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Newspaper Page TextKE ALL fiD LEADERS W 5! It 1 I I 5 I 4 ! f i i $ , i I Truman Wisdom Trip To By HARRY S. TRUMAN North American Newspaper Alliance. Inc. Copyright, 1959. by Harry S. Trxiraan (Reproduction of this article in whole or in part is forbidden without written authorization.) I seriously question the wis dom of President Eisenhow er's going to Moscow. If this journey leads the world to ex pect that peace can be ad vanced by the mere exchange of visits between heads of government, then we all face certain disappointment. The President already has declared that he has not in tention of conducting separate negotiations with Khru shchev. If that is the case, why could not the amenities be confined to Khrushchev's visit to the United States, where he will be received with the consideration due him? Should Be Big Occasion When a President of the United States leaves the country, it should be a mo mentous occasion in the exer cise of the unique authority of his office. The power and leadership of the Presidency should not be dissipated in ceremonial visits reminiscent of those days when diplomats and rulers traveled back and forth on their "balance of power" visits, which marked this, the bloodiest century of history. President Eisenhower is leaving shortly for Europe to dispel from the minds of our allies any anxiety they may have that the United States and the Soviet Union would engage in separate negotia tions. I am sure that Presi dent Eisenhower would be quick to resent, and rightly so, any suggestion that he is embarking on a course of the United States going it alone with Russia. Critical Problems The critical problems we continue to have with the Kremlin are how to get it to keep its commitments and to stop it from interfering and plotting in the internal af fairs of other nations. There can be no durable peace until we make some progress in those two areas. From Yalta to Potsdam to Geneva we have had many meetings, all of which have Police Investigate Generator Theft Central Point-City police here continued today their in vestigation of the theft last Friday night of a $615 port able electric generator from R. and M. Construction com pany here. ; The generator,' which was being used on R. and M.'s Eighth st. bridge construction project in Medford, was stolen from the rear of a truck park ed in front of 136 Pine St., the company's office. Body of Portlander Found on Island Ilwaco, Wash. - (UPD - The body of Clayton Guy Ndgar, 70, Portland, was found Mon day on Sand island near the mouth of the Columbia river. Nogar drowned Aug. 14 when his boat capsized while he was fishing. 'Person to Person' Town Steering Committee Reviews Program The outline of a program that brings together the citizens-- of cities thousands of miles apart was heard by a small group of local residents Monday at a corner table in the Medford hotel coffee shop. . The occasion was the first meeting' of Medf ord's "person to person" town affiliation steering committee, called by acting chairman Robert Bac cus, Medford city councilman and principal of Wilson school. v - The speaker was H. Price Webb from San Jose, Calif., last year's president of the Pacific Neighbors, San Jose's afiliation committee. "If Little Rock had had a town affiliation," Webb re marked, "things might have been a lot different:" Affiliation Purpose The purpose of affiliation, as he explained it, is to add new stones to a foundation for world peace by creating mutual respect, understand ing and good will among the common people of the world. "If we have to livt with t Ponders of Ike's Moscow resulted in failure not be cause of any acts of ours - but solelv because the Commu nists have not lived up to their promises. An exchange of visitors holds no more promise of success than we have had in conferences and diplomatic negotiations. The President probably will meet the same Khrushchev in Moscow that he met in Geneva and will meet again in Washington-a man with an unyielding ambi tion and fixed purpose. (Continued on Page 10) Phoenix Club Plans lo Discuss Pool, Festival Phoenix-A meeting of the Phoenix Community club will be held at 8 p.m. Monday in the clubhouse to discuss ten tative plans for a community swimming pool and a Fall Festival at Hallowe'en. Other plans to-be discussed include a summer recreation program and use of the club- h mse for a kindergarten. Allen Harris, community club president, said the Phoe nix school board has approv ed possible future construc tion of a swimming pool on the high school grounds. Since the school is connected with Medford water the wa ter supply would be more plentiful than if Phoenix wa ter were used, Harris ex plained. The pool also could be used for physical educa tion classes and could be opened 'to the public when school is not in session. Carnival Considered A carnival with Hallowe'en theme might be scheduled, it was suggested at a club meet ing last night. So far little interest has been shown In a' Fall Festival, it was pointed out. Each of the nine members attending were asked to con tact other organization dele gates to the club. Harris urged the general public to attend the meeting Monday so the club program could be reactivated. The kindergarten 'would run from 9 to 11:30 a.m. four days a week. A spokesman for the kinder gartent said approx imately 18 children of pre school age would use the club house facilities with a retired school teacher as their in structor. Lawsuit Filed in Roseburg Explosion Roseburg - (UPD - Alvin Kuy kendall, whose wife and a daughter died from injuries suffered in the explosion that ripped a large area of Rose burg Aug: 7, filed suit Mon day for some $152,000 dam ages against the owners of the Gerretsen Building Supply Co., Pacific Powder Co. of Tenino, Wash., and truck driver George Rutherford of Chehalis, Wash. Portland - (UPD - Tom D. Conklin has been named as deputy state supervisor for the Bureau of Land Manage ment. these people," he said, "if we understand them, we have a much greater assurance of peace on earth." Webb discussed at length the success of the affiliation between San Jose and Oka yama, Japan. Among the myriad possible ways of promoting'persbn to person" relationships between affiliated cities are visits by dignitaries, student ex changes, letter-writing and tape recordings, art apd pho tography exhibits, window displays, gifts of trees, other symbolic' objects and litera ture and development of friendships" between service clubs and between other groups like the Boy Scouts. The more citizens and groups who participate, the better. - Most American cities in the program ' so far have been considerably larger than Med ford, Webb reported. But, he said, there is hope that smaller communities may participate as well. For cities like Med ford, he said, "it's a little more of a challenge." . Asked whether Medford Seeds of Distrust Khrushchev's Aim Kefauver Asserts Wrecking of NATO Said Prime Goal Washington (UPD Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.) said today Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev would consider his forthcoming U. S. visit a success if he "sowed the seeds of distrust" between the West ern Allies. "If those seeds take root and grow, then he will have achieved what I believe to be the number one aim of Mos cow, the wrecking of NATO, Kefauver said in a speech pre pared for Senate delivery. Invitation Approved Nevertheless, he said he approved of President Eisen hower's invitation to Khrush chev and of the President's talks with Western leaders in Europe starting Wednesday. "But I think we should not deceive ourselves as to the dif ficulties and dangers inherent in this type of personal diplo macy between the heads of government," Kefauver said. "I think our best defense against the wiles of Mr. Khrushchev on his forthcom ing trip is to refuse to take our eyes off the ball." Should Be Hospitable "We should be gracious and hospitable, we should show him our stoves and refrigera tors and kitchen sinks with disposals and anything else he wants to see, but we should show him also ,that we are serious about building our At lantic community." Kefauver said he was confi dent Eisenhower would assure the leaders of Britain, France and West Germany that he would not bargain away any of their interests in his talks with Khrushchev. White House Silent The White House had no comment today on Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson's statement that it would be up to the administra tion to initiate any invitation to Khrushchev to address a joint session of congress. Chairman Francis Walter (D-Pa.) of the House Commit tee on un-American activities, said Monday night, he has ad vised Eisenhower in a letter to bone up on the Communist conspiracy before conferring with Khrushchev. Walter told the President that the Red "espionage operation" in this country was part of the Com munists' total war on the free world. Commissioner Goes On Highway Tour County Commissioner Ches ter Wendt has returned from a week end forest road in spection tour of the Gold Beach area with representa tives of O and C counties. Representatives of Doug las, Lane, Curry, Polk and Jackson county toured the new road construction up the Rogue river from Gold Beach Friday. Saturday the group took a boat at Gold Beach to Agness. At Agness the men took cars along forest service roads which had been con structed for some time. ' Purpose of the trip was to inspect the standards being applied to forest service roads, Wendt explained. These stan dards include two lanes with a 20-foot driving surface. Sev eral proposed recreation areas were also inspected, Wendt said. Affiliation might participate jointly with Ashland or other Jackson county -towns, Webb replied, "It might be a most whole some thing to make it a joint venture." Outlined Steps He outlined these steps for establishing an affiliation: 1. Official support by the city government; 2. Correspondence with the United States Information agency or the American Mu nicipal association, two groups that provide guidance in set ting the wheels in motion and advice on selecting an affili ate. Once the foreign city ac cepts the invitation, usually tendered through the USIA, the exchanges begin. Among others at Monday's meeting were Medford com mittee members Bill Barker, Bill Singler and Mrs. Justin Smith and Don Lewis of the Ashland city council. Other members of the Medford com mittee, who were not present Monday, are Dick Woodcock and Paul Meyers. Another meeting has been scheduled for 7 ajn. Friday. AIRFIELD COLLISION-Randy Hagelin, 26, stands with his father, Willard Hagelin (right) beside their private plane wrecked by a C-47 passenger plane while making an emer gency landing at an airport in Burbank, Calif. The C-47 smashed into a parked airliner sending its tail section upon Hagelin's small aircraft. All 23 of the passengers and a crew of three in the airline escaped injury. U.S. Should Build Manned Space Ship Now, Scientist Says Los Angeles-UPD-The Unit ed States should "get off the dime" and start building a manned space ship now in stead of wasting any more time, a scientist declared to day. "What are we waiting for?" asked John S. Brady of the Systems ' Engineering division of Space Technology Labora tories. He spoke at the fourth annual Ballistic Missile and Space Symposium. Many Problems Remain While agreeing that many problems of space life remain to be solved, Brady declared that actual construction of a Festival Play Sold Out Tonight Ashland "Twelfth Night," which has been presented to full houses all season, is sold out for the next two perform ances, Oregon Shakespearean Festival officials said today. Off cials said, however, that room still is available at -the rear of the theater for persons who would like to take camp stools or other seats. Tickets for the final staging of "Twelfth Night" Sept. 2 still are available. The popular Shakespeare play also will be presented Saturday night. , Last night's 992 attendance brought the total for. the sea son to 24,763, Festival officials said. The plays start their eighth round tonight, and end Sept. 5. The final concert in the Festival's series will be held at 4:30 p.m. Sunday in the Festival theater, officials said. The concert will be the Dance Festival. Bids Called for Pool Construction Bids on the West Jackson st. park swimming pool proj ect will be opened Sept. 22, Medford officials at city hall reported today. Contractors are to bid both on the swimming pool itself and bathhouse and on the al ternate of constructing an ad jacent diving tank as well. Officials are hoping the fa cility can be completed in time for use next summer, and contractors are to specify in their , bidding how soon they could carry out the work. Two Oregon Families Safe in Earthquake Portland -(UPD Two Oregon families, listed as unaccount ed for by the sheriff's office in Bozeman, Mont., Monday after last week's earthquake, are safe. They include the Rev. and Mrs. A. D. Enns and their two sons of Portland and Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Calhoun and children, Hank and Kathy, of Pendleton. Salem - (UPD - Residents of Morningside district southeast of Salem will vote Sept. 29 whether or not to join the city. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair through Wednesday. Low tonight 52. High Wednesday near 95. Temp. Highest Yesterday 91 Lowest this Morning 52 Our Skiev Tonight Sunset today -6:59 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:29 a.m. Moonrlse tonight 10:58 pan. Last Quarter tomorrow 12:03 a.m. In Apogee, the Moon is 251,100 miles from the Earth tonight. Jupiter, the planet prominent in the southwest, is now about equal in brilliance with Sirius, the brightest of all the sun. manned vehicle for true space niissions-not just a manned satellite-should start without further delay. He estimated that if the program got underway now such a space ship could be completed in two or three years. He agreed that, at this mo ment space science cannot build a space ship in which a man could go on a mission and get back alive. The Air Force said Monday the mighty Atlas interconti nental balistic missile, capa ble of packing a destructive hydrogen warhead, is on the brink of becoming America's first operational continent spanning missile. In Hands of Troops Joseph V. Charyk, assistant secretary of the Air Force for research and development, made the announcement Mon day at the opening of the four-day annual ballistic mis sile and space symposium. "We are on the brink" of declaring the 6,000-rrtile Atlas missile; operational, Charyk said. ' .' -This means, he said, putting Atlas missiles in the "hands of troops who can fire with a high degree of reliability." No Break in Study Anticipated in City Medford city officials antic ipate no break in the current city-state air pollution study here despite the imminent loss of Don Kent, city hall printer assigned to the project. Kent's resignation becomes effective Friday, and no suc cessor to the assignment has been named as yet. But City Manager Robert A. Duff said today the study's continuity would not be in terrupted. Kent's duties in the project have included changing fil ters, collecting and setting out sampling jars and carrying out special surveys. He said his resignation was prompted by the excessive load of this work coupled with his regular print ing responsibilities. City officials have indicated the new printer may not nec essarily shoulder the air pol lution study assignment as well. England Mail Opposes Chessman Execution London - (UPD - The tabloid Daily Sketch, which ran a series of interviews with Caryl Chessman, said today 97 out of 100 letters it received were against his execution. . It said "thousands of let ters'' were received. Chessman's execution date has been set for Oct. 23 after 11 years of reprieves and ap peals. - Beaverton Youth Rescued From Pool Beaverton -(UPD- A 14-year-old boy who was trying an en durance swim under water was rescued by fellow swim mers Monday afternoon. Bob Welch, 14, was dragged from a private pool by Fred Daum, 14, and Barbara Daum, 15. He was unconscious and was revived by firemen who were called to the scene. He did not require hospitaliza tion. Washington Prison Escapees Captured Elmonis, Wash. - (UPD -Three inmates who walked away fromthe minimum security building at the Washington state penitentiary Sunday were recaptured here Monday night. . The three are Charles A. Green, 33; Benjamin Moran, 2; and Paul O. Watrus, 31. Price 1 0 Cents Medford 16 Pages MEDFORD, Big Welcome Waits Dke On West Germany Visit Leaders See Demonstration Of Determination Bonn, Germany - (UPD-West German leaders today were preparing a tumultuous wel come for President Eisenhow er when he arrives here Wed nesday on a visit they hailed as a demonstration of U. S. determination to defend West Germany's interests in his talks with the Soviet Union. Government officials said the President, who arrives for a 24-hour stay, would receive a welcome exceeding the pro American demonstration that welcomed Secretary of State Christian Herter;'bn his visit to West Berlin five weeks ago. Protector of Freedom Eisenhower was the supreme commander of the great Allied force that gave Germany its most disastrous military de feat 14 years ago, but he re turns Wednesday as the pro tector of freedom from Com munism in the Western half of the nation. Eisenhower and West Ger man Chancellor Konrad Ade nauer will discuss the prob lems of dealing with Commu nism for 6V& hours, beginning at mid-morning Thursday. The President, arriving the evening before, plans to show himself to huge crowds of West Germans that night and again the following morning before his talks with Ade nauer. Artillery Salute The West German govern ment said Eisenhower would be greeted with a 21-gun ar tillery salute when his.Boeing 707 jet lands at nearby Wahn Airfield Wernesday. Adenauer and most of his cabinet will be on hand to greet the Presi dent. A German military band will play the American and German national anthems and the President and chancellor will inspect an honor battalion of Army, Navy and Air Force men. After brief addresses they depart for the hour long drive to the temporary White House in Bad Godesberg, the Bonn suburb that houses the diplomatic colony. 59 Fires Controlled In Area Last Month The southwest district office of the state department of forestry controlled 59 fires during July, the district pub lication, "Smoke Signals,"- re ported. The 59 included fires that burned into August. Smokers cause 21 of the blazes, it was reported. Ten resulted from lightning and six from debris burning. Two were said to be incendiary and two resulted from lum bering operations. One was listed as railroad-caused and 17 as miscellaneous.' A series of fires starting July 23 and lasting through the first two weeks of August kept district crews busy. Larg est of these was the Jackson Hot springs and Ashland burn which covered 3,816 acres be fore being controlled. Investi gation, which showed incen diarism responsible for the blaze, is continuing. Other fires included those at Wilderville, 650 acres; Rockydale roads, 631 acres; Brockman gulch, 130 acres; Butcherknife No. 2, 290 acres (250 federal); Longbranch, 102 acres; Nugget butte, 100 acres, and Thompson creek, 55 acres. Astoria - (UPD - The current commercial salmon fishing season closed today and local fishermen and packers said the catch was one of the poor est in recent years. Medford Police Get Report of Snowballs Snowballs in August? That was the complaint Medford police received from Loleta Darlene Sattell, 402 Clark st. She said some boys on Oak st. between Jackson and Clark sts. yelled at her and threw "several snow balls' police reported. Investigation bore out her complaint. Police said the snow was from Jorgensen's dairy refrigeration equipment. OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1959 No. 129 "Stand Back No Crossing of Lines Without a Gangster Permit" Rescuers Too Late To Save Youths on Face of Mountain Franconia, N.' H.-(UPD-Dar-ing mountain climbers plan ned to try today to retrieve from a wind-lashed mountain side the bodies of two Con necticut youths who died late Monday just as rescuers reach ed them. "Don't let us die; for God's sake help us," one cried as the team of crack rock climb ers inched , to within a few feet of the narrow ledge where the pair had been trap ped for over 24 hours. They died apparently of exposure. Human Ladder Formed In a final effort, three res cuers, hanging from steel pins hammered into the rain-slicked granite face ofv Profile Mountain, formed a human ladder so that two lower men could clamber up the ropes and over their shoulders to reach the ledge. Though the risky attempt succeeded, it was too late. One boy writhed in delirium on the ledge roped to his al ready dead companion. He died minutes later after res cuers had dressed him in Rogue Valley Firm Gets Well Contract P h o e n i x Rogue Valley drilling company was award ed a. contract for drilling a water well for the city of Phoenix at last night's special council meeting. The 10-inch well will be drilled on property recently acquired by the city between the existing pumping facili ties and the east line of the Southern Pacific right of way. Cost of the land purchased from Lloyd M. Cook, of San Francisco, Calif., is $6,500. Drilling is scheduled to start in 10 days, according to Mayor Arthur H. MacKintosh. Cost of drilling the well is estimated at $5 a foot, the cas ing at $5.09 per foot, and the casing shoe $40. Total cost of the well depends on the depth of the well, amount of water available and , how much casing is needed, he said. Bids will be called for pumps later after the well is drilled, the mayor said. Next regular meeting of the Phoenix city council is Sept. 8. Ashland Youth Fined For Driving on Lawn Ashland-A 16-year-old Ash land youth who mowed down a section of Lithia park's greensward with his automo bile Monday was told in city court here today he would have to pay $13 damages for the incident. City police reported the youth, with two companions in the car, drove the vehicle down Winburn way and swerved across 130 feet of grass just above the band shell. The boy was charged with destruction of public property, police said. 54th Year Tribune warm clothes and begun the task of lowering; him down the mountain. The victims, both college students, were Alfred Whip ple Jr., 20, of Gales Ferry, Conn., a sophomore at Brown University, and Sidney Crouch, 21, of Ledyard, Conn., a student at the Export (Pa.) Bible Institute. - . Knapsack Falls . Ironically, the means by which the youths might have saved themselves, dangled from a rock just 10 feet away -but well out of reach. Their knapsack, filled with food and warm clothing had slip ped from one boy's grasp. Its strap caught on a rocky spur below them. Footlighiers to Resume Production The Footlighters production of "On the Bridge at Mid night" will resume at 8:30 o'clock tonight at the little theater group's theater at the fairgrounds. Directed by Bob Ford, the play is a three-act "mellow drama" written by Bruce Brandon. The play will end Saturday, Aug. 29. Curtain time nightly is 8:30 p.m. Included in the cast are Ma rie Pierce, Frank Buchter, Marion, Keim, Virginia Mur phy, Audrey Reiss, Margaret Dix, Clarence Tarvin, Chuck Tucker, Marianne Samuelson, Thayer Tarvin, Dr. Laurence Ware, Virginia Lusk and Dr. Frank Roberts. Total of Oregon Jobless Unchanged Salem -(UPD- Unemployment in Oregon last week totalled 7,621, exactly the same as the week before, the Department of Employment reported to day. The jobless included 20 additional persons who lost their jobs, at least temporari ly, because of the Aug. 7 truck explosion in Roseburg. This brought to 70 the num ber of persons idled by the disaster. Cape Canaveral, Fla.-(UPD-The Navy fired another Po laris missile today but said there was apparently a failure in its second stage. Plane Wreckage Sighted Northwest of Grants Pass (UPD - Wreck age of a light plane has been found in the mountains north west of Prospect with possibly the skeletons of a man and a woman, authorities said today. The wreckage was located by Joe Davis, a logger from Applegate who said he first saw it two years ago while hunting. Sunday he and a friend, Anton Schuessler of Provolt. visited the wreckage again. Chief Executive Hopes for Mutual But Firm Stand Assistance for Other Nations To Be Sought Washington -(UPD- President Eisenhower, on the eve of his departure for Western Europe, said today he hoped that he and allied "leaders would join in a mutual state ment of readiness to negoti ate with Russia, but in firm determination never to re treat from their basic prin ciples. - Eisenhower told a news conference he also would sug gest to the heads of West Ger many, Great Britain, France and Italy that they cooperate in helping advance the health and living standards of the two billion people of the new or underdeveloped nations. Other Points The chief executive, meet ing with reporters before tak ing off by jet plane early Wednesday for Bonn, Ger many, also made these other outstanding points: He said this government has under immediate, urgent study a request from the the government of Laos for new funds with which to fight inroads of Communist forces. He said the Russian gov ernment notified him Monday night tht Soviet Premier Ni kita Khrushchev will be com ing to the United States next month as chief of the Russian state. Therefore, the Presi dent said he planned to wel come Khrushchev personally at the airport on his arrival and entertain him at dinner at the White House. Without calling him by name, Eisenhower struck back forcefully at former President Harry S. Truman who criticized the chief execu tive's planned trip to Russia this fall. Eisenhower said he was getting weary of people speaking about blows to presidential prestige at a time when he was giving his last atom of energy for the whole human race. (See story on Page 5) Strollers To Be Af Awards Banquet The Strollers, singing group which was a finalist in the Jackson county Kiwanis fair, will entertain during the new 4-H fair award banquet at 7 p.m. Friday in the National Guard Armory, south of Med ford. The Strollers will provide i a musical background for the 4-H style show to be narrated by Gretchen Wade of Med ford. Theme of the style show will be Catalina holiday. The banquet, sponsored by the Jackson County 4-H Lead ers' association and the fair board, will be served at 7 p.m. The style show will be held during the dinner hour, after which awards will be presented. Gene McCurley, agricul tural field man for the First National Bank of Oregon, Klamath Falls branch, and formerly of Medford, will be master of ceremonies. Tickets are on sale in the county extension office in the court house or may be ob tained from members of the leaders association. Two Arrested for Theft of Motors Harry William McKuhen, 53, and Corwin Purl Mulkey, 48, both transients, were ar rested Monday, on grand lar ceny charges in connection with the theft of two city electric motors, Medford po--lice reported. Police said the motors were taken from a pump room in the city's abandoned disposal plant at the north end of Crews rd. near the Big Y. The two men were investi gated after word was received that they were trying to sell the motors, police reported. They were arrested first on vagrancy charges and later booked in connection with the theft, according to the report. Prospect Davis told authorities that human bones at the wreckage appeared to be those of a man and a woman. He said the skel eton and clothing were almost intact. The plane was described as having bright red and dark brownish red colors. The Douglas courity coroner planned to send a search party to the scene. The Federal Avi ation Agency also was investigating. III"!