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. i -(yjn)Difi) I I .5 v I 1 ' i I -8 i. Statements Given City Police By New Mexico Men Torn Dollar Bill Used as Evidence City police yesterday ap prehended and obtained signed statements from two men who admitted burglariz ing 14 different local business establishments in the last three weeks. Among them the theft on June 23 of $1,162.42 from the Coca Cola Bottling company in Medford. Three of the burglaries occurred Monday night and three over the week end. ' The suspects, both from New Mexico, gave their names as Raney Ray 'New comb and Cecil Harvey Allen. Allen, 37, was a police man at Hobbs, N. M., until June 1 of this year, city po lice said. , - v. ! They are being held in the county jail and were sched uled to be arraigned in dis trict court this afternoon. They were arrested at their residence at 607 Sherman st., Number 5l yesterday after noon. Under Surveillance The men had been under surveillance, police said, and a torn dollar bill helped clinch the evidence against them, The bill was taken from s cash box Monday night at Industrial Air Products, North Pacific highway. They changed the bill, they said, for "cisarette change." at a service station near down town yesterday. Police, who were following the- men, matched the torn bill with the fragment left at the scene M 41 1 1 ' 01 me oiurgiaijr. Police said the men had "numerous hand pistols" in their 'possession, and a pistol was found in Allen's - car. Police indicated that " New comb has a burglary record and has served time in Okla homa, Texas and New Mexico. , According to Allen" state ments on most of the bur glaries he drove while New comb made actual entry into the buildings. Monday night Allen got "spooked" away from the Lucas and Howard Furniture company, Central Point, and drove back to Med ford, he said. Newcomb then stole a Ford Identified as belonging to Berkley A. Pinkham, Lake- view, to get back to town, of ficers were told. Police later found the car abanned on East Main st. Additional Thefts In addition to thefts at Coca-Cola, Industrial Air Prod ucts and the furniture store, the men admitted burglarizing or attempting to burglarize Dick Knight company, Eker son Paint and Roof store, Oak dale market, Reter Fruit com pany, and Central market in Medford. They also attempted bur glaries at four stores in Klam ath Falls and two in Grants Pass, the statement said. According to Allen's state ment, he did not participate in the crimes at Oakdale market or Reter Fruit company. - The burglaries all took place after June 23. Despite the number of thefts the men attempted, they met with little success, other than the Coca-Cola safe-cracking, police said. On most of the attempts no money was taken and on some were un able to open the safes they encountered. The approximate amount of money taken is $1,182.42, po lice reports show. No Radioactivity Found in Barrel; Officials Irked Washington-(UPfl-The Atom ic Energy Commission says that no radioactivity was pres ent in a steel drum found last Saturday on an Oregon beach and marked in a manner indi cating it cc.-tained radioactive waste material. The commission ventured no explanation for the white barrel, which . was found on the beach at Battle Rock State park. But it said its contents appeared to be "a quantity of water and oil." It also cited other peculiarities. The drum bore the words: "Danger AEC radioactive waste." But. the commission also requires other identifying marks on drums used to dis pose of atomic wastes in the ocean. MEDFORDyTRIBCTE 18 Pages MEDFORD OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1959 No. 94 "Just Half a Gallon Court Dismisses Criminal Slander Charges at Salem Salem (UP1 Charges of cri minal slander against Salem Broadcaster W. Gordon Allen and Independence . Police Chief George " Utley were abruptly dismissed in circuit court -today by -Judge Ralph Holman, Oregon City. The judge said that, at his suggestion, Allen and Utley, accused of slandering State Police Capt. Ray Howard, Sa lem, in a broadcast over Al len's station KGAY, presented a statement which allowed the case to be dismissed. No Evidence Presented A jury of six men and six women was picked Tuesday for the trial. Opening state ments had been made but no evidence had been presented when the case was dismissed. Move to dismiss the case was made by Marion County District Attorney Hattie Kre men, who was in charge of prosecuting Allen and Utley. The pair had been critical of alleged gambling and pros titution in Lincoln county in 1953. , In their statement Allen and Utley said: Brookings Girl, 17, Victim of Gunshot Brookings M i s s Shirley Freeman, 17, daughter of Mr. and , Mrs. A. H. Freeman, Brookings, was flown to Port land for treatment of a gun shot wound yesterday. The wound, accidentally in flicted, was in her shoulder, and the' bullet lodged in her lung. She was first hospital ized in Crescent City, Calif., and was flown from there to Portland for treatment in St. Vincents hospital. The flight was made in a Mercy Flights, Inc., air ambu lance plane from Medford. She was the 981st atient car ried by the non-profit air am bulance corporation. ' Port Orf ord -DH- City' offi cials of Port Orf ord let ,it be known today that they "were irked at whoever perpetrated the "hot" barrel hoax during the Fourth of July celebration here. The metal drum, labeled "Danger. Radioactive waste," was reported at the Atomic Energy Commission laborato ries at Richland, Wash., where it was taken, to be a hoax. AEC personnel said the barrel actually was half full of oil and water. v Mayor Ira Tucker of Port Orford said: "Rumors are fly ing around about some of our neighboring communities. I would hate to think that any of our people would perpe trate a deliberate hoax." We're Saying Money' "In making the statements attributed to us by the indict ments, we did not mean to im ply ' that Superintendent Mai son or Capt. Howard per formed, or were guilty of any illegal, unlawful or immoral conduct, or to impute bad character or improper motives to them. Critical of Poller "It was our intention only to be critical of what we con tend is state police policy in handling law enforcement and state police personnel. "We also recognize that the situation relative to prostitu tion and gambling which we claim existed in Lincoln coun ty, if it did, was without the knowledge, consent, Or ac quiescence of either Superin tendent Maison or Captain Howard.' Prosecution Attorney Collis Marsters claimed that 'Allen and Utley made a defamatory broadcast over Station KGAY that Captain Howard ordered Utley, then a state policeman at Newport, not to reveal al leged gambling and prostitu tion conditions in Lincoln county in 1953. The prosecution maintained that Howard never gave such an order. A charge that 'Maison was also criminally libeled by Al len's and Utley's broadcasts were scheduled to come up later for trial. Area Pear Harvest To Start August 4 , The Bartlett pear harvest in the Medford area will start about Aug. 4, with full scale picking under way by Aug. 10, industry sources estimat ed today. The outlook is for a Bartlett crop equal in qual ity to last year's. The windup of the Bartlett croup will fit nicely with the beginning of the winter pear harvest, according to reports, and early predictions show an overall crop about equal to an average year. The bosc crop will be, un der last year but an increase in the D'Anjou and cornice crop will bring the average UP- , ; The cool growing season this year will produce D'An jous of excellent eating qual ity, according to C. B. Cordy, Jackson county agent. Salem-flJPD-Republican State Chairman Peter M. Gunnar is planning to visit in Wallowa, Morrow, Gilliam, Wheeler, Crook, Jefferson and Sher man counties. " . Rose Lodge, Ore.-(UPD-Mau-rice Black, 45, of Rose Lodge died here Tuesday when he accidentally shot himself with a pistol in his Salmon River Motels cabin. Burg President Says Segregation Morally throng .Washington -(OPD- President Eisenhower said today he be lieves racial segregation is morally wrong when it inter feres with equality of oppor tunity. , rr He explained he was defer ring to equality of opportun ity in affairs controlled by government and the economic and political fields. This was the President's first flat statement of his per sonal feelings on segregation. It, was made at a press confer ence attended by 190 re porters. Heretofore in the field of civil rights, the President has more or less confined himself to statements that it is his duty to support enforcement of the law as interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court . He has steadfastly refused in the past to express an opinion on the principles considered by the court, especially in school integration cases. Other highlights of the President's news conference: -He exnressed hope that steel wage negotiations would not lead to a strike, but Ahat labor and management would continue negotiating until they reach, an agreement. -He mentioned a special session of Congress as a possi bility should the House and Senate fail to provide suffi cient funds for foreign aid, particularly military assist ance which the Senate pared down Tuesday. -He saw no reason why a Roman Catholic should not be elected to high national office. As for himself, his own vote would never be influenced by the religion of a candidate. As to whether a Catholic could be elected, Eisenhower had no opinion. -He said the United States American Legion To Start Building A drive by the local Amer ican Legion post to raise funds for a Veterans Memo rial building in Medford is expected to get under way this week, according to Clark Walker, building committee chairman. The building will- be 'built on the post's lot at 533 Ed wards st., and will cost ap proximately $40,000. The structure, of pumice blocks, will include two halls, one in cluding a stage, kitchen, stor age area and restrooms. A paved parking area is planned at the rear of the building. The building on the 59 by 129 foot lot, will have three large sliding glass - windows facing Edwards st., and a drive along the east side of the building will lead to the main Entrance. The entrance will face Jack's Drive-Up, it was reported.- . A house on the property, currently used by the post for meetings, will be razed. The designer for the proposed one story structure is Albert W. Gandt. Granvil Brittsan is in charge of the fund raising committee. Gene Orr is secretary-treasurer. It was reported that the building also would be avail able for meetings of other area civic organizations. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair and warm to night and Thursday. Low to night 52. High Thursday 90. Temp. Highest. Yesterday 77 Lowest this Morning 47 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:50 pjn. 4:43 a.m. 9:21 p.m. July 13 Sunrise tomorrow . Moonset tonight First Quarter VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, in the west at sunset, sets ..: 9:41 p.m. Jupiter, in the south at sunset, sets ;, ltiSS aJn. Saturn, in the southeast at sunset, will be in the south west 2:32 a -iii- sires will go back into the Geneva Foreign Ministers Conference next week sticking to its posi tion that West Berlin must be kept free. He questioned the wisdom of having any sepa rate meeting with Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrush chev while the United States is attempting to find the road to world peace in close co ordination with her western allies. Defends Use of Veto ' -He said he felt he was not using his veto power at all lightly. He maintained ve hemently that, because he will be finished with political life when he leaves the White House in January, 1961, he is approaching legislation sent to him by Congress with no thought of political gain. Teamster Strike At Tillamook Brought To End Tillamook-(DP-A Teamsters Union strike against the mak ers of famed Tillamook cheese that has spread to groceries of the 11 western states was settled with " a wage boost Tuesday,. 24 hours after ' the government sought an anti- Teamster injunction. The nine-week walkout at the Tillamook County Cream ery association ended with an agreement reached during an all-day meeting. It called for a compromise wage increase of 21 cents an hour. Retroactive Payment The union had demanded 31 cents and the creamery's latest offer before Tuesday was 12 cents. The contract also provides for retroactive payment of $200 per man for the .period from May 1, 1958, to May 1 this year. Seventeen members of the fluid milk department went on strike May 1, then 130 oth er workers in the main fac tory walked out in sympathy. When the creamery associa tion continued to operate with farmers and supervisors, the Teamsters declared a boycott against Tillamook cheese. Injunction Asked It started in Portland and spread to other western states. The National Labor Relations Board Monday filed a petition in U. S. district court here asking for an injunction against three Teamster locals, ordering them to stop the boy cott. The boycott was called off and the workers were told to return to their jobs today. Long's Condition Declared Worse Baton Rouge, La.-flJPD-Re-ports circulated in the Louis iana governor's mansion to day that Gov. Earl K. Long's physical condition is worse. Dr William Cook, who treated Long after a heart seizure in 1950, called on the governor Tuesday but de clined to comment on his con dition Dr Robert Heath said there had been no "drastic" change in his condition But state legislative leaders who called on the 63-year-old governor indicated Jiis health has deteriorated The govern or's office, at Long's okay, agreed, at request of newsmen to issue twice daily medical bulletins beginning today. House Speaker Robert An gelle said Tuesday Long "is a very ill man." Salem-ttJPD-The State Emer gency Board meets here Fri day to decide whether a sec ond fence should be built around the newly opened in termediate correctional in stitution near Salem. :yff Lii '"ifr i iiirin mi i I in '""' COLORADO TRAVELER Posing for the ing' since 1938 and is on his way to the Cen camera near Hornbrook is Orville Ewing, tennial Exposition in Portland. He camped his five burros and a goat (top). The goat on Siskiyou summit last night and expects and a dog (not visible) ride on the burros as to reach Medford tomorrow and Portland the group travels. Orville has been travel- some time in August. ' -(Photo by Mrs. Katherine Chapman) Jackson County June Employment Has Slight Rise Employment in Jackson county last month showed a slight increase over May, ac cording to figures released by John J. Patton, state employ ment service manager, Med ford. As of June 30, unem ployed persons in the county were estimated at 820, or 13 per cent below the total for the same time one year ago. Patton said the increase in employment was distributed throughout all types of local business and that it appears to be greater than the normal seasonal rise usually found at this time of year. The demand for help locally is expected to show a steady increase, with the next major jump expected in August with the start of the pear and peach harvest. Student Employment Patton said there are more high school and college grad uates seeking permanent em ployment, in addition to stu dents looking for summer jobs. He added that more old er students are finding work than was the case a year ago, Reports from firms through out the county indicate that business is generally good, he said. Summer work is scarce for the younger students, how ever, especially those under 16 years of age. This is due mostly to the .lack of field crops which elsewhere furnish summer employment for many in this age group. Patton invites employers to contact the employment serv ice concerning the aptitude tests given high school grad uates. The results of these tests give employers an indi cation of the student's ability to learn. He said that many job-seeking graduates have been given aptitude tests. Grants Pass Rrm Bid Low for School Cummings Construction company, Grants Pass, was the apparent low bidder yes terday for the construction of additions to Rogue River Ele mentary school. ' Three deductive alternates and one substitution were elected to lower the Cum mings firm bid to $164,855, it was reported. The buildings will be con structed of masonry block on concrete floor slabs, wood roof systems, gypsum plaster board and Dlywood paneling, acous tical tile ceilings, asphalt tile flooring, aluminum wmdows, some plastic skylights and fluorescent lighting. Building construction is to start immediately with com pletion scheduled for early in the next school year. Danish Pleasure Vessel Explodes Haderslev, Denmark (OPD An explosion ripped through a sightseeing boat near this cm ith Jutland town today. First unconfirmed reports said at least 20 persons were feared dead. Police reported that 10 bodies were recovered and the search was continuing for ad ditional victims. It was not immediately known whether any foreign tourists were aboard. - The boat Dams Ende was returning to Haderslev from a trip to a restaurant about one half mile away. The explosion occurred in the engine room. Artist-Traveler to Arrive in Medford On Way to Portland "Here Comes Orville" -so states the sign on the front of the rig-also Maria, Debo rah, Mexico and Little Boy All but Orville are burros. Orville is Orville Ewing, 70-year-old artist and traveler of Pritchett, Colo., who has been on the road, since 1938. Originally a painter, he had to abandoned his profession when the effects of the paint began to tell on his health, and he turned to pencil sketching. He began assembling . his farm on wheels, which now includes five burros,' a milk goat and kid, two chicktos, a trained goat named Arizona, a small white dog who smiles for his picture, a store of canned goods, and cooking and bathing facilities. Averaging about 15 miles per day, Orville wag in Horn- brook area Monday and reg istered at the welcome stock ade on Siskiyou summit yes terday afternoon. He expects to reach - Medford tomorrow and Portland r"some" time in August'-probably. Water Pollution Committee Meets The new Jackson County Water Pollution Fact Finding committee met for the first time last night, and discussed ways in which it can best do the job assigned to it by the county court. ' Russell DeForest, Medford lawyer and chairman of the group, said the committee is going to need help in getting the facts on pollution and its effects in this valley. He issued an appeal to any one knowing about pollution problems first-hand to get in touch with him or any other member of the committee, or to write to it in care of the county court. The committee was named by the county recently to gather factual data regarding pollution problems and possi ble solutions. Last night's meeting was largely a discus sion of. how to get the job done. The committee plans to meet on the first and third Tuesdays of each month in the county courthouse. Other members include Jack Hanel, Ashland; Albert A. Grabber, Talent; Robert G. Germer, Talent; Donald E. Faber, Central Point; John B. Caird, Jacksonville, and Neal P. Smith, Gold Hill. Registrations at Stockade How 8,184 A total of 8,184 persons had registered by mid-morning to day at the welcome stockade on Siskiyou summit, accord ing to Ernie Hood, coordina tor for the Jackson County Centennial association. Saturday and Sunday 725 persons registered, Hood said, and Monday among those to sign were a St. Louis, Mo., couple and a father and son from Argentina. m Yesterday three persons from Maryland en route to Grants Pass reg istered. Weston (DPD Theo Theron Spencer, 21, Gooding, Idaho, was killed today when the tractor he was driving at the Yamb-Weston Cannery plung ed ever a 15-foot bank and landed on top of him. He has traveled from At lantic to Pacific and from Canada to Mexico. He and his entourage appeared in the San Francisco World's Fair in 1939, New York World's Fair in 1940 and is now en route to Portland to appear with the Oregon Centennial Exposition. Ewing and his "family" ap peared in a double page spread in the April 18 issue of the Saturday Evening Post this year in their "Face of America" series, a fact of which he is proud. A relaxed and cheerful per son with few wordly wants that cannot be supplied right out of his own assemblage, Orville says of himself, "my cup runneth over." Commission Files Suit for Property The state highway commis sion., is seeking condemnation of 41.25 acres owned by Harry L. White and Elizabeth P. White, Rogue River, ac cording to a complaint on file in the Jackson county circuit court. The acreage is sought for a right-of-way for the Grants Pass-Rock Point section of the new Pacific highway, accord ing to the complaint. In addition to the 41.25 acres the state would cut off access to approximately 160 acres which lie between the new right-of-way and the Rogue river. The property lies between Gold Hill and Rogue River, according to Paul Havi- land, Medford attorney repre senting the Whites. Appraisals of the property indicate its value at between $150,000 and $156,000. The state has offered $49,000, Haviland reported. The river frontage extends for two miles and much of the land owned by the Whites adjacent to the river was above the high-water mark in the 1955 flood. The property includes a number of choice building lots, the attorney said. According to current state plans access would be cut off from the highway to the home and farm buildings. The Whites have lived on the prop erty since about 1910, Havi land said. Elderly Portland Man Given Vicious Beating Portland-flJPB-Hyman H. Co hen, 81, retired market editor of the Oregon Journal, was recovering today from a vici ous beating inflicted without apparent reason by an uniden tified youth at Dawson Park Monday night. -- U.S. To Move Air Group Out of France Paris-flJPD-The United States today formally notified the North Atlantic Treaty Organ ization that it intends to trans fer its European Tactical Air Group out of France "without further delay." Involves Sabre Jets The decision was relayed to the NATO permanent council by the permanent U. S. repre sentative, Randolph Burgess. About 200 atomic - capable F100 Super Saber jets will be involved in the transfer. Burgess told the council that six of the nine squadrons currently based in airfields in eastern France will be shifted to U. S. bases in West Ger No Extension Of Negotiations, McDonald Says No Progress Made In Company Talks New York-dJPD-Steel union President David J. McDonald today in effect refused Presi dent Eisenhower's request for an indefinite extension of steel negotiations and indicat ed the union would stand by its July 15 strike deadline. The negotiations are cur rently operating under a two week extension made at the request of the President. There has been no sign of progress, however, and Eisen hower said today at his press conference he had placed no time limit on his request for an extension and would like to see it made indefinite. Terminal Point Necessary McDonald answered that "we are confident that the President does not intend that we negotiate forever." He said an agreement can be conclud ed by 12:01 a.m. July 15, when the extension is up, "if there is good faith on the com panies' part." "Every period of negotia tions must have a terminal point," McDonald said. "This is the one that has been agreed upon by the parties." The President told his news conference his position has not changed since June 27, when he wrote McDonald that he hoped both sides would continue to bargain without interruption of production until all the terms and condi tions of a new contract are agreed upon." No Time Limit By Ike McDonald responded to that letter by agreeing with man agement to extend negotia tions without a strike for two weeks beyond the expiration of the old contract at midnight June 30. . Eisenhower said today that his request had not been for a two-week extension but for an indefinite extension. He noted that he had placed no time limit on that request. The President indicated that he planned no new White House action to stave off a strike when the current nego tiating deadline expires next week. Gold Rush jubilee Events Announced Jacksonville An interna tional gold panning contest is being planned for the Jack sonville Gold Rush Jubilee, along with an old-time fid dlers contest, a watermelon eating bout, and an egg-roll ing contest, according to John Keavney, president of the Jacksonville Lions club, spon sors of the event. Other entertainment fea tures will fill out the agenda of the jubilee, to be held Sat urday and Sunday, Aug. 1 and 2. A special planning and re port meeting of the Gold Rush Jubilee committee will be held Tuesday evening, July 14, at the Jubilee headquar ters in the U. S. Hotel, Jack sonville, according to John Crabb, assistant chairman. All committee members are asked to attend. Ike Has Remark on Khrushchev Statement Washington -fllPB- President Eisenhower today in effect ac cused Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev of making irre sponsible statements on pos sible war over Berlin. The President made his comment on Khrushchev's re cent remark to former New York Gov. Averill Harriman that if the West wants to fight over divided Berlin "you can have it." Tactical many. The other three squad rons will be transferred to Britain. Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Lauris M. Norstad had hinted previously that the transfer was fn the works. Miles From Warloads The reason was tactical. As things stand at present, the fighter - bombers are based miles from their atomic war loads because of France's re fusal to allow U. S. nuclear weapons to be stockpiled on French territory. President Charles de Gaulle refused to accept U. S. nuclear stockpiles in France unless the French government had full say in their possible use. Wit
