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Structure Damage
Expected To Be
Added To Figure
40 Firemen Felled
By Acrid Smoke
Washington (UPD-Electronics
equipment valued at more
than $30 million was pro
nounced a total loss today as
workmen slogged through the
wreckage left by Thursday's
spectacular Pentagon fire.
Structural damage costing
additional millions and the
possible loss of some irre
placeable secret documents
were expected to be added to
the fire's toll.
IBM Assumes Loss
The electronics equipment
was owned by International
Business Machines Corp
which leased it to the Air
Force at $3,500,000 a year.
The Air Force said IBM as
sumed the entire loss on the
equipment. A sp okesman
said he understood the ma
chines were at least partly
covered by insurance.
The blaze swept a super
secret Pentagon basement
hideaway Thursday afternoon.
It buckled concret floors,
burst water pipes, and des
troyed tightly guarded elec
tronic equipment.
40 Firemen Felled
Three hundred firemen bat
tled , the fire, and 40 were
felled by the dense acrid
smoke given off by the burn
ing of 7,000 rolls of taped Air ,
Force data, some of it stamped
"secret."
The breakdown of the water
system caused Defense Secre
tary Neil H. McElroy to dis
miss the entire Pentagon
working force of some 29,000
military ; and civilian em
ployees, giving them an early
start on a three-day Fourth of
July week end.
Some Unaware of Fire
Many, working in unaffect
ed sections of the massive
five-sided concrete building,
had been unaware of the fire.
.. The blaze was confined to a
small section -20,000, square
feet - of the Pentagon's total
area, although smoke poured
through an area equal to
about four city blocks.
Structural damage was esti
mated at from $200,000 to $5,
000,000, depending on who
was guessing. This was on top
of the $30,000,000 loss'of com
puters, tapes, and equipment
in the Air Force's hush-hush
statistical center.
Electrical Failure
The five-alarm fire burned
out of control from 11 a.m.
to 2 pjn. (e.d.t). By 4:15 pjri.,
about five hours after the
blaze started, the Pentagon
announced the fire was "ex
tinguished" for all practical
purposes.
Pentagon authorities said
the blaze apparently started
from an electrical failure, pos
sibly a shortcircuit. There was
no evidence of sabotage.
JTheJ Defense Department
told United Press Internation
al, in response to a question,
that all of the records on
which the joint chiefs of staff
rely are duplicated elsewhere.
Manor Building Permit
Issued, Fee $7,561
A $4,693,616 building per
mit was issued for Rogue Val
ley Manor Wednesday, The
Medford building department
reported. Excavation for the
manor, a $5V million retire
ment home being constructed
atop Barneburg bill, is al
ready in progress.
The building department
received a fee of $7,561 for
the permit, according to de
partment records.
'Mind Your
Sponsors Tell
Vale, Ore. - (UPD - The Vale
Chamber . of Commerce and
Rodeo Board today advised
the president of the Animal
Defenders League, Inc., to
"mind your knittin,' ma'am."
They said the annual Vale
"suicide race" for horses and
riders would go off as sched
uled Sunday, evening.
The battle between Vale
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"Those Guys Have Funny Ideas About
Americanism They Hit You
From The Front"
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Warren's
Of Nixon
To ABA Parley Told
Chicago (UPD The Chicago
Tribune said today Chief Jus
tice Earl Warren blackballed
an invitation to Vice President
Richard M. Nixon to join in
the American Bar Association
meeting in London in 1957.
According to the Washing
ton dispatch by Walter Tro
han, Warren told the president
of the ABA, "if you let that
fellow in, count me out."
The ABA finally bowed to
Warren's threat, Trohan said,
Businesses Close
Here for July 4
The Ashland city hall and
federal offices here are closed
today in honor of Independ
ence Day tomorrow. . ,
Medford retail stores are
expected to be closed tomor
row because of the - holiday,
it was announced. Most of the
grocery stores have indicated
they will also close their
doors. All government ..offices
except police and fire agen
cies, will close.
A full slate of holiday fes
tivities awaits area residents
and visitors, however. Kick
ing off the day's program is a
hotcake breakfast at 5:30 a.m.
at the city park in Eagle
Point. .
A barbecue dinner at the
Grange, park ' jis" scheduled
from 3 to 8 p.m ; " v
A fireworks display, spon
sored by the Ashland Jaycees,
will be held at 8:30 p.m: at
Southern Oregon collegesta
dium. Selections by the Wel
donian band will precede the
display.
Ashland activities will be
gin with a 10 a.m. parade.
Also scheduled tomorrow
is the grand opening of Ore
gon Gold Gulch, the. psuedo
frontier mining town. The
little .community, whi,ch will
be open to visitors from 9
a.m. until 6 p.m. daily, is
north of Central Point.
Visitors may reach the com
munity by traveling north on
Highway 99 and turning right
at the Tolo intersection (Old
Highway 99), left through
Double Dee Lumber company,
and two right turns after
crossing Highway 99 overpass.
Knittin', Ma'am, Vale 'Suicide Race1
Animal Defenders League President
and Grazielia Boucher, Port
land, started when she saw
television newsreels of last
year's race down the boulder
strewn hillside to climax the
annual Vale rodeo. The films
showed spectacular tumbles
for both animals and riders.
The president of the Ani
mal Defenders' League quick
ly telegraphed the Vale Cham
mm
Blackball
Invitation
because the association had
formally invited the Chief
Justice and received his ac
ceptance. The story of Warren's poli
tical feuding with Nixon was
detailed and confirmed by a
former president of the ABA,
who told the Tribune:
"I do not want my name to
be used, but if Warren sues
I'll be a witness in court for
you." ;
Trohan said Nixon had no
comment on the disclosure of
the blackballing.
The Tribune recalled "the
latest' evidence of the deep
split between the Californians
occurred at a Washington
cocktail party when Warren
upbraided the author of a
Nixon biography."
Called Author Liar . '
Trohan said Warren accused
Earl Mazo, author of the biog
raphy of stepping , "over my
body" in an effort to "make
Nixon president." He called
Mazo a "damned liar" when
the author denied intent to
step on Warren, the dispatch
said.
The Tribune said it learned
Warrerfhad been successful in
a behind the scenes effort to
keep Nixon out of the politi
cal limelight by barring him
from the London legal meet
ing in 1957, attended by more
than 5,000 Americans lawyers.
49-Star Flag
To Fly Saturday
Washington (UPB-Old Glory
will go aloft Saturday bearing
49 stars. .
Flags with a new star for
the new state of Alaska will
be hoisted in ceremonies at
the Capitol and at Baltimore's
Ft. McHenry National Monu
ment, birthplace and shrine
of the National Anthem. Both
will be held a few seconds
after midnight.
One of the two flags to be
raised simultaneously at the
Capitol will be given to Alas
ka as a symbol of its new stat
us. The other will remain as
a regular Capitol flag until
it wears out.
ber that the "suicide . horse
race is against human con
science and human laws of
the land."
She objected , to the "stu
pidly cruel exploitation of
horses", and warned that
"Vale is being widely dis
cussed as backward, un-American
and objectionably . cruel
community ...''
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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1959
Oregon Police
Planning All-Out
Safety Campaign
Traffic Caution
Urged on Holiday
Salem (UPD - Gov. Mark
Hatfield said today that "all
available means ' would be
used by state . police during
this 4th of July week end in
a continuation of a stepped
up traffic safety program.
Neither the governor nor
the state police would con
firm whether planes would
be used, but the governor had
indicated earlier that they
would be used on an unan
nounced" basis. - i
Leaflets Distributed
The governor and H. G.
Maison, - superintendent of
state police, will confer, here
at 4:30 p.m. today.
Some 25,000 leaflets urg
ing careful driving and con
taining antilitterbug . remind
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The vanguard of an esti
mated 45 million care car
rying holidaybent vaca
tionists look to the nation's
highways today for the
Fourth of July week end.
btate and local police,
warned by th National
Safety Council that motor
ists may set a new death
record of 350 for a two-'
day Independence Day
week end, mobilized to
crack down on speedy,
careless driving.
ers are being handed out by
state police this week.
The leaflets open with a
welcome to Oregon and its
Centennial.
The Oregon Traffic Safety
Commission said the safe-
driving skills of motorists
will have to be brought into
play to keep the week end
free of a tragic record of ac
cidents.. ,
399 Accidents
Last year, Oregon recorded
399 traffic accidents during
the 78-hour holiday period,
resulting in 127 injuries, and
one death. This year, the holi
day extends over 54 hours.
The commission had a spe
cial word of caution for mo
torists who . may be pulling
boats or house- trailers this
week end: Check occasionally
to see if traffic may be stack
ing up behind you. If a long
line of traffic is forming, the
commission suggests, the driv
er should pull off the road
and let faster moving -traffic
pass.
Humphrey Unable
To Appear Here
A tight schedule has made
it impossible for Sen. Hubert
Humphrey (D-Minn.) to ap
pear in Medford as anticipat
ed, it was announced today.
Humphrey was expected to
make an appearance here on
July 13.
He had been mentioned
often as a likely presidential
candidate in 1960.
The . Minnesota senator will
be attending a luncheon meet
ing in Los Angeles on July 13,
according to Mrs. Edith Rode,
vice chairman of the Jackson
County V Democratic central
committee, and it will be "im
possible" for him to arrive
in ' Medford at a reasonable
hour.
Mrs. Rode received a phone
call this morning from one
of Humphrey's assistants in
Washington, D. C, and she
was informed of the change
in plans.
She was told that Hum
phrey hopes to make an ap
pearance h ere "sometime
within the next two or three
months," although plans are
at present indefinite.
Salem-dJPD-Representatives
of more than 35,000 Oregon
Legionnaires and Auxiliary
members will hold their 41st
annual convention here July
23-25.
Kenny Johnson of the Vale
Chamber of Commerce re
plied today that "regardless
of the word suicide in the
Vale suicide race, it is merely
a competitive race between
animals over no rougher ter
rain than the horses are ac
customed to. Please mind your
knittin,' ma'am."
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CLOBBERED CABOOSE-Yesterday's truck
train collision near" White City resulted . in
"total loss" of the caboose, Southern Pacific
officials said, and the engine also was dam
aged. Truck driver. Robert N. Funk is in
"good" condition at Sacred Heart hospital
today, authorities there said. He suffered
internal injuries. Referring to the accident
as a "freak," C. B. Stevens, Southern Paci
Institute Started
In Ashland With
Guest Instructors
Under the direction of Dr.
Margery Bailey,. 1959 courses
are underway at the 6regon
Shakespearean Festival's edu
cational section, the Institute
of Renaissance Studies.
Following registration ear
ly this week, initial classes in
stage make-up, stage deport
ment, and the workshop in
Elizabethan staging began. A
full schedule of , additional
courses and activities will con
tinue through the summer,
closing with the play season
on Sept. 5.
Dr. Bailey indicates that
two scholars of drama, one
from each coast, will be in
Ashland residence for the sea
son to study Shakespeare in
production. They will make
use of the Festival collection
of Renaissance materials
housed in the Ashland Public
library.
Dr. Marvin Rosenberg, asso
ciate professor of dramatic lit
erature at the University of
California, will work chiefly
with "Antony and Cleopa
tra." With the object of estab
lishing critical "standards
through production - revealed
meanings, he is preparing a
volume on the play as staged
through three centuries.
Fellow Appointed
Dr. Joseph Anthony With-
. . ,
ey assistant proiessor oi
English literature and dramat
ics at East Carolina college,
Greenville, N.C., has been ap
pointed Fellow in the Insti
tute, for 1959. "A graduate of
Cornell,' his additional studies
have been at Shrivenham
American university, Eng
land, and at Biarritz Ameri
can university, France.
He has taught at Kansas
college, Emporia, and at Utica
college of Syracuse univer
sity, and has authored numer
ous articles on staging.
Dr. Witney will remain for
the season, studying produc
tion techniques on the Festi
val's singular Tudor stage,
and presenting at least one
address in the Institute s
Thursday series of 4 p.m.
Gresham Lectures.
The Trinity Noons, offering
lunchtime coffee and dramatic
readings, will also be contin
ued as a weekly feature on
Wednesdays.
The public is invited to at
tend both the Gresham Lec
tures and the Trinity Noons.
Oregon Wagons Due
At Pocatello Tonight
Pocatello, Idaho (UPD The
seven wagons of the on-to-Oregon
train were scheduled
to reach here today after
leaving their overnight camp
site three miles south of In-
kom, Idaho.
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Medford's Budget
Gains Approval at
Hearing Thursday
Medford's 1959-60 muni
cipal budget gained quick ap
proval from the city council
last night following a public
hearing in the city hall coun
cil chamber.
Only two persons rose to
speak during the hearing.
Jerry Latham, representing
the Jackson County Chamber
of Commerce, complimented
city officials and the city
budget committee on their
work with the budget. He
took exception, however, to
the city's continued operation
of parking meters from 8 a.m.
to 6 p.m. when revenue from
the extra hour at each end
was not to be used for de
velopment of municipal off
street parking facilities.
Meter Hours. Extended
Parking meter hours were
expanded from their former
9-5 schedule two years ago
with the intention of using
the extra revenue to help fi
nance such development. But
Ihe revenue in 1958-59, and
in the fiscal year now begin
ning, is simply being chan
neled into the general fund.
The other speaker on the
budget was a man identifying
himself as Sherman Holt, who
suggested paring the budget
further as one step against
the nationwide trend toward
greater public spending.
The seven councilmen pres
ent approved the budget
unanimously. Councilman Ed
Hall, Ward I, did not attend
the meeting.
The council also ordered
the $871,394 total property
tax levy specified in the new
budget.
Levy Includes
This levy includes $352,766
for the general fund, $105,348
for the fire maintenance fund,
$26,336 for the park and
swimming pool fund, $129,318
for the .general bond sinking
fund, $47,526 for the water
bond sinking fund, $143,600
for the arterial street fund,
$19,000 for the sanitary sewer
fund and $47,500 for the storm
sewer fund.
It represents an increase of
$41,112 over the 1958-59 levy.
But city officials anticipate
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair tonight and
Saturday. Low tonight 50. High
Saturday 85-88.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 79
Lowest this Morning 49
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 7:52 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 4:39 a.m.
Moonrise tomorrow 3:49 a.m.
New Moon July 5
PROMINENT STAR
Vega, high overhead 11:58 p.m.
26 light years from the Earth,
Vega is the brightest star in the
constellation, Lyla and also now
the brightest star in the sky.
10 Cents
No. 90
fic freight agent, said that none of the four
men riding in the caboose at the time of the
accident was injured. They were Walter
Winkler, conductor, who lives on Jackson
ville highway; and brakeman Don Way,
Walter Ross, and Eldon Girard, all of Ash
land. Not a car was derailed, Stevens said,
and there were 27 of them hooked on be
hind "the mess."
that the increased valuation
of property within the city
will avert any rise in millage
rates.
Later in the meeting Floyd'
Courtright, a spokesman for
18 hosemen in the city fire
department, asked the coun
cil to grant a higher salary
rating for hosemen to place
them on a par with police
department patrolmen. The
request was referred to a
meeting of the city budget
committee, since the budget
had already passed with no
leeway for such an increase.
Irrigation District
Seeks Suit Appeal
Eagle Point irrigation dis
trict has filed an appeal from
a district court decision
awarding damages to a farm
er for loss of hay due to an
irrigation ditch leak.
Paul D. and Mary G. Con
rad, Eagle Point, on April
29 were awarded $204.75 in
damages for a first cause and
$10 damages for a second
cause.
In their complaint the
Conrads alleged that the irri
gation water was emptied
into their hay crop causing a
partial loss. They were seek
ing $204.75 in general dam
ages for a first cause, $58.50
special damages in a second
cause and $140 general dam
ages. The Conrads had charged
that the irrigation district was
negligent and careless in not
inspecting the ditch for leaks,
in not stopping or correcting
leaking and in diverting water
and emptying it into the hay
crop.
Effectiveness
In Reorganized Districts
A further study will be
made on the effectiveness of
the county school office in re
lation to reorganized school
districts, Glenn D. Hale, Eagle
Point, president of the Jack
son County School Admini
strators, informed the county
court this week.
Hale wrote the county court
that his group has met a num
ber of times and has decided
a further study of the situa
tion should be made. The last
meeting was held in Med
ford on May 28, he reported.
Alf B. Mekvold, county
school superintendent, and
Bruce S. Hitt, assistant sup
erintendent, spoke on the
place of the school superin
tendent's office as an inter
mediate unit. According to the
experiences of other states
there is a definite need and
Wildcatters
End Steal
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Negotiators Recess
Until Monday Morning
New York'OJPD-Steel wage
negotiators, after meeting for
an hour today, recessed until
Monday morning.
After the joint session of
the two four-man bargaining
teams of labor and manage
ment, neither side talked to
newsmen. However, David J.
McDonald, president of the
United Steelworkers Union,
and R. Conrad Cooper, indus
try chief negotiator, sent a
formal statement to the press
room. The statement said:
. "We are conscious that the
extra time for bargaining re
sulting from the two-week ex
tension is fast running out.
Exceedingly Wearing
"We have been bargaining
for two full months. The past
week, with its problems at
tendant to implementing the
extension, has been exceeding
ly wearing.
"We both believe that the
parties may be better able to
address themselves to our
problems if we take time for
rest and meditation over the
Independence, Day week end.
Therefore, we have recessed
until Monday morning at 10
o'clock."
Meanwhile, the last of sev
eral wildcat strikes which had
threatened to disrupt contract
negotiations ended today.
Bow To Demand
The walkout, involving
6,000 workers at the Cleve
land plant of Republic Steel,
ended only a few hours be
fore industry-wide bargain
ing talks resumed here..
The Cleveland workers,
who defied union orders to re
turn to work Thursday, f iially
bowed to a demand by United
Steelworkers President David
J. McDonald and began re
turning to their jobs at
a.m. today.
The Cleveland strike was
one of several unauthorized
walkouts that broke out -Tues
day night when the union's
contract with the industry ex
pired. In all, about 30,000
steelworkers were involved in
the wildcat strikes which had
cast a cloud over industry
wide negotiations.
Ike Asks Extension
The series of wildcat strikes
eliminated any chances of
progress Thursday in the sec
ond day of a two-week truce
set up by President Eisen
hower. The union earlier had
set a strike deadline of July
1, when the old contract ex
pired, but acceded to a two
week extension at the Presi
dent's behest.
The extension triggered a
rash of unauthorized strikes
Tuesday night. Many mem
bers said the contract exten
sion was contrary to the un
ion's traditional policy of "no
contract, no work."
In Washington, Sen. John
Talent Project Bids .
To Be Called July 9
Denver (UPD-The Bureau of
Reclamation here will issue
an invitation for bids about
July 9 for the construction of
a 30-inch siphon in the Tal
ent division of the Rogue Riv
er Basin Project near Ash
land, Ore.
The project involves 10,000
cubic yards of excavation, 6,
500 yards of backfill, and 6,
700 feet of 30-inch precast
concrete or steel cylinder
pipe. Completion must be
within 240 days.
of County School Office
place for an intermediate
unit between the school dis
tricts and the state, they re
ported. Such an intermediate
unit could be a county school
office, an area or zone unit
covering more than a county
area, or a combination of the
two.
Such a unit would be one
of authority, service and
leadership, and a combination-
of all three, it was ex
plained. Based on the number
of questions and requests re
ceived by the Jackson county
school superintendent's office
some school districts need an
intermediate unit between
them and the state, Mekvold
said.
After Hitt and Mekvold
left, the group discussed the
position of the county school
superintendent's office and
F. Kennedy (D-Mass.) called
on President Eisenhower to
reconsider his refusal to name
a government fact-finding
board to consider issues in the
steel dispute. Such a study,
Kennedy said, would make a
valuable contribution toward
a settlement.
The steel industry, in re
fusing to accede to union de
mands, has insisted on a one
year wage freeze which it
says is necessary to avoid a
new inflation.
Long Schedules
Triumphal Entry
To State Capital
New Orleans-fOPD-Gov. Earl '
K. Long arose almost at dawn
today so doctors and psychia
trists can check him over be
fore he leaves for a triumphal
entry into Baton Rouge, the
state capital.
The last time he was in
Baton Rouge, on June 18, an
investigating board of doctors
met him, certified that he
needed mental treatment and
ordered him rushed off to the
Southeastern Louisiana men
tal hospital at Mandeville. He
has no fear of that happening
today, however. He got out of
the hospital a week ago by
sacking the superintendent
and state director of hospitals.
To Start Campaign
Long, put up in a tempor
ary state capitol in a motel at
Covington, La, which he
abandoned Thursday night for
the Roosevelt hotel in New
Orleans. He promised to be in
Baton Rouge at 8:30 p.m. to
day.
Long, 63, who suffered-"a
slight heart failure" Wednes
day night, still plans, against
the advice of his doctors, to
start his campaign for an un
precedented fourth term as
governor Saturday.
The governor plans four
stump speeches in his Fourth
of July debut for the Demo
cratic primary election. He
also plans to attend a beauty
contest.
Medford Brownie
Receives Reply to
Letter to Princess
Susan Whinihan, 9-year-old
daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward M. Whinihan,
1024 Winchester ave., has
received a letter from ' a
lady-in-waiting of Queen
Elizabeth of Great Britain.
The note dated June 11
was sent in answer to a let
ter Susan wrote to Princess
Ann welcoming her into
membership in the Brownie
Scouts.
The Medford girl, a mem
ber of Brownie troop 84,
sponsored by St. Mary's
school, read in the Mail
Tribune of the princess
joining the Scouts.
Her letter from Bucking
ham palace reads:
"Dear Susan: I write at
the Queen's command to
thank you for your letter to
Princess Ann and for your
very kind message of good
wishes on. the occasion of
Her Royal Highness be
coming a Brownie.
"I am to say that her .
daughter will enjoy it all as
much as you do."
The signature on the let
ter was illegible.
Is Studied
reached a number of conclu
sions. They said the school
districts have benefitted
greatly from the professional
leadership and services pro
vided by the personnel of the
county schdol office and the
lay boards associated with it.
Also, the group agreed that it
provided the need for an in
termediate agency. Further
study is to be made on the
practical and professional
type of unit needed.
In his report, Hale wrote
that he was merely informing
the county court of the study
being made. Members of the
group besides Hale are John
Harr, Rogue River; Stanley
Jobe, Ashland; H. P. Jewett
and Charles Meyers, Central
Point; Roy Parr, Talent; Ern
est James, Phoenix; Leonard
Mayfield, Medford, Mekvold
and Hitt.