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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 5, 1959
No. 91
54th Year 1 f T T
Gov. -Long Asks
PeopI .to. Judge
Hio'Ueiitar State
Eunice, La. - (UPD Gov,
Earl Long, who hai been in
and out of three mental wards
since May 30, opened a. cam'
paign for re-election yesterday
by inviting an estimated 4,000
persons to look him in the
eye and judge for themselves
whether he is "nuts."
"And if I'm nuts, I've been
nuts all my life,' 'he said.
Long, 63, opened his cam
paign to become governor a
fourth time against the advice
Local Fire Chief
Says Delay Aided
Blaze in Pentagon
Washington-(UPD-The blaze
in the "fire-proof" Pentagon
Is out officially, but the entire
embarrassing affair was ; re
kindled yesterday with
charges that defense officials
dilly-dallied before calling in
fire-fighting reinforcements.
Arlington, Va., Fire Chief
Joseph H. Clements complain
ed bitterly of a delay of up
to 34 minutes between the
time the fire was discovered
and the call that brought his
forces into action Thursday.
Clements' version was dis
puted by at least one govern
ment official.
Estimate Down
At the same time, Air Force
officials revised . their estim
ates of fire losses sharply
downward. They said . the
blaze, which first was be
lieved to havt caused $30 mil
lion damage, actually may
have destroyed only . $8 mil
lion dollars of electronic com
puters, magnetic tapes and as
sorted equipment.
Structural damage in the
burned-out super-secret Air
Force hide-away in the build
ing's basement was estim
ated at no more than $200,
000. Clearly Put Out
Clements clearly was put
out about what he considered
the undue delay in calling his
department. He said the Pen
tagon fire-fighting forces in
attempting to put out the fire
unaided had permitted the
five-alarm blaze to make
headway.
Even then, he said, when
his firemen reached the scene,
"a guard had my boys hook
their hoses to a standpipe lo
cated a full half-mile from
the site of the fire." This, de
spite a prior agreement that
a guard who knows the pre
cise location of any fire to
which his department is sum
moned would be on hand to
direct firemen.
Capt. C. R. Byers of the Ft.
Myer fire-fighting force dis
puted ''Clements' version. He
said the gong alarm was re
ceived simultaneously at his
post, and that as soon as he
arrived and saw what the sit
uation was he instructed the
guard force to tell the GSA
Control Center in Washington
to send in Arlington.
Algerian Rebels
Ambush, Slay 25
Algiers- (UPD -Twenty-five
French soldiers were killed
Friday night in a rebel am
bush near the village of
Littre, about 75 miles south
west of here, the Army an
nounced yesterday.
The dead included seven
Europeans and 18 Moslem
auxiliary troops.
The ambush climaxed sev
eral weeks of intensified rebel
activity, much of it directed
against Moslem farmers in
Vi. aroa of the ambush.
WEATHER
FORECAST. Partly cloudy Sun
dav and Monday. Cooler. High
Snndav 80. Sunday nlfht 4S.
High Monday 75.
Temp.
Highest Saturday ; 1 88
Lowest Saturday 45
Our Skies Tonight
7?S2 n m
Sunrise tomorrow
New moon today
PROMINENT STAR
. 4:41 a.m.
. co p.m.
. 9:43 run.
Regulus, seis
Venns. now directly to the right
of Regulus. wUl pass in front of
that star Tuesday morning.
Jupiter, due south 8:39 p.m.
Saturn, due south 11:38 pjn.
of six New Orleans physi
cians. They were concerned
more with his weak heart than
with the state of his mind.
Nevertheless, Long hit a
campaign trail that included
Ville Plate, Eunice, Cameron
and Lake Arthur, in south
west Louisiana's Cajun coun
ty. He planned to visit a bath
ing beauty contest last night
in Lake Providence, diagonal
ly across the state. But not to
speak, lest he disqualify the
winner from entering the
"Miss America contest" on the
ground that she was selected
at a political gathering.
Weak, Poor Appetite
Long confessed that he is
weak and has a poor appetite,
but he appeared to gather
strength after a first, five-
minute speech at Ville Platte
and got up to speak a second
time.
"The governor is tired. Lis
ten to him closely; give him
that courtesy," Curt Seigelin,
director of the state depart
ment of commerce and indus
try, said as he introduced
Long at Ville Platte.
I m making no deals, no
trades," Long said. "I want to
be governor on the up and up
and I don't want to be gover
nor if I can't. I want to help
the poor man and I want to
help the rich man if he'll be
have himself.
'Good He Can Do'
"Uncle Earl is running for
the good he can do for the
state. I'm the best friend the
colored man ever had. I'm go
ing to turn you back over to
Mr. Seigelin, because I'm talk
ing against the advice of my
doctors.
"I'm going to take a vaca
tion next week." ; .
(A reliable informant said
Long is going to Arizona,
probably Tucson, and expeots
to be away from Louisiana
three weeks.) , "
Long had trouble with his
false teeth, which were slip
ping. They became complete
ly dislodged while he was de
nouncing State Auditor Wil
liam Dodd,. who also will run
for governor, and he had to
clap a hand over his mouth
and shove them back mto
place.
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Red Deputy Premier
A Man of Many Hats
San Francisco - (DPD - Soviet
First Deputy Premier Frol R.
Kozlov yesterday tasted the
pleasures of a capitalist
Fourth of July week end in
sunny California.
- First event was a sightsee
ing cruise on San Francisco
bay aboard the luxurious
yacht Adventuress owned by
Dan London, managing direc
tor of the St. Francis hotel.
Weather was perfect. The
bay, often fog-covered at this
season, rippled under warm
sunshine and a light breeze.
Kozlov again wore a hat ap
propriate to the occasion. He
borrowed L o n d o n's white
yachting cap while taking a
turn at the wheel of the Ad
venturess. Friday he wore a
10-gallon cowboy straw hat
presented by Gov. Edmund G.
Brown in sweltering Sacra
mento. Earlier in the tour,
while visiting a toy factory,
he was photographed in a
crash helmet.
Politics' apparently were
forgotten as the Russians
gazed at the usual tourist at-tractions-the
federal peniten
tiary on Alcatraz island, the
San Francisco skyline and the
Golden Gate and San Francisco-Oakland
bay bridges.
For Hunch the Russians
went 30 miles down the San
Francisco-San Mateo county
peninsula in a parade - of
Cadillacs for a barbecue at the
home of Cyril Magnin, San
Francisco merchant, in swank
Hillsborough.
Magnin, who also is chair
man of the San Francisco Port
Authority, presided over a
Nixon Says Nikita -Undermines
fCozov
: Los Angeles - (UPD - Vice
President Richard M. Nixon
said yesterday Russian Prem
ier Khrushchev was "pulling
the rug out from under" Dep
uty Frol R. Kozlov even as
the, No. 3 Soviet leader called
for world peace.
Leveled-Off Toll
In Highway Deaths
Brings New Hope
Safety Officials
Are Encouraged
By United Press International
The nation's July 4th high
way death toll spurted rapidly
at mid-morning Saturday,
then appeared to level off.
The national safety council
said the pre-dark decrease
was "encouraging."
Earlier, the council warned
that' unless all precautions
were taken, this 49-star July
4th could become the most
disastrous Independence Day
two-day week end in history.
The council had predicted
350 would die. In record 1953,
the death toll reached 271.
A late evening United Press
International count showed
that at least 122 had died on
the nation's highways since
the holiday began at 6 p.m.
local time Friday. In addition,
there were at least 49 drown
ings, and 16 persons died in
other accidents for an over
all total of 187.
New York and Pennsyl
vania each had 10 roadway
fatalities, while Illinois had
eight, Texas six and Georgia
five.
"We are somewhat encour
aged by the slow way in
which the toll is rising," a
safety council ' spokesman
said. "We had expected a
larger figure. Our only hope
is that motorists will remem
ber to have fun on the
fourth-but be alive on the
fifth." ,
Radio stations at Memphis
Tenn., and Troy, Ala., offered
to pay the funeral expenses
of anyone killed while driv
ing either drunk or reckless
ly during the holiday week
end. All that was needed was
for the driver to sign up with
the stations in advance of his
trip saying he would like this
offer. At Memphis, 10 per
sons, signed up.. At xroy, .one
did. . . - I
The worst single accident
of the holiday, however, only
indirectly, affected cars. At
Muskegon, Mich., a Lake Mi
chigan car ferry collided with
a 24-foot private cabin cruiser
out for a moonlight spin.
Killed were six of the eight
persons aboard the yacht,
which had just left the" Mus
kegan Yacht Club for a brief
ride in the channel.; The car
ferry only suffered scratched
paint.
barbecue featuring filet steak
and corn on the cob. A varie
ty of liquors was available
including vodka. A string
quartet played Russian music.
Friday night Kozlov had
dinner at the Pacific Union
club, a stronghold of conserv
atism. Menu of the ' hour
dinner included caviar, turtle
soup and salmon, with a main
course of lamb.
Kozlov reiterated his ap
peals for co-existence and
world peace. He said there
should be more trade between
the United States and Russia.
In Sacramento Friday Gov
ernor Brown, a Catholic,
showed Kozlov a newspaper
headline, "Pope Calls for
Peace." Kozlov commented:
"Well even support the
Pope if he's for peace."
"Ah, Ye We Have Many Things in Common"
NEW FLAGS-Members of the Junior Cham
ber of Commerce in Medford early Satur
day morning placed new 49 star United
States flags in front of 29 downtown busi
nesses. Distributing the latest in flag fash
ions are (left to right) Al Carpenter, C. C.
Mew
Dm (Guam,
WashUngton-OIFD-The maid
en 49-star flag of the United
States was unfurled with col
orful pageantry yesterday to
wave o'er the land from
Guam to the heart of Man
hattan. At precisely 12:01 a.m., the
spanking new banner with the
star of the 49th state, Alaska,
New Proceedings
For Mrs. McCurdy
To Start Next Week
Grants Pass (UPD - Arrange
ments will begin July 13 for
another mental hearing for
Frances McCurdy, who has
spent 10 years in the Ore
gon State hospital, it was de
cided in Josephine county cir
cuit courl; Friday.
Mrs. McCurdy was indicted
in 1948 for the murder of her
son Paul, but was adjudged
insane and never tried. The
Friday ruling is in accord
with a court -order that she
would be returned to the juris
diction of the court when re
leased from the hospital.
Circuit Court Judge Ed
ward C. Kelly of Medford pre
viously stated that he had re
ceived no official word from
the properly constituted au
thority at the Oregon State
hospital saying Mrs. McCurdy
was able to understand pro
ceedings against her and as
sist in her own defense.
In court Friday Judge Kelly
said he had received a letter
from Dr. D. K. Brooks that in
Brooks' opinion she was re
covered sufficiently to assist
in her own defense and un
derstand the case against her.
Two separate indictments
filed against her by the grand
jury in May for the murders
of her son Paul and daughter
Pamela have been quashed
and the 1948 indictment still
stands.
49-Star (Flag
Aflaska, Manhattan
was hoisted to the top of a
flagpole on the west front of
the national's Capitol over
looking Washington monu
ment. ' '
At the same moment stars
and stripes unfurled in the
dawn's early light at Fort Mc-
Henry, Md., birth-place of the
national anthem.
Fireworks simulating
"bombs bursting in air" pro
vided a claring backdrop to
the historic Fort McHenry
ceremony where Francis Scott
Key 145 years ago started
writing the "Star Spangled
Banner" (which did not of
ficially become the national
anthem until 1933).
The 809th Engineer Batta
lion at the Island of Guam
claimed the honor of raising
the first 49-star banner, hoist
ing it at 6:15. ajn. Guam day
light saving time.
Meanwhile, back on the
Capitol roof, an eight-man
builiding guard raised and
lowered 1,072 new flags to be
given away as souenirs to
congressmen's const ituents
who requested 49-star banners
Nuclear Detection
Accord Disclosed
. Geneva-flJPD-U. S., Russian
and British scientists have
reached agreement in princi
ple on ways of detecting high
altitude nuclear explosions,
informed sources said yester
day. The sources said the sci
entists, meeting secretly here
since ' June 22, probably
would have their report com
pleted and give it to the three
power nuclear test ban con
ference tomorrow.
BULLETIN
Memorial Stadium, Camp
White - Ellen Callaghan
homered with two out in
the bottom of the seventh
inning to " give the Rogue
Valley Dairy Maids a 4 to
3 decision over the Vancou
ver, B. C, South Hill
Queens in the Northwest
Women's Major Softball
league here last night.
Membership,
For Shakespeare Fete Setting Record
Membership ticket sales to
the Oregon Shakespearean
Festival are selling 23.2 per
cent ahead of last year, festi
val officials report.
Individual ticket reserva
tions, meanwhile, reportedly
have soared to 62.8 per cent
over the 1958 total for the
same period.
The theater's new stage and
the influx of Centennial visi
tors are considered major reasons-
for the unprecedented
gains. Although the festival
has continued to attract in
creasing audiences since, its
1935 inception, all-time highs
are expected this: season.
Work on the new $275,000
theater is nearing completion.
The production company,
ainet U assembled June 11,
McKibben, and W. Wf Nelson. Also assist
ing with the placing of flags was Kenn
Knackstedt. The project was started re
cently by the Jaycees to promote displaying
the United States flag on holidays. (Knack
stedt photo.)
tlnifurDed
flown over the Capitol on the
Fourth of July. ,
From Shemya in the Aleu
tians to Point Barrow 3,000
miles away in the far north,
Alaskans proudly raised the
49-star flag yesterday to cele
brate their first Fourth of July
as a state
Permanent residents and
swarms of would-be residents
and tourists joined in noisy
celebration.; The biggest state
in the union found itself al
most on a standing room on
ly basis in some areas.
Chinese Down
Five Red Jets
' Taipei-(DPD - Badly-outnumbered
Nationalist Sabrejets
shot down five Communist
MIGs Saturday in the first
Formosa Strait aerial battle
since last October, the Nation
alist Air Force announced. No
Nationalist planes were re
ported lost.
An Air Force spokesman
said that ack-ack ground
crews on Matsu island also re
ported the destruction of a
strafing MIG but that it was
not immediately possible to
determine if this was a sixth
kill or a hit made simultane
ously on one of the five MIGs
downed by air fire.
The spokesman said four
Nationalist F-86's on a rou
tine patrol encountered 12 Soviet-built
MIG-17's south of
the Matsu island group at 8:25
a.m. (3:25 p.m. Saturday
EDT).
The Red jets opened fire
first, the spokesman said.
Informed sources said the
Nationalist Sabrejets did not
use deadly Sidewinder mis
siles in ' making their MIG
kills during the 10 minute air
battle about four miles off the
Matsus.
During last year's Quemoy
fighting, from August to Octo
ber, the Nationalists claimed
destruction of 31 MIGs against
a loss of only one Nationalist
Sabre jet. The last previous
Formosa strait dogfight occur
red Oct. 10.
Individual Ticket Sales
has been sharing the theater
with construction crews.
Workers have been on a 6
a.m. to 2:30 p.m. shift, with
rehearsals and technical prep
arations from 2:30 p.m. on.
Success of the group's inter
national fund raising cam
paign has made possible a
completely new theater and
extensive revamping in the
audience bowl area. The light
towers have been removed,
the rear seat rows have been
elevated, and new stadium
seats are being installed in all
price ranges.
. The Tudor Fair area has
had new landscaping, new
serving booths and a coffee
patio. The dancers this year
will perform on an elevated
platform.
n
ltd Thiree FroorSs
Saffe, Sane fourth
Reported ddii County
Jackson county's July
Fourth celebration generally
seemed a safe and sane one
as of last night, according to
reports from area law enforce
ment offices.
State police reported one
non-injury accident in Talent.
In spite of large numbers of
people swimming and boating
on lakes and on the Rogue riv
er Saturday, only one minor
mishap was reported.
Sheriff's Deputy Veryl Van
oose said a home-made boat
loaded with too many people
and pulling a water skier
tipped over on Emigrant res
ervoir Saturday afternoon.
Two adults and a 19-months-old
baby were spilled into the
water. Vanoose, on boat patrol
there, quickly fished everyone
out.
The deputy noted that the
life-preserver type seat cush
ions were all in the bow of
the boat and only one could
be reached by the capsized
party. He cautioned all boat
ing and water-skiing enthusi-
21 Cars Involved
In SP Derailment
Friday at Worden
Klamath Falls-OJPD-Twenty-
one cars of a northbound
Southern Pacific freight train
derailed on the main line at
Worden, about 15 miles south
west of here Friday night.
There were no injuries. About
500 feet of track was torn up.
The derailed cars were part
of a 100-car freight. They
jumped the track as the train
was passing the Tulana farm
grain elevators about 8 p.m.
A preliminary investigation
led to the belief that a hot
journal box might have caus
ed the wreck. Portions of one
wheel were found, with con
siderable damage to an axle,
leading to the speculation.
The freight pulled both
loaded and empty cars. Some
of the loaded cars which
tumbled from the track con
tained cement and other
building supplies. Two cars,
derailed but upright, carried
truck trailers.
Rail traffic resumed at
8:30 a.m. yesterday on a tem
porary spur line around the
wreckage. A special crew con
structed the sepur, using por
tions of the existing track.
The northbound Cascade
from San Francisco and the
southbound streamliner from
Portland were both delayed.
But an SP spokesman . said
the Shasta Daylight coach
was expected to be on time.
Damage Estimate
The spokesman said it
might be several days before
an estimate of damage could
be made.
The last big Southern Pa
cific derailment was on March
15, 1958, when the Cascade,
carrying 19 7 passengers,
jumped the track near the
summit of the Cascade moun
tain range. There were no
deaths but many were in
jured. Oregon foods will be
fea
the The
tured at the Feast of
Tribe of Will July 28.
traditional opening night ban
quet is scheduled for 6 p.m. in
Lithia park, adjacent to the
theater. At 8:30 p.m. the sea
son will open with the pre
miere performance of the
original "Masque of the New
World," followed immediately
by "Twelfth Night."
The other three plays which
will rotate with "Twelfth
Night" throughout the season
include "King John," "Meas
ure for Measure," and "An
tony and Cleopatra."
Banquet tickets will be
available until July 15. Tick
ets to the plays are available
at 28 branch box offices in
Oregon and California.
CP
Ad mice
asts to have life-preservers on
or within easy reach. Sheriff
Joe Walsh also warned against
discarding bottles in water
recreation areas. Broken glass
is one of the biggest problems
on Emigrant reservoir, ne
said. I
Fourth of July activities
started with 600. persons at
tending a hotcake breakfast at
Eagle Pomt starting at -5:30
a.m. in the city park there.
This was followed m Ash
land by a parade at 10:30 a.m.
watched by an estimated 3,000
to 4,000 persons. The Weldon
ian drum majorettes in bright
blue spangled uniforms high
stepped to the blare of band
music played by the 200-piece
Weldonian band from Oak
land, Calif. Other units includ
ed a covered wagon float by
the Ashland Garden clubs
made of millions of white
flowers, a huge Oregon Cen
tennial birthday cake with tall
candles, numerous horses, a
covered wagon from the Jack
son county 4-H wagon trek to
Corvallis. a surrey "witn
fringe on top,"Keltie band,
Ashland high school band,
brightly - colored balloon-bedecked
float, a string of "Old
Timer" cars, and children rid
ing and marching as pioneers
or Indians.
Eagle Point had many of
the same units in their parade
at 1 p.m.. Saturday. A crown
ing of Queen Norma Noble
preceded the parade. Bright
ening the parade were i
number of garden club flow
er floats. The Medford 40 et
8 locomotive led the parade
followed by Rogue River's
giant rooster on a float.
The old-fashioned Eagle
Point Fourth of July celebra
tion included a horseshoe
contest, horse show and a
softball game, also.
The dinner at the Eagle
Point Grange park ran out
of food, it was reported. Main
fare was barbecued beef,
mashed potatoes, French
bread and coffee or milk. '
Evening events in the coun
ty included a street dance at
Eagle Point and a fireworks
display in Ashland, following
a band concert in Lithia park
by the Weldonian band in the
afternoon.
A big event in the county,
also, was the five-day convenr
tion of the Northwest Sun
bathing association which ex
tended over the week end.
The annual event is being
held in the Trail area. Be
sides numerous people from
Jackson county, the conven
tion included representatives
from other parts of the state,
Washington, Idaho and Mon
tana. Dog Pack Kills
Missouri Child
Novinger, Mo.-TOPB-A group
of vicious dogs, believed pets
of an elderly neighbor wom
an, chewed a youngster to
death yesterday, the state's
second child killing by dog
packs in a brush-grown alley
way in this partly-deserted
mining town.
On 'May 23, a pack of wild
dogs killed Mark D. Draper,
also 2, in an area only 75
yards " behind his home in
suburban St. Louis county.
Police believed Kevin was
struck by the dogs Friday
night. He died after dawn in
a Kirksville, Mo., hospital.
Adair county sheriff Olin E.
Johnson said there were no
witnesses to the attack but
it was "evident he was badly
torn by dogs."
Johnson said the dogs ap
parently involved were a
group of four kept as pets by
an elderly woman who owned
the place where the Shockeys
lived.
Johnson said that .since
there were no witnesses, iden
tify of the dogs was "a mat
ter of presumption based
mostly on location of the at
tack." Novinger, the sheriff said,
has no dog licensing proce
dure and no provision for
picking up strays.
But Nearby Town
Apparently Safe
From Destruction
Flames Believed
Started by Camper
Sierraville, Calif.-flJPD-The
forest fire near the mountain
town of Loyalton was on the
loose on three fronts again
last night after sharp eve
ning winds rose to 20 to 30
miles per hour.
Forest service officials said
that although the firefighters
lost some of their gains, they
were not discouraged. The
fire, believed to have been
started by a careless camper,
was threatening Loyalton
homes earlier. But it appear
ed that the town has been
saved.
Authorities last night be
lieved their real gains would
be made this morning.
Fire dispatcher John Big-
ley of Sierraville said 1,467
men and six planes were on
the fire line.
"It's a mighty expensive
campfire," he said, "but it's
85 per cent controlled and he
expect to have it controlled
this evening if the wind
doesn't come up like it did
last night."
There was still some dan
ger .to the 1,000 residents of
Loyalton but the fire was two
miles away. Unless the wind
increases, Bigley said, the
home owners were expected
to be able to cope with fly
ing embers.
The fire was believed start
ed by a careless camper. It
had burned about 10,000
acres of timber land and
damaged the watershed.
Planes were dumping bor
ate on the fire. They includ
ed four converted Navy tor
pedo planes from Stead Air
Force base in Nevada, about
eight minutes flying time
from the fire.
Bigley, who had spent. two
nearly sleepless nights quar
terbacking the battle against
the fire, said it covered an
area of 70 square miles, al
though some of the area in
cluded green i mountain val
leys that were not actually on
fire.
Firefighters Included . in
mates from San Quentin and
Soledad State Prisons and air
men from Stead AFB.
Bigley reported that Loyal
ton was about two miles from
the nearest finger of fire (the
blaze burned like a giant oc
topus with fingers of fire
stretching from the center)
and appeared to endangered
only from flying embers.
He said the community's
1,000 residents could be evac
uated if the need came but
they appeared to be in no im
minent danger.
The fire surrounded Camp
bell Hot Springs on every side
but rangers said the resort
was in no apparent danger.
No homes lay in the path of
the fire.
Bigley, who made the origi
nal report that 30 Girl Scouts
had been evacuated from a
Marin County (Calif.) camp ii
the area, said this report prov
ed untrue.
During Thursday night, he
received a report that the girls
were in the camp and ordered
their evacuation. But he dis
covered last night that the
youngsters were not due at
the camp until July 13.
Oregon City Man
Dies in Auto Crash
Oregon City (UPD One
person was killed and three
youths injured in a one-car
crash on Leland road seven
miles south of here yesterday.
The victim was Gary San
chez, 22, of Oregon City. In
jured were Jack Joyner, 19,
of Jennings Lodge; Larry Mo
Comas, 18, address not known,
and Jerry Blackman 15, of
Wallowa.
The Clackamas county sher
iffs office said the converti
ble, apparently driven by Mc
Comas, careened into v small
canyon and bunt into Came.