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Newspaper Page Texttil IU1 WW JvL I Ml EASIHE y- I i i Li i W i. : If, , f : Ji VP Semi. IPecarsoim Raps Mcatfield on Taxes Salem-flJPD-Senate President the testimony before them Walter J. Pearson, whom Sen-! from Gov. Hatfield's appoin ate Republicans declare has tee was that a doubtful $59,- become the Democratic'000 a year might be saved.' "hatchetman" against Gov. Mark Hatfield, again blasted the governor in a statement issued today. "Gov. Hatfield denied that he had ever promised to re duce taxes," Pearson said. "During the campaign, can didate Hatfield advocated a 'capital gains provision in our income tax laws.' This would cost Oregon anywhere from $2 to $20 million a year de pending on the type used and the amount and number of capital gains reported," Pear son said. "He did not advocate tying any tobacco tax to it then,'1 the Senate president contin ued "because he said he was against any "new taxes." National Guard Mentioned Pearson said the governor also advocated a homestead exemption of $7,500 for peo ple over 65 with incomes of less than $2,500 "The governor admits he promised to reduce costs," Pearson declared "and says he is doing so. He states that the closing of the Portland office of the National Guard will save $100,000 a year, am sure the Ways and Means Committee will be glad to hear of this and I suggest they immediately lop off $200,000 for the next bien- nrum from the National Guard budget inasmuch Medford Students Among Winners At Tournament Six Medford students were among the first place winners last week end at the annual high school speech 'tourna ment held at Linf ield college, McMinnville, Ore. First place winners were Dale Foresee, senior men's in terview; Barbara Budge, sen ior women's interview; Fred Lorish. junior men's sales manship, and visual aid; Jim Frake, junior men's after din ner speaking, all Medford High school; and Bonnie Lowryf Hedrick Junior High school, junior , women's sales manship. Medford schools also re ceived second in the grand sweepstakes and second in the junior varsity sweepstakes, it was reported. Attending the event were 22 students from Medford High school, 14 from Mc Laughlin Junior High school, and 13 from Hedrick Junior High. (See Story on Page 7) Man Injured When Newsprint Roll Falls Robert Sierakowski, 28, of 1148 Loal St., was taken to Sacred Heart hospital today for treatment of a possible leg fracture after being struck by a roll of paper in the alley behind the Mail Tribune shop, 27 North Fir st. He was transported by Med ford Ambulance service short ly after noon. Witnesses said Sierakowski, an employee of Consolidated F re i g htways, was pinned against a wall when the 750-pound roll fell from a fork-lift. Portland (UPD Members of the Weyerhaeuser division of the International Wood workers of America (IWA) met here today to discuss cur rent Issues including a walk out against the firm's North Bend, Ore., operations. Eric Allen Jr. Freedom Group's Award Valley Forge, Pa. -UPD-Four Oregon individuals and four Salem schools were announc ed today as recipients of 1958 Freedom awards by the Free doms Foundation here. The awards are made an nually to individuals, organi zations, and schools through out the country for their con tributions toward a better un derstanding of the American way of life during 1958. Individual awards winners for Oregon included: Eric W. Allen Jr., manag ing editor of the Medford Mail Tribune, a George Washing ton honor medal for an editor ial, "Liberty, vs. License." Henry Slater, Burns, an honor medal for an essay, Pearson blames Hatfield and other Republicans in the 1957 session for the fact that Oregon employers are now paying the top 2.7 per cent of payrolls as an unemploy ment compensation tax. "Where was Gov. Hatfield during the 1957 session," he asked, "when Sen. Dan Dim ick and I were urging a mini mum rate of 1 per cent for unemployment compensation, and the Republican party in the Senate beat it down to .6 per cent instead. "Now Gov. Hatfield agrees "You Mean There Are Other Crimes Connected With Them?" Wagon Souvenir Envelopes On Trek To Oregon The six Prairie Schooners of the "On to Oregon Caval cade" which will leave 'Inde pendence, Mo., April 19, will each bear a mark going back nearly 150 years into Oregon history. On the box of each covered wagon will be a brand burned into the wood by the original branding iron used in the Lewis and Clark expedition. The brand, bearing the name "Capt. M. Lewis" has been offered to the wagon train for the purpose by the Oregon Historical Society through Michael Haggerty, assistant state coordinator of the Oregon Centenial com mission. Special precautions are being taken to see that the metal is in no way dam aged, it was reported. Insert ed in the brand will be the name of the town or county sponsoring the wagon. . Souvenir Envelopes The wagon train will carry Man Arrested by City Police for Interfering John Edwin Relling, 19, of 1822 North Riverside ave., was arrested Saturday night on charges of interfering with the duties of a police officer, Medford police reported. Relling is charged with in terfering when two police of ficers were trying to break up a fight at Hedrick Junior High school where Medford and Grants Pass High school bask etball teams played. Receives "Let's Stand Up and Be Counted." Judy McKenzie, McMinn ville, honor medal award for Youth public' address, "What the Flag Means to Me." Dr. Mark A. Talney, Port land, a second place award of $50 and George Washington honor medal for a sermon, "George Washington: Ex ample of True Greatness." The Salem schools honored were Englewood, Leslie jun ior high, Morningside and Richmond. A reprint of the editorial, "Liberty vs. License," which won the George Washington honor medal for Eric W. Allen Jr., of the Mail Tribune, ap pears on page 4 oft oday's paper. with us but too late to pre vent all employers from pay ing 2.7 per cent." The Senate president wound up his charges against the governor " by stating that if Hatfield is so certain his ap pointees would be confirmed by the Senate, he should sub mit some of them voluntarily. "I am sure that at least three would not receive con firmation. "The governor says he doubts it would be constitu tional for the Senate to con firm .his appointment of an adjutant general . . . why not? The Legislature provides the budget for them and could act entirely as they desired s To Carry souvenir illustrated enve lopes commemorating this crossing of the Oregon trail. The commemorative postage stamps will be the first U.S. mail to be carried over the trail by covered wagon in nearly 100 years. Special per mission has been granted by the post , office department, it was reported. The souvenir envelopes, called "Official Cachet Cov ers," may be obtained by sending 25 cents in coin to the South Lane Stamp Socie ty, post office box 484, Cot tage Grove, Ore., for each cover ordered. Covers Cost The money covers the cost of the stamp, the especially designed envelope, several enclosures and the address ing. Persons may order five covers for $1, it was report ed.: When ordering it was stressed that the name and address wished on each en velope must be enclosed. The envelope will be taken to Independence, Mo., where they will be cancelled and then brought by covered wagon to Independence, Ore., where they will continue by regular postal service. The wagon train is sched uled to arrive in Oregon Sept. 1. Bids Called by City For New Reservoir Bids for construction, of a 500,000-gallon city reservoir atop Barneburg Hill have been called and will be open ed March 13 at 11 a.m,, Med ford Water Superintendent Robert L. Lee has reported. The reservoir, of reinforced concrete, is to be 55 feet in diameter and 30 feet in height. It will be covered. " The contractor is to install piping and miscellaneous met alwork, with the city supply ing fittings and cast iron pipe. Plans and specifications may be examined at the water department office at city hall, Lee said. Copies may be ob tained at the office of Cornell, Howland, Hayes and Merry field, engineers and consult ants, Corvallis, upon desposit- lng Group Seeking To Oust Dulles Said Publicity Seekers Secretary Talks With Vice President Washington-njPD- The White House said today that Dem ocrats demanding the replace ment of ailing Secretary of State John Foster Dulles are just trying "to get then- names in the newspapers." Sens. Stuart Symington CD- Mo.), and Hubert H. Humph rey (D-Minn.) have called on President Eisenhower to name a successor to Dulles at once. Said Seeking Publicity White House Press Secre tary James C. Hagerty dis missed the statements as so much publicity seeking. He said in answer to questions that "it is remarkable what people will say to get their names in the newspapers." Hagerty said this was his own reaction to the Syming ton and Humphrey statements but that the President was aware of them. "He is also aware of the many other members of the Senate from both "parties who say we should avail ourselves of Dulles' services," Hagerty said. Sens. John P. Kennedy (D Mass.), John J. Sparkman CD- Ala.) and Richard L. Neu berger (D-Ore.), differed with Symington and Humphrey. They said Eisenhower should wait to name a successor to the cancer-stricken Dulles. Meets With Herter Eisenhower today spent more than an hour with act ing Secreteary of State Chris tian A. Herter. Hagerty said the meeting dealt with a broad range of State Depart ment matters. Despite his illness, Dulles' continued to keep his hand in foreign affairs. He confer red for 45 minutes Sunday with Vice President Richard M. Nixon on the Berlin prob lem. The secretary's brother, Al len W. Dulles, director of the Central . Intelligence Agency, also called at the Walter Reed Army Medical center to give him a briefing on the world situation. Physicians treating Dulles were encouraged by the fact that he has shown no adverse reaction to radiation therapy. The treatment, which began Friday, will be resumed today after a one-day lapse. Men Arrested On Check Charge Here Robert Bruce Coker, 29, of 5134 Table Rock rd., and Jimmy Seth Cunningham, 24, of 1297 Stevens st., were ar rested Saturday in connection with obtaining money under false pretenses, Medford po lice reported. Police identified Coker as the owner of Merchant Se curity Patrol, a local agency employed by businesses for protection of their premises. Cunningham was identified as an employee of Coker. The two men were arrested in connection with writing and passing- several of the agency's payroll checks that were returned by the bank marked "account closed," de tectives reported. They were lodged in city jail. Chief' of Police Charles Champlin repeated today his earlier statements that no pri-J vate detective or patrol oper ations in this area are con nected in any way with the city police department. He asked that anyone wishing further information or clari fication of this point to con tact him or another member of the department. He reported that a new municipal ordinance covering such operations is being pre pared. Hollywood (UPD Actress Janet Blair, married in 1952 to producer Nick Mayo, gave birth Sunday to their first child at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy to night. Patchy valley fog late tonight and Tuesday morning. Partly cloudy during day Tues day with a few snow flurries in mountains. Low tonight 35. High Tuesday 52. TEMP. Highest Yesterday 50 Lowest This Morning 39 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 22 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:53 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:56 a.m. Moonrise tonight 6:45 p.m. Last Quarter . March 1 PROMINENT STAR Capella. high overhead 7:13 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, low in west at moonrise. Mars, high in southwest 7:2' P-. Jupiter, rises 1:3 a.m. Saturn, low in southeast 5:04 a.m. 53rd Year 14 Pages Troops Battle Pro-Nasser Group Irked by Slogans Scrawled by Foes Fighting Climaxes City's Celebration Beirut, Lebanon -(UPD- In flamed pro-Nasser mobs ram paged through the streets of Beirut Sunday, burning street cars and battling with rival groups in a riotous climax to the city's celebration of the first anniversary of the United Arab. Republic. Lebanese army troops and police dispersed the brawlers and sealed off the Moslem and Christian quarters to pre vent the fighting from spread ing. It was the first incident to mark the UAR anniversary celebrations in Lebanon as well as the first major out burst in Beirut since the' end of civil strife last fall. At least two persons were injured in the fighting. Both were members ot tne pro- Western Christian Falangist party. . ' . - -Anti-Nasser Slogans The fighting was touched off when Christian v Falangist youths scrawled anti-Nasser slogans on street cars passing througfr th .eJMoslem,.: Basta quarters where the population was celebrating the merger of Syria and Egypt under Presi dent Gamal Abdel Nasser. Crowds of Nasser support ers angered by the slogans ordered the passengers out of the streetcars, and then smash ed the windows, ripped out the seats and set them afire Two double cars were burned and battered and a single car was badly damaged before po lice could move in. Angry . pro-Nasser backers then surged down the quart er's main . street . to find the slogan scrawlers. The rival groups clashed along the city's main square in a quick flurry of fistfights. Troops Help Polio The Lebanese army rushed in seven truckloads of troops to assist police in driving the rival gangs apart and prevent the outburst from exploding into wider violence. , Soldiers with rifles slung over their backs sealed off the entrances to the Basta and to the Christian sector of Ash Rafieh across town as a pre cautionary measure. Camp Clatsop May Become Camp Rilea Astoria - (UPD - The military department of Oregon was reported today to have au thorized changing the name of Camp Clatsop to Camp Rilea. The camp is the Ore gon National Guard encamp ment at Clatsop plains near here. .- The Astorian Budget re ceived word of the. change from reliable sources and said formal announcement was expected soon -by Gov. Mark Hatfield. Two reasons were given for the change. One is to honor the . late Maj. Gen. Thomas E. Rilea, who was head of the ONG. The other would be to end confusion between the names Camp Clatsop and Fort Clatsop, the latter a national memorial park near here. Cinnabar Concentrate Reported Stolen Here The equivalent " of three flasks of cinnabar concentrate was taken from the home of Wilma Viola Clark, route 4, Box 442, Medford, during the week end, according to sher iff's deputies. Cinnabar concentrate be comes quicksilver when refin ed and is valued at approxi mately $290 a flask. The con-J centrate material was in two five gallon cans and one lard can, sheriff's . officers were tdld. Some shovels were also taken, it was reported. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1959 love DDL i MUSIC. 1859 STYLE-An early day Grama phone was the center of attention recently, at Foster's Pharmacy in Jacksonville. Lis tening to music from the old cylinder rec ord are (left to right) Mrs. Bette Stephen son, Mrs. Jim Foster, Joe Sayre, manager of the pharmacy and Foster, owner of the store. During the year the staff of the phar Memberships Needed by Local Centennial Group Jackson County Centennial association officials have asked residents who have re ceived membership envelopes and have not returned them, to do so as soon as possible. Dick Woodcock, chairman of the membership drive for the association, stressed that the funds raised from the project are to finance the construction and manning of the reception booth to be built at the top of the Siskiyous. Although much of the ma terials and labor are being donated. Woodcock said, some of the materials have.-to be purchased. Banks Cooperate . The chairman explained that arrangements have been made with all banks in Jack son county to receive the membership envelopes in case the member prefers to de posit the fee and pledge in person. Final soliciation in the person-to-person campaign will end this week, he said. Those interested in mem bership materials and '.'Pledge of the 59ers" pins for distribu tion in their area may contact Woodcock, or Hal Gardner at the California Oregon Power company. Supplies are also available at the Centennial headquarters which is adja cent to Maple Park grove near the fairgrounds, telephone SPring 3-2059. 'Neutron Star', Packed To Fantastic Densities, May Have Been Discovered by Two Astronomers Washington (UPD As tronomers think they may have discovered a "neutron star" in which matter has been packed to fantastic den sities of millions of tons per cubic inch. Whether it is a neutron star or not, it appears to be "a new stellar object" of a kind never before observed. Disappears From View Some time between August, 1954, and November, 1958, the star exploded. Some time between last November and Jan. 12 it disappeared from telescopic view. Radio telescopes are now being aimed in the direction of the "new object" in the hope of picking up signals from the turbulent hot gases ejected when it exploded. m Beirut Russia and Britain To Begin Work On Cultural Agreement Moscow (UPD - Russia and Britain agreed today to begin work on a new cultural af fairs treaty linking the two nations. British Prime Minister Har old Macmillan and Soviet Premier Nikita S. Krushchev decided at their first confer ence to put the job of writing a cultural agreement in the hands of a special committee, authoritative sources said. Creation of the committee was the "first concrete result of Macmillan's summit visit to Moscow. The two leaders conferred for two hours and 25 minutes. Non-Aggression Treaty The'London Daily Mail said Volunteers Collect Money for Drive A total of $1,777.44 was col lected in Medford during Heart Sunday for the 1959 Heart fund, Mrs. Manville M. Heisel, chairman of the Sun day event, announced today. She reported that not all of the money had been turned in. Phoenix reported receiving $55.14 for the Sunday door-to-door campaign. Central Point and Ashland totals have not been reported. More than. 175 local resi dents participated in the col lection throughout the county Sunday. No neutron stars have ever been detected before, but Dr. Fritz Zwicky of the California Institute of Technology had predicted them. Zwicky calculated that in some dying stars forces of contraction become so great that the atoms are crushed to the dimensions of their nuclei. Atoms Collapsed In normal atoms the nu cleus is occupied by positive protons and neutral neutrons. In the neutron star negative electrons from the atom's shell are squeezed into the nuclear protons, which be come neutrons too. In such a collapse the atom loses nearly all of its volume, but retains all of its mass. According to a quick com Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 288 As Rflobs Straits macy will wear attire appropriate to the Centennial year. The pharmacy was re stored as an "old-time" drugstore through the efforts of the Fosters. Signs proclaim ing the virtues of elixirs and patent medi cines are displayed along with medicines now in use.. Macmillan told Krushchev in informal talks over the week end that Britain is ready to sign a non-aggression treaty with Russia if he finds it would help ease East-West re lations. (There was no official con firmation available either in London or Moscow). An official -Soviet news agency Tass report on the op ening session of the formal Anglo-Soviet talks said "a review was continued of ques tions of mutual interest." Both sides apparently were fully aware of the others thinking on international is sues.' 'Full Explanation' A British spokesman said Macmillan "gave a full ex planation of Western thinking on the Soviet Union and its policy" to Khrushchev at their informal talk outside of Moscow Sunday. "Khrushchev spoke inten sively on what the Soviet Government thinks of the West and Western policy," he added. Police Action Quells Allis-Chalmers Trouble Pittsburgh-IUPD-Quick action by police today quelled a dis turbance at the strike-bound Allis Chalmers Co. plant in the city's north side. Between 20 and 30 pickets, members of Local 1036, United Auto Work ers, were .arrested. At least two persons were injured slightly. putation by Dr. Geoffrey Keller, astronomer of the Na tional Science Foundation, this nuclear matter would weigh on the order of 100 million tons per cubic inch. Astronomers have long been acquainted with a kind of dying star called the white dwarf which attains densities of 10 to 20 tons or more per cubic inch. White dwarfs, however, are fluffy compared to a neutron star. Seen on Plates The new object was dis covered by Dr. W. J. Luyten of the Minnesota Observa tory and Dr. G. Haro, Mexi can astronomer, while study ing photographic plates made at Mt. Palomar. They found the star, 30,000 times too faint to be visible Bill Now Goes To Governor for Expected Signing Repeal of 1953 Law Approved, 32 to 24 Salem (UPD The Oregon House today suspended its rules and passed Senate bill 3 which repeals the 1953 state law prohibiting organi zational picketing. The bill, which previously passed the Senate, now goes to Gov. Mark Hatfield for signature. The governor previously in dicated, along with ex-Gov. Robert D. Holmes, that he favored the measure. Vote on the bill was 34 to 24. Four Republican repre sentatives voted . for repeal and three Democrats voted against it: Otherwise all Democrats favored it and Re publicans opposed it. -Debate Extensive Passage of the bill follow ed extended debate in the House. A motion by Rep. Joe Rogers (R-Independence) that a minority report of the Com mittee on Labor and Indus tries that the bill not be favorably recommended, failed by the same 32 to 24 vote. Two Republican repre sentatives were absent. Six Democratic members of the Committee had recom- , mended the repealer bill and three Republicans had voted against it. They filed a minority report which was debated today. Rep. Edward Whelan (D- Portland), carried the bill on the House floor, saying that the anti-picketing law was punitive . in , intent and really a "hollow shell" which accomplished nothing. He noted that the Legisla ture had under consideration a Senate resolution which would establish an interim committee to study the en tire problem of labor relations in Oregon. He said this com mittee should be able to sug gest some "fair and equitable solution" to picketing and other labor problems. Rogers Opposes Repeal Rogers opposed the bill both in Committee and on the House floor. He argued that labor relations had been good since the 1953 law was passed and that just because the AFL-CIO thought the bill was "one-sided" was no rea son it should be repealed. Rogers wanted the interim study, but wanted the anti- picketing law left on the books in the meantime. "This is the Democratic process, Rogers said and it should be retained." ' Rep. Keith Skelton (D-Eu- gene) said Oregon employers would be protected by other laws when the anti-picketing law was repealed and said no labor violence would result from repeal. Artllery Shell Found By County Road Crew A 35-millimeter artillery shell found by Jackson county road crews recently on Beagle rd. will be turned over to ordinance men from Ft. Lewis, Wash., according to Sheriff Joe Walsh. The shell, seven inches long. was found on the road, be tween Jones and Antioch rds., when the road crew was clear ing a right of way on Beagle rd. It has been moved to a safe place, Walsh said. The shell was probably fired when Army men station ed at Camp White were test ing their ordinance, the sher iff explained. The area around Beagle rd. used to be a testing ground for ordinance when Camp White was a military base, Walsh said. to the eye, on a plate taken Nov. 5, 1958. It does not ap pear on Palomar sky survey plates made in August, 1954. Some time between the two dates the star had flared. Flare Star Ruled Out By Jan. 12, 1959, when a photograph of the same region was made at the Tonant zintla Observatory in Mexico, the object had disapeared again. It had collapsed after the outburst that had made it optically visible as recent ly as last November. Luyten and Haro ruled out the possibility that it could be an ordinary Galactic Nova, a familiar kind of exploding star, or a flare star of any kind previously known to astronomy. They concluded that it "represents a new type of stellar object."