. Low tonight 35 and
high Monday near 55.
Temp.
Highest Saturday 50
Lowest Saturday r34
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today S:24 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 7:25 a-m.
Moonrise tomorrow 2:43 a.m.
New Moon Feb. 7
MARS, high in south
at 6:59 p.m.. varies in its dis-'
tance from the Sun from 128 to
154 million miles. And tonight
lvs distance from tha Earth U
the sama ai that of the Sun, S3
million miles.
Megir
4rictly mi
McElroy Admits
ICBM Statement
Was Incorrect
Cincinnati. Ohio-(IJPB-Sec-reiary
of Defense Neil H.
McElroy said here yester
day that the United States'
intermediate range missile
bases on allied territory
overseas plus its tactical
and strategic aircraft make
needless a race with Rus
sia to produce intercon
tinental ballistic missiles.
Washington-flJPD - Defense
Secretary Neil H. McElroy ad
mitted yesterday he was
wrong when 'he told a senate
inquiry the United States
would have a squadron of in
tercontinental ballistic mis
siles ready for action on the
West coast in- July.
His ICBM claim, made in
testimony Thursday, had been
challenged as incorrect by
Sen. Stuart Symington (D
Mo.), a member of the special
committee investigating U.S.
progress in the space-missile
race with Russia.
McElroy's acknowledgement
of error came as it was learn
ed that Vice President Rich
ard M. Nixon is convinced the
missile investgiation will
prove to be a political dud for
the Democrats.
Nixon, it can be reported
on highest authority, believes
the inquiry being conducted
by Senate Democratic leader
Lyndon B. Johnson will show
that under President Eisen
hower the United States has
maintained its . m il i t a r y
strength instead of falling far
behind flussia.
The McElroy - Symington
dispute centered on the de
fense secretary's reply to a
question at the hearing. He
said it was correct that the
first operational squadron of
ICBM's would be ready at
Camp Cooke, Calif., in July.
Yesterday, in Cincinnati,
McElroy said in an interview:
"In my prepared statement, I
said that we would have a
few ICBM missiles ready by
July and a squadron by Jan
uary. If I said something else
in the give and take of the
committee hetaring, that was
incorrect."
Gold Rush Jubilee
Revival Announced
Jacksonville The Jackson
ville Gold Rush Jubilee,
which which has not been
held since 1956, will be re
vived during the Oregon Cen
tennial year, Bruce Blew,
president of the Jacksonville
Lions club, has announced.
The Lions club here spon
sores the Jubilee. It was rein
stated this year to serve as
a climax to the summer-long
series of events planned in
Jacksonville to observe the
Centennial.
Proceeds from the Jubilee
have been earmarked for the
restoration of the U.S. Hotel,
and a committee is being as
signed to work out details of
the project, Blew said.
He added that the Lions
club will work with other org
anizations including the Jack
sonville city council in plan
ning Centennial events.
Benson's New Formula
Slices 1959 Farm Income
Washington -UPD- Secretary
of Agriculture Ezra Taft Ben
son has sliced uncalculated
millions of dollars from the
possible 1959 income of dairy,
rice, tobacco, cotton and pea
nut farmers.
This was revealed when the
agriculture department re
leased its monthly farm price
report Friday and at the same
time set the price suport rates
for 1959-crop cotton.
It was all done through re
vision of the formula by
which farm parity prices are
calculated.
The revision covered the in
dex of prices paid and re
ceived by farmers. These two
figures are used in computing
parity prices of farm products.
The revised figures rtduca
Sftudeftrite. to tie
1 Was Just Telling Ike The Other Day, We'ye
Got To Keep Watching That Budget"
Mikoyan Denounces
'Anti-Party1 Group,
Denies 'Dumping'
Moscow (DPD - Anastas I,
Mikoyan, adding his voice to
a rising chorus, yesterday de
nounced the ousted "anti-
party" group and boasted that
its members failed to win a
"single recruit" since their
downfall.
In an address 'to the 21st
Communist Party Congress,
the First Deputy Premier said
the reason the charges against
the Bulganin-Molotov - Malen-
kov group and its backers
were aired was to "prove the
absolute incorrectness" of the
group's actions and the "cor
rectness" of the party.
"As for the anti - party
group," Mikoyan said, "it did
Centennial Group
To Seek Members
A membership campaign to
allow more county-wide par
ticipation in activities planned
in this area by the Jackson
Conty Centennial association
has been announced by Jack
Creager, president of the as
sociation. Dick Woodcock, Medford,
will be chairman of the cam-
pagin, and Russ Jamison, Med
ford, will be 'assistant chair
man. The drive is expected to
be county-wide in scope,
Creager said, and will be
timed to coincide with the
Centennial kick-off scheduled
Feb. 14-21.
Gov. Egan Removed
From Critical List
Seattle, Wash.-ffiPD-Alaska's
Gov. William A. Egan was
taken off the critical list yes
terday at Virginia Mason hos
pital, but his physician said
the governor s condition is
still serious.
The 44 year old Egan is
recovering from an emer
gency operation performed on
Jan. 20 to remove an intes
tinal block.
parity prices for farm com
modities about 3 per cent.
Parity is the price needed to
put . commodities sold by
farmers on a par with the
cost of things they buy. Theo
retically, it is a "fair return"
for their products. Support
prices for many crops are set
at a fixed percentage of pari
ty. Under Benson's new meth
od, the formula showed that
dollars-and-cents support rates
on dairy products, rice, to
bacco, and peanuts probably
would range 2Vfc to 2 per
cent lower than under the old
system.
In the dairy industry alone,
which is responsible for about
four billion dollars of farm
income, the cut could be considerable.
Ilheiir
not win a single recruit since
the time it was exposed" in
July, 1957.
During his speech, he re
iterated that there was to be
no repression of Soviet citi
zens for political reasons.
Mikoyan, who recently re
turned from a 17-day tour of
the United States, also re
ported that Russia was pre
pared to enter longterm trade
agreements with America. He
pledged that Russia would not
"dump" goods on world mar
kets at low prices and said the
new seven-year plan had great
world trade possibilities.
He denied as "groundless"
the assertions of U. S. offi
cials that trade agreements
with the Soviet Union were
unreliable.
He said Western . powers
feared that as the Russian
economy swelled the Soviet
Union would throw goods on
the world market at low
prices. '
We have never engaged in
dumping and we shall not ao
so," Mikoyan said.
(The West has accused the
Russians most recently of
flooding world markets with
low priced tin. Before that it
was cotton.)
Mikoyan said -U.S. Deputy
Under Secretary of State C.
Douglas Dillon called trade
agreements with the U.S.S.R.
"unreliable."
Mikoyan said Russia main
tained trade agreements with
Great Britain, France and
other countries, and that the
Soviet foreign trade turnover
during 1958 was several
times higher than in 1950.
He said Russia was willing
to conclude trade agreements
of three, five or seven years
with the United States if U.S.
officials would go along with
it.
Blaine fo Receive
$20,000 Damages
Clinton Ward Blaine, Pros
pect, will receive $20,000 in
damages as a result of a lum
ber mill accident, according
to a jury verdict last week
in circuit court.
Blaine originally sought
$100,000 in damages from
Ross Lumber company as a
result of an accident at the
company's Prospect mill when
he was helping to unload
logs, according to the com
plaint. A log fell off the
truck , severely injuring
Blaine and killing Jean
Charles Smith, also of Pros
pect. Blaine was working for
Lewis Biden, Prospect, at the
time of the . accident and
Smith for Charles Skeeters,
Prospect.
Blaine charged negligence
on the part of Ross Lumber
company. The verdict was
brought in at 6 p.m., Thurs
day after three hours of de
liberation. The damages
sought included approximate
ly $3,000 for medical expen
ses and about $5,000 for loss
of wages.
wot
Seventeen Plan
To Enter Norfolk
Schools Monday
Churches Pray for
Peaceful Integration
Norfolk, Va. (DPD Seven
teen Negro students entering
previously all-white schools
here Monday will do so indi
vidually and without escort in
the hope Virginia's first inte
gration will go off quietly, it
was revealed yesterday.
Victor Ashe, local represen
tative of the National Associ
ation for the Advancement of
Colored People, said parents
of the Negro children probab
ly would .accompany them to
the three high schools and
three junior high schools Mon
day morning.
"Other than that," he said,
"the children will be strictly
on their own -just like any
students transferred from one
school to another."
Utmost to Soft-Pedal
Norfolk was doing its ut
most t o soft-pedal integration
of the schools, closed since
September by order of Gov.
J. Lindsay Almond.
Police Chief Harold Ander
son will have plain clothes
men m hand at the six schools
but uniformed officers will
not be present unless there is
a disturbance. Pro-segregation
groups have made no an
nouncement of plans to pro
test. Norfolk churches will
say prayers today that inte
gration is peaceful.
No trouble was expected at
Arlington, Va., where four Ne
gro pupils will entet previous
ly all-white Stratford Junior
high just across the Potomsc
from Washington, D. C.
Warren Refuses
Chief Justice Earl Warren
of the Supreme Court refuses
yesterday to grant a stay of
integration in Arlington.
There had been no school clos
ings in Arlington, and pupils
at Stratford have been at
tending classes regularly.
In Richmond yesterday, the
legislature finished work on
Gov. J. Lindsay Almond's pri
vate school tuititon granti
program which wiU not pre
vent Monday's inteeratiton.
The lawmakers killed several
hasty stop- any- integration
plans, but there was feeling
that the legislators should
stay in their special emer
gency session Monday to see
what develops.
Almond's program will pay
$250-a-year private school tu
ition grants to parents who
choose not to send their chil
dren to integrated public
school classrooms.
Sports Bulletins
New York !DPD John
Thomas, a lanky 17-year-old
freshman from Boston Uni
versity leaped to a new
world indoor high jump rec
ord of 7 feet Saturday night
to steal the Millrose Game
thunder from mile winner
Ron Delany. Thomas, a 6
foot, VA inch Negro who
will be 18 years old in
March became the fifth man
in history to leap seven
feet before a standing room
crowd at Madison Square
Garden.
Medford high kept in
front in the Southern Ore
gon conference basketball
race by downing Grants
Pass 59 to 54 here last night.
John Olson scored 22 points
and Rex Brenner 20 for
Grants Pass. Lowell Dean
and Done Peek each bad 14
for Medford, and George
Koch 13.
Eagle Point-Myrtle Creek
the state's No. 1 rated A-2
hoop team, trimmed Eagle
Point 71 to 39 here last
night. Bill Turner tallied 21
points for the Eagles and
Fred Earwood 20 for Myr
tle Creek.
Klamath Falls - Klamath
Union High pulled into
place in the Southern Ore
gon conference last night by
lacing the Ashland basket
ball team 64 to 20.
Eugene-Oregon State col
lege nosed out University
of Oregon 58 to 57 in over
time last night in a Pacific
Coast conference basketball
scuffle.