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Newspaper Page TextMAIL TRIBUa Mbrf, Ct, Friday, Jum It, 193 Playhouse 90 Said Murky Piece Of Dramaturgy Br WILLIAM EWALD UPI Correspondent New York - (UPD - Thursday night Playhouse 90 got mixed up with the posh set and turn ed out a tosh play. For the first time this season, the CBS -TV dra M ma showca s e jaeicc tea 10 film, reeling out 90 minutes a r u lofamovie Jwhich had qffilliam Ewaki Teen shot in ffngland for theater consump tion. "Dark as the Night" it ftj called and a dark and murky piece of dramaturgy it was-stodgy at the start, muddy around the center, oozey at its close. It all looked f little like a bumbling "B' movie, which is rather fitting, because it was. The story was one of those beddy British things about a wealthy chap who was run ning for Parliament, but hose wife was threatening V leave him, a bit of a fix, rot? Just to complicate mat- tars, his chauffeur was trying to kidnap his wife, his chauf feur's girl friend was trying 9.o rob his safe, a gossip col umnist . was trying to black mail him, and his housemaid ts hysterical. "What a situation," said the ehp midway, "just . . . about . . gs . . . dark . . . as . . . the . . . night." Which summed it gg 11 rather neatly, I thought Michael Wilding, Dennis Trice and Michael Hordern yere among the players thrown to the lines. The fe- SBgl involved, was Laraine Dgy. She. looked properly f istraught and I can't say I W ime her. f vo Men Appear in fiifricf Court Cwo men appeared recent ly in district court before fudge Roy Bashaw. Robert Ross Rheinsburg, route 3, box 188, Barnett rd., Medford, waived the right to ah attorney and preliminary hearing and was bound over to the'grand jury on a charge of threatening to commit a felony. ' " , The complaint was signed by Noble E. Throckmorton who charged that Rheinsburg had threatened to kill him. Rheinsburg was lodged in the county jail with bail set at ,500. Daniel E. Malakie, route 4; Vox 503, Grants Pass, who ?ras charged with an attempt to use dangerous weapon by Paul Thrush was given, until gune 22 at 11 a.m. to enter a plea. Bail was set at $50. Washington Masons Install Grand Master Tacoma (DPD Robert W. Guthrie, Wapato, . was in stalled as grand master of the Grand Lodge of Masons of Washington and Alaska as the group , concluded its 102nd communication here Thurs day. - Others installed were Al fred J. Ring, Seattle, deputy &and master; Elmer C. Hunt ley, Thorntob, senior grand warden, and Charles Johnson, Tacoma,. junior grand warden- . . f , 10 0k PEGIAL ALUMINUM SCREEN DOORS :13 INCLUDES HINGES DOOR CLOSER LATCH YOSHI REED FENCING 6'x25' $11 11 50 roll BRUCE BAUER LUMBER CO's. BUILDITORIUM 765 S. Riverside TRIUMPHANT Popular television pianist Liberace was awarded $22,400 by a British court, in a libel suit he brought against the London Daily Mirror and its column ist, "Cassandra." The jury of 10 men and two women found that a column written by Cassandra three years ago implied that Liberace was a homosexual. Here, a smiling Liberace is shown leaving the court in London, the day before the verdict. Klamath Indian Killed by Truck . Klamath Falls (UPD - A 36-year-old Klamath Indian was killed Thursday atter- noon under the wheels of a truck owned by Harry Allen, Beatty,TOre. Sheriff 'Murray Britton identified the victim as Andrew Foster. Britton said that Foster left the Beatty tavern at 2:30 p.m. "quite intoxicated. Allen said he saw Foster get into the cab of his dual truck and ran after him for about 500 yaVds. Allen said he managed to get on the truck and slow it down. He grabbed Foster while the truck was still in motion and pulled him out of the cab, he said. Foster fell to the ground and was crush ed under the left front wheel. Britto said Foster died 30 minutes later. James Hollo- way, deputy sheriff, brought Allen into the District At torney's office late Thursday afternoon.' The sheriff said no charges would be filed. Willameile Yields Body of Woman - Salem - (UPD'- The body of woman missing since last Nov. 18 was recovered from here Thursday night. The body, identified as that of Mrs. Grace I. Wiley, 57, Dayton was found in a sub merged automobile whicfi was discovered by two wate"r skiers, William Wagner and Robert Bowden of Salem just north of the Wheatland ferry. The car was pulled from the river by a wreckers The federal meat inspection stamp which reads "U.S. In spected and Passed" shows that the meat product has been made from wholesome ingre dients and processed under sanitary conditions. 95 ea. complete SP 2-6211 j Charges Against Professor Dropped Corvallis (DPD A charge of involuntary manslaughter against Oregon State College assitant professor Dr. David England was dismissed in cir cuit court here Thursday. Judge Fred McHenry dis missed the charge filed in connection with the death of England's 12-year-old adopt ed son, Charles Edwin. Judge McHenry ruled that the state had failed to pre sent , sufficient evidence to show that a crime had been committed. The dismissal came as a re sult of a motion filed Wednes day by defense attorney Mark Weatherf ord. The boy died the day fol lowing an alleged slap by England. The Englands have four other adopted children. Trade Fair to Continue 100 Days Portland-The International Trade Fair 'will continue throughout the 100-day Ore gon Centennial Exposition, Anthony Brandenthaler, chair man" for the Oregon Centen nial commission, has an nounced. Brandenthaler reported that after June 25, the public would be admitted to the Trade fair from noon until 10 p.m. daily. Until that date, the gates are not opened for visi tors before 2 pjn. daily. Dur ing the morning hours, west ern buyers are making their selections from the displays being shown by European and Asian nations. Each Foreign exhibit is ar ranged to give its particular cultural and economic atmos phere. A tour of the booths simulates a tour of each coun try, remarks visitors, who have been attending ' the In ternational Trade-Fair. ' A general admission ticket to the Oregon Centennial ex position admits the holder to the Fair area, Brandenthaler added. Decline Noted in Bond Sales Here Sale of . United States sav ings bonds in Jackson county during May totaled $63,879, a decided drop from the $75, 501 ,of May, 1958, it was an nounced today by George W. Mimnaugh,- state director, Portland. . Bond sales in Oregon also were lower last month than a year ago, he said. Sales of E and H bonds totaled $2,384, 177 for Oregon, compared to $2,799,561 a year ago. i Total Jackson county sales so far this year were $460,886, higher than the $361,219 for the first five months, of 1958. . A number of counties had "spectacular increases," Mim naugh reported, including Crook, Curry, Jefferson and Wheeler counties. SPAAK TOUR PLANNED Paris (DPD NATO Secre tary -'General Paul - Henri Spaak of Belgium will pay official visits to Turkey and Greece before the end of the month, the NATO Permanent Council said today. Spaak will visit Ankara June 20-25 and Athens June 25-30 at the re quest of the governments of the two NATO nations. Widening, St. Discouraging, Duff Says The proposed widening and paving of Niantic st. is "one of the most discouraging proj ects we've had in a longtime," Medford City Manager Robert A. Duff told the city council last night. Duff explained that the nar row, dusty street should def initely be improved since it is carrying a "very heavy" traf fic load. The council heard Duffs discussion of the prob lems involved, then referred the matter to its executive committee. In other action last night, the council: 1. Continued a public hear ing on rezoning , property owned by Harold Farr in the Valley Center subdivision to permit expansion of his trailer coirt; v Award Contract 2. Awarded a contract for taxiway resurfacing at the city airport; ' "3. Awarded another con tract for a water main "on Woodrow lane; 4. Turned down the Med ford 20-30 club's .request to use a loudspeaker downtown for advertising the catfish der by this week end. With respect to Niantic st., Duff told the council that some property owners in the Austin st.-Maple st. stretch were willing to give the city necessary rights of way for widening, while others were holding out. Condemnation proceedings, he said, would appear necessary against the hold-outs. In this case, the city would have to pay whatever damages the jury awarded and assess the damages as part of the project's cost against all property owners involved. First Assessment Project "This is the first assessment project of available records," according to a special report of the council from the office of Vernon Thorpe, city public works director, "Where adja cent property is required to be assessed for the acquisition of property for street widen ing." Duff described the prospect of assessing residents who would give right of way for Portland Still Smashed by Agents Portland - (ip - One man was arrested when federal and state liquor agents smash ed an illegal still northwest of here Thursday night and seized six gallons of the "moonshine." Arrested was James T. Clem, 38, authorities said. He was found with another man at the still in a brushy can yon behind his residence on NW Germantown road. ' Clem was to be arraigned today before Claire Mun dorff , U.S. Commissioner. The second man escaped, but officers said his identity was known and said they antici pated an early arrest. The still, constructed of 50- gallon barrels alongside a small stream, was destroyed with an ax and all but six gallons of the . liquor was poured out. . Bank System Notes $6 Million Gain A gain of more than $6 million in deposits has been registered by United States National bank since June, 1958, according to figures re leased to the comptroller of currency date June 10. Total deposits for the Medford branch were $22,572,164.22. Total state deposits were $787,809,824, compared to $781,784,201 a year ago. Loans and discounts for the statewide banking system as of June 10' were more than $8 million ahead of the pre vious year. Total loans and discounts were $365,194,757 for the state and $11,205, 087.75 for the local branch. Total resources for the bank's 70 offices throughout the state were $886,235,301, representing a gain of more than $22 V4 million in the past 12 months. Power Plant Opens After Fish Pass Eugene (UPD The Walter ville power -plant about eight miles east of here was back in operation today. The plant, on the McKenzie river, was shut down Wednesday to allow passage of upstream mi grating chinook salmon in the main channel. The closure was ordered by the Oregon Fish Commis sion after about 1000 salmon had piled up against a barrier on a diversion canal below the power plant. I Garden Sawdust I McGinty Fuel Go. I Ph. SP 3-6297 I Paving of their share of damages award ed to those who would not as "grossly unfair." He said the equitable solu tion would be to institute con demnation proceedings against all the properties, then assess the total damages against all property owners The costs, Duff said, would be "quite severe." He suggest ed that the city might contrib ute funds to defray to some ex tent the assessments to prop erty owners. As an alterna tive, he suggested that the street widening could be fore gone. Approve Suggestion The councilmen unanimous ly approved the suggestion of Councilman Ed Hall, Ward 1, that the matter go to the exe cutive body. rne public nearing con cerned Farr's request that property he owns in the sub division be rezoned from single family residential to light industrial, the zone now required for trailer parks. William Doernbach, sub division resident, told the council the rezoning would Kilby Elected to Fun Society Post Patrick W. Kilby, 27 North Orange st., Medford, was elected chef de gare of Jack son County Voiture 165, 40 and 8,' the fun and honor so ciety of the American Legion, at a dinner promenade Wed nesday night at the Jubillee club, Jacksonville. Others elected were Basil Craig, Ashland, chef de train; Don Wilson, Medford, com- misaar intendant; Lester Watts, Jacksonville, conduc- teur; Clark J. Walker, Med- forc, garde de la porte; Cliff Hyde, Camp White, lampiste; John Ysunza, Jacksonville, commis voyageur; and Rich ard bmitti, Medford, aumo nier. M. E. (Bud) Fisher was appointed correspondant. ,. Chemmots elected were Hugh McKenzie, M. E. Fish er, H. J. Meiring and Merle Jarmin. Delegates to the Grand Promenade to be held in Salem July 22 are Lester Watts, Hugh McKenzie, Clark Walker and Basil Craig. Eu gene Orr, Guy Applewhite, Keegan Townsend and Ray Huson were named at alter nates. Dogfish Shark Offered Japan Seattle (DPD State' Fish eries Director . Milo Moore asked his Japanese counter part via telegram Thursday to accept a trial shipment of dogfish shark for consump tion in Japan. Moore told H. Okuhara, di rector of the Japanese Fish eries Agency that "our in dustry is very anxious to find a world market for , first quality dogfish shark, now considered destructive to Pa cific Coast food-fish re sources." A trial quota of 500 tons over a one-year period be ginning in August was sug gested by Moore. Moore's wire came on the heels of an announcement that the Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Commit tee had approved a measure providing bounties on dog fish sharks. Entries Sought for Jubilee Queen Jacksonville-Jackson coun ty girls wishing to enter com petition for queen of the Jacksonville Gold Rush Jubi lee have until June 27 to make application, according to Dr. A. A. Griffin, chairman of the queen contest com mittee. The committee will accept applications from any county community. Any business firm, organization or club may enter a contestant. First prize of a $300 ward robe of her choice will go to the jubilee queen. More than $650 in awards is being of fered by the sponsoring Jack sonville Lions club. Those interested in the queen contest may contact Dr. Rush Jubilee, box 1859, Jack sonville. - When You DIAL AMERICAN FINANCE CORPORATION 123 WEST MAIN Niantic amount to a violation of con tractual property rights." The council continued the hearing to its July 16 meeting after a report from' Duff that a redrafted proposal for -a trailer park ordinance would be available by then. This or dinance, as discussed recent ly by the city planning com mission, would permit mul tiple family residential zoning for trailer courts meeting cer tain standards. Hearing Continued Another slated hearing, on rezoning the non-conforming B. and G. business properties on East Jackson st. to limited commercial, was continued to July 2 to permit its consider ation together with other re quested action on the proper ties. . The contract for taxiway resurfacing at the airport was awarded to Rogue River Pav ing company. The project in cludes the taxiway stretch in front of the northwest private hangar area and along one side of the concrete apron in front of the terminal building, and one small taxiway from the apron to the main runway. A second small taxiway was deleted to reduce costs. The Woodrow lane water main contract was awarded to R. A. Heintz Construction company in the amount of $9,459.80. The council's refusal of the 20-30 club's loudspeaker re quest was in line with estab lished policy. Seth Bullis presented the council with two 1910 photo graphs of the first plane to land at Medford. These photo graphs, from the collection of Gene Thomas, would be suit able for hanging in the pres ent airport terminal building, Bullis suggested. A number of budget item transfers were also appVoyed by the council. Grange News Eagle Point Grange " Approximately 160 persons attended the Eagle Point Grange meeting June 16, in cluding viistors from Roxy Ann, Butte Falls, Central Point, Live Oak, Upper Rogue, Upper Applegate, Phoenix, Sams Valley, Gold Hill, Lake Creek, Griffin Creek, and Shady Cove Granges. Several Eagle Point Grange members' birthdays ; were honored, and those couples celebrating anniversaries this month are Mr. and Mrs. Paul Force, 35 years; Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Hayes, 27 years; Mr. and Mrs. John Huffman, 25 years; Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Wattenburg, 20 years; and Mr. and Mrs. William Big ham, one year. The display ' table, under the direction of Mrs. Gret rude Stanley, contained a sugar bowl which had been brought over in the May flower in 1620, a hand-carved book-holder of the kind used by Mohammedans for holding their Koran, a washboard made entirely of wood, and a set of dolls made of dried pears and apples. According to Mrs. J. D. Brown, Home Economics com mittee chairman, the next meeting of the HEC will be at the home of Mrs. Ruby Stowell June 24, when the members will plan for a barr beque in Eagle Point July 4. C. C. Hoover, chairman of the Community Service commit tee, announced that many groups of Scouts had made recent use of the Hoover lake area for camping trips. He said further that leveling of several hundreds of acres of desert in the area of the lakes is in progress and that youth organizations are invited to visit the section to search for agates. ... Clifford Moore, lecturer, turned the program over, to Cecil Kee of Shady Cove, who presented Donna and Linda Weitman, Carol Hale, Marilyn Learning, and Cecelia Kee in several dance num bers. The Smith Sisters, Bon nie, Carol, and Sharon, and Mrs. Charles Wells, accom panist, all in Centeninal cos tumes, sang several numbers, and Ceasar Muzzioli enter tained with accordion music. James and Judy Hill played the leading roles in a skit about Red Riding Hood and the wolf, prepared for the program by Mrs. Lester Wertz. Mrs. Wertz was pianist for- the activities during the regular session of the Grange. Need Cash Whether it be . . . $50, $500, or $1,500 Um Hi Tcla-Loan Plan to olv your money problems simple as dialing your phono. Just group all your old bills, add any cash you may mttd and then dial our number. , PHONE SP 2-6201 House Debates Ike's Request To Up Debt Ceiling Washington - (UPD The House begins debate today on President Eisenhower's re quest to raise the ceiling on tiie nation's debt. It appeared that some Re publicans and Democrats would speak out against the size of the $286 billion in debtedness. But the House was virtually certain to ap prove the proposal by a big margin and sent it to the Senate. Eisenhower asked Congress to boost the permanent debt ceiling from $283 billion to $288 billion and the tempor ary limit from $288 to $295 billion. The increases are needed to accommodate the predicted debt of more than $293 billion dollars next Dec. 15. Permanent Level Trimmed - The House Ways and Means Committee went along with the President's request for the higher temporary maxi mum. But it trimmed the pro posed new permanent level to $285 billion. This means . Eisenhower will have to come back to Congress for another debt limit extension in the 1960 election year when the $295 billion . temporary ceiling would expire. Other Congressional news: Wheat: House Democratic Whip Carl Albert (Okla.) said chances are "excellent" that Congress would work up an other wheat bill to send Presi dent Eisenhower despite the House's rejection of a com promise Senate-passed meas ure Thursday. Albert, chair man of the House wheat sub committee, said the new legislature would provide higher price supports than the defeated . measure. Will Refuse To. Sign Housing: Six members of a Senate-House conference committee which drafted a $1,375,000,000 housing bill said, they would refuse to sign a report recommending the legislation. However the chairman, Sen. John Spark man (D-Ala.) and Rep. Al bert Rains (D-Ala.), chairman of the House housing subcom mitte, praised the bill. . . Equal time: Robert W. Sar noff, chairman of the Na tional Broadcasting Co., said television and radio coverage of the i960 political cam paigns would be curtailed sharply unless Congress re vised regulations governing equal-time programs for cand idiates. Sarnoff asked the Senate Commerce Committee to lift the "political gag" he said was imposed by a- Fed eral Communications Com mission ruling that stations must give all candidates equal time if a rival appears on a program, even a news cast. . . EVER HAD! MEDFORD MOTORS Mi dm i (fT I refill!! . uii It's hard to be sure you're getting a bargain when you can't look inside to "see what makes it tick". So why gamble? Best way to avoid buying mistakes is to use the basic rule of sound buy ing: A good brand it your best guarantee. 1 Whatever you buy, you know the maker stands behind a good brand. You can't go wrong. The more good brands you know the surer you are. Get to know them in this newspaper. They'll help you cut buying mistakes, get more for your money. BRAND NAMES FOUNDATION Umponfi A Non-Profit Educational Foundation 37 West 67th Street, New York 19, New York 0 3SEGJttKE f arks, Recreation ( Groups Asks Council To Approve Plane (Continued From Page 1) The city parks and recrea tion ; commission last month asked the council for approv al of preliminary plans call ing for the pool, . a wading pool and a bathhouse-with the diving tank to be given.first priority for , future develop ment. ... "I'm of the personal opin ion," Mayor Snider comment ed last night, "that the diving area would never be built." The parks and, recreation commission, after the. council failed to take action on the pool plans May 21, asked last week that Thompson appear before the council with alter native plans in an effort to gain a decision. . Integrating Facility Thompson also discussed the possibility of integrating the diving facility with the swimming pool in an U-shaped design. He said this would be impractical unless the pool it self were enlarged, since with a length of 75 feet the slope to the depth necessary for diving would be too steep. Asked by one councilman if other cities had pools only five or five-and-a-half feet deep, as proposed for the West Jackson facility, Thompson replied, "I don't know of any in the state." He added, however, that even with the proposed dimen sions he was "confident" there would be '.'sufficient in terest" in the pool. , ! More Ambitious Pool Councilman Robert Baccus, Ward III, spoke in favor of a more ambitious indoor-out door year-around pool, such as the reportedly successful $250,000 facility at Beaverton or the more expensive one at North Bend. Councilman Stan Stark, Ward IV, was among those opposing a bond issue, which would be required to raise such a large sum. ' r Thompson estimated that $90,000 would be sufficient for the pool, diving tank and otherN facilities outlined in the preliminary plans. The original sum of $75,000 budgeted for the. project is in the form -of an: anticipated grant from the Jackson Coun ty Housing authority, . which has also donated , the site. A special fund . to; accommodate . SAVE AT CLOWER'S GOLDEN EAGLE Phoenix 3c Discount on Guo Triple Silver Dollar Stamps BEST FRIEND YOUR P0CKETB00K MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNI this grant was established at the council's June 4 meeting. It nas not been turnfjd Over to the city as yet. . Actual Sum. According to City Manager Robert A. Duff, a housing au thority member himself, twe actual sum. is somewhere be tween $70,000 and $75,000. Thompson reported that used pool filtration equip ment becoming Available through demolition of an old swimming pool at th Univer sity of Oregon in Eugene would not be suitable, for the proposed Medford . facility. Duff had asked him to investi gate this equipment it con nection with the chance of ef fecting economise in the West Jackson pool project. City Officials last year pre dicted the pool would be com pleted in time for use this summer. But according to Thompson, even if the pre liminary plans had beenQap- provea last night the pool would not have been finished until next February. Insure Completid The parks and recreation commission's interest in urg ing the council to approve the preliminary plans was to insure the pool' comptetion at this year's construction costs anfl in timeolb next summer'! use. City Parks and Recreation Director Robert L. Haworth hat Steted iht con struction eoste fot ftools in crease en ' tstimgtti ) per cent eacn yea. From rhit ?nomjliDn said last night, the eoueil now has . a mafimui 9t three months in which o gpprove the preliminare giant in order to permit -or fchedule allowing the pool'e completion in time for uee ntga fungi AUDMT' TICtlSU Shreveport, L. - (Cl- Sur vivors of some of th victims of hurrican Audrey in 1957 have filed nearly 10 million damage suit against the fed eral government. They charge the U.S. Weather Bureau did not warn residents of the low lying Gulf v Coast area of Cameron, La., in time for them; to : get out. sVbout 500 persons died in the June 27, 1957 storm. Taunuo built in Germeg by Pere" 225 S. ivi&) 4f 1!