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Recommended vTh mmomit of construction in area U an economic condi tion indicator. Numerous and varied construction project are now under way in the Rogue River valley. A story about these appears on page 14 of today's Mail Tribune. 64 Pages. 1 ii, mwiii.ii i iw i i r--i 1 -" "" I x 7 ' - ' ' ir-n. ' 3- J f "40'f PRINCIPLES-Giving their approval to a statement of the ten principles governing the chamber of commerce Keep Pace With Tomorrow program are (left to right) State Representative Evelyn Nye, The Rev. George R. V. Bolster, Mrs. Bert Pree, and Mayor John Snider. The statement was read to an assemblage of civic and business leaders at a luncheon meeting last week at the Rogue Valley Country club. Mayor Snider is chairman of the citizens advisory committee to the program. Seven more meetings with some 900 local leaders are scheduled. 'Old No, 4' On Way to Medford Br EVELYN OUSTERHOUT Mail Tribune Slaff Writer "Old No. 4" made its last trip Saturday, pulling three cars of passengers in place of the Medford Corporation logs It has hauled for 34 years. Eighty-three passengers and six crewmen made the festive trip from Butte Falls and one unexpected rider climbed through a window of a pas senger car at Eagle Point. , , Speeders forward and in the rear carried cameramen re cording the unusual event which brought the old-time engine to Medford for a per manent place in the West Jackson st. city park. Planned by Committee Members of the Medford parks and recreation commit tee planned the ride with the help of Medco personnel. Hon orary Engineer Verl G. Wal ker of the committee was in charge, assisted by Russ Jami son, local public relations man and president of the committee. The colorful group of pas sengers included Butte Falls city councilmen's wives in Centennial dress, the Jackson county court, Medford and Butte Falls officials, forest service and bureau of land management personnel, rep resentatives of the press, radio and television, legislators and others Engineer for the final ride of the Willamette - geared, shay-type engine was Bill Oden Sr., himself making his last run on the line, Oden served as engineer on No. 4 since 1933 and has work ed for Medco for 34 years. Also making their final run were Clyde Moore, fireman, who has worked for the cor poration 26 years, and Don Smith, brakeman, a 30-year employee. Another significance to Moore's trip was the fact that his first ride on the Medford Butte Falls line was made ex actly 48 years ago, the day after his first birthday, when his mother took him on the trip. Switched to Woods Jobs All three of the crew, who have now switched to jobs in the woods, admitted that while they are sorry to see the end of their train careers, Long Spends Week End In North Louisiana Hiils Winfield, La. - (UPD - Gov. Earl K. Long returned Satur day to the red hills of north Louisiana where he was born to spend the week end with a psychiatrist and a nurse, al though he denies he has been insane a "second" in his life. Dodges Reporters Residents of Winnfield re ported that he was already in, though reporters couldn't find him immediately. Dr. Paul Pratt, a psychiatrist, and a nurse who called herself "Miss Jett" were at his home. Long, 63, left the Pine Man or motel in Covington, La., about noon with a psychia trist, a pitchfork and a couple of posthole diggers in his air conditioned Cadillac -for Winnfield. IViEDFORD United Press International Full Leased Wir Makes Last Journey the advantages of outdoor life in the woods are many. Oden said he had already lost 14 pounds since the train stopped operations six weeks ago and he began logging. . Other crew members were Al Smith, operator of the front speeder; Art Price, rear speeder, and Bill Gates, Med co yard foreman. A special fireman,' Percy O'Neil, is a former Medco em ployee who now works for Walker. He said it was "quite a tnrui" to make tne jrip; which he had never dreamed he would make again. B. L. Nutting, general man ager of the corporation, was introduced to the crowd be fore the train left the reload yard below Butte Falls. Among passengers, all of whom laughed , and talked throughout the six-hour trip, was Dr. Frank Roberts, who came to Medford in 1900 and made his first trip on the train yesterday. - Others had made the run when Pacific & Eastern oper ated the road in the early 1900s. Climbed Through Window Scores of onlookers waited at the crossings to wave to the strange locomotive. At Eagle Point, where passengers alighted for a 30-minute rest stop, one spectator shook hands with a friend, said "good-bye, I'm leaving on the next train," and climbed up a side ladder and through a win- Portland Orchestra Plays Here Tonight The Portland Symphony or chestra will appear in concert tonight at 8 o'clock in Med ford High school auditorium under the direction of its new conductor, Piero Bellugi. The concert, one of a state-wide tour, is sponsored by the Fine Arts committee of the Oregon Centennial commission. Tickets will be on sale at the door. , The program will feature Beethoven's "Seventh Sym phony." North Hollywood - (UPD - Two bandits robbed a cafe of $1500 Saturday shortly after the money had been delivered by armored truck. He set up a temporary state capitol in the motel Friday after forcing his release from a nearby mental hospital. State Sen. B. B. Rayburn, one of Long's close friends. also was at Long's tin-roofed home along with two state troopers, who guarded the front gate. ( No Work Intended "He is as happy as when he was on a hot political cam paign," Rayburn reported, urging reporters to let him alone. Despite the pitchfork and posthole diggers that he took with him, Long apparently did not intend to do any work himself. His doctors said he needs rest. 54th Year City Park dow of the passenger car. One of the many humorous sidelights occurred before the Derby lunch stop when "Black Dog" bandits of Butte Falls "shot up" the train and stole a box of treasure from the caboose. The badmen were seen drinking cool cans of the "treasure" in the woods near the Derby stop. The 70-ton engine, will re main at the Medco yards awaiting transfer by Southern Pacific and low-boy to the park site.' - .-2y:-.-.y Truck-Car Crash Hurts Nine Persons Willamina, Ore. - (UPD - A collision Saturday between a gasoline truck and trailer and an automobile driven by Glenn Dale Westbrook, 29, Tillamook, near Wallace bridge on highway 18 south of here injured at least nine per sons, state police reported. The trailer of the truck ov erturned and fuel poured over the highway. The nine who were injured were taken to McMinnville hospital. State police identi fied the injured as: Mr. and Mrs. Westbrook and their children, Judy 2V, Robert 4, Allen, 10, and Jan et, lte; Mrs. Louise Miller and her 3-month-old son, Rob ert, and Lind Opbroek, 10, all of Salem. The Miller boy was believ ed to have received a skull fracture. All of the injured were re ported to have been passen gers in the Westbrook car. The gasoline truck and trailer, owned .by ,Arrow Transport company, Portland, was driven by William War ren Jansen, Portland, accord ing to state police. Grants Pass Firm Low Bidder on Residence Southern Oregon Construe tion company, Grants Pass, submitted an apparent low bid of $27,109 for construction of a three-bedroom residence at Oregon Caves National Monu ment, according to the office of Thomas J. Williams, sup erintendent, Crater Lake Na tional park. Southern Oregon asked $12, 390 for the installation of utilities. Only" other bidder was B. D. Green of Ashland, at $28,750 basic plans $12,385 for the utilities. Mt. Shasta Girl Wins Miss Universe Berth, ; Burbank, Calif.- (DPD -Terry Lynn Huntington, a 19-year-old brunette from Mt. Shasta, Saturday night was chosen as Miss California in competi tion for the right to represent the state in the Miss Universe pageant at Long Beach. Police Run Out Of Parking Tickets Savannah, Ga. (DPD Sav annah motorists had a field day Saturday when the police department ran out of park ing tickets and were, unable to penalize, violators. MEDFORD, Dense Fog Delays Queen Elizabeth For Ceremonies Nixon, Rockefeller Wait at Monument 1 Cornwall, Ontario (DPD Dense fog slowed the royal yacht Britannia Saturday and forced a delay in an interna tional ceremony to unveil the St. Lawrence river power project. Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, had been scheduled to meet with Vice President Richard Nixon and New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller at Eisenhower Lock at 11 a.m., but they were two hours late in arriving. Nixon and Rockefeller were to join the Queen in unveiling a monument erected on the 'in ternational boundary line on the center of the Moses Saun ders dam between the cities of Massena, N. Y, and Corn wall, Ontario. Tied Up lo Buoy Ontario Premier Leslie Frost and' Lewis Castle, chair man of the St. Lawrence Sea way Development corpora tion, also took part in the ceremonies. The Britannia tied up to a buoy off Coteau Landing in western Quebec last night after its initial trip through the eastern end of the St. Law rence Seaway from Montreal. Sen. Neuberger's Writings Defended Portland, Ore.-(UPB-The mag azine article writing of Sen. Richard Neuberger (D-Ore.) which was recently attacked by Republican State Chair man Peter M. Gunnar, Salem, was defended Saturday by C. Girard Davidson, Democratic committeeman. ...Davidson -said the - articles have given "national recogni tion to Oregon's scenic won ders on the occasion of the Oregon Centennial." "Thoughtful and fair Re publicans will be ashamed of their state chairman when they learn the facts," David son said. He added, "Does Gunnar believe it is wrong for a Democratic public official to express his views in writing for publication, but quite right for a Republican official to do so?" Davidson pointed out that Republicans Arthur Larson, Robert A. Taft and Sen. Jacob K. Javits (R-N. Y.) had either written books or magazine ar ticles while serving in public office. Ken Jones Declines Ashland Judge Post Ashland-Ken Jones of Ash land, a real estate man and former city councilman here, Friday turned down the judge position to which he was ap pointed : June 16 by Mayor Rivhard Neill : The judge post was vacated recently by former Ashland mayor and city councilman PhUl ' Stansbury. The post is being held temporarily by William Yates until July 1. The appointment of Jones, who was to begin his term as judge, in July, was opposed by two of the five city council members. The city council will hold a special' meeting Tues day to hear Neill's suggestions for the post. Sen. Humphrey May Be Here July 13 ; Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D- Minn.), often mentioned as a possible presidential candidate in 1960, is expected to make an appearance here on July 13, it was reported last night, Arrangements are still in definite, although it appears certain that Humphrey will stop in Medford. Frank Christian, county Democratic chairman, said he has been in contact with a representative of the Min nesota senator, and he was in formed Friday night that in all liklihood Humhprey will stop here on July 13. Local Democrats are decid ing upon the most convenient place and situation in which Humphrey can make an ad dress. Plans for a dinner are being discussed but no definite arrangements have yet been made. Humphrey was in Oregon last April, when he spoke in Eugene, Jim II OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE DR. A. E. MERKEL Going To San Diego Dr. A. E. Merkel Quits as County Health Officer Dr. A. Erin Merkel, Jackson county public health officer,- Friday announced his resig nation from that position ef fective July 31. Dr. Merkel stated in the let ter to Eugene Thorndike, chairman of the Jackson coun ty board of health, that he has accepted a position with the San Diego county health de partment as chief of the bu reau -of maternal and child health. Thorndike read Dr Merkel's letter of resignation at the board's luncheon meet ing Friday noon. Vacation Coming Dr. Merkel explained in his letter that ordinarily his res ignation would be effective Aug. 31 but that he has four weeks of vacation coming to him. The public health officer has been in his present posi tion for 21V2 years. Dr. Mer- kle thanked the board of health for the cooperation giv en him, praised the support of his staff the Jackson county medical society and the Jack son County Health association. In reporting Dr. Merkel's resignation, County Judge Earl Miller said the doctor has agreed to assist in recom mending ana interviewing a possible successor. The health board Friday commended Dr. Merkel "for excellent service to the county." Another resignation tender ed was that of Thorndike who resigned Friday after 25 years with the board. The board vot ed him an honorary member ship in an advisory capacity. County Judge Miller said as .a member of the board he would call a reorganization meeting and he planned to appoint H. P. Jewett, Central Point, as temporary chair man. Mrs. Refer Named To Red Cross Post Mrs. , Raymond Reter of Medford has been named vice chairman for Red Cross re gional fund raising in Oregon, it was announced yesterday. Mrs. Reter's .recommenda tion was made by Raymond Vester of the national board in Washington, D. C. She will attend the first meeting of the fund-raising committee - for the Oregon region on July 2 in Portland, according to Mrs. Helen Wil son, executive secretary of the Jackson County chapter of the Red Cross. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair through Mon day: High today 80 and low to night 50. High Monday 80-84. TEMP. Highest Saturday 76 Lowest Saturday 50 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:53 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:36 a.m. Moonrise tomorrow 13:43 a.m. New moon July 5 Mars, lower in the west each each night, has now become quite dim and hard to see the evening twilight. It will return to our view as a morning planet next Winter. Eisenhower tests mm 28, 1959 Directors of United Medford Crusade Chosen Campaign Kick-Off Slated Sept. 14 Dr. Merle E. Foland, presi dent of United Medford Cru sade, has announced comple tion pf the UMC board of di rectors for the 1959-60 cam paign. UMC directors are appoint ed to serve three-year terms. In addition to replacing those directors whose terms expired this year, it was necessary to fill the positions of some di rectors who were unable to complete their terms. Directors appointed this year are: Dr. Foland, Kenneth F. MacDonald, Thomas H. Ness, Tom G. Polk and Frank M. Wilson, D.M.D. I.; . Other directors are Russell I. Brown, N. H. Gladfelter, Russell J. .Hogue, Lawrence S. Horton, Robert A. Johnson, Delbert T. Landing, George Potecek, Ray M. Sorenson and Richard H. Travis. Honorary Members The board also includes hon orary members, members by presidential appointment, and representatives of UMC ag encies. Honorary members are Frank C. Bash, Elliott D. Beck en, Robert J. Cunningham, John R. Dellenback, Anthony R. Manno, Bernard L. Nut ting and William J. Prentice. Members serving this year by presidential appointment are Paul Doe, Douglas F. Gordenier, Myers D. Jones, Robert J. O'Sullivan and Wil liam J. Williams. Representing UMC agencies are Ca'ri M.'Erophy, Y.M.C.A.; Lawrence L. Clark, Camp Fire Girls; Mrs. Scott V. Davis, Girl Scouts; Ben Day, Child Guidance Clinic; George C. Flanagan, Boy Scouts; Richard J. House, Salvation Army, and Mrs. Raymond R. Reter, Amer ican Red Cross. - , At a meeting of the board last week, a goal of $138,782 for the 1959-60 fund-raising campaign- was approved. Due to increased needs of many of the member agencies, the total goal was increased about five per cent over last year's goal. , - - Dr. Foland, along with oth er UMC officials, expressed confidence that the larger goal would be met in the campaign, wflich is scheduled to kick off Sept. 14. Wagon Caravan Circles Hospital Montpelier, Ida. - (UPD The seven wagons of the Oregon Centennial train entered this southeast Idaho town Satur day and circled the county hospital waving greetings to Weaver Clark, Hillsboro wag on driver. , Clark was forced to leave the wagon train due to a re lapse tick fever. He will re join the caravan as soon as he is released from the hos pital. The cavalcade camped on the Marriner Jensen ranch 14 miles east of here Friday night while boys from Boy Scout Troop 75, Eugene, stood watch over the stock and mail wagon. A last mail pickup was made here. The Independence wagon loaded 12,000 pieces of mail for Oregon. ,12, Drowns At Cannon Beach Cannon Beach, Ore. (DPD Karen Landers, 12, drowned Saturday at Cannon Beach while playing with a compan ion, state police reported. The child was staying with Mrs. Ken Robinson, Cannon Beach. The drowning occurred when the victim and Julie Anne Robinson were playing on Ecola Beach, one-quarter mile south of Haystack rock and wandered too far into the surf. The body .was recovered within five minutes after they had wandered out, but efforts to revive the girl were fruit less, police said. The Robinson girl was pull ed safely from the water by Wea Hamilton, Tacoma, Wash.. Price RIBUNE United Press International Full Leased Wire "If We Put in a Light Bulb, Some Spy Might Be Able to See What You're Doing" IflslS J cRat if Jazz l Cash and Equipment Stolen From Local Chain Saw Company Theft of more than $1,300 in cash and equipment from the McCulloch ' Chain. Saw company at 1617 North Riv erside ave., was reported to Medford police Saturday morning. The theft was discovered by Richard S. Mayfield, 859 Murphy rd., Medford, when he opened the store at 8 a.m'. Saturday. He' noticed' ' an empty space on a display case where a $400 chain . saw should have been. The theft included $53.35 in cash, another chain saw, and chains and bars for the saws. The equipment was taken from the display case Car Shortage Move By Hatfield Praised La Grande, Ore.-(UPD-Prais-ing Gov. Mark Hatfield at a union' county GOP central committee luncheon Saturday, Republican. State Chairman Peter M. Gunnar, Salem, sin gled out the chief executive's appointment last March of an emerge ncy transportation committee in an effort to alle viate the Oregon "' boxcar shortage problem. , . "The governor is fully aware," he said, "that we will enter the period when, our economy will be handicapped because of the annual car shortage. Therefore, he took early action by naming R. J. Hogue, Medford, chairman of a group to study the problem and make recommendations." Looking toward 1960, Gun nar said the Oregon Republi can party is beginning to or ganize senior Republican clubs along ' with directing the young Republican group toward the high school level. Hawaii Voting Favors Statehood Honolulu-OJPD-Polls closed late Saturday in Hawaii's his toric election to officially re flect the voters' choice of statehood and to determine candidates for election to na tional and state office. The first precinct to report was from tiny Halemohalu near Pearl Harbor. The tally favored statehood by a margin as all 56 of the reg istered voters cast their bal lots. Kauai, one of the smaller islands in the Hawaiian chain, reported 12 of its 13 precincts. The vote in favor of statehood was an overwhelming 20- to 1. However only .three of the precincts reported in the na tional and state races. The popularity vote in the gover nor's primary showed 637 for D e m o c r atic Congressional Delegate John A. Burns and 282 for Territorial Gov. Wil liam F. Quinn, a Republican. Portland. Ore. (UPD Cecil Edwards. 51. has been named executive secretary of the Oreeon Cattlemen's associa tion here. 10 Cents in the showroom and from wall behind the case. The money was taken from a cash box. Police said the burglary oc curred sometime between the closing of the store at 5:30 p.m. Friday and the time Mayfield opened it Saturday morning. Entered Through Window - JiJitry to tne store was gained through a window on the . south side of the build ing. Police said a small win dow pane had been removed with a screwdriver, enabling the entrants to unhook the locking device on the window. The entire window was then removed from its sash, apparently to allow for re moval of the equipment, po lice said. At 1:30 a.m. Saturday po lice had checked the front door and north side of the building and found every thing in order;. A door leading to a storage room at the rear -of the store had also been tampered with, police said. A small dent was found behind the lock on the door. Police said, however, that entry had not been made through the door. It is believed that the burg lare walked around the build ing at least once to "case" it before they entered the store, police said. - An escape vehicle was ap parently standing by on Ohio st. between Riverside ave. and Boardman st., according to police reports. Sports Bulletins Camp White - Jan Bate man singled in the tying and winning runs in the sixth inning in a 3 to 2 Rogue Valley Dairy Maid nod over the Salem Sham rocks in a Northwest Wom en's Major Softball league game here last night. ; Lowell Dean pitched three-hit ball and drove in six runs to lead Medford to an 11 to 3 win over Central Point in an American Le . gion junior baseball game here last night. Two Held in On Charges of Robbery John Lewis Cox, 41, of Cra ter hotel, and Joseph George Mattey, 54, of 1234 Court st, appeared in district court Fri day on charges of robbery by force and violence while not being armed with a dangerous weapon. Hearing Scheduled A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for Cox in, district court Monday. Mattey waived the right to an attor ney and a preliminary hear ing and was bound over to the grand jury. Both men are being held in the county jail on $1,500 bail. They are charged with rob bing Enino John Hayfieldof Jenny Creek, of $50 on June 23. Subscribers To report improper or non delivery of the Mail Tribune in Medford phone SP 2-6141. Ash land MU 2-1021, Yreka VI 2-4077 before 6:45 pjn. daily and 12:30 pjn. Sunday. ; If regular delivery arrives shortly after you call , please notify office thus eliminating special messenger service. No. 85 Ike's Appeal for Continued Talks Quickly Accepted At- Least Two Weeks Of Extension Agreed New York- (DPI -President Eisenhower Saturday averted a nationwide steel strike set for Tuesday with an appeal for unconditional resumption of negotiations that was ac cepted quickly by both sides. The President won a delay of at least two weeks in the calling of a walkout by 500, 000 steelworkers. McDonald Willing David J. McDonald, presi dent of the United Steelwork ers Union, said he would be willing to negotiate without condition for two weeks be yond the strike deadline set for midnight Tuesday. That would make midnight Tues day, July 14, the new strike deadline if no agreement was reached. McDonald dropped his earl ier demand that any agree ment reached after June 30 be made retroactive to that date. This was the major stumbling block encountered by industry when it asked last Wednesday that negotia tions be continued beyond the strike deadline. The White House entered the steel dispute when Eisen hower replied to a request by McDonald for a presidential fact-finding board to investi gate the stalemated wage talks. . Asked Resumption Eisenhower refused to do this, asking instead for re sumption of contract, talks for the good of the nation. McDonald immediately an nounced his union was will ing to resume negotiations. The industry then announc ed its acceptance of the presi dential proposal. It said it would be glad to continue op erations under the circum stances the union set forth. R. Conard Cooper, , execu tive' vice president of the U. S. Steel Corp., and chief spokesman for the industry, gave out this statement: "We are pleased to note that the union will extend without conditions, prejudice or qualifications, the agree ments with the 12 steel com panies which otherwise would expire June 30 for a period of two weeks from that date. "The companies obviously are glad to continue opera tions under these circum stances." Prepared for Layoffs The postponement of the strike deadline came as the nation's steel manufacturers prepared to start laying off workers and banking their furnaces in readiness for a strike at midnight Tuesday. McDonald's announcement came after a suspense-packed day during which he first boweed to industry's wishes and offered to resume nego tiations witti management's four-man bargaining team. The industry said it was also ready to resume. Father Finally Gets Wish for Dozen Sons Sun Prairie; Wis. - (CPD -Butcher Francis Hebl finally got what he wanted-a dozen sons. His wife gave birth to their . 12th boy Friday, boosting the overall number of children to 15. County Jail Bill Brotherton, 27, of Yak ima, Wash, pleaded guilty to charges of obtaining money under false pretenses after the charge was reduced to a mis demeanor. His case was post poned until Monday for fur ther consideration. He is re ported to have a serious fel ony record and an unusual reason for mitigation of his case, it was stated. Teen-Agers Guilty Three Ashland teen-agers, two boys and a girl, pleaded guilty to illegal possession of liquor and each was fined $25 in district court Friday. One 17-year-old boy was from Med ford and the other, also 17, and the girL 18, were from Ashland. Store
