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Local and In Hospital Mrs. Frank Richardson Jn of post office box 604, Central Point.is a medical patient at Rogue Val ley hospital. A surgical pa tient there is Mrs. WOliarn McBride of Tule Lake, Calif. Winner-Mrs. Helen Rivers, post office box 732, Medford, was one of 100 women to v. in a coffee mill recently in the "name the cake" contest spon sored by General Foods cor poration. Sign Struck-A truck oper ated by Lawrence David Kon kel, 924 Summit ave., struck a "Road Closed sign last week at Biddle and Morrow rds., Medford police reported. Police said no citation was is sued. . Hos Takcn-Eldon Dwain Nelson, 263 Beatty st., in formed Medford police of the theft last night or early this morning of 50 feet of plastic garden hose, worth $3 and 30 feet of soaker hose worth $3 from his residence. Wallet Taken - Sterling S Painter, Camp White, inform ed Medford police of being robbed of his brown leather wallet containing $80 in cash and personal papers Thursday evening after he had "blacked out" on North Front st. be tween Main and Sixth sts. New Houses - Medford building permits Thursday were issued to . C. Conrad and Son for an $11,000 resi dence at 2448 Edgemont st. and to D. L. Picket! for an $11,000 residence at 2709 Law rence ave. and a $13,000 resi dence at 2716 Ruth dr. Rifle Taken -Vernon Wil liam Husk, Happy Camp, Calif., informed Medford po lice that a new 30-30 Winches ter rifle was stolen Friday evening from under the seat of his automobile while the vehicle was parked on' Front st. between Main and Eighth sts. Driver CUed-Bertha Louise King, 2060 Table Rock rd was cited for failure to yield the right of way Thursday following a collision between her vehicle and one operated by Jose Manrubia Martinez, 441 North Grape st., on North Pacific highway at Howard ave., Medford police reported. , . r Driver Ciled-Norma Wil ford, route 3, box 234, was cited Friday for following too close after a collision between her vehicle and one operated by Robert Lee White, route J, box 170A, on South Bart lett st. between Main and Eighth sts., Medford police re ported. Grandson - The Rev. and Mrs. Marlin Pierce, Ebens- burg,fPenna. are the parents of a son bora June 28 weigh ing 1M pounds. The . baby, named Carlton Lee, is a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Pierce, Adams rd., Medford. The baby's father is . minister of the First Christian church in Ebensburg. . Dog Injured A toy Man chester terrier owned by Kathryn G. Hackett, 125 South Holly st., was struck and injured Friday by a ve hicle operated by Richard W. Courtright, 25 South Orange st., on West Sixth st. between Holly and Grape sts., Medford police reported. No citations were issued. TALENT TROUT FARM PUBLIC FISHING POND Open Daily RAINBOW TROUT From 1" to 8" FOR STOCKING YOUR POND FOR PRICES CALL KE 5-2322 LOVE HATE! PRIDE! PASSION! NOW! TONITE! RAMPANT, RIOTOUS ASEOON1HC FAMOUS BEST SUB r ERSKINE CALDWELL ROBERT RYAN ALDORAY TINAlOUISf . PAT SPAIN Personal Door Damaged John Mi chael McCabe, 1909 East Main st., informed Medford police Friday that a pane of glass in the front door of the Launder ette, 327 North Fir st., had been damaged apparently with a BB gun Thursday night or Friday morning. Persons Sought Medford police this wek end sought the whereabouts of a Walter Kitto and his daughter, Elsie Weisenberger, believed to have been living in Medford about' five years . ago. The searcn-.was asked by Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Lester Feil, Cal gary, Alberta, according to the report. . Philodendron Filched-Mar- garet Ruth McCoy, 1017 Alta st., informed Medford police of the theft of a philodendron plant from her front yard sometime Friday. The plant was in a yellow clay pot on a green glass plate with two lit tle bluebirds thereon, accord ing to the. report. The plant and other articles, were val ued at $6.50. Girl Discovered-A 17-year-old Ashland girl was discov ered walking across Fifth st. in front of Medford's city hall early Saturday morning in an apparently intoxicated condi tion, Medford police reported. The girl, held at the police station until her mother ar rived, said she had been out on a date and was walking home, according to the report. Burglary -Glenn LeRoy Frost, 330 North Holly st., in formed Medford police Friday of the theft Thursday evening or early Friday morning of a $75 onyx ring and a $45 radio from his apartment at that ad dress. The thief or thieves en tered the apartment through a back window, according to the report. $3,859,000 Zoo In Portland Opens Portland (UPD-The new $3,- 859,000 Portland zoo opened Friday, 20 minutes after the scheduled 9 a.m. opening time and two months before com pletion of all the buildings. Not yet completed are quar ters for the lions and tigers, elephants and birds. The finished portion of the new zoo includes eight bear pits, penguin area, monkey house and landscaped grounds for deer, llamas, elk and other hoofed stock. Bobsled Strikes Disneyland Worker Anaheim, Calif. (UPD-A 24- year-old Disneyland employee was in critical condition yes terday after being struck by a bobsled in the Matterhorn replica at the amusement Park. . Gary Dubach was hit by the sled while he was on sled tracks inside the mountain. It knocked him off the tracks to the ground. There were no in juries to the occupants of the sled, which finished its run. v The Disneyland mechanic was taken to Santa Ana Com munity hospital with critical injuries. . Disneyland officials say they had not determined yet why Dubach was Inside the tunnel. IN THE HEAT OF A SOUTHERN SUNI ii d m w Obituaries MYRTLE ROADARMEL Mrs. Myrtle Roadarmel died Saturday. Funeral arrange ments will be announced by Perl Funeral home. CLARENCE S. BOOTH Clarence Samuel Booth, 70, of 221ii North Holly st., died at his home July 3. Funeral arrangements will.be an nounced by Perl Funeral home. RODERICK B. BAKER . Services for Roderick Blackburn Baker, 71, who died Thursday, will, be held in Conger-Morris Funeral home Monday at 9:30 ajn. Dr. D. Kirkland West of the First Presbyterian church, will officiate. Committal will be in Butte Falls cemetery. Mr. Baker was born June 19, 1888, in Kalamazoo, Mich. He came in 1908 to southern Oregon and moved in 1951 to Lebanon, Ore. He married Bernice . Edmondson, Butte Falls, who died in 1938. He was married July 1, 1941, in Albany, to Hildred Abbott, who survives. He was a vet eran of World War I, serving from March 29, 1918, to July 21, 1919, as a private first class, Company "C", 55th En gineers, spending most of the time in service in France. Survivors besides his wife include three children, Don ald Baker, Butte Falls; Larry Baker, Lebanon; and Mrs. Dorothy Casey, Shady Cove; five step-children, James Ab bott, Los Angeles; Orbra Lee Abbott, (Djakarta, Indonesia; R. L. Abbott, Lebanon; Jo seph Abbott, Springfield; and Mrs. Marie Osborn, Riddle, Ore; three sisters, Mrs. Car rie- Hgenfritz, Miss Mary Helen Baker, and Miss Ruth Baker, all of Kalamazoo, Mich.; and three grandsons. Bearers will include John Henshaw, Everett Moore, N. B. Stoddard, Rosco Larson, Ernest Smith and Henry Frances. Anti-Castro Trio Lands at Key West Key West, Fla.-fUPD-Three more Fidel Castro-sought Cub ans landed here yesterday aboard a 32-foot cabin cruiser and were taken into custody by immigration authorities. ; The men were identified as Hernandez Ravelo, 29, cor poral in former President Fulgencio Batista's army; Juan Labrador Pozas, 42, a former police lieutenant; and Jose Gomez Pascual, 40, captain in Batista's army. - The three are seeking po litical asylum. They will be taken to Miami for a hearing. They told authorities that they , had been harassed and interrogated since January and were afraid they would become one of Castro's vic tims. They said they weren't in hiding, but were "staying out of sight as much as possible." Stanon Hill, England-tDPD- The Rex Movie theater, which closed Friday night after 35 years showed as its last film "A Kiss Before Dying." . ACCEPTING post of execu tive officer, Athletic Asso ciation of Western Univer sities, Tom Hamilton, University of Pittsburgh, is expected to make headquar ters in San Francisco. Hi 2nd THRILL HIT! WHO HIS BRIDE TONIGHT? mm ijCCHNICOLOni (MVffSAlO.?ZBMTlONAl t . Peter CUSHING Melissa STRI8UNG rvA fi ll J f ' ? hp, p if a " ? c f7: ROYAL WEDDING Prince Albert of Belgium and Princess Paola di Calbria are married in Brussels' Church of St. Gudule. Performing the ceremony is Joseph Cardi nal Van Roey (left). The young couple were also married in a civil ceremony at the royal palace. , . . COLLECTS Otto Halpern, University of California physicist who invented something so secret he couldn't get a patent on it, was finally awarded $340, 000 by the Federal Govern ment after eight years of litigation. Halpren vented a "radar camouflage" which would make planes almost undetectable by radar, but he had to fight to get paid for it. Driverless Boat Hits Sailing Vessel San Pedro, Calif . - (DPD - A i driverless speedboat ploughed into the side of a sailboat yes terday in Los Angeles harbor after narrowly missing scores of small boats and water skiers. Thomas Binder, 21, of Dow ney, and Nolan Mathis, 20, of Bell, said they were thrown from their 14-foot outboard when it hit the wake of an other craft.. They were picked up by a passing boat and gave chase to their driverless craft. The boat sped through the water about one mile before crashing into the side of an 18-foot sailboat owned by Ed Lasker of Los Angeles, which was tied to a mooring. Dam aeg is estimated at $1,000. U.S. Groups To Visit Jordan Amman, Jordan -(UPD-r King Hussein announced yesterday three groups of Americans will visit Jordan at his invi tation. The king said 18 prominent citizens of Los Angeles, head ed by Charles Porter, will ar rive Tuesday. Later this month 11 protes tant clergymen from the Unit- ?d States will come to study he problems of the Palestin ian refugees. On Aug. 21 the king will greet a group of Illinois legislators. Palace officials said Hussein invited the three groups to come to Jordan, during his tour of the United States ear lier this year. Fall from Shovel Kills Oakridge Man Springfield (UPD-A 10-foot fall off a power . shovel at Cougar dam, 55 miles east of here, Friday afternoon took the life of 62-year-old Leo N. Gandolph of Oakridge, accord ing to Lane County Coroner Fred Buell. - Buell said Gandolph was crawling along the beam of a power shovel when the door of another shovel that was be ing used to lower the gantry of a truck crane flew open and nudged him, causing him to fall head first into gravel 10-feet below. The accident occurred as equipment was being assem bled for dam construction, j Kansas Police Hunt California Gunman Edwardsville, Kan. -(UPD-A massive manhunt for a Cali fornia gunman sought for more than 200 burglaries tapered off last night but officers said they had "no opinion" as to whether the fugitive, Gordon Ellis Atte- berry, 24, still was in the area. Officers .of three counties, aided by dogs, searched a wood area near here for more than 12 hours after Atteberry shot and slightly wounded City Constable Don May when May recognized him early yesterday. Atteberry, a lormer resi dent of Edwardsville, is "com pletely familiar with this area, and there are lots of places he could be hiding," the Wy- Duel Provides Latin Fireworks Buenos Aires -(UPD- Former Vice President Isaac Rojas and Roberto Galeano, a mem ber of parliament, fought a pistol duel yesterday. Neither was injured. The duel was fought at Pilar, a small town 38 miles northwest of Buenos Aires. Only a couplel of shots had been fired when police broke in to end the affair. The two men fired from a distance of 20 paces. Admiral Rojas said with a smile afterwards that "there will be neither a reconcilia tion nor conciliation." Rojas challenged Galeano, a deputy in the lower house, after the latter sent the ad miral a telegram on June 30 challenging his criticism of the government of President Arturo Frondizi. WITH FLEET Claude E. Newman, seaman in the U. S. Navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Newman of 102 Elk st., Is serving aboard the anti - submarine aircraft carrier USS Lake Champlain operating with the U. S. Sixth fleet. CELEBRATING 43RD. ANNIVERSARY of wedding, President and Mrs. Eisenhower open album to picture taken after it Eisenhower married Mamie Doud in 1916. tnioy . This Sunday BREAKFAST After Church... (Served Anytime) - at tha ' Hotel Medford Dining Room CHILDREN ALWAYS WELCOME andotte county sheriff's office said. "No cars have been report ed stolen, but on the other hand he conceivably could have gotten aboard a passing freight train, though we were trying to keep a close watch for that," a deputy said. A former convict from Col orado, Atteberry whipped out a small pistol and fired three shots when May approached his automobile, parked on an Edwardsville street, and asked to see his driver's license. One bullet grazed May's wrisM causing only a minor wound. Atteberry then fled into a wooded area. The car had been stolen in California, where Los Angeles police said the fugitive was wanted, for about 200 burglaries. Loot to taling $100,000 was recovered from Atteberry's home and other places, they said. California authorities said AtteOerry, a former Univer sity of Colorado student and an horfbr graduate of Fort Collins, Colo., high school, headed a small ring, but com mitted most of the burglaries himself. The car he abandoned here was stolen in March "and that nervy guy still was using the same license it had when he took it," a deputy said. Governor to Present Man of Year Trophy Rogue River The first an nual Man of the Year trophy will be presented at a banquet July 27 at the Rogue River High school gymnasium. The trophy, sponsored by The Times, will be presented by Gov. Mark O. Hatfield. Chairman of the committee is Larry Sheehan assisted by Mrs. Joe Golding, Mrs. Earl Green, R. C. Gail, Mrs. Henry Bonney, Mrs. Roy Larson, William Ford, Floyd Jones, and Gail Grooms. Tickets will be available to valley persons with prefer ence given to Rogue River residents, it was reported. W(XK?J Powder Puff Pilots In 13th Annual Derby Lawrence, Mass.-(CPD-Sixty-three light planes with wom en pilots at the controls took off yesterday for a flight across the nation in the 13 th powder puff derby. , - The flying females were al lowed nine designated stop overs, three of which were mandatory for all aircraft. The first of the mandatory stops was Kokomo, Ind. The women are racing against the clock and not each other. Their planes have been assigned a "par speed," based on performance data from manufacturers and aeronauti cal engineers, actual tests, and performance in prior air races. The handicap system gives each entrant, from the powerful twin-engine - Beech craft Bonanzas to the single engine Piper Cubs, an equal chance. The last of the 63 planes was airborne at Lawrence at 9:33 ajn. yesterday as the women aviators, from the Dr. Effenberg To Speak Here ' Dr. Herwig Effenberg, West German commercial vice con sul stationed in Seattle, is ex pected in Medford tomorrow as guest speaker at the Jack son County Chamber of Com merce weekly roundtable luncheon. r Dr. Ellenberg is to discuss European economic integra tion and U. S.-German trade relations at the luncheon. Also planned for his visit is a tour of Bear Creek Orchards. It is understood that anyone inter ested in meeting Dr. Effen berg may make arrangements through the chamber of com merce office. Dr. Effenberg has been In Seattle since March, 1955. Previously stationed at Zur ich, Switzerland, and Reyk javik, Iceland, he joined the foreign service originally in 1953 after working in the de partment of commerce in Frankfort, Germany. He will be accompanied here by his wife. The roundtable is held each Monday noon at the Jackson hotel. The public is invited. BELL'S TOLL - East Haddam, Conn.-(UPD-In Riverview Cemetery, this in scription appears on the tomb stone of a young man of 20 who died in 1798: "... who received a mortal wound on his head by the falling of a weight from the bell as he was about to ener the Church . to attend divine worship." HOTEL MEDFORD ONE OF THE GREAT KmscHCWurn TJIF JOHN 1AYtIE -CONSTANCE TOWERS uthuWjohn le KIwwin rackin .JOHN FORDfiMM-nmriDinpn- COOI.fcta-tll,WnH)iaWTisis ADDED SCOOP ATTRACTION FIGHT mm OFFICIAL WORLD'S HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT FILMS! Iilnwl Dm SEE THE KNOCKOUT United States, Europe, and Australia, were waved off at less than one minute inter vals. ' - -J: . . Starter Crocker Snow waved a huge green flag to send the planes on the way after each pilot had her log book stamped with the time. Most of the pilots were young married women. And, as is the custom with the Powderpuff derby, all wore colorful summer dresses and jewelry and carried handbags and lunches for the long flight. No one wore flying togs or the familiar leather helmet or goggles, though sun glasses were much in evi dence. Flying was permitted only in daylight hours and planes were required to cross the Spo kane finish line by noon Wednesday to be eligible for the five cash prizes and tro phies. Two other mandatory stops for all flyers were at Fargo, N.D., and Helena, Mont. But in-between stops were permit ted at Chicago, Rochester, Minn., Bismarck, N.D., and Miles City, Mont., at the pi lot's discretion. Only four of the contestants flew solo. The others took co pilots. Three were foreign wo men, two as co-pilots and one at the controls. She was Mrs. Elly . Beinhorn of Freiburg Zahr, Germany, who made a round-the-world flight in 1931. Defending champion Mrs. Frances Bera of Long Beach, Calif., flew a Beechcraft Bon anza in her quest for a fifth Powder Puff victory. The field was sprinkled liberally with Beechcraft, Cessna, and Piper Comanche planes. - Most of the pilots had plen ty of experience at the con trols and almost all had pre vious derby competition. Mrs. Barbara Jenison of Paris, 111., who has logged 900 hours fly ing time and was competing in her fourth derby, was a typical race contestant. BUCKHORN MINERAL SPRINGS Athland, Or ., Enjoy- health, r m t nm fnrt and hospitality amidst pleat ant surrounding. HOT MINERAL BATHS for Rheumatism. Arthritis. Neu ritis and nervousness. CARBON DIOXIDE VAPOR BATHS for High and Low Blood Pressure, Sinus, and Skin Eruptions. LODGE AND LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING CABINS at Reasonable Rates. Writ for Reservations PHONE LONG DISTANCE Buckhorn Mineral Springs DR. HERMAN WEXLER, D.C. Director 2200 Buckhorn Spring Road Ashland. 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