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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.
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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