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At BottUng:GoHPaiy
Patrolman Finds
Office Door Open
On Routine Check
Money Was in Five
Sacks, Police Said
A total of $1,162.42 in bills,
coins, and checks was stolen
from a wall safe at the Coca
Cola Bottling company, 600
North Grape st., last night,
according to city police.
The safe was burglarized
sometime between 9 p.m. and
3:05 a.m. when Patrolman
Garnet A. Stoltenburg discov
ered the office door open on
a routine patrol.
Police described the bur
glary as "very neat."
The money was reported to
be in five money sacks of the
First National Bank of Ore
gon. The denomination of the
bills, which accounted for ap
proximately one half of the
amount stolen, is not known,
The remainder was divided
between coins and checks,
police said.
Building Entered '
The building was . entered
by either an unlocked rear
office door or through a win
dow, ' reports showed. The
building is enclosed by a 6
foot woven wire fence topped
by a two-foot angular barbed
wire fence.
, Police said that nothing
else in the office was dis
turbed and no .tools were left
at the scene. The burglars left
the office by the front door.
Patrolman Stoltenburg dis
covered the unlocked front
door during a security check
of the building and noticed
that the safe dial was missing.
After the safe was '"punched"
police said that all loose parts
had been dropped in the of-
fice out of sight from the
front door.
Three Appear in
Circuit Court
Circuit Court Judge Edward
C. Kelly ordered a pre-sen
tence report yesterday on Da
vid Dester Staniforth, 19, of
560 Clover lane, Medford, who
Is charged with grand larceny.
Yesterday afternoon Stani
forth withdraw his plea of in
nocent and entered a plea of
guilty to charges of taking, a
car in February in Medford.
Rommy Ray Laurence, 23,
of 2115 East Jackson st., re
ceivg a three-year suspended
sentence on charges of grand
larceny. He was charged with
taking a car. from a local
company, July 25.
Claron William Henderson,
22, of 113 East 11th st., plead
ed guilty before Circuit Judge
James E. Mam yesterday aft
ernoon to charges of burglary
not in a dwelling and was sen
tence to the Oregon state
penitentiaryfor a maximum
term of three years.
Henderson was charged
with breaking into the Tom
Thumb Marker on Table Rock
rd. at Four Corners March 25.
Salem -(UPD- M. L. Schmidt,
Tillamook, has been appoint
ed to the State Real Estate
Board.
City Police to Distribute
Literature to Tourists
The Medford police depart
ment has agreed to cooperate
with the Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce to dis
tribute literature of the Rogue
valley to visitors who ask
city policemen about vacation
possibilities in this area.
Visitors' information signs
will be installed on the po
lice department's two meter
checking vehicles, and patrol
men will carry a small supply
-oi literature including histori
cal, factual, points of interest,
and Shakespearean Festival
folders. Also included will be
Oregon state maps.
Don McNeil, manager of the
chamber, who last niht ex
plained the purpose of the lit
erature to police officers, said
Cents
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1959
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NEAR MISS-Excavation blasting for Rogue Valley Manor
atop Barneburg hill has aroused property owners in the area
and brbughi complaints of cracked masonry, rolling boulders
and flying rocks. Here Mrs. Ethel M. Gomer, 2456 Nieto way,
holds a rock she said missed her by 15 feet last Saturday as
she worked in her garden about
Medford city officials state
M. Drake Construction company, contractor for the work,
have said they would, cooperate in cutting down on blast
charges.,.,' ;
Applegate
Recreation
Discussed
Validly of the- mining
claim of Earl Gebhart on 40
acres along the . Applegate
river will be checked as the
first step toward Jackson
county acquiring the land for
a park and recreation site, it
was decided this morning.
The Jackson county court
directed Gerald Scannell,
deputy district attorney, to
check the validity of the claim
with the land office of the
bureau of land management
in Portland. If valid, the claim
could be purchased from Geb
hart, who is now in Wyoming,
for $3,000. Arrangements then
could be made with the land
office, to withdraw the 40
acres for recreational use.
Carroll Brown, supervisor
of Rogue River National for
est, . said that since the land
comes under the jurisdiction
of his office, a permit could
be issued the county to de
velop the site. The land was
recently transferred from
BLM jurisdiction to the U. S.
forest service as one of v a
series of land exchanges. Dur
ing a meeting in the county
court office this morning it
was decided that it could be
determined later whether the
county or the forest service
should develop the proposed
recreation site.
Money in Escrow
The county court discussed
the possibility of putting the
$3,000 in escrow pending com-
the literature would not be
distributed on a wholesale
basis. 1
Visitors Inquire
It will be used when a vis
itor inquires about activities
and vacation possibilities in
the area and who expects to
spend a few days in the Rogue
valley.
McNeil said that instead of
having police officers attend
several night sessions to ob
tain a thorough knowledge of
vacation prospects in the area,
the chamber deemed it more
feasible that the officer know
where the desired informa
tion may be obtained in the
literature available.
McNeil noted that visitors
often approach police officers
seeking such information .
$1J
a block from the Manor site.
that representatives of.Donald
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River
Sites
Today
pletion of . legal steps in ac
quiring the property.
Brown said that the forest
service is short of money this
year to develop recreation
sites and would prefer that
the county develop this site
if possible.. If the forest serv
ice developed, the site he said,
it would be similar to the one
near the old McKee bridge
with outdoor fireplaces, camp
ing sites, picnic tables and
benches and restrooms.,
More Recreation Sites
Brown added that he feels
that many more recreation
sites should be developed in
the Applegate area. His office
is now negotiating with Ger
ald Buck for purchase of a
40-acre site one mile above
Mule creek on the upper Ap
plegate. This site is divided
by the river and is on both
sides of the road. Buck is
asking $10,000 for the prop
erty, Brown added.
The forest supervisor said
Gebhart doesn't have, to work
his claim. Under the "prudent
man" 'provision the claim
merely has to show enough
ore color to warrant a prudent
man to develop it. However,
Clark J. Walker, Medford real
estate man, acting for Geb
hart, stated today that the
claim has been worked each
year either by Gebhart or by
somebody representing him.
Meeting with the county
court this morning were Ed
Strother, Shady Cove, county
parks and recreation commis
sion chairman; Brown, Ralph
Wiese, staff officer, Rogue
River National forest, and
Scannell.
Residents Reminded
Of City Ordinance
Residents were reminded to
day by city police of the city
ordinance which prohibits
drinking beer in public.
Tuesday police received a
complaint that persons were
drinking beer in the city park
at Plum and Prune sts. Police
discovered that several fam
ilies and their friends were
having a picnic with beer in
cluded in the menu.
The picnickers were re
minded of the ordinance by
police and no complaint was
filed, report show. j
54th Year
Tribune
No. 82
Norway Police
Question Party
Host About Fire
7 Bodies Found; 17
Others Feared Dead
Vossetrand, Norway -(UPD-Police
questioned a Norwe
gian today in belief a party in
his Stalheim Hotel room may
have caused a fire which de
stroyed the building and
killed possibly 24 persons,
mostly Americans.
Seven bodies were recov
ered from the wreckage of the
50-year-old wooden tourist
hotel 50 miles northeast of
Bergen on Norway's Atlantic
Coast and 17 persons were
missing and feared dead.
Hotel Crowded
The four-story, 100-room
hotel was crowded with 147
tourists, 130 of them Ameri
cans, and its Norwegian staff
when the fire flashed through
the structure at 3 a.m. Tues
day, trapping many persons in
their rooms.
Many persons were injured
when they jumped from their
upper floor rooms or fell while
trying to escape down make
shift ropes. About 35 persons
were taken to the hospital at
Voss, 20 miles away, but ten
were released after treatment.
Bones Broken in Leapt
The victims, mostly be
tween the ages of 60 and 70,
suffered burns and broken
bones in their escape.
Police did not disclose the
name of the Norwegian they
were questioning but they
said he gave a party in his
first floor hotel room a few
hours before the fire started
and that a cigarette may have
caused the' blaze. , ' . .
Officials were reluctant to
list the 17 missing I. hotel
guests as dead even though
there was no chance that any
one would be found alive in
the ruins.
Fled Into Woods
They said many of the
guests fled into the woods sur
rounding the hotel and there
was a possibility that some of
those unaccounted for may
still turn up. A few persons
wjere ' known to have been
given aid by nearby Norwe
gian families.
Sixteen of the American
survivors, some still dressed
in pajamas with coats thrown
over their shoulders, arrived
Tuesday night in Oslo from
Vossestrand in the fjord coun
try.
Young Republicans
To Support Drive
Young Republicans of Jack
son county have pledged their
support to the Republican fi
nance campaign currently un-
aer way.
Don Stathos, chairman Of
the county central committee,
gave a progress report on ac
complishments made so far in
the fund drive and on the part
taken by members of the
Young Republican club at
meeting this week. Alan
Holmes is chairman of sustain
ed pledges, Jim Ragland is in
charge of the special gifts sec
tion, and Joe Walsh is chair
man of the financial institu
tion section. - '
A family picnic is planned
by the group for July 26, with
Ragland and Stathos as co-
chairmen.
Mrs. i-aui H. sparso was
elected treasurer of the group,
succeeding Chuck Foley who
resigned upon leaving Med
ford. Ike Asks Foreign Aid
Oh Long Term Basis
Washington -(UPD- President
Eisenhower asked Congress
today to place U. S. foreign
military aid on a long term
basis and shift its control to
the Defense Department to
end "contentious" bickering.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Variable cloudiness
tonight and Thursday. Low to
night 54. High Thursday S3.
Temp.
Hiehest Yesterday ... 90
Lowest this Morning 57
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today .
Sunrise tomorrow
Moonrise tonight .
. 7:53 p.m.
. 4:35 a.m.
.10:42 pjn.
Ini 97
Last quarter
At moonrise tonight the bright
est star in the sky will be
Vega, high in the east; and the
brightest planet will be Jupiter,
in the southwest.
Jet Crash
Mem Mums
Burns, Ore.-(DPD-Five civilian employees of the Boeing
Airplane company were killed yesterday in the flaming crash
oi an ait j orce u-oz DomDer
The victims were identfied
Kirkland, Wash.; co-pilot Joseph Keller, 37, Bellevue, Wash.;
navigator Harold G. Green, 37, Kent, Wash.; and technical
engineers Neil Johnson, 28, and Charles H. McDaniel, 29,
both of Seattle. .
The huge jet-eight bomber
day mornmg on one of a
flights. It was scheduled to
ground on a course toward
station near here.
The first report of the crash
came from an unidentified
ranch woman who notified the
radar station and the Oregon
state police.
Investigating officers said
the plane apparently crashed
and then exploded, touching
off a fire which burned about
200 acres of brush at the edge
of Ochoco National. Forest.
Crash Area Guarded
A security guard of per
sonnel from the radar station,
state police and the Malheur
county sheriffs office was
posted around the crash area
pending the arrival of investi
gators from the Boeing com
pany in Seattle.
Boeing spokesmen said the
last radio report from the
plane was when it passed a
check point at The Dalles.
One report said the plane
burst into , flame in flight.
Leslie Heinz, a lineman, for
the Harney County Electric i
Cooperative, was quoted as
saying the plane became "one
big ball of fire" and then
struck a small hill and ex
ploded. Wreckage was scattered for
a mile and a half, and a pilot
who flew over the area said
"there isn't a piece of the
plane as big as a washtub."
The shattered bodies of the
occupants were scattered
through, the timber and sev
eral hours 'were required to
recover them.
First Luncheon in
Series Scheduled
; Fifty civic leaders have
been invited to a noon lunch
eon meeting at the Rogue Val
ley Country club tomorrow by
Mayor John Snider, chairman
of the citizens advisory com
mittee to the Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce "Keep
Pace With Tomorrow" pro
gram.
The luncheon tomorrow is
the first in a series of eight
meetings to which 900 local
leaders will be invited during
the next two weeks, accord
ing to General Chairman' Bob
Taylor.
("They will be asked to at
tend one-hour sessions to hear
the plans that have been
drawn up as a guide for the
Medford area for orderly and
progressive planning for the
future," Taylor said. .
, "These plans form the basis
of the program to keep pace
with tomorrow."
June 27 Is Queen
Candidate Deadline
Jacksonville - June 27 is
the deadline for groups to
enter a contestant in the
queen contest for the Jack
sonville Gold Rush Jubilee,
Dr. A. A. Griffin, chairman,
reminded residents today.
Any firm, civic club, fra
ternal organization or, inter
ested group may enter a con
testant, he said. Girls in Jack
son county between the ages
of 15and 19 are eligible.
More than $600 worth of
prizes and awards are offered
winners in the contest.
Entries may be made by
mail or telephone. Judging
will be held as soon as pos
sible following the closing
date on entries, Dr. Griffin
stated.
Publishing Senate
Payroll Approved
Washington -(DPD The Sen
ate Rules Committee today
unanimously approved a reso
lution to publish the entire
senate payroll on a quarterly
basis beginning this fall. The
resolution will be sent to the
Senate floor. H approved there
it will become one of the
rules of the Senate.
Washington-(DPD-The Senate
Finance Committee has voted
to repeal the 10 per cent ex
cise tax on personal travel. '
Washington-fDPD-The Small
Business Administration will
hold heatings In Portland
Aug. 26-27 on its timber set
aside program.
35 mues west ol Burns
as Pilot Lewis H. More, 44,
departed from Seattle yester
series of low-level experimental
fly at about 500 feet above the
the 634th Air Squadron Radar
Starkweathers
Parents Seeking
Another Reprieve
Lincoln, Neb.-(OPD-Mass kill
er Charles Starkweather stoi
cally sat out what may be the
last full day of his life today
while his parents fought to
win him a new reprieve from
the electric chair. '
The 20-year-old ex-garbage
man,, who killed 11 persons
during a two-day rampage,
was scheduled to be electro
cuted in Nebraska state peni
tentiary' sometime Thursday
probably shortly after mid-night-unless
he gets a dra
matic new lease on life.
Dad Seeks Attorney
His father, Guy, who won
a middle-of-the-night appeal
for a stay, a month ago min
utes before Starkweather's
head and legs were to be
shaved in preparation for
electrocution, was expected to
renew his battle today in Lan
caster county district court.
He was reported searching
for an attorney to ask the
court for a new stay and a
writ alleging errors in Stark
weather's trial.
Court attaches said the el
der Starkweather might make
the plea personally if he were
unable to line up a lawyer.
To Keep on Fighting
The confessed slayer's moth
er, Mrs. Helen Starkweather,
said, "we're going to , keep
right on fighting. We're going
to use all our rights." '
The Nebraska Supreme
Court Tuesday set the execu
tion for Thursday. The seven
man court took the action
within 20 minutes after Ne
braska Attorney General C. S.
Beck received notification
that the U. S. Supreme Court
had denied Starkweather a
new hearing. . ,
Grants Pass Man
Declared Suicide
Grants Pass - (DPD - The
body of Dennis Dunham, 24,
of Grants Pass was found this
morning about a mile from
Powell creek in the Williams
area, 20 miles southeast of
Grants Pass. -
Deputy Coroner Bill Hull
said death was caused by a
self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Dunham was home on leave
from Fort Lewis, Wash.,
where he was serving with
the Army. He had been miss
ing from the home of his par
ents here since Saturday.
Dunham received nation
wide publicity in November,
1958, when he broke the
world's endurance record in
bowling with 387 games in
62 hours at a Medford bowl
ing alley. .
Increase Noted in'
Polio Inoculations
An increase in the number
of people getting polio shots
at the Jackson county public
health office has been noticed
reeently, according to Dr. A,
Erin Merkel, county public
health officer.
He credited recent publicity
in news media stating people
are not obtaining the inoccu-
lations. At the clinic yester
day, 90 persons completed
their series of three shots.
Fifty-one persons received
their first inoculation.
The clinic also gave 34 .inoculations-
for diphtheria
whooping cough-tetanus, 18
small pox shots and gave 8
tuberculin tests.
States-Rights Bill
Approved by House
Washington-UPD-The House
today passed for the second
year in a row a states-rights
bill aimed at keeping federal
statutes from overriding state
laws in the same field. House
approval was by a roll call
vote of 225 to 192.
No Significant
Progress Toward
Settlement Noted
Herter Stands Firm
On Western Rights
Washington (DPD Secretary
of State Christian A. Herter's
firm stand on Western rights
in Berlin left the next move
squarely up to Russia today
in negotiating for a settlement
of the East-West crisis over
Germany.
Herter told the nation
Tuesday night in a nationally
televised report on the dead
locked Geneva foreign minis
ters meeting that "possible
areas of agreement" exist.
But he said the Soviets first
must back down on their
threats to force the West out
of West Berlin.
The secretary also declared
there had been no progress to
date at the foreign ministers
level that would warrant a
summit conference between
President Eisenhower, Soviet
Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev
and other heads of govern
ment.
Talks Resume July 13
The foreign ministers of
Britain, France, Russia and
the United States will resume
talks at Geneva July 13 fol
lowing the current three-week
cooling off" recess.
Herter flatly said in his
speech that, "I regret to say
that no significant progress
was made toward settlement
of the problem of the con
tinued division of Germany
and of Berlin" in the first six
weeks of the Geneva talks.
Members of the Senate For
eign Relations Committee
agreed with Herter's assess
ment. They also generally en
dorsed the secretary's willing
ness to enter into another
round of talks with the Rus-
sians.
But Sen. Homer E. Cape-
hart (R-Ind.) a committee
member, said the time "has
just about arrived' for us to
refuse to have any more con
ferences with ,the Russians.
They don't get us anywhere
and they provide the Russians
with a vehicle for propa
ganda." Throws Ball to Reds
Senate Democratic Whip
Mike Mansfield, also a com
mittee member, said Herter
"has in a straightforward and
courageous manner thrown
the ball back to the Soviet
Union."
Mansfield said it was up to
Khrushchev in the next three
weeks to come up with a
counter proposal that recog
nizes the West's legal right to
be in Berlin and tends to
bring "a degree of peace and
stability to Germany and Cen
tral Europe." ,
U.S. officials believe a hint
of Communist intentions may
come late next week when So
viet First Deputy Premier
Frol Koslov meets with Eisen
hower and Herter here. They
say the first break ip. the So
viet ultimatum for a time
limit on Western occupation
rights in West Berlin may
come at those meetings.
Cross-Country Trip
Koslov is coming to the
United States to open a So
viet exposition in New York
June 30. He will make Wash
ington the first stop on a trip
across the country.
Herter's speech was a ring
ing demand that the Soviets
begin "genuine negotiations."
He said the "baneful influence
of statements outside the con
ference" by Khrushchev made
attempts to negotiate at Gene
va "practically fruitless."
He referred to a . Moscow
speech in which the Soviet pre
mier repeated previous Soviet
threats to abandon their re
sponsibilties to the Western
powers concerning Berlin.
Idaho To Oppose
Power To California
Boise - (DPD - Idaho "will op
pose a plan to carry electric
power from the Bonneville
project to California, State
Reclamation Engineer George
Carter said today.
(British Strong For
London - (DPD - The British
government came out strongly
again today for a summit con
ference regardless of progress
at the Geneva Foreign Minis
ters' meeting, a stand opposed
by the other western allies.
Echoes Macmillan Views
Foreign Secretary Selwyn
Lloyd told the House of Com
mons he hoped the recessed
Geneva parley finally will
lead to an East-West summit,
thus echoing the views of
Prime Minister Harold Mac
millan Tuesday."
"With regard to the summit!
"Good Joke On You You Can't (aoxfe
Me Down"
Steel Industry
Claimed Preparing
Formula for Peace
New York -(DPD- Efforts to
negotiate a new steel wage
contract moved toward a
showdown today amid reports
that the industry is preparing
a new proposal in an effort to
avert a nationwide strike at
midjught June 30.
Details of management's
peace formula were unavail
able. It was hinted, however,
Accident Victims
Still Hospitalized
Frank B. Wheat, 42, of 801
North Central ave., Medford,
was reported in serious condi
tion at Sacred Heart hospital
this morning, attendants said
t '. He was injured when he fell
three stories at the new Shake
spearean Festival theater in
Ashland Friday. .
William Berry Thompson,
41, of 1800 East Main st., Ash
land, was reported slightly im
proved from yesterday but
still on the critical list, accord
ing to Ashland General hos
pital attendants.
Thompson was burned over
80 per cent of his body in a
tractor accident on the Keene
creek dam construction in the
Talent project. ,
Budget Approved in
Third Try by County
Grants Pass The Jose
phine county unit school dis
trict budget ' was approved
Monday by a majority of 174
votes after two previous at
tempts failed.
The vote was 1,061 for the
budget and 887 against. The
budget was identical to the
one defeated by 60 votes at a
school election May 25.
Of the $1,412,399 budget,
$830,199 will be raised
through taxation, it was re
ported.
Creamery, Teamster
Officials in Meeting
Tillamook -(DPD- A meeting
between B. O. Dixon, manager
at the Tillamook creamery,
and teamster officials was
held today, the first time
creamery and ( teamster offi
cials had met since late in
May. They met with a federal
mediator. .
"Teamsters have been on
strike since May 1. The walk
out idled 100 workers in the
creamery association.
Bone, Algeria-(DPD-Waves of
French warplanes today
bombed and machine-gunned
a strong band of Moslem reb
els locked in battle with hun
dreds of French troops on the
fringe of this east Algeria
port.
conference, I repeat what the
Prime Minister said," Lloyd
said in a report to Parliament
on the recessed Geneva talks.
"It is also my hope that our
resumed conference will lead
to a meeting of heads of gov
ernment." Backed by Opposition
Macmillan told Parliament
Tuesday that" he hoped the
Geneva sessions, due to re
convene July 13, eventually
would lead to a summit con
ference despite the slow going
to date.
The government's stand was j
that it would involve g small
er rise in wages and JHng
benefits than that accepted b
the United Automobil TBorfr
ers last fall. The auto contrd!
provided package incHK&
totaling about 10 cnt g&
hour.
Four-man negotiating tearr
resumed bargaining today.
David J. McDonald, presi
dent of the United Steelwork
ers Union, summoned the un
ion's . 171-man International
Wage Policy ' committee to
New York for meetings Thurs
day. It was believed the com
mittee would remain on call
here until a settlement or the
strike deadline.
Management sources indi
cated the reported industry
proposal might not be ready
for submission before- Friday.
Up to now, the industry has
been standing pat on its con
tention that the union should
agree to a one-year extension
of the present contract, with
no wage increase or other im
provements. Management took the posi- ,
tion that a pay raise would
hike labor costs and stimulate
inflation.
Wildcat strikes meanwhile
shut down steel mills in three
cities. Twelve thousand work
ers were idled by a strike at
the Jones & Laughlin Steel
Corp. plant in Pittsburgh. An
other strike closed the United
Engineering and Foundry Co.
plant at Vandergrift, Pa., put
ting 1,000 men out of work.
A third strike closed the 98
inch hot-strip mill of Repub
lic Steel Corp. at Cleveland.
Some of the Pittsburgh work
ers returned to their jobs
late Tuesday.
Tape Recording by
Morse Scheduled
Sen. Wayne Morse will
speak at the' "honor Bob Dun
can dinner" by tape record
ing, it was announced today
by Democrats in ' charge of
the event. .
Senator Morse , was origin
ally scheduled to appear at
the dinner Saturday, June 27,
at the Rogue Valley Country
club but is now unable to
attend.
The tape -will be brought
to the dinner by Charles
Brooks, executive assistant to
Morse, who will attend the
dinner. Other persons plan
ning to attend include former
Gov. Robert Holmes and Sen?
ate President Walter Pearson.
: A reception will be held at
6:30 p.m. with the dinner set
for 7:30 p.m. Tickets and
reservations may be made by
contacting Jerry Scannell,
SPring 3-3 572, or Pat Red
mond, SPring 3-1371.
Summit
backed today by a statement
from the opposition Labor
party, which also called for
an immediate summit confer
ence in spite of the lack of
progress at Geneva.
Allies Less Optimistic
However, Britain's French,
American and West German
allies have not been so opti
mistic. They want progress t
the foreign ministers' level
first, and even then they crff
not so keen about a top level
meeting with Soviet Premi
Nikita Khrushchev.