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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 26, 1959
No. 109
RIBUWE
Western Policy
Split Develops
Over Geneva Talks
Britain Seeking
'Quickie' Wind-Up
Geneva (UPD - A new
Western policy split has de
veloped oyer steps to wind up
the deadlocked Geneva for-
; eign ministers conference and
push toward a possible sum
I mit meeting, authoritative
conference sources have dis
closed. " British Foreign Secretary
? Selwyn Lloyd, the sources
said, wants "quickie" wind
; up of the present Big Four
; meeting and a summit get
. together-early in September,
j Lloyd was seeing Prime Min
ister Harold Macmillan in
London this week end and
may launch his new push to-
wards the summit Monday,
the sources said.
Secretary of State Christian
A. Herter, on the other hand,
. was said to feel that prospects
of an East-West agreement on
'Berlin at present are slim.
f The U.S. delegation, it was
learned, expects the present
conference to go into a sec
ond, much longer recess as
soon as Vice. President Rich
' ard M. Nixon ends his Mos
cow visit and the British par
liament begins its summer re
cess. The conference recess
might last until October or
November, U.S. sources pre-
dieted, with a possible infor
mal foreign ministers, meet
ing at the -United Nations in
New York. ,
The U.S. delegation now ex
pects no -early summit meet
ing. U.S. Gains Support
The French and West Ger
mans support the U.S. and are
against any early summit
moves.
Britain, which all along has
been ahead of its allies in
demanding a summit meeting,
was reliably reported prepar
ing a four-point blueprint for
steps to bring one about.
. The British, in effect, were
proposing that both sides
should get off the present
Geneva hook largely by cata
loguing what they have dis
cussed here and kicking most
of it up to the summit for
further discussion and possi
. ble agreement.
Differ ant Ideas
U.S. sources, however, with
. out publicly admitting any
open rift, made it clear that
Herter has radically differ
ent ideas.
The United States, it was
learned reliably, believes the
Western and Soviet positions
still are so far apart that there
is no prospect of agreement
at the present Geneva talks.
Douglas McKay
Laid To Rest
Salem (UPD - Oregon buried
" ex-Gov. Douglas McKay to
day, in a ceremony which
lauded his rise from newspa
per boy to governor to secre
tary of interior in. President
Eisenhower's first cabinet. '.
McKay, 66, received a state
funeral in the house of repre
sentatives chamber in the
state capitol building which
- was banked high with flowers
and filled with dignitaries
and friends.
The ex-secretary died Wed
nesday of a heart ailment
complicated "by kidney trou
ble. His casket, draped in a 49
star flag presented' by the De
partment of Interior, rested
before the rostrum. Atop the
rostrum was a five-foot white
and green floral cross present
ed by President Eisenhower.
Outside the house chamber,
crowds heard the funeral cer
emony in the lobby and in the
senate chamber by : loud
speaker. Dr. Paul Newton Polingj
pastor of the Salem First Pres
byterian church of which Mc
Kay was a member, conducted
the ceremonies with the theme
"Well done, good and faithful
servant-"
Gov. Mark Hatfield led the
procession from the capitol
building to McKay's inter
ment at Bellecrest Memorial
park. ...-v
Cuban Police Foil
Riot by Prisoners
- Havana -UPB- Police- said
Saturday they had seized a
cache of weapons, including
Molotov cocktails and home
mad, daggers, at Principe
prison and foiled a political
prisoner riot timed for Fidel
Castro's anniversary celebra
tion today.
Socialite Tells Of
t. r"u..n:n,
iGiiaiuii iviuuiiuiig
Over bedding Plan
Chicago-(UPD - The FBI re
ported Saturday that socialite
heiress Jacqueline Gay Hart
said she "sort of exploded" be
cause of tensions arising over
her approaching wedding and
decided to disappear for a
while.
The pretty 21 - year - old
blande revealed she was in
New York and Chicago during
the 50 hours she was missing
after seeing her finance, Stan
ley Gains, 25, off on an air
trip from Newark, N.J., air
port last Tuesday night.
Movements Traced
The report by, the FBI veri-
ied and traced the movements
of Miss Hart during her dis
appearance. Miss Hart, who
originally told of being kid
naped by two, heavy set,
swarthy men, later admitted
he first story was a hoax.
Meanwhile, Miss Hart of
Short Hills, N.J., her father
and Gains checked out of their
.Loop hotel, bound for an air
port and an eventual flight to
either New York or New Jer
sey. ; v ' ' -
But prior to their departure,
two FBI agents conferred with
Miss Hart and her father, ex
ecutive Ralph A. Hart, in their
Sherman hotel suite here. Lat
er, the FBI issued its report
to . verify the former college
co-ed's second story.
"There has been so much
question as to why the FBI be
lieves Miss Hart's second
story that there was no ab
duction, over her first story.
of the kidnaping," said Rich
ard D. Auerbach, agent-in-charge
of the Chicago FBI
office. ' '
Statements Check Out
"The reason is that a check
on the second story . . . has
completely verified Miss
Hart's second statement," he
said. ""', '
"In essence," the FBI agent
said, , "Miss Hart said that so
much tension developed in her
as a result of the very elabor
ate preparations for her wed
ding to . . . Gaines, with 500
guests, a. specially-designed
wedding dress' and a number
of - .other .. arrangements, that
she 'sort of exploded.' "
,vIn her statement to the FBI,
Miss Hart told.' of traveling to
New York "in a daze" after
seeing Gaines off at the New
ark airport. The next morn
ing, Auerbach said, Miss Hart
'Jfor no particular reason"
bought a bus ticket to Chi
cago, arriving here shortly af
ter midnight Wednesday.
The pretty heiress checked
into a hotel and went to bed,
the FBI agent said. The next
morning (Thursday), she made
arrangements to rent a radio
and for the first time heard
the news about her disappear
ance, he said.
That evening "in a panic,"
Auerbach said, and not quite
realizing what she was doing,
she took a cab around Grant
park on Chicago's lakefront,
walked for a while and then
hailed the first police car she
spotted.
. When Miss Hart and her
party checked out of their
hotel Saturday, they refused
to comment as they walked
to a freight elevator and de
scended to a rear entrance.
They entered an auto and
sped away from the hotel.
But Gaines told reporters
he and Miss Hart were "going
to be married," although he
did not specify when.
Earlier, Hart, executive
president of the Colgate-Palmolive
Co., described his daugh
ter as a "very sick girl," who
had . suffered dreams and
blackouts similar to her ex
periences after an auto injury
two years ago.
Ray D'Aufremont
Enters Guilty Plea
'Portland (UPD-Ray D'Autre
mont entered a plea of guilty
Friday to a charge of assault
on a mail clerk in connection
with the 1923 attempted hold
up of a train in the Siskiyou
mountains.
Federal Judge Gus Solomon
ordered a pre-sentence investi
gation. D'Autremont has been
in the state penitentiary since
1927 on a murder charge in
connection with the - case.
Four men were killed in the
robbery attempt. -
The- plea is part of a move
by which he hopes to gain
ventual parole. His brother,
Hugh, was paroled early this
year and died in March in
San Francisco.
i J v
JACQUELINE HART
'Sort of Exploded'
Dr. Drummondi
To Be Part-Tjme
Health Officer
Dr. C. I. Drummond has
consented to become Jackson
county public health officer
on a temporary part - time
basis, Eugene Thorndike, act
ing chairman of the County
Board of Health, has an
nounced. Dr. Drummond will assume
the temporary duties Aug. 1
and will remain in that capa
city uniil a qualified public
health doctor is secured.
Thorndike reported' that the
board of health has several
leads on interested qualified
persons but none have been
contacted at this time. The
doctor recommended by the
Oregon Merit council is ex
pected to be contacted Mon
day regarding the position, he
said. .
The ' council is ,the state
agency that classifies public
health personnel as to-qualifications..
These persons in
clude doctors, nurses and san
itarians.
Served Previously '
Dr. Drummond was public
health officer in the county
from 1932-37. He received his
medical studies in public
health at Harvard university.
Dr. Drummond's temporary
appointment was announced
following a special meeting
of the board Friday noon.
Five of the board's seven
members and members of the
county court attended the ses
sion. .
Dr. A. Erin Merkel will con
clude 21 years as county pub
lic health officer July 31
when he will leave for San
Diego where he will be with
the public health department.
Ashlander Jailed on
Slot Machine Charge
Neal Patrick Chatterton,
29, of 657 Oak st., Ashland,
was lodged in the county jail
Friday night following his ar
rest by state " police on a
charge of possession of a
gambling device.
One slot machine found in
Chatterton's residence was
seized as evidence. He was ar
rested on a warrant issued by
District Court Judge Roy
Bashaw , after state police
signed a complaint against
Chatterton
Central Point Man Volunteers
Central Point George
Evans, Central Point post of
fice .branch superintendent
has volunteered to head a
group of area residents inter
ested in obtaining necessary
information and enlisting sup
port for a community swim
ming pool in Central Point. .
Interest in a swimming pooL
which has been apparent for
some time in Central Point,
received a boost last week
when temperatures went over
the 100-degree mark for sev
eral days.
Central Point Mayor Free
man Mason said there has been
interest in a pool here for
some ' time. Thursday night,
the council called a special
meeting for persons interested
in a pool to discuss aspects of
such a project.
Mason said Evans, who lives
Nixon Acclaimed
By Thousands of
Cheering Russians
Hecklers, Press
Continue Attack
Moscow-flJPD-Vice President
Richard M. Nixon won the
acclaim of thousands of cheer
ing Russians Saturday despite
his first taste of Soviet heck
lers and a new press attack
on "American imperialists."
Nixon held his own with
the hecklers one of them ap
parently a "plant" and gave
as good as he got from them
at .the Soviet agricultural and
industrial exposition where
other Russians cheered him
and tried to shake his hand.
Fresh from his rough-and-
tumble verbal duel with Niki
ta S. Khrushchev Friday, Nix
on said he intended to tackle
the Soviet Premier again on
the issues of East-West peace
Calls on Mikoyan
He began formal rounds on
meetings with separate calls
on first Deputy Premiers
Aanastas I. Mikoyan and Ffon
R. Kozlov, both of whom, he
had met before on their Amer
ican tours.
The meeting with Mikoyan
started on a strained note.
Nixon brought along Harold
Boeschenstein, - president of
Owens - Corning Fiberglas
Corp., of Toledo, Ohio, ; to
Mikoyan's office.
"I thought you two business
men could get togther," Nixon
told Mikoyan who doubles as
Soviet trade minister. .
"The state department will
decide that," replied Mikoyan
who has critized U.S. trade
restrictions.
Nixon, a non-smoker, de
clined a cigarette and the men
sat-down to chat.
As Nixon rode to Mikoyan's
office, the communist party
newspaper Pravda was on the
streets with an attack on the
American "Captive Nations
Week" as "a coarse, dirty ad
venture of American imper
ialists.? - ' -ST. i.1
Shakes Hands
Nixon enjoyed himself shak
ing hands with scores of Rus
sians at the exhibition.
' When he stood in an open
limousine and shouted, "Sov
iet and American friendship
and peace," and "peace to all
the world," there were roars
of approval.
The press took more notice
of him and printed pictures
of him opening the U.S. exhi
bition Friday . at Sokolniky
park.
Footings Started
For Creek Bridge
Pouring of concrete foot
ings for the Eighth st.-Bear
creek bridge started Friday,
city engineer .department of
ficials reported. Construction
of the bridge is being done by
the R and M Construction
company, Central Point.
Progress was also reported
by the department on other
projects within the city. The
asphalt paviflg of Jackson st.
between Biddle rd. and Gen
essee st. was completed Fri
day and the concrete flooring
for the pump station on the
Berrydale sewer project was
reported underway. -
Hiking Grandma
Welcomed at Baker
Baker (UPD-Emma Gatewood,
dimunitive 71-year-old great
grandmother from Gallipolis,
Ohio, was welcomed as tour
ist of the year here Friday.
The woman has walked from
Independence, Mo., and is en
route to Portland for the Cen
tennial. on Gebhard rd., outside the
Central Point city limits, vol
unteered to head the drive
and appoint necessary com
mittees to look into the proj
ect aspects.
Lyle Walther, a retired en
gineer who also live on Geb
hard rd., has volunteered to
design and serve as engineer
for the pool project. Walther
was an engineer in Josephine
county for several years. He
told city officials he would
draw up preliminary sketches
or a proposed pool and obtain
necessary information on ma
terial costs.
Mason said the city has re
ceived many favorable com
ments about the proposed proj
ect, but he said he would like
to hear from more area resi
dents. He noted that since the pool
Flirt
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HARRY HOLMES
Retired Fruit Man
Harry Holmes, 68,
Dies at Hospital;
Funeral Private
Harry Holmes, 68, co-founder
of the nation's largest gift
fruit packing firm, died Fri
day evening in a local hos
pital. I He had served as president
and chairman of the board of
Harry and David gift fruit
firm of Bear Creek orchards
following the death of his
brother, David, in 1950, and
before his retirement a few
years ago.
Mr. Holmes' wife, Elinor
Hunter Holmes, died in 1948.
His brother was killed in an
automobile accident.
His son, John R. Holmes,
will be, a junior at .the Uni;
versity of Oregon next year.
The Holmes brothers mov
ed to Medford in 1916, enter
ing the stock business. In
1920 they acquired Bear
Creek orchards and packing
house and through the years
added other properties and
improvements. i
In 1946 the partners incor
porated the Harry and David
firm. The story of their suc
cess has been told many times
in national publications and
their fame in the once uniaue
gift packing service has be
come world-wide.
The brothers, who origin
ated the "Fruit of the Month"
club, began the gift venture in
the depression year of 1932.
David H. Holmes, son of the
late David Holmes, is now
president of the firm.
Mr. Holmes was born May
6, 1891, in Seattle, Wash.,
where he attended schools.
He was graduated from Cor
nell university.
He served as president of
many of the valley's, fruit or
ganizations and was a mem
ber of the Medford Masonic
lodge, Elks club, Rogue Val
ley Country club and Univer
sity club.
Perl Funeral home is in
charge of private services.
The family has asked that in
lieu of flowers donations be
made to the Heart fund. .
BASEBALL
COAST LEAGUE
Phoenix 9, Spokane 7 "
Seattle 5, Sacramento 2
" Salt Lake 7. Vancouver 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis 4, Los Angeles 2
would be a community proj
ect, the support of the ma
jority of area residents is de
sirable. When enough opinions are
expressed and data on pools
becomes available, the city
will call a public meeting to
decide what course of action
should be taken.
Mason said several persons
have 'already indicated they
would donate labor, and ex
pected that much of the work
involved would be through
volunteer labor. Cash dona
tions by some who cannot pro
vide labor have been indicat
ed, : he noted.
City officials have written
to the League of Oregon Cities
and the University of Oregon
for information on swimming
pools, Mason said. The infor
mation is expected soon.
The greatest expense, Mason
ear 1 losa
oaum
Hurricane Debra
Damage Figured
To Be Millions
At Least Eight
Reported Missing
Houston, Texas-OJPD-Hurri-
cane Debra, the worst tropical
storm of the season, battered
the Texas coast Saturday with
105-mile-an-hour winds and
lashing rain squalls damaging
property worth millions of
dollars.
At least eight persons were
reported missing as the hur
ricane moved slowly inland,
aimed a bruising broadside at
metropolitan Houston and
veered to the east of the
south's largest city, the worst
of its fury spent. ,
The Coast Guard reported
four persons were missing on
a 26-foot cabin cruiser in the
gulf south of.- Freeport, and
two men were missing on
Green laLe, northwest of Cor
pus Christi.
Storm Weakens - '
-Two other men were also
missing-one at Freeport, and
the other at Texas City.
The storm weakened as it
moved inland north of its
brutal assault on the gulf
coast. -
But the weather:, bureau
said it was still dangerous and
a threat to life because of
heavy rains. j
Debra, the fourth topical
storm of the season, exploded
from a mild disturbance to a
raging fury with little warn
ing. . It caught, a - number of
boats off shore, but most made
it to shore under their own
power or. with aid, from the
Coast Guard. I '
Damage Not Estimated
Officials- were unable to
give an immediate estimate of
damages, but it appeared cer
tain, to run into millions, of
dollars.
More than . half a million
dollars' damage was reported
at Galveston, where a hurri
cane in 1900 killed between
5,000 and 8,000 persons. The
exact number was never es
tablished.. Wagoneers Hold
Worship Service
Baker, Ore. -(UPD- Sunday
worship services were to be
held this morning in the circle
of wagons of the Oregon Cen
tennial caravan near Durkee.
The wagorteers were treated
to a potluck dinner and enter
tainment Saturday night, by
the people of Durkee, a small
town near here. .
.. The modern pioneers head
ed out on the trail early Sat
urday with a National Guard
and State Police escort to
ward the week end campsite
at the V. S. Kerby ranch, a
mile north of. Durkee. '
All highway traffic was
stopped and then routed slow
ly past the wagon train by the
escort. -
The week end camp site is
in the middle of an area rich
with history of the olo" Ore
gon Trail.. An old well still
stands about one half mile
north of Durkee that was once
an overnight camping spot
for pioneer wagon trains. "
To Head Pool Project
said, probably will be for
equipment such as filtering,
heating and other facilities,
and may have to be financed
through bonds. He said, how
ever, that the amount which
would have to be bonded
would be small compared to
the total cost- of the pool,
when consideration is given
donated labor and cash con
tributions. '
The pool, he said, would
fiance its own way. The city
would not expect to make a
profit. '
Three sites are available for
a pool, Mason said. They are
the present city park at Sixth
and Laurel sts., city property
at the machine shops at Sixth
and Ash sts., and the city park
on the Jacksonville-Central
Point.highway.
Water for the pool would be
Will! taidliii
Pr P VssP '
milk: atltle tawdiol
"It Seems To Be Kind
Rocceffes, Rockets Club
Canned Food Collection
Brings Report To Police
The: officers and members
of the Rockettes and Rockets
club were contacted by city
police Thursday afternoon af
ter a worried adult thought
their. campaign . for. canned
food was illegal.
According to city police an
official of the American Red
Cross contacted them regard
ing a group of children who
were collecting canned food
for the Red Cross for distribu
tion to the needv.
To Keep Selves Busy
The collection was , being
conducted in the Roberts rd.
area near Crater Lake ave.
Police discovered that the
children, who had formed the
club for the summer, had
been told that permission to
conduct the drive had been
given them from their par
ents who had contacted tne
Red Cross office by telephone
July 22..
The six club members, who
did turn; the collected food
over to the Red Cross, formed
the club in an attempt to keep
themselves busy with various
constructive ' projects during
the vacation period.
Police said that the children,
who did not show any indica
tion of wanting funds for their
services, were looking for per
sons who were unable to care
for their yards, such as elder
ly people, whom they could
help. , .-They were allowed to
continue.their project.
Members of the non-profit
group, according to police, all
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair, hot and dry
through Monday. Low tonight 56.
Low tomorrow night 58. High to
day 103. High Monday 100.
Highest Saturday 101
Lowest Saturday morning 55
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 7:38 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 4:58 a.m.
Moonrise tonight .... 11:15 p.m.
Last Quarter tomorrow 6:22 a.m.
Venus is now at - its greatest
brilliance. After a few more
weeks in the evening sky, it wiU
disappear in the-rays of the
setting Sun. In September it
wUl reappear as a morning
planet. .
furnished by a city well, which
is now usedor irrigation pur
poses. Mason said water from
the well has been used in
emergencies in the past, and
tests substantiate its purity.
A meeting between the city
council and city planning com
mittee is planned in the fu
ture to further discuss the
pool and decide what action
should be taken. Mason said,
i uuncvci) I..,
ed persons want to obtain the
reaction of more area resi
dents on the proposed project.
Cards and letters may be sent
to the city hall in Central
Point. ,
Mason- said that although
plans now are indefinite, ac
tual construction of the pool
could possibly start later this
year it enough interest is expressed.
Of A Favorite Theme"
4tniS IMtMlaiM Mr ca.
live on Biddle and Morrow
rds. They include Robert
Wayne Edwards, 13, presi
dent: Donna Marie Wilson, 14,
vice , president; Janice Faye
Johnson, 14, secretary; Emmy
Lou ' Johnson, 12,; treasurer;
Christy1 Irene Elmore, 13 and
John William Elmore, 12, who
were listed by police as "mem
bers.
Higher Retail
Milk Price Seen
- Recent developments in the
dairy industry indicate that
the retail milk price may go
up a cent a quart here.
Causes are a half cent a
quart ' raise, roughly, to be
given the milk producers of
Jackson and Josephine coun
ties efective Aug. 1 and the
fact that the Teamsters are
now operating under an ex
pired contract in the Southern
Oregon area indicating a pos
sible future wage raise.
Dick Westerberg, Coordi
nated Milk Sales manager,
said Friday that effective
Aug. 1 all distributors or
dairy processors will pay the
dairy farmers $6.32 per 100
pounds for milk with 4 per
cent butterfat. This means a
23 cents per hundred pounds
raise. This means an increase
to the processors, of the -two-county
area of roughly a half
cent a quart.
The forthcoming milk-price
increase is the first such raise
received by the dairymen of
the two-county area in 3Vfj
years, Westerberg said. The
price of hay fed dairy cows
is how up 60 per cent above
a year ago, according to the
United States Department of
Agriculture reports, Wester
berg pointed out. Labor costs
are higher and now steel pric
es threaten to climb higher.
This rise would be reflected
in the costs of farm machin
ery and equipment and re
placement parts. ' -
Oriental Wins
Universe Contest
Long Beach, Calif. - (UPD -The
first Oriental beauty to
win the Miss Universe crown
- Japan's Akiko Kojima - said
Saturday a movie career may
be nice for some people, "But
all I want is to find an honest
man and make him a lovely
wife."
Nevertheless, said the 22
year - old high - fashion Tokyo
model, "Two movie studios -
- 20th Century-Fox and Warn
er Bros. - have expressed in
terest in me, and I will make
a screen test next week."
The black - haired, black
eyed Oriental was named Miss
Universe Friday night before
a cheering throng of 4,500 in
Municipal auditorium.
Miss Kojima stands 5 feet
6 inches tall, weighs 120
pounds and measures 37-23-38.
Convicts Brought
In To Help With
Control of Flames
Timber on Fire
In Trinity County
Susanville, Calif. -(UPD- Fed-.
eral and state firefighters in
northern California called up
all the men they could get
Saturday as one blaze passed
the 15,000 - acre mark and ,
another started in virgin tinr
ber.
The bigger fire, 35 miles
north of here in Lassen coun
ty, has been burning 900 acres
of rangeland every hour since
6 a.m. Saturday. State fores
try officials see no hope for
immediate control.
Blustery winds pushed the
flames northeast toward cat
tle herds that roam the moun
tainous area, but ranchers
conducted a day-long round
up and got the animals out.
Convicts Arrive
Another lOO convicts from
San Quentin were to arrive
at midnight, bringing the to
tal fire fighting force to 450.
Seven aerial tankers, a heli
copter and two patrol planes
circled above, dropping bor
ate solution and directing men
on the ground.
The new blaze started on
Federal timber land in the
mountains of Trinity county,
about 50 miles north of
Weaverville. Sixteen smoke
jumpers from Redding drop
ped near the blaze shortly
after it was reported at 2
p.m., but could do little by
themselves to bring it under
control.
P. A. Pettigrew, zone dis
patcher, said "we're trying to
get it under control tonight,'
but added that high winds
could ruin hopes.
He said that convicts from
conservation camps in Lassen
and Mendocino National For
ests were on their way and
that by midnight there were
expected to be 150 on the
fire lines.
- Four aerial tankers had
been dropping fire suppres
sant, he continued, but thick
smoke over the steep moun
tainsides forced them to quit
at 5:30 p.m.
Said Man-Caused
He added that the fire was
man-caused.
About 300 miles to the
south, in Calaveras county,
350 men were still patrolling
a fire that had .destroyed 700
acres of ponderosa pine and
douglas fir.
Charles Toy, dispatcher for
the local state forestry station,
said the fire had been brought
under control at 6 a.m. but
that there was still danger
of a flareup.
This was the fire that trop- '
ped 30 men Friday ' until
aerial tanker planes dropped
borate suppressant and clear
ed a trail for them to get out.
Safety Awards
Presented To City
Medford received two traf
fic safety awards last week,
according to Medford Mayor
John W. Snider.
One award was issued by
the American Automobile as
sociation for Medford's record
of one year without a pedes
trian fatality on the city
streets, while the other was
presented the police depart
ment by the Walker Manu
facturing company, Racine,
Wis., and National Police Of
ficers Association of America.
The second award was pre
sented for "meritorious serv
ice for the public welfare by
materially reducing traffic ac
cidents, fatalities, and pro
moting highway safety in
their community during 1958."
The AAA citation was based
on the report submitted by
the city for the 1958 AAA Na
tional Cities Pedestrian Pro
tection contest. Medford won
the citation in competition
with 1,668 competing cities of
all sizes.
The citation commended
Patrolman Theodore H. Whis
ler, records and identification
officer of the police depart
ment for his leadership in the
pedestrian safety program.