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Former Cabinet
Officer Succumbs
To Heart Ailment
Kidney Trouble ,
Complicated Illness
Salem-l!PD-Douglas McKay,
66, who rose from a news
paper boy. to become Ore
gon's second cabinet officer
in history, died today. ,
The former interior secre
tary died in a local hospital
following a recurrence of a
heart ailment complicated by
kidney trouble.
' Death came at 8:25 a. m
His wife, Mabel, was at his
bedside.
McKay, a lifelong Republi
can was President Eisen
hower's surprise choice for
interior secretary shortly aft
er the 1952 election. At his
death he was chairman of
the U. S, section of the In
ternational Joint Commis
sion, which has the job of
"deciding ' noon joint use of
water resources belonging to
both the United States and
Canada.
McKay, also a former Ore
gon governor, suffered his
onlv defeat at the polls in
1956 after he resigned from
the cabinet to run against one
time Republican Wayne
Morse for the U. S. Senate.
.Attended OSC J ,
He became interested in
politics early in life, and was
fr,eshman class president at
Oregon State College in 1913.
Subsequently he became may
or of Salem, a state senator
and finally governor. He held
the latter position when
Eisenhower summoned him to
the cabinet. He was the first
man from Oregon to be named
to the cabinet since,' George
H. Williams, then mayor of
Portland,-was named attorney
general by President Ulysses
S. Grant.
McKay met Eisenhower
shortly after the latter re
turned from Europe. He was
one of the first governors to
call for Eisenhower's nomin
ation at the 1952 Republican
convention. A delegate to the
' same convention was' Morse,
then " an Eisenhower sup
porter. Wounded In War 4
Eisenhower's confidence in
McKay was shown after his
defeat by Morse when the
President named iiim to head
the U. S. section of the Inter
national Joint Commission.
Democratic party leaders cri
ticized it but of late both
Sens. Morse and Richard Neu
berger of Oregon said they
were pleased with the way
McKay was handling negotia
tions with Canada.
McKay served his country
in both world wars. He won
a commission in World War
I and was badly wounded in
the Argonne offensive in
France. He spent two years
in Army hospitals and; the
veterans administration gave
him a 60 per cent disability
rating. When Pearl Harbor
was bombed McKay was in
Honolulu .with ' the Willam
ette university football team.
He later served on the West
Coast and came out of the
service with the rank of ma
jor. . "
Born in . Portland
He was born in Portland
on June 24, 1893, carried
newspapers, attended public
schools and worked his way
through Oregon State College
as a janitor. He went to work
after graduation at a Port
land train depot for $35 a
month. Later he entered the
, insurance . and automobile
business and in 1927 came
to Salem where he started a
profitable auto agency.
He married Mabel Hill in
Portland in 1917 Ibefore he
went overseas. Survivors in
clude his widow and ; two
daughters, Mrs. Wayne Had
v ley and Mrs. Lester Green of
Salem. , ' .. ".
His only son, Douglas Jr.,
was 'killed in an automobile
crash while a student at Ore
gon State. . i ; .
He was elected as Oregon's
governor in 1948 to fill out
two years of the term of Gov.
Earl Snell, who' was killed
in a southeast Oregon plane
crash. He was re-elected in
1950.
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. J -From Newspaper Boy lo Governor '.
Public Officials
Join in Praise of
Doug Mc Kay's Work
Salem, Ore.-flJPD-Gov. Mark
Hatfield extended Oregon's
sympathy to the : family of
former interior secretary
Douglas McKay,, who died to
day at the age of 66.
'Doug McKay's life story
is one of remarkable rise from
a family-supporting paper boy
to a presidential confidant.
"Through it all he main
tained iron-clad integrity and
was true to his beliefs while
never losing the common
touch. Severely wounded in
World War I, he exhibited
inspiring courage to make a
valiant comeback by reach
ing the heights in both busi
ness and public service. On
behalf of the state he served
as legislator and as chief ex
ecutive I extend official sym
pathy to his family.".
Sen. Richard L. Neuberger
(DOre.): "Douglas McKay
was a friendly and warm
hearted man who invariably
inspired personal devotion to
those around him. .While his
career as Secretary of the In
terior was surrounded by
controversy, I feel that he
made , a successful start to
ward mutual use of the up
per Columbia river in his ca
pacity as chairman of the In
ternational Joint Commission.
His family can always take
pride '.in the fact that his per
sonal integrity and honor
Eisenhower Gives
Priority List
.Washington -UPD- President
Eisenhower said today his
priority list for' legislation
during the remaining days of
Congress included:
-A bill to correct ' labor
abuses.
-More financing for the
highway construction '; pro
gram. '
: -A decent farm measure,
' The .President identified
himself as the source of news
stories Tuesday that he was
becoming increasingly pessi
mistic about a summit confer
ence with Russia. He said , the
road to a summit conference
was still open, but that he had
lost some of his earlier hopes
for truly productive' negotia
tions with Russia during the
course of the Geneva Foreign
Ministers Conference.
Utility Property
Passes Billion Mark
Salem-OJPft-The true cash
value -of utility property in
Oregon has passed the billion-dollar
mark for. the first
time, Dean Ellis, chairman of
the State Tax Commission,
reported today.
The 1959 value has been
set at $1,030,804,905 - an in
crease of nearly $96 millions
or more than 10 per cent over
last year's $934,814,678.
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were never sullied ho mat
ter how much his policies
might be. criticized. He served,
his jcountry" faithfuUy.ih wir
and in peace. Maurine (Mrs,
Neuberger) joins me in sin
cere condolences to Mrs. Mc
Kay and the other members
of the McKay family."
Rep., C h a r 1 e s Or Porter,
Democrat: "It' is with '.deep
regret that I have learned of
the death of Douglas McKay.
He was a plain talker and a
hard fighter. I often disagreed
with him but I .respected
him.'. . ."
Unselfish Service
State Republican Chairman
Peter Gunhar, Salem: "Ore
gon has lost a great citizen.
Doug McKay's unselfish serv
ice on behalf of his state and
nation will never, be forgot
ten. The Republican Party,
the standards of which he so
ably carried in the Oregon
legislature, as governor and
in the President's cabinet, will
deeply feel this loss for years
to come." '' ' : . ' .
Washington-(DPD -President
Eisenhower '.' today issued a
statement of deep regret over
the death of Douglas McKay,
former interior secretary.
The president said: , '
' "I was saddened to hear of
the passing of Douglas Mc
Kay. As former governor of
his state and former secretary
of the interior, Mr. McKay
devoted much of his life to
public service. .In his passing
the nation has lost a disting
uished citizen and an Ameri
can of outstanding character.
He was a ' loyal and valued
friend.
"Mrs. Eisenhower joins me
in extending our deep sympa
thies to Mrs. McKay and her
family on the' great personal
loss they have sustained."
Police Agencies Ponder Questions of
Flying Obiects Followina Reports bv
Is Medford undergoing a
visitation . of unidentified
flying objects? Arc natural
phenomena being seen in a
way which makes them ap
pear unnatural? Or is some
one kidding? ... . . . i ,z
State and city police were
pondering .. these questions
c today, in the wa ' of re
ports that one former Med-
; ford couple had seen a "fly
ing saucer" and that two
' couplet on' Mae it. - had
sighted a "terrifically
bright, whitish-orange light",
go acrosc the sky last night.
The "flying saucer" re-
; port was made to city police
by a couple who identified
themselves as Mr. and Mrs.
Anthony Evans, 706 South
Oakdale ave. City police re
ferred them to state police,
and the couple, in consider
able excitement, told of fie-'
ers they, had seen an object
they said was a flying
saucer, and heard unex
plained noues, en Hillcmi
las
Ashland Abattoir
Gets Suspended
Sentence in Court
Charged With
Creek Pollution
Leslie Lusk, manager of
the East Side. Abattoir, Ash
land, this morning pleaded
guilty to a charge of polluting
Bear Creek.
; ne was sentenced to six
months in jail. The : court,
however, suspended the sen
tence on the recommendation
of District Attorney Thomas
Reeder, who said Lusk has a
reputation as having one of
the cleanest of the county's
slaughttrhouse operations, and
that he has promised to take
immediate corrective action.
Conditions of the suspen
sion of the sentence, Reeder
reported, were: .
1. That Lusk install an ad
ditional septic tank at the
abattoir, within one month;
2. That he not allow any
solid animal parts to enter
the creek, and,
3. That he take due care to
prevent the escape of animal
blood into the stream, pend
ing the improvement of the
blood tank at the operation.
Lusk was represented by
Billy Briggs, Ashland lawyer.
Reeder, in commenting on
the case; promised further
prosecutions if they prove
necessary. He said:
"I hope that this action will
remind the public that Bear
Creek is a public stream, and
that none of us have the right
to pollute or foul the waters
thereof. I expect that other
prosecutions will follow un
less those people ' who are
presently polluting th stream
take corrective action as soon
as feasible."
Final Report Set
For Pace Program
The . final progress, report
and the victory luncheon of
the Jackson County Chamber
of Commerce "Keep Pace
With Tomorrow" p r o g r a m
will be held tomorrow noon
in the Jackson hotel.
Bob Taylor, general chair
man, said that all groups are
conducting a last minute drive
to complete their assignments
and assure the goal of new
members and an increased
chamber budget.
Campaign officials express
confidence that the minimum
goal will, be exceeded when
the final tally is made at to
morrow's session.
All those engaged in cam
paign activity have been in
vited to attend the luncheon.
Association Sets
Shady Cove Meeting
The Rogue Basin Flood
Control and Water Resources
association will hold a meet
ing at the Shady Cove school
gymnasium at 8 p.m. Monday,
Aug. 3, Bill Jess, president,
has announced. ' ,-.
, Henry Stewart of the Corps
of Engineers arid Travis Rob
erts of the U.S. Sport fisheries
and wildlife service plan to
attend to further discuss the
Corps Rogue basin program
and its effect on fish. ... ,
- Jess sard they will answer
questions which remained un
answered, at the last meeting
of tfte association.
rd. sometime after mid
night. -
They said they had gone
there to visit the caretaker
of a house, and, while wait
ing for him to return, heard
footsteps, and then saw a '
blinding flash of light, fol-
- lowed by a piercing, whir-
. ring noise like helicopter
blades. They left in a hurry,
they said.
Returning a ' half - hour ?
later, the couple said they
saw lights come on, reveal-
., ing a large,' round object1
with octagon-shaped win
dows . lighted in brilliant
yellow. "It definitely was a
space ship," they told the
i investigating officer.
They then fled the Hill-
: crest rd. area again, and en
countered a car they said
. was a 1955 Ford, which was
blocking the intersection of
Hillcrest and North Phoenix
rds. They sped around it,
they told police, but sud
denly it was right behind
Secretary Rejects
Toncessio'n' by
Andrei Gromyko
Big String Tied,
U. S. Leader Claims
Geneva (OPD Secretary of
State Christian A. Herter
charged today that Russia is
trying to make the West if s
"unwitting accomplice" in a
plot to hold all of West Berlin
for ransom.
Herter sharply rejected a
new concession" oilered by
Soviet Foreign Minister An
drei Gromyko at today's ses
sion of the Big Four Foreign
Ministers Conference. Gromy
ko pledged that Russia would
take no "one-sided action'
during a possible Berlin truce
or the negotiations following
it.-.
The U. S. leader pointed out
that the Russian offer still
had a big string tied to if -insistence
that a Berlin truce
must have a time limit.-
Gromyko's speech indicated
no great change in the Soviet
position on Berlin. In partic
ular, it gave no indication
that Russia is willing to with
draw its "impossible" demand
that West Germany and the
Communist East should have
equal reoresentation in nego
tiations for German reunifi
cation. '
So far as could be learned,
the Soviet foreign minister
did not refer directly to the
one-sided action" most ob
jected to by. the West - a sep
arate peace treaty between
issia and Communist East
Germany.
Gromyko's statement was
a reply to western demands
for a clear statement of Rus
sia's conditions for a Berlin
truce.
The United States and its
Allies twice have warned Gro
myko they will break off the
talks unless he retreats from
his call for an East and West
German commission to study
the problem of German reuni
fication V'. ' . ! -
So far " such" a "commission
has been Russia's price for a
Berlin truce' and the West is
unwilling to pay it although
Premier Nikita Khrushchev
has threatened otherwise to
sign a separate peace .treaty
with Communist East Ger
many. ' '
Scouts Plan Climb
Up Mt. McLoughlin
About 20 Explorer Scouts
from troops in this area will
climb 9,495-foot Mt. McLough
lin tonight in the fifth annual
midnight climb, ' Scout offic
ials said today.
The boys, who are now at
the Lake of the Woods camp,
will carry full packs, and ar
rive at the top shortly before
midnight. Flares will be set
off when they reach the top,
officials said.
They will camp on the
mountain tonight, cook break
fast there in the morning, and
return to the camp tomorrow
morning.
John Crubb, Ashland, and
Dick Clark, a senior at. South
ern Oregon college,- Ashland,
are hike leaders. They will
be accompanied by other
adults.
Humphrey Advocates
East-West Cancer War
Washington - (DPD - Sen. Hu
bert Humphrey (D-Minn.) to
day advocated a "summit
meeting" on health to organ
ize an East-West war against
cancer.
them, with "enormous yel-
, low lights" shining through
the rear window of their
car. They said it followed
them, but "vanished com
pletely" when they reached
Valley View rd. . ,
A state officer this morn
ing visited the South Oak
dale ave. address the couple
had given, and found they
had moved from there two
weeks ago. Evans', a former
employee of radio station
- KMED, left the station
about that time, and his
present whereabouts are
not : known by station of
ficials. .The other report - given
in a far less-excited man
ner was made by Vernon.
Hansen, 703 Mae st., who
told the Mail Tribune that
he and his wife and two
neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. D.
G. Crandall. 678 Mae iU
last night saw a bright, un
explained light go across
the iky toward the north.
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Medford
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Pinehurst People
Protest Joining
Ashland District
Residents Wish to
Keep Grade School
Pinehurst residents last
night protested the proposed
reorganization of the . non
high school district with Ash
land school district, accord
ing to Bruce Hitt, assistant
county school, superintendent.
Hitt said, however, the
group is not bitter toward the
Jackson county reorganiza
tion committee . which held
the hearing nor did residents
criticize the state or state
law. Pinehurst people 'said
they were against any coer
cion from Ashland to join its
school district.
Pinehurst residents ; also
want to keep the elementary
school; which serves as a
community and social center.
Difficult Highway '
They felt also, Hitt said,
that the highway to Ashland
in the winter time would
make it difficult for the
younger Pinehurst pupils to
travel the 22 miles to Asn
Iand.' Reorganization with
Ashland would also make it
difficult for those living on
the Copco rd. two miles from
Pinehurst since this road is
blqcked by snow during the
winter. .
Older students, those at
tending, the Ashland High
school, are unable to partici
pate in after school activities
because of travel difficulties,,
residents noted. . . .
Some Pinehnrst residents
proposed establishing a high
school, since they understood
Ashland would raise the tui
tion of high school students
commuting -! to Ashland if
Pinehurst did not reorganize.
Not Opposed '
Arlie Miller, Pinehurst
resident, said" the district
would not oppose the reorgan
ization if the ' district could
maintain' its grade school.
Other residents suggested the
district might join Klamath
Falls if forced to.
Glenn . Smith, reorganiza
tion committee member, said
Pinehurst residents would
have a chance to possibly vote
twice on the issue and that
only a preliminary hearing
was being held last night. -
Jack Hoffbuhr, committee
member, summarized the ad
vantages and disadvantages,
of the proposed reorganiza
tion. Reorganization will com
ply with the state law that
all districts must be. large
enough to have their own
high school, he said. They
will become part of an already
operating fully standard high
school offering a broad cur
riculum with segregated
classes. It will mean also a
decrease of per pupil cost of
education, he noted. There
will also be advantages of a
special educational programs,
he said.
Hoffbuhr noted the general
disadvantages of reorganiza
tion for Pinehurst, giving up
part of the control of the ele
mentary school and a decrease
in valuation per census child.
Portland - (DPD - Georgia-Pa
cific Corp. has announced that
the Booth-Kelly Lumber Co.
Springfield sawmill will re
sume full operation next Mon
day, i .. i .
Unidentified
Residents
He said it was visible for
about ' a minute, then
blinked off and on several
times, and then disappeared.
He said he estimated its
speed at more than that of
a jet plane, although guess
ing the real speed was diffi
cult. He thought it - was
-"pretty high" in the air.
The light. Hansen said,
was brighter than any star
in the sky. He watched it
through binoculars, but
could make no additional
identification.
Another report of a
strange light in the sky.
possibly the same one seen
by the Mae st residents,
came from Paul Mitchell,
P.O. Box 315, Talent, who
said he watched a "yellowish-orange"
light cross the
sky in less than a minute,
at about 11:23 p.m. last
night. He said it looked "too
high and too fast" for a
plane.
Cents
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1959
Gannon Leaves Toniighft
To Visit CChryshchev
"Oh, Not
Records Hear New
Mark As Hot Spell
Continues in Area
Whew!; . .
If it hits 100 degrees here
today-and it most likely will
Medford will tie a; 31-year-old
record for consecutive " days
over. 100. "v '.;;
; And if Jt hits 100 degrees
TEMPERATURES
Last 24-Hour Period'
. 5 a.m. ..
7 a.m. ..
9 a.m. ..
11 a.m. ..
Noon
1 p.m. ..
. 64
............. 70
...... 80
...... 89
95'
98
101
...:.:.io4
...:.;io5
L106
....105
2
3
4
5
6
7
p.m. ...
p.m. ..
p.m. ...
p.m. ....
p.m. ...
p.m. ...
99
88
ZIZZ" 75
; 63
9 p.m. ...
Midnight
5 a.m.
tomorrow-and it . probably
will unless afternoon thun
dershowers develop-a new
record will be set.
Only, three times in the
weather .bureau's history has
Prospect, Siskiyou
Dumps May
The Prospect dump may
have to be closed since it is a
fire hazard, representatives, of
the state department of fores
try told the Jackson county
court today.
The state department of for
estry also is urging that the
dump maintained by the state
highway department on Siski
you -summit be closed, Curt
Nesheim, district warden, said
this morning. Nesheim said
Swimming Pool
Gets Large Crowd
The municipal swimming
pool has an attendance, of
more than 900 persons daily
for the past several days, Rob
ert Hayworth, city parlft and
receration director, reported
today.
He explained that Tuesday,
children waited as long as two
hours to get into the pool. He
added that capacity, for safe
ty reasons, is 450. This num
ber includes both swimmers
and those using the deck.
, Hayworth said that this is
the longest period of high at
tendance for the pool since it
opened. He also mentioned
that the season's attendance
so far this year is exceeding
previous years.
House Vofe Approves
Foreign Aid Measure
Washington-(DPB-The House
today approved & compromise
bill authorizing foreign aid
spending of $3,556,200,000, 9
per cent less than President
Eisenhower requested. ,
You Again!"
Medford had seven straight
day of 100-plus weather. The
first time was in 1911, the
second in 1917, and the most
recent' in 1928. . . '
i( It hit 106 degrees at 5
o'clock yesterday afternoon.
equaLing . , Saturday's" high
mark and two degrees over
Monday's top." " .
The shot "'spell started 'last
Thursday, when the mercury
climbed up to 102. Friday
was 104 and Sunday was 103.
The forecast today is for
temperatures as high as 104,
if the clouds don't work up a
local storm. The weather bu
reau said they may or they
may not, but. if they don't
it will continue hot.
In the five-day forecast, a
definite cool Jie trend is in
dicated for later in the week,
with high marks dropping
down to the 80s and 90s about
Friday.
Yesterday's low was 63 de
grees at 4 a.m. and the high
was hit 13 hours, and 43 de
grees, later.
Be Closed
the Siskiyou summit
dump
also is a fire hazard.
The Prospect dump, located
across from the guard station,
caught fire last week end and
endangered a stand of nearby
timber. One member of a crew
fighting the fire was injured
when he fell down a cliff
while returning to the guard
station.
To Hold Meeting
. Nesheim said state depart
ment of forestry officials
would meet with residents of
Prospect at the community
hall there at 8 p.m. tomorrow
to discuss the situation.
Both state department
forestry and highway depart
ment officials plan to examine
the garbage dumping situation
at the Siskiyou summit to see
if the fire hazard there can
be eliminated.
Meeting with the county
court this morning were Ne
sheim and Doyle Stockton, of
the state department of for
estry, and Richard Lytle, resi
dent engineer here with the
state highway department.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Thunderstorms
mostly over the mountains this
evening. Partly cloudy tonight
and Thursday. Low tonight SS.
High Thursday near 100.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 10S
Lowest this Morning 63
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today -7:42 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 4:54 a.m.
Moonrise tonight 9:1! p.m.
Last Quarter July 27
Antares will be swinging into
the southwest at moonrise to
night. It is the brightest star
between the planets, Jupiter on
its right), and Saturn (on its
left).
54th Year
Tribune
No. 106
Vice President
Undismayed by
Sudden Coolness
Russian Leader
Puzzled by Trip
Washington-mra-Vice Presi
dent Richard M." Nixon pre
pared to fly tonight to Mos
cow, evidently undismayed by,
sudden Russian coolness to
ward his visit.
Emerging from a 40-minute
final meeting with President
Eisenhower, Nixon told re
porters that the purpose of
his trip was well defined and
that he was prepared for
"frank, give and take" talks
with Soviet Premier Nikita
Khrushchev.
Pussled by Remark
Nixon said he could not un
derstand why the Soviet lead
er said Tuesday he was puz
zled about the aim of his Visit
to Moscow and his goodwill
tour deep into Siberia. Asked
about Khrushchev's remark,
Nixon said:
"I could answer that better
after I talk to him. The pur
pose of my trip is well de
fined. I would have thought
that he was aware of it."
Nioxn then added with a
laugh: I'm puzzled as to why
ne is puzzled."
The vice president's re
marks indicated he was not
dismayed b y Khrushchev's
statement or the attack made
on'U. S. policy, by the Com
munist newspaper Pravda on
the eve of Nixon's visit. . . f
No Negotiations ' . -;
' The newspaper attack arose
out of the President's procla-,
mation of ' "captive , nations .
week" calling for prayer on
behalf of captive peoples. '
Nixon said he was not au
thorized to negotiaffc with
Khrushchev but that he in
tended to engage in "frank,
give and take" discussion of
differences between .the two
nations. He expressed hope,
that the talks would help
"clear the air" but cautioned
against linking his discussions
to the Geneva talks aiming at
paving the way for a summit
conference.
Klamath Marsh
Bill Introduced
Washington-fUPD-Sen. Rich
ard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) in
troduced a bill in the Senate
today to provide for acquisi
tion of the Klamath marsh by
the U. S. Wildlife Service on
next Sept. 30, rather than
April 1, 1961.
Neuberger said this was
done to make available to
Klamath tribal members as
soon as possible the sum of
$510,905 which the govern
ment will pay for the marsh.
The Oregon senator said:
"Many of these Indians are
now in desperate financial
circumstances because timber
sales have ceased. Earlier pay
ment of marsh funds will
help keep them from becom
ing destitute, and welfare
charges on state and local
governments."
More Funds Needed
For Highway Work
Washington-UPD-The Eisen
hower administration warned
today that contracting for new
interstate highways will be
halted for nine months if Con
gress doesn't act soon to pro
vide more money. "
Administration officials is
sued a fresh call for Congress
to approve President Eisen
hower's request for a IV2 cent
a gallon hike in gasoline taxes
to ease this "critical situa
tion." The problem was outlined
by Undersecretary of Com
merce John J. Allen Jr. and
the federal highway adminis
trator, B. D. Tallamy, before
the House Ways and Means
committee", which opened
three days of hearings on the
highway financing muddle.
Seattle - (UPD - Lehm Brown,
Wenatchee, has been elecjed
president of the International
Apple association at its 65th
convention here.
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