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Newspaper Page Textr Last Kite Ion WMini&SGbijf m 1 I 8 Drowning Takes Three; Traffic Toll Set at Six Youngster Killed By Gunshot Blast By United Press International At least 11 persons from Oregon died during the week end from accidental causes. Three drowned, traffic claim ed six lives, a boy was killed by gunshot and a man died today from burns suffered while working on a high voltage wire Sunday. Albert Berklyn Watkins, 37, Weston, was killed in stantly late Sunday when his car collided with another on Highway 11 two miles north of Athena. Dies of Injuries James P. Moritz, 50, Salem, died today of injuries suffer ed when he accidentaly came in contact with a 69,000 volt line while working . at a Bonneville substation near Salem Sunday. Kenneth " Raymond Smith, 18, Coos Bay, drowned about 5:30 p.m. while swimming with several companions near a gravel pit. Falls Into Canal Rhoda Mark, six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wing Mark of Albany, fell into the Santiam canal about 3:30 p.m. while playing with two other children. The canal was drained and her body was recovered about 9 p.m. Luther McNair, 43, Port land, fell off some rocks while fishing Saturday near the mouth of the Columbia river on the Washington side .and was presumed drowned. Mrs. Lenore Sickles, 39, Shedd, was killed Sunday in a collision of a pickup truck and car three miles north of Shedd on Highway 99. Triple Fatal Reported A two-vehicle colision five miles south of Roseburg late Friday night killed Mr. and Mrs. Everett K. Ward, Rose burg, and William George Redenius, 63, Roseburg. Vincent Sherman, 54, Blue River, died Saturday from in juries suffered Friday when his car was smashed by a spilling load of logs east of Eugene. Mickey Green, 8, Prine vilie, was killed instantly Sat urday when a .22 caliber rifle discharged accidentally while being held by a playmate, Heuberger Cites Dulles' Devotion Washington-UPD-Sen. Rich ard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) said today John Foster . Dulles will rank in history as one of the mo dedicated and de voted men ever to serve as secretary of state." Neuberger said in a state ment that Dulles made many important contributions above and beyond the call of duty. "By his early return to his post following cancer surgery several years ago, he may even have denied himself the prolonged therapy which could have prolonged his life." Neuberger recently under went treatment for cancer. Father, Son Drown In Boating Accident Seattle- (UPD -Ralph A. Kol stad and his 10-year-old son drowned Sunday in a boating tragedy on Shilshcle Bay. Centennial Exposition Tickets Available Here Jackson County Day will be held June 13 at the Oregon Centennial Exposition and In ternational trade fair to be opened in Portland June 10, Ernie , Hood, coordinator for the Jackson County Centen nial association, announced today. The event is part of the pro gram to fill each of the 100 days of the Exposition with programs pretaining to each of the Oregon counties and various cities. Hood said that the Portland Rose festival would be under way during the same time. The Ashland High school band will participate in the Junior Rose parade June 12. Tickets for the Exposition and trade fair are availabe locally at the U. S. National bank, First National bank, Price 10 Medford 18 Pages U,i ; RESERVOIR COVER-This cover on one of Medford's Capital hill reservoirs should be completed tomorrow, according to City Water Superintendent Robert L. Lee. Lee said the reservoir would be back in service Wednesday. Graff and James, Medford con Tuesday Meeting Of Budget Planned as The Jackson county budget committee hopes to hold its final meeting of the year to morrow. It plans to pare $200,000 from the tentative budget to tal of $3,912,000, according to County Commissioner f Ralph James. This will leave $3, 712,000 which the committee estimates , will meet the ex pected county income for the new fiscal year. Budget sections faced with possible cuts are the county road fund with a tentative to tal of $1,713,000, and the $120,000 tentatively allocated for construction of a new all purpose building on the coun ty fairgrounds south of Med ford. The budget total after cuts are made compares with the current county budget to tal of $3,435,887.09. All-Purpose Building The committee had hoped to include $120,000 in the county budget for the all-purpose building which would in clude county extension of fices, if the tentative budget would leave a surplus over what is needed to cover coun ty operating expenses. How ever, a preliminary budget study by accountants revealed more cutting is needed, James said. The proposed building for the fairgrounds would include a large auditorium to be used for various civic affairs and space for county extension of fices. It would relieve present crowded facilities used by the extension service on the first floor of the courthouse, and the parking situation there. Public Hearing A public hearing on the budget will be held probably some time within the next two weeks, James said. The budget committee will set the hearing date when it meets tomorrow. The budget committee mem bers do not have to be mind ful.of a 6 per cent limitation Jackson County Centennial association headquarters, and the welcome stockade. Other locations will be announced, according to Hood. Persons buying the souven ir book of six $1.00 adult ad mission tickets may purchase them for $5. it was reported. The special advance sale price was announced to aid in de fraying Exposition operation al costs .prior to the formal opening. It w a s mentioned that the tickets now on sale would give the purchaser a sonvenir as other types of tickets will be used once the event opens. Association representatives will meet Friday, May 29, in Medford to outline a pro gram to spur the sales of $11, 000 worth of the tickets in the county. Cents MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 25, 1959 Group Last since a proposed permanent county tax base was voted down during last year's elec tion. However, James said it will not be necessary to have a levy to raise budget funds. That is why the budget com mittee wijl pare the budget to meet expected income, he ex plained. Stockade Reports 385 Registrations A total of 385 persons have registered at .the welcome booth in the Stockade on Sis kiyou Summit, Ernie Hood, coordinator for the Jackson County Centennial association announced today. The figure includes 34 per sons who registered Thursday, 37 Friday and 150 Saturday and Sunday. A bachelor from England, who is touring the United States, registered Thursday, it was reported. He stated that he liked southern Oregon as it reminded him of "merry olde England," but he added that the local area was pret tier because of the deciduous trees. , Sunday's visitors included a bus load of children from Trail, and a couple formerly from Scotland . Another couple from abroad register ed Sunday, giving their home as Ireland. Both of the couples had recently moved to Van couver, B. C, it was reported. So far today a couple from Whittier, Calif., have regist ered. They are vacationing here mainly due to their in terest in the historical back ground of the area. Sponsor of the Stockade from Sunday through June 2 is Snider's Dairy. At the Friday meeting of the county Centennial associ ation Jack Creager, president, was presented the scissors that were used in the dedication ceremonies at the Stockade on May 17. He was also present ed a piece of ribbon. The pre sentations were made by John Pletsch and Jennings Pierce, co-chairmen of the dedication program. Antarctic Crossing Film Set Tuesday "Antactic Crossing," a col or film showing the crossing of the South Pole by the Brit ish expedition using Medford made Sno-Cats, will be shown at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Med ford High school auditorium. The public is welcome and no admision will be charged. A story in the Mail Tribune last Friday, and another one elsewhere in today's paper, give the day of the showing incorrectly. The film is spon sored by the Tucker Sno-Cat Corp. of Medford. tractors for the project, are expected to complete covering the second reservoir in about two weeks. With these reservoirs cov ered, Medford's water will not see the light of day from its source at Big Butte springs to its appearance at customers' outlets. School District Reorganization Meeting Tuesday The Jackson county school district reorganization com mittee will meet at 8 p.m. to morrow in the courthouse au ditorium to consider reorgan ization testimany, and to be gin a further study of the Talent-Phoenix situation, a committee spokesman said. "The committee expects to devote considerable further study to the Talent-Phoenix reorganization problem be fore any decisions are made, according to the spokesman. Proposal Rejected Phoenix school district pa trons rejected proposed con solidation of Talent and Phoe nix at the polls Wednesday by a 14 vote margin-425 to 411. Talent school district had fa vored it by 239 to 119. Some persons complained of election irregularities. The county school district boun dary board may study reports requested from the Phoenix school district election board. Boundary board members were to meet today with a member of the district attor ney's office to consider any election irregularities com plained of Wednesday night. Hearings to be Arranged The reorganization commit tee tomorrow night will ar range for hearings on propos ed reorganization in and af fecting Pinehurst, Ashland, Talent, Wagner Creek, Phoe nix and Medford. When these meetings are called later this summer the people in each of the districts will have a full opportunity to be heard on any proposals made by the re organization committee, a committee spokesman said. School district patrons may present their proposals then, he said. Tomorrow night the com mittee will begin also plan ning materials which will go into a formal plan to be pre sented the state board of edu cation by the Oct. 7 deadline. Hoffa Pledges Teamster Support Boston -(UPD James R. Hof fa Sunday pledged the sup port of his giant teamsters un ion to any steelworkers' strike. Hoffa did not say what his union would do in way of support for the 500,000 steel workers. WEATHER FORECAST: Considerable cloudi ness tonight. Chance of a few light showers. Partly cloudy Tuesday.- Airport low 40. High Tuesday 65-68. TEMP. Highest Yesterday go Lowest This Morning 42 Our Skies Tonight Sunset 7:35 p.m. Sunrise tomorow ' 4:41 a.m. Moonrise tonight 10:49 p.m. Lost Quarter May 29 PROMINENT STAR Regulus, in the west at moon rise. VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, low in southeast 8:33 p.m. -10:32 p.m. ..11:10 p.m. 10:52 p.m. Venus, sets Saturn, low in southeast Mars, sets 54th Year Tribune No. 56 Khrushchev Off On 12-Day Trip To Albania . i May Start Drive To Split NATO London (UPD Soviet Pre mier Nikita Khruschev left Moscow today by jet plane for a 12-day visit to Communist Albania. Diplomatic sources said the trip may mark the start of a new Communist drive to split NATO allies in the Mediterranean. A United Press Interna tional dispatch from Moscow said Khrushchev ., was ac companied by Marshal Rodin Maliftovsky, the Soviet de fense minister, and by N. A. Mukhitdinov, a member of the Communist Party Pre sidum. They were seen off by other members of the Presidi um and the diplomatic-corps. Purpose Not Disclosed Nothing was said in Mos; cow about the purpose of Khrushchev's trip - his first to Albania' although he has been to the other satellite countries. The Communist Party newspaper pravda carried a two-column dispatch from the Albanian capital of Tirana on preparations for his visit. Khrushchev's TU-104 jet was taking him over Yugo slavia but it was a non-stop flight. ' Diplomatic sources in Lon don summed up the Khrush chev trip as a calculated propaganda move - aimed at whipping " dissenstion among Italy, Greece and Yugoslavia. May Visit Tilo They also said his first visit to the Mediterranean na tion might cap the current Kremlin propaganda cam paign against the installation of U.S. missile bases in NATO countries. For this purpose Khrush chev might stop off in Yugo slavia and visit Marshal Tito, the sources said. Tito has been loud in his denunciation of Allied missile bases in Greece. Look For Sensationalism Greek leaders already have said they were expecting a "sensational" announcement from Khruschev's visit and said there were indications Khrushchev may be attend ing a Communist "summit" meeting in Albania. 1 02-Y ear-Old Woman Succumbs at Salem Salem -(UPB- A 102-year-old Woodburn woman who was born evactly two years before Oregon became a state, died here Sunday night. She was Elizabeth Kulzer, who was born in Sterns county, Minn., Feb. 14, 1857. She came to Oregon' about 65 years ago and made her home with her daughter Mrs. Josephine Ball weber, near Woodburn. "Chief i A Few Tons of Bricks Have Landed On Us" West Launches Two-Front Drive On Berlin Crisis Talks To Recess For Dulles Funeral Geneva - (UPD - Secretary ef State Christian Herter lold Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko today he had slandered West Ger many by accusing it of seek ing to touch off a third world war. Geneva (UPD The West launched a two-front drive today to get a settlement on the Berlin crisis started be fore the Big Four Foreign Ministers' Conference re cesses for the funeral of John Foster Dulles. At the same time, informed sources reported the East German Communistsmay try to send a delegate to the Dulles funeral in a backdoor attempt to secure diplomatic recognition. The sources said the Reds were unlikely to succeed, since the United States would firmly resist such a move. i One drive to get a Berlin settlement underway came at a private lunch given in his villa by French Foreign Minis ter Maurice Couve de Mur- ville for Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. Acting as spokesman for the West, Couve urged Gromyko to begin secret bargaining sessions aimed at least an "interim" Berlin agreement. Conference To Recess The other came in the con ference room of the Palais des Nations. There, Secretary of State Christian Herter was scheduled to explain in de tail the western plan under which Berlin would be united through free elections to set the pattern for the future re unification of Germany. , The conference was sched uled to recess, after Tuesday's session to permit all three of the western ministers Her ter, Couve and British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd - to attend the Dulles funeral. - . Gromyko- also - might at tend, but he was keeping his plans to himself. He simply shook his head in a way that could mean anything - when asked by newsmen if he would attend. Soviet delega tion spokesmen refused to say "yes" or "no." Some sources thought Moscow might order Gromyko to Washington as a good will gesture to balance off the tensions of Geneva. Sunday Afternoon Fire Damages Home A 'fire which caused exten sive damage to ' the Bennie Britt home, 2607 Buckshot rd was being rechecked by the Medford fire department this morning. The blaze yesterday after noon originated in the kitch en, firemen said, and the en tire interior was on fire when they arrived. Main concen tration of the blaze was in the kitchen and one bedroom but heat caused fire to ignite in other parts of the house. Firemen said Mrs. Britt told them that she went into the living room to answer the telephone and when she re turned to enter the kitchen she was unable to get in be cause of the fire. The fire de partment received the alarm about 2:20 pm. JOHN FOSTER DULLES End Comes Quietly Eisenhower Takes Death of Dulles As Major Blow Washington -(UPD- President Eisenhower took the illness and death of John Foster Dul les as one of the major emo tional blows of his life. Out of personal sorrow as much as formal respect, he put aside most official engage ments today and invited the country to join him in nation al mourning for the former Secretary of State. Dejected Expression i The President showed his sadness in other ways his dejected expression when he called at the Dulles home late Sunday; his handwritten pub lic tribute to his old friend; his resentment at the inevit able publicity given Dulles in his last days of suffering life In a formal proclamation to the nation, the President said: "From the example of John Foster Dulles, brave m living, brave in dying, let us each hold with all fervor to the verities which inspired him." The drugged,' painful end of the man Eisenhower called "champion of freedom" color ed the President's emotions heavily for days before he re ceived the death news by tele phone early Sunday at his Pennsylvania farm. The President had followed Dulles' battle with cancer on a daily, sometimes hourly, ba sis as the doctors reported from Walter Reed Army hos pital. Several times a week, the President went to the hos pital to do what he could to cheer his friend. World Events Outlined Eisenhower did not want his most valued adviser in government to succumb to the idea that his usefulness was at an end. Even when Dulles was numbed by pain-killing drugs the President patiently out lined world events and asked the failing statesman his views. , The saddened President reached Deputy Secretary of State C. Douglas Dillon and asked that he telephone the news at once to Secretary Christian A. Herter in Gen eva. He also told the Secret Service to call the church and tell the pastor he was not coming to services. He looked out the window and asked that his flag be lower ed to half-staff. (Text of Tribute on Page 10) Crown-Zellerbach Refused Appeal Washington -(UPD- The Su preme Court today refused to consider an appeal by Crown Zellerbach Comp., the paper manufacturer, against Wash ington State's business and occupation tax. Today's brief order leaves in effect a ruling by the State Supreme Court on Sept. 16, 1958, upholding the vSlidity of the" tax. The corporation has a big pulp and paper products plant in Camas, Wash., with other facilities throughout the state as well as large timber hold ings. But it manufactures and sells extensively elsewhere. Its office headquarters is in San Francisco. Under Washington law, Crown Zellerbach is subject to a wholesalers' tax and a manufacturers' tax. It attack ed the apportionment of the latter. G. P. Jury To Consider Woman's Fate Grants Pass -(UPD A grand jury meets here Tuesday to consider the case of Mrs. Francis Irene McCurdy who recently was released from the Oregon State hospital in Salem where she was sent af ter the slaying of her. two children 11 years ago. Eisenhower Directs 'Official' Funeral; Flags at Half Staff Washington (UPI) A funeral of high state ceremony and a hero's burial await John Foster Dulles Wednesday in the nation's final tribute to the man who guided U. S. foreign pol icy through six years of cold war. A bereaved President Eisenhower personally directed that a first-of-its-kind "official" funeral be held for the former secretary of state. ' An official funeral is just short of the state funeral re served for presidents and vice presidents, and presidenrs elect and vice presidents-elect. Dulles succumbed quietly in his sleep at 3:49 a.m. (psi) Sunday after a three-month battle against cancer. His death at Walter Reed Army Medical Center brought expressions of sympathy pouring into Washington from the Free World's leaders. The President, openly showing his grief, declared a period of national mourning. He ordered all flags flown at half staff until the 71-year-old statesman is buried. President Cancels Plans The chief i executive, who had close personal as well as official relationship with Dulles, also cancelled most of his engagements through Wednesday. At Geneva, the Big Four foreign ministers agreed to recess their talks for two days. Dulles' last days at the State department were devoted to helping lay the groundwork for their meeting. Secretary of State Christian A. Herter will fly home Tuesday for the funeral services. British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd and French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve Ceneva-(UPD-A Soviet spokesman announced tonight that Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko will go to Washing ton for the funeral of John Foster Dulles: de Murville also will attend and West German Foreign Minis ter Heinrich von Brentano probably wilL The funeral services will be held at 10 am. (pst) Wednes day in Washington's huge National Cathedral with burial in Arlington National cemetery, the hallowed resting place of the nation's heroes. To Lie in Stat ' The body will lie in state at the cathedral's Bethlehem Chapel from noon Tuesday until noon Wednesday. An honor military guard will be posted. Dr. Roswell P. Barnes of New York, a secretary of the World Council of Churches, will lead those officiating at the services, along with Dr. Paul Wolfe, of the Brick Presbyte rian church of New York, and Dr. Edward L. R. Elson of the National Presbyterian church of Washington. Like the President. Dulles attended the National Presby terian Church. He served the church as an elder. The funeral will be held at the National Cathedral, an Episcopal church, however, because of space limitations at the Presbyterian church." The President, in addition to directing that Dulles be given an official funeral, also ordered military honors. Dulles served as major with the general staff of the Army in World War I. At graveside ceremonies, Dulles will be given a 19-gun salute honoring his former cabinet rank. A bugler will play taps. Life Waned Gradually Dulles' life had been gradually waning for weeks as can cer complicated by pneumonia sapped his once rugged strength. ' The President said that Dulles was "brave in dying," as he was in living. With Dulles when the end came in the medical center's executive suite were his wife of 47 years, Janet; his sons, John and Avery; his brother, Allen, head of the Central Intelligence Agency, and his sister Eleanor, a state depart ment official. World Eulogixes Dulles Expressions of admiration his service to freedom came "We've lost a good public man said. A great American has passed," said Sir Winston Church ill, who visited Dulles only Vice President Richard M. enough to see history vindicate his policies, some of which seemed unpopular at the time he advocated them. In Russia Radio Moscow reported Dulles' death routinely and without comment as the of 17 items.' Only in Communist East were bitter words spoken even German radio compared his policies with those of Hitler. (See Stories Plastic Cleaning Bags Claim More By United Press International Another baby was suffocat ed today by a plastic bag and dry cleaning firms in two cities announced they were going to quit using them. The body of Vincent J. Fitch, 3 months old, was found with a plastic dry cleaning bag over his face at the Cleveland, Ohio, home of Mrs. Gladys Johnson, who had cared for him overnight. The bag had.. been placed on a bed under a sheet. At Owensboro, Ky., Sunday Debra Lynee Payne, 10 weeks old, was suffocated similarly by a plastic sheet. The baby's grandmother found the body. District Attorney Max Mc Millin said he planned to pre sent the entire case to the grand jury. Mrs. McCurdy, now 49, faces a first degree murder charge. She was arrested in Port land in 1948 after the bodies of her two children, Pamela, 11, and Paul, 10, were found for Dulles as a man and for from leaders around the world. servant," former President Tru three weeks ago. Nixon said Dulles lived long 14th item in a news program Germany and Czechoslovakia in death of Dulles. The East On Page 10) Children Launderers and cleaners at Winston-Salem, N.C., said they would discontinue using the bags for packaging cloth ing. Their decision was precip itated by the suffocation last week of a 7-month-old baby. A dry cleaning firm in Windsor, Ont., announced it would abandon the plastic bags because a baby smother ed in one there last Friday. More than 30 infants have been suffocated in plastic bags so far this year in the United States. The National Safety Council has estimated 100 probably will die, based on the fatality rate so far. in a Grants Pass auto court. She was committed to the State Hospital. The disposition board at the hospital recently found her recovered enough to return to society. She was brought to the county jail here to await disposition of the old charge.