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X : 4 t MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. ADMITS DEFEAT Russell B. Sugarmon Jr., of Mem phis Tenn., a Negro running for city commissioner, waits at campaign headquarters for news of the bitterly con tested election. Sugarmon, given a chance to win if the vote was split heavily among white candidates, waited unitl midnight to say . "I was beaten." Library Searching for Books Missing 180 Years Newport, R. I. - (UPD - Red wood library just never gives up. It's still looking for about 275 books-missing since 1779, exactly 180 years ago. And who else but British Army officers could have swiped them? "After all," says Donald T. Gibbs, who runs what is the nation's oldest library to be located in its original build ing, "the British used the li brary for an officers club when they occupied Newport during the revolution. "Maybe we're just making scapegoats out of them. 'But - the fact is that when they left . . . well, you figure it out." Search Authorized . Several years ago, stock holders of the library-Redwood is privately-owned with some 900 borrowers of more than 115,000 volumes-authorized a search to find and re turn all its missing books, about 575 in all. ' "We've recovered about 300 of the books," says Gibbs, "but we doubt that any of these ever was in the posses sion of British soldiers. Chances are those have either been destroyed or are lying buried in some attic or cellar somewhere." . Gibbs said that the library will settle for books from the same editions . as those that are missing. "All we want to do is restore the original li brary of 1,300 volumes that was established in 1747. We aren't too hopeful of getting JAMES CROW created the first modern bourbon- Masterpiece GM3 Born 124 years ago. Americas favorite today. $9)25 jyj pt. Lighf Mild '86 Proof KENTUCKY STRAIGHT . . . . BOURBON WHISKEY OLD CROW DISTILLERY C'0 FRANKFORT. A Monday, Aug. 24, 1959 the very same ones, but we try Gibbs said the most of the books believed to have been carted off by the Redcoats were "general in nature- philosophy, history, things like that." He said that chanc es are a good number of them never got to Merry Olde Eng land since the British evacu ated Newport only to surren der at Yorktown. Originals Not Found The list from the original catalogue has been turned ov er to a London bookman who travels all over, hunting and picking. "And every so often, we get one from him. But so far, none have been from the original collection. And you can be sure we'd be able to tell if one did turn up." Gibbs says the cost of get ting the books back has been relatively small. The highest price paid for one of the vol umes was about $70. Have they tried looking in the Redwood library for any of the missing books? "Of course," says Gibbs, "that's the first place we look ed. No luck there . . . but every so often we check some particularly dark corner of a shelf." About 90 seconds before a missile is scheduled to be launched from Cape Canav eral, Fla., an automatic se quencer is set off and the rocket is fired without any further human assistance. THE of James Crow's : w moor OOW $00 J 4 QT. KY., DISTIL BY NATIONAL DiSLPRQD. CO. News About Books From the Library The expression, "It's a dog's life," may indicate an unhap py state of affairs, when used elsewhere in the country, but not in Jackson county! According to Jackson Coun ty Librarian Mrs. J a n.e R. Baker, library patrons are par ticular about what they name their dogs and much concern ed with ways and means of making their lives as pleasant as possible. The demand for books on the care and training of dogs has nearly exceeded that for the care and raising of chil dren, she said. With this mind, Mrs. Baker reports that the Medford libra ry has in past years accumu lated enough good, general books on the care of dogs to give the library what one would assume to be an ade quate collection on the sub ject. She finds, however, that general dog books are not enough for the real dog-lover wit hhis, own special pet in mind-he must have a book which deals specifically and exclusively with one breed, the only breed as far as he's concerned, that of his pet. Mrs. Baker listed new works guaranteed to meet each breed-fancier's needs, with nearly every popular breed of dog represented. Other books purchased by the Jackson County library this month are included. These are available to all Jackson county residents,- by request through the library's branch es, or at the Medford head quarters library. , Adult Department Books Dogs: How to Raise and Train a Boxer, Barbaresi How to Raise and Train a Col lie, Barbaresi; How to Raise and Train a German Shep herd, Barbaresi; How to Raise and Train a Chihuahua, Fer guson; How to Raise and Train a Basset Hound, Liebers; How to Raise and Train a Weimar- aner, Liebers; How to Raise and Train a Miniature Schnau- zer, Martin; How to Rise and Tram a Dachshund, Meistrell; now xo Kaise and Tram a Cocker Spaniel, Miller; How to Raise and Train a Poodle, Miller; How to Raise and Train a Doberman Pinscher, Stebbins; How to Raise and Train a Beagle, Ward. Heierence: wnos Who in Library Service, Cole; Guide to Reference Books, Winchell; Men in the News - 1 9 5 8, Phelps; British Authors of the Nineteenth Century, Kunitz; Who's Who of American Wo men; British Authors Before 1800, Kunitz. History: In Every War But One, Kinkead; The Modocs and Their War, Murray; The McLoughlin Empire and Its Rulers, Barker; Sacajawea, Hebard. Biography: Looking Up, Needham; Nehru, Brecher; Robert Rogers of the Rangers, Cuneo. Arts and Crafts: Making Watercolor Behave, O'Hara; Meaning in Crafts, Mattil; The New Theatre Handbook and Digest of Plays, Sobel. Farm Life: Farm Journal's Country Cookbook, Nichols; Modern Farm Buildings, Ash by; Stillmeadow Sampler, Ta ber. Travel: New Horizons World Guide, Pan American World Airways; The Little World of Stanton Delaplane, Delaplane; Adventures i n Good Eating, Hines; Lodging for a Night, Hines. Other Non-F i c t i o n: The Book of Herb Cookery, Hoff mann; The Camp Program Book, Hammett; The In and Out Book, Benton; The Nature of Retirement, Moore; Story of the Bible World in Map, Word and Picture, Keyes; The Meaning of Worship, Horton; New American Legends, Pratt; Spring Flowers of the Lower Columbia Valley, Hill; There Is An Answer to Can cer, Goldman. Historical Romance: Black Spice, Steward; Lorena, Slaughter; The Golden Years, Kenyon; Cormorant's Brood, Fletcher; Big River, Big Man, Duncan; La Belle, Coker; The Bride of Pilate, Kellner; Seek the Fair Land, Macken. Serious Fiction: Eva, Levin; The Daughters of Necessity, Feibleman; Advise and Con sent, Drury; Whistle Down the Wind, Bell. Western Stories: Last Gun Ridge, Steele; Desperation Trail, Foreman; Long Run, Nye; Blood on the Rio Grande, Scott. Mysteries: The Body in the Bed,. Sterling; Killer on the Catwalk, Philips: Slack Tide. Coxe; The Case of the Run BARKER'S WILL BE CLOSED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY ning Man, Bush; Knock Three-One-Two, Brown; A Grave yard Plot, Williams; Never Need An Enemy, Stein; Mur der in Miniature, McNamara; Triple Exposure, Coxe; The Exploits of Tommy Hamble don. Coles. ' Other Fiction: Oh Careless Love, Z o 1 o t o w; The April Heart, Gaddis; Conquering Horse, Manfred. Junior Department Books Fiction; Sons of the Steppe, Baumann; One Against the Sea, Bowen; Triple Play, Bow en; The Mamba's Precipice, Campbell; The White Ox, Dean; Wild Horses of the Rio Grande, Franklin; Secret of the Indian Mound, Gage; To morrow Will Be Bright, Hunt; Tomorrow Is for You, Kelsey; Time Flight, Longstreth; Cow boy Charley, 4-H Champ, Mar tin; The Mystery of Black Sod Point, O'Clery; Captain of the Araby, Pease; The Sherwood Ring, Pope; Allth, Reid; Story Parade Mystery Book. Easy Books; Not a Teeny Weeny Wink, Bennett; Bob and Judy at Play, Crawford; Good Times at the Farm, De- Kelver; Sam and the Firefly, Eastman; Brownie and His Friends, Gates; Now We go Again, Gates; The Surprise Box, Gates; This Is Fun, Gat es; Brown Cow Farm, Ipcar; Jamie, a Basset Hound, John son; Nip and Tuck at Play, Mitchell; Nip and Tuck, Storm; The 'Possum That Didn't, Tashhn. Non-Fiction: The Real Book About the Mounties, Block; The Story of the Naval Acad emy, Riesenberg; Army En gineers, Colby; The First Ov erland Mail, Pinkerton; The Golden Phoenix and Other French-Canadian Fairy Tales, Barbeau; Cat Tales, Belting; The Fairy Tale Book, Ponsot; All About the Stars, White; A Guided Tour Through Space and Time, Fenyo; The First Book of Color, Paschel; All About Electricity, Freeman; All About Volcanoes and Earthquakes, Pough; This Is the Desert, Ault; All About the Desert, Epstein; All About Great Rivers of the World, White; All About Animals and Their Young, McClung; The Weasel Family, Ripper; Alu minum, the Miracle Metal, Colby; Famous Pirates of the New World, Whipple; Alexan der Hamilton and Aaron Burr, Crouse; Sam Colt and His Gun, Winders; The Story of Albert Schweitzer, Daniel; America's First World War, Castor; The Story of D-Day, Bliyen; The Story of the Para- troops, Weller; Geronimo, Moody; The Hudson's Bay Company, Morenus; The Am erican Revolution, Bliven; The iexas Rangers, Allen. U.S. and Britain Willing to Extend Nuclear Test Ban London (UPD Authoritative sources said Saturday the United States and Britain are willing to extend their self- imposed ban on nuclear weap ons tests bevond the original one-year period provided Rus sia also agrees to refrain from such tests. But the big question was whether the Soviets would go along in view of announced French plans to exrilode an atomic device in the Sahara desert soon. The United States and Brit ain offered last year to halt nuclear explosion tests for a period of one year, beginning Oct. 31. the dav the two na tions opened talks with Rus sia in Geneva on a treaty to outlaw all such tests. Thus far. the reDresenta- tives of the world's three nu clear powers have failed to work out any final agreement. The delegations agreed recent ly to recess the talks to eive President Eisenhower and So viet Premier Nikita S. 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