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NEW AMBULANCE FOR MERCY
FLIGHTS The twin-engine Beechcraft
above-went into service this week as one
of three planes used by Mercy Flights, Inc.,
only non-profit air ambulance corporation
in the United States. The plane is one of
Two Mew
By Mercy
Mercy Flights, Inc., of Med
ford, the only non-profit air
ambulance corporation in the
United States, today an
nounced the acquisition of two
new aircraft.
One of them went into serv
ice this week. The other will
be ready soon.
They will replace two planes
which have been used by the
firm for the past four years.
Both the new and old planes
were obtained through the
Rogue Valley hospital, from
Air Force surplus stocks.
The old planes will be re
tired from service, and the
ambulance firm will continue
to operate three planes, the
new ones, both twin-engine
Beechcraft, and the twin-engine
Cessna it has owned for
two years. The lighter Cessna
is used mostly at smaller,
more inaccessible landing
strips in the mountains. The
larger, faster Beeches are
used for longer flights.
Leased by Hospital
Under U.S. surplus property
laws, the hospital is eligible
for surplus materials, and is
the owner of the planes. It
leases them to Mercy Flights
on a nominal fee basis, and
Besty Beck is Queen of Gold
Rush Jubilee This Week End
Jacksonville Betsy Beck,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al
fred M. Beck, Jacksonville--Central
Point highway, was
selected queen of the Jack
sonville Gold Rush Jubilee
Wednesday night at the
queen's dance.
Princesses who will help
rule over the Jubilee this
week end are Sharon Huff
man, Shearon Poole, Barbara
Gysin and Jackie Rummel.
Other candidates in the
month-long ticket selling con
test will serve as official hos
tesses. The queen and her court
will be honored .tonight at a
banquet at the Jacksonville
community hall at 7:30
o'clock. They will ride on the
queen's float in the Jubilee
parade Sunday.
Coronation of the queen
and special ceremonies at 10
a.m. Saturday will open Jubi
lee festivities. Local, county
and state officials and repre
sentatives of the various Cen
tennial groups in southern
Oregon will attend the open
ing events.
Three Parade
The first of three parades
will begin at 10:30 a.m. with
"Kids Centennial" partici
pants in walking groups and
on decorated bicycles and
floats.
A "western shoot-out" at
the U. S. Hotel will' be held
at 11 a.m., a watermelon eat
ing contest at 12 noon, and a
pie eating contest at 12:30
p.m.
Saturday afternoon activi
ties begin at 1 pjn. with a
girls gold panning sponsored
by the Northwest Mining
council; 2 p.m., Bliss Heine
drum and bugle corps; 2:30
p.m., kids Gold Rush and the
Mountaineers; 3 p.m., archery
exhibition; 3:30 p.m., boys'
gold panning; 4 pjn., Jackson
Creek 59,ers, F. J. Cliflord
ballads and beard judging
contest; 4:30 pjn., greased
pig scramble.
Beginning at 5 p.m., Coleen
Hope will present a Western
Revue; 5:30 p.m., box lunch
at the Assembly of God
church; 6 p.m.. Eve Prentice
Accordion band; 7 p.m., Alex
ander's Hawaiian band at the
hotel and youth rally, Assem
. bly of God church.
Pageant
A pageant, "An Oregon
Trail," writtten and produced
by Mrs. Scott Hamilton, Cen
tral Point, will be presented
on the high school grounds at
8 p.m. Doc Tweedy and Ernie
Hood are directors.
Events Saturday night will
include awarding of a prize
beef at 8:30 p.m. and the Ju
bilee ball at the Community
hall at 9 pjn. Dick Spain's
band will provide music for
dancing , which will continue
until 1 a.m.
Three church services will
begin Sunday Jubilee observ
ances. They will be, held at
Aircraft
Flights TMs Week
the ambulance takes full re
sponsibility for their opera
tion and maintenance.
The corporation, formed in
the fall of 1949, began opera
tions in January, 1950, 9V4
years ago. It carried its 996th
passenger Monday, and ex
pects the 1,000th patient prob
ably some time next week.
For the past several years,
patients have averaged - 150
each year.
The service has received in
ternational recognition, and
has been the subject of articles
carried by Coronet, many oth
er smaller magazines, and by
Associated 'Press and United
Press International.
It derives is operating funds
from pre-paid "subscriptions,"
entitling subscribers to free
emergency medical transpor
tation in a 400-mile radius.
A majority of its flights are
from Medford to either Port
land or San Francisco, but
an increasing number are
from areas in southern Ore
gon and northern California
to Medford, . as this .city has
grown in importance as a
medical center. Non-subscribers
in Jackson county and
other nearby counties pay
St. Joseph's Catholic church
and the First Presbyterian
and Assembly of God
churches.- -f"-Vr -
An old-fashioned 'dress pa
rade down California st. will
begin at 1 pjn., followed by
a grand gold rush parade be
ginning at the high school at
1 pjn. and the men and wom
en's gold panning contest and
Passenger Train
Mishap Hurts 85
Menomonie, Wis. ttJPD The
North Western Railway's
speeding Twin. Cities "400"
passenger train went off the
tracks at the edge of a cliff
today and the sheriff's office
reported at least 85 persons
injured.
There were no immediate
reports of any fatalities.
Every available ambulance
in this rugged northwest Wis
consin area was rushed to the
derailment scene 12 miles
west of Menomonie, near Wil
son, Wis.
The injured, many of them
reported to be children, were
brought back in loads of four
to five to an ambulance to Me
nomonie Memorial hospital
and Baldwin Community hos
pital. The sheriffs office said sev
en cars of the train went off
the tracks as it sped out of St.
Paul, Minn., en route to Chi
cago. The cars tipped over
perilously close to a cliff
overhanging Highway 12.
About 250 passengers were
aboard the train.
Council to Consider
Demolition Contract
The Medford city council
tonight is slated to consider
awarding a contract for de
molishing the Western Auto
building on the Eighth st. ex
tension right of way east of
South Riverside ave.
A previous call for bids
brought but one response,
which the council rejected.
The apparent low bidder
when new bids were opened
at city hall. Wednesday was
Robert Gray, Eugene, in the
amount of $2,490. Other bid
ders included R and M Con
struction company, Central
Point, at $2,500 and Miller
and Kanehl, Portland, $2,900.
The project includes demol
ishing the building and sal
vaging its materials, to make
way for Eighth st. extension
work between South (River
side and Bear creek. An alter
nate in the bidding involves
Dreaking and removing a con
crete floor, but this may be
undertaken later at less ex
pense in connection with the
road work.
two obtained through Rogue Valley hospital
from Air Force surplus. Majority of flights
by the ambulances are from Medford to
Portland or San Francisco,- although flights
to valley from other areas are increasing.
Accporedl
rates figured at the cost of
operation. Others pay com
mercial rates, although Mercy
Flights has a policy of non
competition with commercial
services when such are avail
able. Started through public do
nations, the service began
with one plane, later obtain
ing two others It has operated
three for the past six years.
A number of them have been
replaced as they wore out.
With the two new planes, the
service will have used a total
of nine planes in its 9V years
of operation.
Founder and chairman of
Mercy Flights is George Milli
gan, a Federal Aviation agen
cy employee. Policy is set by
a board of trustees which
meets quarterly, and opera
tions are directed by an execu
tive committee of the board.
Trustees include Milligan,
George Flanagan, vice chair
man; Mrs. Jeanette Thatcher
Marshall, secretary; Eric W.
Allen Jr., treasurer, and Mrs.
Stephen Nye,: Seth Bullis Dr.
Paul Walker William Brooks,
Vern Smith Harold Frye,
Frank Perl, and Dr. C. I.
Drummond. " ; ;
Ashland Kiltie band perform
ance, 2:30 p.m.
A youth rally is .scheduled
at the Assembly of God
church and the Mountaineers
will perform at the hotel at
3 p.m. ', -.
Gold Panning
Championship gold panning
will take -place at 3:30 p.m.
and Grants Pass Barnstorm
ers will present "East Lynne"
at 4 p.m. In the high school
auditorium.
; The old-time fiddlers con
test will be held at 4:30 p.m.;
Coleen Hope revue and Hay
stack Scramble, 5 p.m.;' Eve
Prentice band, 6 p.m.; and
the Shadows, 7 pjn.'
. Concessions, including cot
ton candy, .food and drinlcs,
carnival and pony rides, will
be open until 11 p.m. ,
Special events also are
planned for the Jacksonville
museum. Other entertainment
will be announced from the
bandstand at the hotel.
Proceeds from the Jubilee
will begin a rehabilitation
fund to restore the historic
U. S. hotel. Ike Dunford, gen
eral chairman, and Russ Jami
son, coordinator, reported that
"everything is ready" for the
celebration. . -
Copies of the Gold Rush
Gazette, souvenir newspaper,
will be on sale.
This year's celebration is
the 10th annual Gold Rush
Jubilee. - Jacksonville Lions
club is the sponsor.
BARN BURNS
A large barn at the Frank
J. Cullen place, 1098 Ross
lane, ; was destroyed by fire
which broke , out late this
morning. Firemen said that
the roof of a chicken house
and a tractor also were dam
aged. The blaze started on the
west side of the barn under
the tractor but cause was not
known, according to firemen.
Call was received about 11:40
am. by firemen. Water was
provided by Central Point
rural fire district and Elk
Lumber company tankers.
Deep Space Probe May Foreshadow
Rocket Shot Toward Mars Next Year
Washington (UPD A deep
space probe .planned for No
vember may foreshadow a
rocket shot toward Mars next
year.
Scientists believe they' could
track a probe as far as Mars
with radio transmitting and
receiving gear now or soon to
be available.
How close they could come
to Mars with existing rocket
and guidance - equipment - is
another matter. A miss of
many thousands of "miles "ap
pears unavoidable.
54th
Medford
32 Pages
The big new Sears Roebuck
& Co. store on East Jackson
st. will open for business in
about three weeks, it was re
ported today.
Ralph . Jacobson, store
manager, said the "target
date" for the grand opening
is Thursday, Aug. 20, al
Budgets Accepted
Without Change
After Opinion
The Medford and Central
Point school district budgets
for 1959-60 are acceptable
without change, County As
sessor Ray Schumacher has
reported.
Earlier, Schumacher; . re
jected the budgets as invalid,
because of an apparent con
flict with an attorney gener
al's opinion. A second opin
ion, from, the state tax, commis
sion, was sought, he said, and
an examination of it revealed
that the two budgets in ques
tion will be accepted as being
within the 6 per cent limita
tion. : The opinion he received
yesterday was from Ira Jones,
attorney for the state com
mission, and after conferring
with Deputy District Attorney
Gerald Scannell, Schumacher
said that he now felt he could
accept the school budgets and
still comply with the intent of
the law.
The budget difficulties, he
explained, were purely tech
nical in nature and the possi
bility of the school districts
being left without adequate
funds had not been present.
The problem arose- over a
consideration of whether the
school districts had under
gone "annexation" or "consol
idation."
They are considered now to
be annexed and their tax' base
is in accord with the budgets
as proposed. The delay in re
ceiving the state's opinion ap
parently was caused by tech
nical complications of the
matter, since the opinion sent
to Schumacher was eight
pages in length.
West Coast to Fly
To Additional Cities
Seattle-flJPD-West Coast Air
lines said today several cities
would receive its scheduled
service for the first time soon.
On Friday service will be
started, to Salem, Bend-Redmond
and Newport-Toledo in
Oregon. Service to Lakeview
and Burns will start Sept. 15,
the company said.
Washington -(UPD-The U. S.
Court of Appeals ruled today
that the Communist party
must register with the govern
ment under the 1950 subver
sive activities law. The justice
department has been trying to
win the case for about nine
years.
Still, a shot in the general
direction of the red planet,
when it reaches a favorable
losition for such an attempt
on Oct. 1, 1960, would pro
vide a good test of long-distance
communications over
planetary routes.
The National Aeronautics
and Space administration
(NASA) would not comment
on suggestions that a Mars
shot may be on the agenda
for next year.
The' agency had hoped to
launch a probe toward a near
iujldiiig. ta
Open .-Aug, .20
Year
MEDFORD,
though it may miss that by
one or two days, .
Preparations for the open
ing are going ahead rapidly,
he reported, with basic con
struction of the building com
plete, the last finishing
touches being put on the in
terior, and the stocking of
some of the departments al
ready under way.
The Safeway store in the
same shopping center location
is planning to open at the
same time, it was reported.
Jacobson reported that some
50 employees have already
been hired, in addition to con
struction crews. He said store
employees will total about 140
on a permanent basis, and that
85 to 90 per cent of them will
be local people. r- '
Certain key personnel, such
as some department heads,
will be brought , here, from
Sears Roebuck stores in other
areas. ?'.,V-
' The store manager recently
moved here from Olympia,
Wash., where he managed the
Sears-" itoxeA-Hnumber of
Sears executives and special
ists are in town helping to
prepare. the store for opening.
Carpeting Laid
A tour of the building
shows seemingly hectic but in
reality well-organized activity
on all sides. Most of the 10,000
square feet Of carpeting has
been laid, lights have been in
stalled, the air conditioning is
ready to function, and several
of the offices are staffed and
operating.
When ready, to open, the
building and its contents will
represent a multi-million-dollar
investment for the com
pany, Jacobson said. The store
will have a total of 52 depart
ments, and will be "the most
complete and most modern
store we know how to create,'
store officials said. It will of
fer merchandise and services
ranging from baby clothes to
TV sets, and garden tools to
insurance policies.
One department will be a
complete 12-car service sta
tion, offering all automotive
services and supplies except
gasoline.
The building proper covers
85,000 square feet, of which
nearly half, 40,000 feet, is in
display space, with the rest
for storage, offices and service
areas. Parking for 600 cars
will be provided immediately
adjacent to the building, and
some 1,200 more in the shop
ping center as a whole, dur
ing the first phase of con
struction.
Paving of the parking area
is finished, and decorative
shrubs along the front of the
building were recently plant
ed. Other stores and shops in
the area will be opened as
completed, but probably not
by the Aug. 20 date, it . was
reported.
SalemMUPD-Gov. Mark Hat
field leaves by plane late to
day for San Juan, Puerto Rico
to attend the National Gover
nors Conference.
er neighbor, Venus, when that
bright planet was in a favor
able position last month. But
technical difficulties prevent
ed, -and Venus won't be a
suitable target again until Jan.
13, 1961.
, - Meanwhile, NASA is going
ahead with plans to test the
feasibility of using solar pow
er to run radio transmitters
and instruments aboard probes
designed to venture millions
of miles into space.
rats
OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1?59
"You Obviously Recognize Our Superior
Facilities For Putting Things Into Orbit"
Miss Helen Webster
To Ventura Position
. Miss Helen E.. Webster, li
brarian for the Medford and
Jackson county library for
the past four years, left Med
ford this week. forVentura;
CallCrwnere v she .wATTSe
supervising librarian in
charge of the Ventura city
library headquarters of the
county library system. : .
Miss Webster, who resigned
here recently, will assume her
new duties Aug. 1.' She will
participate in dedication cere
monies there Aug. 16 of the
new library headquarters.
The county library serves a
population of about 135,000
through its Ventura library
headquarters, 17 branch . li
braries, and two bookmobiles.
It has a collection of 166,304
volumes with an operating
budget of $288,317, Miss Web
ster said.
During her four years in
Medford, the use and attrac
tiveness of the library read
ing rooms have been in
creased. The library's book
collection was built up, and
collections at branch libsaries
throughout . the county were
revamped in the same way.
For the first time a complete
catalog and inventory of all
book resources of county li
braries were achieved.
The local library staff has
been departmentalized and
trained , in specialized respon
sibilities,' under- the super
vision of Miss Webster, and
professional librarians have
been : employed to provide
better reference and advisory
service to readers.
Miss Webster also instigat
ed a regular program for in
forming county residents by
newspaper and radio releases
of the books and services
available to them.
During the past four years
the overall library, use in
creased 20 per cent each year.
Adult use of the library
doubled during the first three
years of Miss Webster's ad
ministration. As a library public service,
Miss Webster resumed this
year the "Neighbor Lady"
broadcast begun in 1952. She
has published one book.
Shower Parties for All Oc
casions, which serves as a
source for answering ques
tions of library patrons. She
has also had published a num
ber of general and profession
WEATHER
FORECAST: Hot and - dry
throngh Friday. Low tonifht 55.
High Friday 100.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday .J : 95
Lowest this Morning ., 55
Our Skies. Tonight
Sunset today 7:35. p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 5:02 a.m.
Moonrise tomorrow 1:43 a.m.
New Moon Aug4
PROMINENT STAR
Aretnrns, in the west 10:17 pjn.
Classified among the stars as
a "normal giant", Arctums is
3( light years from the Earth.
Tribune
I90U
al articles in professional
journals. . -
Miss Webster came to Med
ford in 1948 from Ft. Harri
son, : Mpht., to establish the
'libraries "of 'the Camp White
Domiciliary. From 1951 until
1953 she held the position of
women's director at radio sta
tion KMED. She left Medford
for two r years of foreign
travel and for county library
work at Grays Harbor, Wash.
Upon the retirement of Miss
Faye Woolsey in 1955 Miss
Webster was appointed Jack
son county librarian to suc
ceed her.
. Miss Webster was a resi
dent of southern California
from 1921 to 1942. She re
ceived her education in librar-
ianship at the University of
California at Los Angeles and
Berkeley. She worked from
1930 until 1942 in the Long
Beach, Calif ., public library,
and entered the service of the
Veterans Administration in
1942, remaining with the VA
until 1950.
Salk Polio Vaccine
Shortage in County
There is a definite Salk
polio vaccine shortage here
as there is throughout the
United States, Dr. A. Erin
Merkel, county health officer,
said today.
He said that the Jackson
county health department is
completely out of the vaccine
and has no assurance of re
ceiving a new supply until
the first week in September.
He stressed that this short
age shouldn't worry those in
dividuals whose second or
third, shots are due during
the shortage. He said that a
variance of one or two months
may be had without loss of
effectiveness of Salk shots
previously received.
Dr. Merkel said that he
had checked with a number
of physicians in the area who
are in the same situation. He
recommended that those need
ing the shots to keep in touch
with their family doctor to
see when he will have a new
supply on hand.
Portland-(DPD-Temperatures
simmering round the century
mark were predicted for Fri
da by the Portland Weather
Bureau, after today's torrid
tops.
BASEBALL
Baltimore 2 7 0
Detroit ....ll 15 0
O'Dell, Johnson (3), Fish
er (7), Hoeft (8) and Gins
berg; Lary and Wilson. HR:
Kaline, Detroit.
Boston 3 6 0
Cleveland 4 12 0
Brewer, Fornieles (8) and
While; Grant, Locke (9) and
Nixon. HR: Malxone, Boston.
Prjce 10 Cents
No. 113
Talk Construed
To Mean Possible
'Big Two' Session
Vice President Goes
Into Mine in Urals
Leeytarsk. U.S.S.R. - (UPD -
Vice President Richard M.
Nixon told a Russian miner
in the depths of a copper
mine in the Urals today that
"our leaders must have a
chance to talk seriously in
a climate where something
can be done without resort to
force."
Nixon's remarks were con
strued as a broad hint of a
possible meeting between
President Eisenhower and So
viet Premier Nikita Khrush
chev. Some people around
Nixon feel strongly that a
Khrushchev visit to the Unit
ed States would be helpful.
Nixon's copper mine appeal
for a top leadership talk fol
lowed by one hour a similar
suggestion made in front of
a Russian audience in a near
by area.
Shortly before going 700
feet down into the mine, Nix
on said in drinking a toast
at a lunch given by officials:
. "This certainly is an occa
sion ' to point out that what
we need for the future is to
reduce -the suspicion and re
duce the area of conflict
which exists.
Wants Personal Contacts
"Certainly one of the most
effective ways is not by let
ters : and not by statements
made ; halfway, - around , the
world, but by personal con
tacts such; as this today.' I' do
not mean that personal con-
tack will solve our difficulties,
but it will serve to reassure
each of us and reduce the area
and it does create a climate
in which difficulties can be
solved without resort to force,
"This occasion is for this
reason a most happy one for
all of us. I hope that it may be
one of the first steps toward
understanding and will be fol
lowed by other increasing con
tacts among leaders and peo
ple."
From the lunch, Nixon went
to the mine head, donned a
miner's outfit, and with a
group of mine officials and
members of his entourage,
went by elevator 700 feet
down into the innards of the
Russian Urals.
Officials to Speak
At Water Meeting
Henry Stewart of the U.S.
corps of engineers, and Travis
Roberts of the U.S. fish and
wildlife service will speak at
a meeting of the Rogue Basin
Flood Control and Water Re
sources association in Shady
Cove school gymnasium at 8
p.m. Monday, Aug. 3.
They will discuss the corps
of engineers suggested pro
gram lor Lost creek, .ik
creek, Meadows on Evans
creek and Copper on the
Applegate.
The effect of the reservoirs
on the fishery will be con
sidered and questions which
were unanswered at the asso
ciation's last meeting will be
answered, according to Wil
liam Jess, president.
Cite tig
Covered Wagons Head
For Strickland Meadows
Strickland Meadows (DPD
The modern pioneers manning
the seven Oregon Centennial
covered wagons headed for
overnight encampment here
today after a busy pace in La
Grande Wednesday.
The wagon train was es
corted into La- Grande by
riders from the Elgin Stam
peders and the La Grande
Mavericks.
After lunch served by the
Salvation Army, City Com
missioner Gordon Clark gave
Wagonmaster Tex Serpa a key
to the city and bathing and
swimming facilities were pro
vided for the Fifty-Niners.
Premier Makes No
Comment on End
To Geneva Talks
Tens Reports Speech
At Dnepropetrovsk
Moscow-flJPD-Premier Nikita
Khrushcev said Wednesday
night that "the time . has
come" for the Big Four to
hold a summit meeting, it was
reported today.
The official Tass agency,
reporting a speech made by
Khrushchev in Dnepropet
rovsk, quoted him as saying
that the foreign ministers in
Geneva "are coming up
against big difficulties because
they have to deal with com
plex unsettled international
issues." ,
He did not comment direct
ly on the impending breakup
the deadlocked Geneva talks.
"These unsettled . interna
tional questions are more
amenable to discussion, and
especially to solution, by the
heads of government, because
the heads of government have
vast experience of settling
international problem s,"
Khrushchev said. "They also
have wider powers.
"It seems to us that the
time has come for the heads
of government to tackle this
difficult job. Let the minis
ters exert fresh efforts to find
mutually acceptable solutions
and reach agreement on what
they can agree upon.
"The other, most difficult
matters, matters of principle,
will be considered by the
heads of government."
Khrushchev also revealed
some details of his private
talks six days ago with Vice
President Richard M. Nixon,
who spent today in Sverd
lovsk, 1,200 miles from the
Ukrainian city where the pre
mier spoke. :
He said Russia wants a Ber
lin settlement to avert the
danger of a war which he said
West Germany might start.
Seeds laid for-
Geneva (DPI) Russia today
laid the seeds of another ma
jor cold war wrangle by de
nying any part in the decision
to break off the Geneva for
eign ministers conference next
Wednesday. .
Soviet Foreign Minister An
drei A. Gromyko was clearly
understood to have agreed to
ending the Big Four meeting
in his talks Wednesday with
Secretary of State Chritsian
A. Herter. But only a few
hours after leaving Herter's
villa, the Soviet diplomat be
gan backing off from the
agreement.
"There was no agreement to
end the Geneva talks," declar
ed Soviet delegation spokes
man Mikhail Kharlamov.
"Our position is that we
should continue working here
for positive results."
U. S. delegation spokesman
Andrew H. Berding's reply to
this was, "I repeat what I said
-there was an arrangement
between Herter and Gromyko
to end the conference next
Wednesday."
Cave Junction Fire
Is in 'Good Shape'
Grants Pass-A forest and
brush fire which spread over
631 acres about five miles
south of Cave Junction on
Tuesday was reported in
"good shape" today by the
state department of forestry.
The blaze has been under
control for 36 hours except
for a brief flare up resulting
in a spot fire about noon yes
terday. About 80 men were
still at the scene this morning.
A garage and shop burned
down Tuesday afternoon, caus
ing the larger blaze..
Dinner was on the Lions
club and Junior Chamber of
Commerce and later in the
evening the wagoneers were
driven to Eastern Oregon col
lege for a presentation of the
Centennial production of "A
Doctor in Buckskin Calf.'
The play, the story of the
Whitman family prior to their
massacre, was produced and
performed under the direction
of Dr. Alvin Kaiser.
Strickland Meadows is 19
miles northwest of LaGrande.
The wagon train is due in
Pendleton Saturday morning.
A rousing welcome is planned.
Cold War Wrangl