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By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Washington
Correspondent
Washington - Adlai Steven
son has indicated that he is
resigned to being entered in
Oregon's presidential prefer
ence primary next spring - a
consideration of no small
moment to the younger hope
fuls now making advance
maneuvers for the Democratic
nomination,
Stevenson last week end in
London invited Rep. Charles
O. Porter to his hotel room for
breakfast and a long talk cov
ering a wide range of do
PeatOD odd
rrhi Is tine ltory, but not a pleasant one. It is told in the hope
K may save some live, during the Fourth of July holiday by reminding
ail drivers of the tragedy and horror that can lurk on the streets
"d highway, for the unwary motorist Name, of the people in this
dispatch hav been disguised, but the facts are as .tated.)
Br United Press International
John B won't be piling his wife and their five children
into the family car this July 4th for a holiday trip, as he did
last Memorial Day.
Mrs. B and the children are all dead.
It wasn't too long a trip the family was making that
day five weeks ago-just across the state. It was a fine day
to go visiting.
Mr. B crossed several major highways and rode a short
distance on a toll road, but most of the journey was along
county roads. They were good, but included a number of
sharp turns. cno
Around one turn lay a railroad track, marked by a STOP
sign, but no flashers, bells or other signals. A train and
Mr. B's car reached that stretch of track at the same time.
The story is taken up, now, by the deputy sheriff who
took charge at the scene; ' ... . -j
"The man was injured, lying in a dramage ditch beside
the track. He kept crying out, 'Is my wife all right? How
are the kids?' :
"I have four children myself. I couldn t tell him.
"His wife-she was 28-was smashed against an embank
v,. ,,ih inst make out it was the body of a woman.
A w fo.t farther awav
She was 9, I learned laer. She was still alive, but only for
a little while. ' ' ...
"The car itself was unidentifiable as an auto. It was torn
up like paper, and pieces of it scattered along lor aDoui iou
ft mWsrf with narta of bodies.
"The five children were
months, and two boys, 10 and
Wa rnnirf not tpll in each case
"One of the children had been hit in the midsection by
a piece of metal and the body was lipped apart. The face of
one was gone. The infant was a pulp, lying in a crib of weeds.
"It was some time before we could figure out how many
had been in the car."
John B, who is 30 years old, survived and is now out ot
the hospital. He hasn't yet been able to return to his factory
job. Friends say it will be a long time Deiore ne can.
The deputy sheriff made no comment on why the acci
dent happened. He simply said: . ..
"It didn't have to happen!"
Purchase of Site
On Applegate For
Recreation Assured
Purchase of a 40-acre coun
ty recreation site on the Ap
plegate is assured, Ed Stroth
er, Shady Cove, county parks
and recreation- commission
chairman, reported yesterday.
Strother told members at
tending the commission meet
ing that the county court is
sued a warrant ior o,uuu
Tuesday for purchase of the
Earl Gebhart mining claim on
the property, a mile south of
McKee bridge. The money
will be held in escrow until
final purchase arrangements
can be , made, stroiner ex
nlained. The commission chairman
cairl the real estate agent act
ing for Gebhart had received
a letter stating tnat saie oi me
property at the proposed price
was satisfactory.
Land Trade
Discussing the acre-for-acre
trade proposed for acquisition
of the Peter N. Britt house
and gardens in Jacksonville,
Strother said County Commis
sioner Ralph James told him
he would follow any action
taken by other county court
members. James at first had
opposed the swap of approxi
mately 10 acres on tne How
ard Prairie reservoir for the
Britt property proposed park
site. County Judge Earl Mil
ler and James had stated that
! the county does not own prop
erty on the reservoir.
Medford Nazarene Minister Appointed
To District Superintendency in Texas
The Rev. Raymond w.
Hum, pastor of First Church
of the Nazarene for the past
five years, has been appointed
superintendent of the Abilene
district in northwest Texas of
the diurch. effective Aug. 3.
The appointment was made
this week by Dr. G. B. Wil
liams, general superintendent
of the church in Kansas City,
Mo.
The northwest Texas dis
trict, the largest in the de
nomination, includes 92
churches and has its headquar
ters at Lubbock.
The Hums have lived in
Medford since 1954, coming
here from Norman, Okla.,
where he was pastor of the
First Church of the Nazarene.
Mr. Hum has also served as
pastor of the First Church in
Atlanta. Ga- and Central
Church of Tulsa, Okla
f Whiel in Medford he has
assisted in many community
mestic and world affairs, in
cluding Oregon politics. .
"Adlai seemed disconcerted
and baffled by the Oregon
primary law," Porter reported
after returning from London,
where he attended a world
law conference. "He indicated
he didn't want in the primary,
but he took the attitude "of
How can I get out of it?' "
Congressman Porter said
he told Stevenson that he
could file an affadavit of no
candidacy with the secretary
of state, but he said Steven
son showed no enthusiasm for
that course of action.
a Miidlay
was the1 body of a, little girl.
three girls, aged 9, 4 and 6
3. When we gathered them up
which was which.
Strother said it might be
possible for Southern Oregon
college, owner of the Britt
estate, to obtain a special use
permit from the bureau of
land management which con
trols the land around Howard
Prairie reservoir. Strother
said he understood from Dr.
Elmo Stevenson, college presi
dent, that if use of land on
Howard Prairie is granted the
college would then turn over
the house and gardens of the
Britt estate to the county for
park development. Other com
mission members pointed out
that a number of civic organ
izations have offered to reha
bilitate the burned out home
of the pioneer photographer
to be used as a meeting and
recreation hall. Also, one com
pany has offered to donate
lumber and garden clubs have
offered to fix up the gardens.
Agate Dam
Commission member , Don
Ashpole, Eagle Point, report
ed on the Agrte dam planned
by the Rogue River- Valley
Irrigation district. This would
orovide a recreation area
eight miles from Medford and
one mile from Antelope rd,
The commission voted to
hold a picnic at the Howard
Prairie recreation site Sun
day, July 12, when commis
sion members will inspect the
area.
I think he's as hot as a
pistol," Porter said of the
Illinois statesman's presiden
tial aspirations. "I don't think
he wants to go so far as to
declare himself out as a pos
sible candidate."
Porter, admittedly a Ste
venson supporter of long
standing, said he is confident
Stevenson "will win in Ore
gon if it is made clear that
he is a live candidate, and I
intend to make that clear to
the voters before the elec
tion." This forecast was bolstered,
he said, by results of a poll
Forest Fire
Out of Contral
South of Yreka
About 400 Men
Battling Flames
i Yreka, Calif. -(DPD A forest
fire roared out of control
through second growth Doug
las fir timber, slash and brush
in mountains 10 miles south
of here today.
About 400 firefighters,
trucks, tractors and a helicop
ter were thrown into the fight
to halt the blaze, which had
already blackened 650 acres
in the Trail Gulch area..
A. Roy Bengard. state . Di
vision of Forestry ranger, said
he feared there was less than
a 10 per cent chance of con
taining the fire today.
Winds of 30 miles an hour
were Dredicted in' the fire
area, listed as very dry. Com
mercial saw timber was
threatened nearby, but no
towns or ranches were in im
mediate danger.
Three planes dropped bor
ate, a fire suppressor, into the
heart of the flames.
The fire scene is about 40
miles below the Oregon bor
der and 150 miles from the
coast.
Fears grew that the blaze
might become a repeat of the
Havstack Burn forest fire
here in 1955 which caused
fringes of Yreka to be evac
uated.
Fire officials believed the
blaze started when lightning
struek-4he area-June r-19 An
unidentified pilot reported a
very small fire in the area
June 30. and the fire area
was only three acres Wednes
day morning. But the flames
got out '.of hand Wednesday
afternoon.
Log Truck Hit
By Train Here
A log truck operator, Rob
ert Nevil Funk. 32. oi Siz
Fairmont st., narrowly es
caped with his life this morn
ing when the loaded truck he
was operating collided with a
Southern Pacific engine.
The truck, owned by Thom
as W. McFadden, was cut in
two by the engine when Funk
apparently failed to see the
train as it crossed Table Rock
rd. near White City.
The cab of the truck con
taining the driver was dragged
over 45 feet along the track,
according to sheriffs depu
ties who were called to the
scene along with state police
The engine traveled over
300 feet before coming to a
stop. Fireman Roy M. Smith,
49, of J1000 Henry st., Ash
land, who was at the controls
on the right side of the engine,
said he did not see the truck
as it approached from the
left.
Funk was taken by Medford
Ambulance service to Sacred
Heart hospital where he was
confined for observation.
McFadden's truck was a
total loss.
president and president of the
Medford Ministerial associa
tion and currently is chairman
of the radio-television commit
tee of the association. For
three years he has held an
office with the Jackson Coun
ty Board of Christian Educa
tion and is now president of
the board.
He was one of the founders
of the Medford Gospel Mis
sion, and was a member of the
board of the Medford School
of Hope.-
He has served the Oregon
Pacific district of his denom
ination as a member of the
church school board, commit
tee member for the youth
camps, and on the board of
orders and relations, which
deals with the ordaining of
Nazarene ministers.
Mr. Hum's father is a Naza
rene minister at Burns, Ore.,
and a brother is pastor of the
First Church of the Nazarene,
ing of opinion taken by Porter
4 r
I do
of residents of his 4th con
gressional district. Asked to
name their choice for presi
dent in 1960, those who re
plied gave more votes to Ste
venson than to Sens. John F.
Kennedy and Hubert Hum
phrey combined. Porter said
he thought Stevenson would
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Swimming Pool
Estimated to
Cost $90,000
A tentative estimate of
$90,000 for constructing fa
cilities at the proposed West
Jackson st. swimming pool
has been received this week
from Loren Thompson, con
sulting engineer, Medford
city oincials reported toaay.
Meanwhile, according to
Citv Manager Robert A. Duff,
a . formal statement of the
amount of the grant from the
Jackson County Housing au
thority for financing most of
the project can be expected
i 4axr lavs "
The $90,000 figure in effect
confirms an estimate Thomp
son made at a city council
meeting last month. Accord
ing to his letter this wees,
the surh would cover costs of
a 42 by 75 .foot swimming
pool, a 30 by 40 'foot diving
oool. two diving boards, a
bathhouse with benches, me;
chanical facilities and tenc-
ing.
It would not include, of
ficials noted, overhead light-'
ine for the pool and otner
equipment for the bathhouse
interior. A proposed wading
pool has been excluded from
the estimates as a pusio
subiect. for private financing.
Duff, himself a housing au
thority member, reported that
final accounting of the a
thority's assets is now in pro
gress. The group's announced
plan is to dissolve itself and
turn over its assets, estimated
at. between $70,000 and $75,-
000 to the city to finance the
pool project.
Mayor John W. Snider and
the city council are reported
in the process of seeking the
other $15,000 or more from
private donors.
Bids To Be Called
On Sheriff's Cars
All bids recently submitted
to the county court for pur-
nhnw of five cars for the
sheriffs office will be reject
ed the court announced to
day.
A new call for bids tor tne
controversial five cars will be
made within the next tew
days,' this time with more de
tailed specifications.
The court's announcement
followed receipt of an opin
ion from the district attor-
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ney s onice xnai uie tuumj
court did not advertise tne
earlier bids for the required
week in advance of bid open-frg-
. ...
All three members oi xne
court, including Judge Earl
Mil lie r and Commissioners
Chester Wendt and Ralph
James, agreed with the plan
to call for new bids.
James last week expressed
his disagreement , with the
other two court members in
their desire to purchase a
variety of cars for the sheriff,
instead of selecting five cars
of the same make from the
lowest bidder.
The new specifications will
include requirements for
wheel base and horespower,
as well as for brakes, special
speedometer, siren and other
items, the court said.
ASHLAND FIRES
Crews of the state depart
ment of forestry extinguished
three grass fires in the Ash
land area yesterday. Largest
was a 10-acre blaze on Dead
Indian rd. Spot fires were put
out on Ashland Mine rd. and
on Wilson rd. in the Valley
even better when it be
comes clear that he x is not
really aloof from taking a
third presidential nomination.
This must be counted as bad
news by the Kennedy .and
Humphrey forces, both of
whom place great stress now
on the significance of the Ore
gon primary. Both senators
Governor Long
Suffers Slight
Heart Failure
i .
Medical Staff
Deeply Concerned
Covington, La. (UPB - Gov.
Earl K. Long, laboring under
the strain of a nervous break
down and a stroke, suffered
a "slight heart failure"
Wednesday night.
His medical staff, augment
ed by a heart specialist and
a new psychiatrist, was deep
ly concerned, especially be
cause it is difficult to keep
the 63-year-old governor from
exerting himself.
"We are concerned about
his condition," Dr. Victor
Leif announced after an oxy
gen tank had been wheeled
into Long's room.
Long said Wednesday his
estranged wife Blanche had
been reported trying to hire
a man to kill him because she
suspected he was cavorting
around with another woman.
To Reopen Campaign
She denied it "categorical
ly" and Long later said he
didn't put much stock in the
report anyway. He announced
that he was going to reopen
his campaign for reelection
Saturday by making four
speeches and going to a
beauty contest. .
He went out for a drive and
a "good old-fashioned country
dinner" - actually lunch -
and returned to his "capitol"
in a motel about 6 P-m.
Long apparently suffered
the heart attack later in the
evening. His heart has not
recovered completely from an
attack he suffered in 1950
while chasing a pig near his
farm in north Louisana.
Ashland Loop Road
Now Open for Travel
Both the Ashland loop road
and Highway v 230, the Dia
mond Lake cut-off, will be
open to traffic during the
Fourth of July week end, it
was reported today.
The Ashland loop road,
from Ashland to McKee
bridge on the Applegate river,
is now open and maintained,
Rogue River National forest
personnel reported. " (
The scenic route along the
summit of the Siskiyou moun
tains is aDDroximately 40
miles in length.
State police reported that
Highway 230 will be open to
two-way traffic about noon
Friday through Sunday. The
road will again be closed
Monday, it was explained, for
further work.
A slide closed the road for
the third time this summer
June 25.
re
"By a Coincidence, Our Group Has Arrived at
the Same Conclusions"
and their strategists have been
counting on Stevenson staying
out of all primaries, and in
this case of submitting an af
fidavit to Secretary of State
Howell Appling, swearing he
is not and will not become a
candidate.
Another factor the Kennedy
and Humphrey camps are
54th Year
Tribune
2, 1959
No. 89
DOWN TO EARTH Work progressed this
week on the widening and paving of East
Jackson st. from Bear creek to Genessee st.
This view, westward from Genessee, shows
a grader working in front of the B and G
Oil Pipeline
Blast Wipes Out
Mexican Hamlet
Coatzacoalcos, Vera Cruz,
Mexico-(DPD-A csude oil pipe
line under repair exploded
Wednesday night into a square
mile of flame that wiped out
the tiny hamlet of Monte
Largo with heavy loss of life.
Autorities said 12 persons
were killed and 100 injured,
16 of them so seriously they
x-J x u
were not expeciea , io uve.
Many were ranchers and their
wives and children who lived
in ranch houses near the
scene. ; :
Seen 60 Miles Away
Firemen brought the flames
under control at 4 a.m., after
they blazed so high through
the night they could be seen
60 miles away;'
Authorities of Pemex, the
nationalized petroleum com
pany, said the leak from the
pipeline spread crude ou over
a huge area. It went up in
stantly when a spark caused
gas to explode, they reported.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Partly cloudy to
night and Friday. Warmer Fri
day. Low tonight 50. High Fri
day 90. Outlook Saturday fair
and warm.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 90
Lowest this Morning 51
Our Skies Jonight
Sunset today - :52 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 4:39 a.m.
Moonrise tomorrow .. 3:04 a.m.
New Moon -. .'. J!y 5
PROMINENT CONSTELLATION
Cassiopeia, in the north
east at midnight. ,
VISIBLE PLANETS
Venus, sets 9:5 P-m-
Saturn, due south ....11.43 p.m.
Jupiter, low in south
west : ...11:52 p.m.
' ' ' : '
counting on is that Sen.
Wayne Morse will nof be on
the ballot for favorite son.
Morse himself pooh-poohs the
idea of his contending for fa
vorite son, now that the Ore
gon Democratic forces are
divided due to the feud be
tween Morse and Sen. Rich
ard L. Neuberger. But the
current issue of the Oregon
Democrat newspaper, whose
editor is partial to Morse,
says the senator's supporters
are likely to place him on the
ballot by petition.
If Morse gets into it, the
Kennedy and Humphrey
Ju
business properties. The project contract
was awarded by the city council in April to
Tru-Mix Concrete company for a sum of
$25,254.85.
Many Activities
Planned for July A
Throughout Valley
Many opportunities for
Fourth of July- celebration
and recreation will be avail
able to southern Oregon resi
dents this week end.
An all-day Centennial cele
bration at Eagle Point will
begin with a hotcake break
fast from 5:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
in the city park.
An antique show, tours
through Putman's flour mill,
beard contest, "saloon
booth and carnival attractions
will continue throughout the
day. '
Coronation of. the queen
will be at 12 noon; horseshoe
contest, 11 a.m.; parade, 1
p.m.; horse show, 1:30 p.m.;
softball game, 2:30 p.m.; and
barbecue dinner at the Grange
park from 3 to 8 p.m.
Members of the Eagle Point
and Central Point Junior
Chambers of Commerce will
compete in a tug of war across
Little Butte creek Saturday
afternoon.
Ashland activities will begin
with a 10 a.m. parade fol
lowed by a city band concert
in Lithia park.! A carnival
sponsored by the Ashland
Lions club will be held in the
park at 5 p.m.
Weldonian Band
The 200-piece Weldonian
band from Oakland, Calif.,
will give a concert at 1:30
p.m. in the park. The group,
composed of youngsters from
pre-school through teen-age,
will include John Ray Chap
man, nine-year-old trombonist
who was born in Ashland
Ashland Jaycees will hold
Budget Hearing to
Head Council Meet
A public hearing on Med-
ford's proposed 1959-60 mu
nicipal budget, heads the agen
da for tonight's city council
meeting at 7:30 o'clock at city
hall.
The budget proposes a gen
eral fund tax levy of $352,846
and a total tax levy of $871,-
394. City officials anticipate
that the over-all assessed
value of property in the city
will be sufficiently higher this
year to accommodate the levy
increases without resort to
raising millage rates.
Since the proposed levy is
within the statutory 6 per
cent increase limit, a citywide
plpption has not been re-
auired.
Other public hearings slated
for tonight concern an alley
vacation and a change of zone
from single and two family
residential to limited commer
cial, both requested for the
B and G business properties
on East Jackson st. between
Hawthorne ave. and Genessee
st.
forces feel thiswill r.uin any
national significance the out
come might otherwise have.
They would, by virtue of po
litical custom, have to defer
to the local favorite son candi
date and not contest his priv
ilege of wish to represent Ore
gon at the convention.
The Humphrey people, par
ticularly, prefer to think in
terms of Humphrey being
matched against the less lib
eral or more moderate con
tenders, Kennedy, Stuart
Symington and Lyndon B.
Johnson, in Oregon. They feel
a tireworKs display at a:u
p.m. at Southern Oregon col
lege stadium. Selections by
the Weldonian. band and
Shakespearean dancers and
appearance'of the Old Timers
Car club will precede the dis
play. Dances
Ashland Elks lodge will
have a dance and a public
square dance is scheduled at
Britt Memorial hall in the
evening. A street dance will
be held on Eagle Point Main
st. from 8 to 12 p.m.
Oregon Gold Gulch, a
psuedo frontier mining town,
will hold its grand opening
July 4.
The little community, on
Hidden Valley ranch property
off Highway 99 northwest of
Central Point, will be open
to visitors from 9 a.m. to 6
p.m. daily.
Moon Mountain Indian
dancers will perform and the
Quick Draw club will have a
"shoot out" each 30 minutes
during the day. A gold pan
ning contest also will be held.
A wooden walk has been
constructed into a quartz mine
where a vein of gold can be
seen, according to owner
LaRue Morris.
Boat Patrol ,
One of the precautions
county law enforcement
agencies plan for the holiday
is a boat patrol at water recre
ation spots
Pamphlets containing water
safety regulations will be
issued by sheriff's deputies
when they give warning to
boaters on valley waters.
The Medford Safety council
has agreed to post bulletins
at all boat landings.
The fireworks display which
has been held in Medford the
past three years will not be
held this year.
Kozlov Says
Come To End
Washington (UPD Soviet
First Deputy Premier Frol R.
Kozlov said today "tiie time
has come to abolish once and
for all the suspicion and dis
trust" between the United
States and Russia.
"The destiny of peace de
pends to no small extent on
relations between the Soviet
Union and the United States,"
Kozlov said in an address at
a luncheon meeting of the Na
tional Press Club and the
Overseas Writers.
Grounds for Trust
The 50-year-old Soviet En
gineer,' considered a likely
successor to Premier Nikita
Khrushchev, said Russian
leaders and the Soviet people
"believe there are grounds on
which to build relations of
trust."
this will go well for the Min
nesota senator if Morse, Ste
venson and Gov. G. Mennan
Williams of Michigan stay out
-but that if any of these men
are entered, the liberal vote
in Oregon will be splintered.
The Kennedy people are
quite confident their man can
take the honors in Oregon.
They are anxious to have Ken
nedy show his strength against
Lyndon Johnson and Syming
ton, who they are sure won't
file affidavites of no candi
dacy. Adlai's entry would change
this picture completely.
Ml
TennesseeDispute
Threatens Layoff
For 25,000 Men
Shipments To
Mills Halted
New York-(CPD-A strike of
steel union crewmen halted
Great Lakes iron ore ship
ments to some of the nation's
largest steel mills today and
shut down a million - ton - a -week
mining operation de
spite union orders to continue
work during a two-week con
tract extension.
Another 25,000 steelwork-
ers were threatened with lay
off in a Tennessee Coal and
Iron Co. dispute with a small
railroad union which refused
to accept the two-week truce
agreed to by the United Steel
workers of America.
Two Strikes Ended
Two Pennsylvania steel
walkouts were ended Wed
nesday night after delaying
the resumption of contract
talks here between four-man
teams representing the union
and the nation's 12 major
steel producers. Negotiations
finally met for two hours
Wednesday afternoon but
made no public report on
their talks.
Bargaining was scheduled
to resume this morning.
Th ore shutdown was caus
ed fcy the walkout of members
of the USWs Local 5000, who
man the Great Lakes ore
ships. The local's negotiating
committee was said to have
refused unanimously to ac
cede to the truce agreement
Closes Largest Mia
The tie-up affecting more
that 100 ships caused United
States Steel Corp. to close
down mining operations in the
Minnesota Mesabi Range, in
cluding its Hibbing, Minn
mine, which is the largest in
the nation.
An estimated 4,000 miners
were told not to report back
until Monday and the com
pany said there would be no
work for them then if the ore
boats were still tied up.
Inland Steel Company said
it would keep its mining oper
ations going, stockpiling the
ore, for the time being.
At Cleveland, 2,900 work
ers remained off their jobs
at a Republic Steel Corp.
plant pending a vote sched
uled for this afternoon on the
back-to-work order of USW
President David J. McDonald.
They and about 21,000
workers at Jones & Laughlin
Steel Corp.'s Aliquippa, Pa.,
plant and U.S. Steel's Fair
less Works at Morrisville, Pa.,
had set up picket lines at the
original strike deadline, Tues
day midnight, in defiance of
the truce proposed by Presi
dent Eisenhower and agreed
to by union and industry of
ficials. '
. The Dalles (UPD New ad
ministrator of the Oregon
Wheat Commission is Clancy
Jean of Pendleton.
Time Has
Suspicions
To the Russian people, who
have seen their land devastat
ed by conflict, "there is no
other word as hateful as war,
Kozlov said.
He spoke of Soviet-American
relations as the "focal
point" of international de
velopments. He said world
peace depended upon good re
lations between the two coun
tries. Ike Meets With Council
President Eisenhower, who
conferred with Kozlov
Wednesday, meanwhile met
with his National Security
council, presumably to dis
cuss Russia's stand on Berlin
and report what Kozlov had
to say.
Kozlov flies to the West
Coast Friday to continue his
two-week U. S. tour.
THE REV. R. W. HURN
Minister Htie Fire Year
projects. He has served as vice
Fairbanks, Alaska.
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