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Petition Asks
2nd Vote'- en
Consolidation
. A petition requesting a sec
ond election on consolidation
of Phoenix and Talent school
districts was approved 5 to 2
last night at a meeting of the
Jackson county school district
f reorganization committee.
Col. D. H. Barber, commit
tee member from Trail, made
a motion that the proposal for
an election be referred to the
school district boundary board
r with the statement that the
1 :M 1!nA ..r i V ronr.
pi upuadi Ad All line win
ganization procedure.
The boundary board is ex
pected to set a date for the
election when it meets Thurs
day, Sept. 3. The board will
also consider a petition for
residents north of the center
line of Barnett rd. to join the
Medford school district.
Frank Van Dyke, Medford
attorney, reminded the com
mittee that several petitions
from the Barnett rd. area res
idents for annexation to Med
ford school district are still
pending.
Represents Residents
Van Dyke, who said he rep
resented a number of the Bar
nett rd. area residents and
real estate man George Field,
said the petitions cover a
number of proposals for an
nexing that area to Medford.
field reminded the commit
tee that a petition had already
been presented which showed
that 97. per cent of the resi
dents in the Phoenix district
living within Medford city
boundaries favor annexation
to the Medford scfiool district.
Keith Hockersmith, Med
ford, committee chairman,
noted that the "petition" is an
opinion poll only. This was
conceded when it was present
ed to the committee, he said.
Although signed by property
owners and taxpayers, a num
ber of them do not live in the
affected are a " Jlockersrnith
emphasized.
Field said his car speedom
eter measured six miles from
the Barnett rd. area to the
Phoenix schools. It is only a
half mile from Barnett rd. to
the nearest Medford school,
he said. He mentioned the
possibility of an accident in
the six miles.
No Accidents
"We have been transport
ing kids from that area to
Phoenix for a good many
years as a losing' proposition
and not one accident has hap
pened," Allen Harris, Phoenix
school board member, said.
"Now. suddenly we aren't
good enough for you. And not
onlv that, you want to haul
part of the Phoenix district
into Medford with you."
"You can get to the point
where- you centralize too
much," Barber said in follow
ing up. his motion. "I believe
there is room for one more
school between Medford and
Ashland. Joining Phoenix and
Talent will make a reasonable
middle-sized high school."
This would graduate the
100 pupils as recommended in
the reDort by Dr. Paul Con
ant,, Barber said. The Phoe
nix area will expand even
more in a few years to create
an even better high school,
Barber stated.
Annexation oWrk
"It is Dretty well document
ed" that three days after the
other election in which the
Phoenix-Talent consolidation
proposal was rejected, many
of the people campaigning for
an independent Phoenix
school district were working
for annexation with Medford,
Barber pointed out.
"A great many Phoenix
people have come to me seek
ing another election," Barber
said.,
A petition directed to the
boundary board for transfer
of the area west of Rocky
point from district 6C to the
Rogue River school district
was tabled pending a check
of signatures to determine if
they are of registered voters.
According to law, 'the commit
tee must approve such peti
tions first.
Howard Norwood, speaking
for the Rogue River Boosters,
argued that 95 per cent of the
people of that area want to
join with the Rogue River
district. He said he had not
contacted Norman Gail, Gold
Hill, chairman of district 6C
board, nor Harry White who
had already petitioned to join
Rogue River district.
A sharp, bitter exchange
followed between Norman
Gail and Norwood over how
many couples with school-age
children were represented
and what the actual valuation
of the area is.
Gail said 42 youngsters axe
involved. Millage is the prime
issue involved and not the
youngsters' welfare, Gail said.
Charles Meyer, new district
6C school superintendent,
firmly suggested that "you
leave the kids out. They are
certainly not among the issues
involved."
Bob Gail, Rogue River, re
organization committee mem
ber, pointed out that the com
mittee had been delaying ac
tion on the proposal for two
years and at least 50 per cent
of the meetings had been de
voted to it. This, he said, is "a
reasonable expression from
the people."
Reduced Carload
Freight
Rates on
Lumber Approved
Washington-UPD-The Inter
state Commerce Commission
approved today reduced car
load freiglit rates on lumber
moved by rail in the Pacific
Northwest, subject to a mini
mum weight of 50,000 pounds.
But the commission found
that rate cuts on loads of less
than 50,000 pounds are not
reasonable, and ordered them
cancelled no later than Sept.
28.
Probe Follows Protest
ed the rate reduction after
ed the rat ereduction after
truckers protested. The cuts
average 20 per cent, and ap
ply to lumber hauled from
Oregon and Northern Califor
nia to Arizona and Southern
California.
The railroads asked permis
sion to slash rates so they
could meet highway and
barge competition.1 They also
sought to restore a rate par
ity which existed between
Southern Oregon and North
ern California shippers from
1927 to 1954.
The reductions approved to
day went into effect last Dec.
21. The ICC had held them
up for seven months in order
to investigate but had been
unable to reach a decision
within that , period.
The reductions had been
generally supported by lum
ber dealers in Southern Cali
fornia, and opposed in North
ern California.
The ICC found that while
there had been a substantial
increase in consumption of
lumber and other forest prod
ucts in California and Ari
zona, the railroads have "suf
fered a decline in this traffic."
JOINT MEETING
A joint meeting of the city
council and planning commis
sion will be held Thursday
evening in the council cham
bers. The group will meet
with trailer park owners in
the city to discuss the pro
posed trailer park ordinance.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Variable cloudi
ness and x little cooler throughN
Thursday. . Low tonight SO.
High Thursday 85.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 91
Lowest this Morning 50
Our Skies. .Tonight
Snnset today
6:57 p.m.
Sunset 'tomorrow
Moonrise tonight
5:30 a.m.
.11:30 p.m.
New Moon
Sept, z
Saturn, the planet prominent
in the south after sunset, is
now about equal in brilliance
. w i t h Procyon, - -the eighth
brightest star. It is much
brighter than Antares, the star
seen between it and Jupiter.
Air Force Sergeant Tells of Being
Willed Valuable Alaska Mercury Mine
Merced, Calif.-UPD-An Air
Force sergeant, tail gunner on
a B52 jet bomber, said today
he had inherited a multimil
lion dollar mercury mine in
Alaska and hoped to have it
producing by next spring.
T.Sgt. Thomas L. Howlett,
28, stationed at Castle Air
Force Base near here, dis
closed ownership of the mine
but said he planned to keep
his $480 a month job in the
Air Force despite appraisals
that indicated his mine might
be worth $40 million.
Befriended Widow
Howlett was given the mine
by Mrs. Cora Dinsmore, Liv
ingston, Calif., widow of a
prospector.
Howlett and his wife, the
former Nova Mayberry, 18,
daughter of a Merced county
turkey grower, befriended
Mrs. Dinsmore and listened to
her stories of prospecting trips
James Alger Fee
Dies in Florida
Of Heart Attack
Judge Stricken
During Banquet
Miami Beach, Fla. - (UPD -Judge
James Alger Fee, a
member of the Ninth Circuit
Court of Appeals in San Fran
cisco and a native of Pendle
ton, Ore., died of a heart at
tack Tuesday night while at
tending the annual American
Bar association convention.
Judge Fee, who served on
the federal bench in Portland
for 23 years, was 70 years old.
He was stricken while at
tending an annual judiciary
banquet. A short time before
he became ill he had been
elected chairman of the
ABA's judicial administration
section.
Named by Ike, Hoover
He was appointed in 1954
by President Eisenhower to
the San Francisco position.
The appointment came on
April 6, just 23 years to the
day after he was named by
President Herbert-Hoover to
the Portland federal court
job.
Judge Fee was born in Pen
dleton on Sept. 24, 1888. He
attended Whitman college at
Walla Walla and received his
law degree from Columbia
university. He practiced law
with his father and was Pen
dleton city attorney for two
years.
During the first World War
Judge Fee was in the Army
Air Corps and held the rank
of first lieutenant. Later he
became a- lieutenant-colonel
in the Oregon National Guard.
Elected Circuit Judge
After World War I he re
turned to Pendleton and was
elected circuit judge in 1927,
where he served until 1931
and his federal appointment.
Judge Fee's first wife died
in 1935 and he was married
again in 1944. There were
four children by his first mar
riage, Frances, Margery, Wal
do and Lillian.
Judge James Alger Fee,
who .died in Miami, Fla., T.uesr
day, had been in the Rogue
valley for several days at the
opening of the Shakespearean
Festival and spoke here a cou
ple of weeks ago at a meeting
of the Jackson County Bar
association. He was a frequent
valley visitor, both profes
sionally and for pleasure, and
friends said he was consider
ing making his home here
upon retirement.
Three-Lane Traffic
Set on Main Street
The state highway depart
ment completed restriping
Main st. today for three lane
traffic from Riverside ave. to
Oakdale ave., according to
Vernon Thorpe, city engineer.
The street will now include
three 12-foot width lanes of
traffic including parking
strips on both sidesl Thorpe
said that the former four 9
foot width lanes were too nar
row for driving comfort.
The old stripes on the street
are also being removed by the
department.
Portland Bank Robber
Escapes With $3978
Portland - (UPD - An armed
bandit Tuesday afternoon
robbed the Pittock Branch of
the Portland Trust Co., and
escaped with $3,978 in Ameri
can and Canadian currency.
Police said the gunman
walked off with $3,500 in
American money and $478 in
Canadian currency including
a $100 Canadian bill.
throughout the world. Her fa
vorite was about a mercury
mine in Alaska.
In the spring of 1958, Mrs.
Dinsmore showed the young
couple a metal box containing
a map to the mine. Five weeks
before she died in June, 1958,
she said they were to have
the map and the mine on her
death.
Larger Than Estimate
Last May, Howlett said, he
went to Alaska and restaked
the mine, finding it "even
larger than the original esti
mate" obtained by Mrs. Dins
more's husband, James, before
he died in 1955.
"Mrs. Dinsmore said she
and her husband, v&re reluct
ant to develop the mine be
cause they didn't want to get
involved in setting up a cor
poration " Howlett said.
"She said he had prospect
ed for 40 years and lost sev
54th Year.
MEDF0EDfeiEffii
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Basic Policy
Decision Okayed
By Eisenhower
U.S. To Pay Entire
Bill for Military
Washington-UPD-The United
States has decided to give
Laos emergency help in arm
ing 5,000 more troops and
militiamen to deal with Com
munist, guerrilla attacks, of
ficial sources disclosed today.
Formal announcement of
the decision, expected this
afternoon, is not likely to men
tion the 5,000-man size of the
force increase or the cost of
the emergency aid, officials
said.
To Foot Entire Bill
But they said the U.S. will
foot the entire bill, including
pay and the "cost of uniform
and other equipment. The
present 25,000-man Laotian
army is entirely financed by
U.S. aid.
President Eisenhower ap
proved the basic policy decis
ion Tuesday shortly before he
left for Europe.
Officials said the U.S.
agrees "with Laos that direct
military intervention by U.S.
or Southeast Asia Treaty Or
ganization forces is not neces
sary to deal with the stepped
up Communist guerilla at
tacks. These officials said they
knew no basis for a report
that the U.S. was sounding
out its SEATO allies on their
attitude about sending in an,
expeditionary force if the Lao
tian government loses ground
to the rebels.
Faces Collapse
But the Laotian govern
ment's special representative,
Ngon Sananikone, has warned
that his government faces col
lapse if the Communist-inspired
rebellion is not soon
stamped out. - .
Sananikone, the brother of
the prime minister of Laos,
told State Department offi
cials in a 35-minute conference
late Tuesday that the military
situation in Laos is "grave"
and if allowed to worsen, "it
will become a debacle."
Police Hold Suspect
In Portland Slaying
Portland"- (UPD - David Lee
Heads, 16, was shot to death
on his front porch Tuesday
night and police today arrest
ed a 15-year-old boy they said
admitted the slaying.
Wilbur Denson was arrest
ed by detectives at a garage
in the rear of his home.
Detective William Taylor
said the only reason the youth
could give for the shooting
was that Heads had been
picking on him and making
fun of a Jeg injury suffered
by the suspect in an automo
bile accident. Police still were
questioning Denson.
(See Story on Page 5)
BASEBALL
Washington 2 4 0
Detroit 3 6 1
Kemmerer, Clevenger (8)
and Courtney; Bunning,
Burnside (8), Morgan (9)
and Berberet.
eral fortunes because of mal
feasance in deals with part
ners." The airman said he. has
formed the Polar Region Min
ing & Development Corp., a
family-owned firm, to develop
and operate the . mine. The
company includes his father,
A. B. Howlett, Norfolk, Va.
To Get Geologist's Report
Howlett said he would re
turn to Alaska in two weeks to
obtain a new geologist's report
and hopes to have the mine
producing cinnabar, the chief
ore of mercury, by next spring.
The sergeant, whose enlist
ment is up in 1965, said he
was not saying in what part
of Alaska the mine was locat
ed because "it would be like
cutting my own throat. I have
enough problems as it is with
out getting involved in any
more.
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1959
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"We Just Want to Amend Things a Little"
Wreckage Believed
To be From 1940
Airplane Crash
State Aeronautics Director to have been removed at that
Earl Snyder, Salem reported ! time. The report from Davis
today that he believed the
p I a h e .wreckage " northwest
of Prospect in Douglas county
was from a craft which car
ried Mr. and Mrs. .Richard
Walbert, Medford, to, their
deaths in 1940.
The Douglas county sher
iff's office today sent a party
to the site of the wreckage to
destroy what it could and
mark the site in an attempt
to prevent further concern
about it.
Some Mystery
The wreckage was located
by , Joe Davis, a logger from
the Applegate valley, and An
ton Schuessler, Provolt. Davis
4old authorities he first sight
ed the wreckage two years
ago, and returned to the scene
Sunday with Schuessler.
Snyder said there still was
some mystery about the
wreckage. A hunter first
sighted what was believed to
be the Walbert plane about 10
years ago. However, Snyder
said the bodies were supposed
Assessed Value of
Property Decreases
Salem -(UPD-Assessed value
of all taxable property in Ore
gon reached $2,656,857,253 as
of Jan. 1, 1959, Chairman
Dean Ellis of the Tax Com
mission announced today.
The 1959 total was nearly
one-third less than last year's
figure of $3,882,258,633, due
primarily to the" action of the
Multnomah county assessor in
reducing the ratio at which
properties were placed on the
assessment roll by approxi
mately 50 per cent.
While assessed value de
creased, the true cash or mar
ket value of properties on as
sessment rolls increased from
$7,224,400,430 in 1958 to $8
477,637,820 this year, Ellis
added.
Counties making large
gains in assessed value in
clude Baker, Crook, Curry,
Klamath and Wasco. Counties
with less assessed value this
year are Clatsop, Coos, Gil
liam, Jefferson, Lincoln, Mal
heur, Multnomah, Polk, Sher
man and Tillamook.
Mrs. Lonch Pleads
Innocent to Charge
Mrs. Esther Elizabeth
Lonch, 31, Medford, pleaded
innocent to a charge of second
degree murder in circuit court
this morning before - Judge
James M. Main.
Mrs. Lonch, who is charged
with the slaying of William B.
Simmons, 62, retired railroad
switchman, Aug. 2, was ar
raigned Monday in circuit
court.
"t T ATT
ana ocnuessier indicated
boneswjere
scene. .;
Snyder said no other planes
still missing in . this area
matched . the ' Walbert plane
either in color or number. The
Walberts were' on a flight
from Medford to Portland
when they vanished.
Officials in . the aviation
safety district office of the
Federal Aviation Agency in
Medford said the wreckage
was first reported by the
Army Air Corps. The wreck
age apparently has been well
preserved in the high, dry
country, officials said.
Second Attempt
At Housing Bill
Washington-(DPD-The House
rules committee approved the
$1,050,000,000 "second try"
housing bill today. Debate on
the House floor was expected
to begin Thursday.
By voice vote the commit
tee agreed to allow the House
to consider the Senate-approved
measure under a procedure
making it open to amendment.
Republicans are certain to
push for changes designed to
meet administration objec
tions. Rep. Leo E. Allen (R-Ill.)
said the President ought to
veto the bill if it is passed in
its present form.
Chairman Brent Spence (D-1
Ky.) of the House banking
committee, which approved
tha Kill 10.1 Tnoafav tnlrl the
rules committee the new bill
answered many of the com
plaints President Eisenhower
voiced when he vetoed a
$1,375,000,000 bill July 7.
Labor Legislation
Compromise Drawn
Washington -0IPD- House ne
gotiators on labor reform leg
islation drafted a new com
promise today to narrow the
gap of disagreement on four
hotly disputed points.
They planned to offer the
proposal as a substitute for a
similar compromise proposed
by: four Senate Democrats
Tuesday.
As the 14-member joint con
ference committee Went back
into formal session, Rep. Rob
ert P. Griffin (R-Mich.) told
newsmen 'we're getting real
close" to a final agreement.
Griffin was co-sponsor of the
tough House version.
.Some of the conferees said
there was a possibility all the
issues could be settled before
nightfall. But Sen. John F.
Kennedy, chairman of the
conference committee and co
sponsor of the Senate bill, ex
pressed doubt on that score.
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Anti-Pollution
Ordinance Sought
By Councilman
Medford City Councilman 1 a complete solution can be
Robert Van Sickle today
called for quick city action
toward passage of an anti-air
pollution ordinance.
In a letter to City Manager
Robert Duff Van Sickle asked
for the matter to be brought
up at the first council meet
ing in October.
Van Sickle said the "City
Attorney should be requested
to formulate an ordinance
aimed at abating the burning
of refuse by residents of the
city. And the problems of
burning by industry should
also be regulated. The ordi
nance," he continued, : "can
form a basis on which the
county court can enact and
extend supplemental legisla
tion." Could Assist
The councilman noted that
the proposed measure "prob
ably will be of little value so
far as we are concerned with
areas which constitute the
fringe of Medford, but it un
doubtedly would be true that
the proposed ordinance could
assist in curing the complaint
of abuses by various commer
cial spraying operations. ' '
"In this latter regard the
city would simply, be cooper
ating with a number of or
ganizations, probably the most
prominent of which is the
Izaak Walton league," he
said.
Van Sickle said that from
his understanding "it appears
that there has been delay,
probably avoidable, in for
warding sample readings to
interested state authorities -readings
of air ' samplings
which we're taken from stra
tegic points in the city."
The readings were taken in
a city-state air pollution
study, is now in progress.
Reviews Results
Van Sickle said that after
reviewing the results of a
meeting last Friday and in ap
praising limited progress 1 re
ports from involved indus
tries, he got the impression
"that unassisted voluntary ef
fort will prove pointless in
abating the subject problem.
As a result of numerous dis
cussions it appears clear that
our air pollution, problem is
one that arises from abuse by
minority groups in all cate
gories. The councilman took note
"of the splendid effort made
by Mr. (Dunbar) Carpenter
who represents a cooparative
portion of the fruit industry,
and the management of Med
ford corporation, who admit
tedly are leaders in the lum-
K uwup
I does form a basis on which
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Negotiations Due
Washington (UPD - Diplo
matic officials said today the
Big Four would announce in
about 10 days agreement on
a new round of East-West dis
armament negotiations.
They said the announce
ment is expected to follow
President Eisenhower's visit
to Western Europe and pre
cede the arrival here Sept. 15
of Soviet Premier Nikita
Khrushchev.
Russia and the Western Big
Three - - the United States,
Britain, and France - are re
ported to have agreed on cre
ating a'new disarmament com
mission of eight to 10 nations
to try to work out global arms
cuts. The nations would be
divided equally between East
and West.
INJURED
Jack Goodman, 413 Arcadia
st., received head injuries in
a one-car accident at 11:40
a. m.today at Sixth and Main
sts., according to city police.
He refused medical treatment,
it was reported.
Salem - (UPD -Robert F. Rit
tenhouse, 44, Newberg, has
been named first director of
the new Oregon Marine Board.
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No. 130
founded."
"We recognize that city au
thorities are limited by defi
nite real boundaries in an ef
fort to take, the lead in pol
lution abatement, but the fact
remains that there is an op
portunity for leadership and
it is the writer's belief that
the opportunity should be
fully explored."
Van Sickle said that be
cause of the possibility that
state recommendations may
be delayed, he felt the city
should take steps. He said "we
are pleased to cooperate with
Mr. William Doernbach who
has been appointed as chair
man of the municipal section"
of the recently formed Citi
zens Air Pollution Abatement
league. The league was or
ganized at a meeting Friday.
Seventh Sellout
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Audience Attends
'Twelfth Night'
Ashland-The Oregon Shake
, spearean Festival reaoid
breaking 1959 season set a
new mark! last night when
J, 221. persons attended the
eighth staging of "Twelfth
Night" and "The Maske of the
New World."
The crowd, including more
than 100 standees, formed the
seventh sellout audience for
the popular combined bill,
and was the largest of the sea
son. v'
. On Monday night, when an
audience of nearly 1,000
watched "Antony and Cleo
patra," the total attendance
passed the 1957 season figure
of 24,393. With the Tuesday
tally, the Festival pushed its
1959 total to 25,984 - a figure
that is 4,683 ahead of last
year at this time, and is within
3,179 of the 1958 total of
29,163.
New Record Seen
With 11 performances re
maining, a new record appears
imminent. - -
Standing room tickets will
be sold for the Saturday
"Twelfth Night" performance
starting at 8:15 p.m., and some
seats remain for its final stag
ing on Sept. 2. Standing room
tickets are $1.20. Regular
tickets are $2.40 and $1.80.
Excellent seats remain for
all other performances in $he
final three rounds, now under
way, officials said.
Even though new attend
ance records are . being set
daily, the all-time high for sin
gle audience totals is yet to
be reached. For a Saturday
performance of "The Mer
chant of Venice" last year,
1,245 assembled at the theater.
Highway Traffic in Area
Increases, Report Notes
Highway trafic at four lo
cations in Jackson county
showed an increase over the
volume recorded last year
during July, the state high
way department has reported.
At a permanent automatic
trafic recorder five miles east
of Ashland on Highway 66,
trafic volume was up .9 per
cent last month from July,
1958. During the past seven
months the traffic volume in
creased 4.8 per cent.
Last month, the average
daily traffic was 1,190 vehicles
compared to 1,179 in July,
1958.
' The greatest increase in the
county was on Highway 99
two miles south of Talent
where the average daily traf
fic last month was 9,522, a
7.7 increase over the 8,845
recorded in July, 1958. In the
past 10 months traffic volume
Cheering Throng
Greets President
On Peace Mission
Adenauer; Cabinet .;;
On Hand at Airport '
Bonn, Germany -(UPD- Presi
dent Eisenhower arrived in
this capital city of West Ger
many on a mission of peace
today and received a wildly
enthusiastic welcome from the
nation he once conquered in
war.
Long before the President's
707 jet arliner landed at near
by Wahn Airport after his
flight from Washington, tens
of thousands of Germany
jammed the airfield and the
streets and roads leading from
it into Bonn.
Adenauer Present
West German Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer and the en
tire Cabinet met the Presi
dent. He received a 21-gun sa
lute, reviewed a 315-man
West German army-navy-air
force honor guard and ex
changed words of encourage
ment with Adenauer before
driving off in a triumphal
cavalcade.
The crowd applauded Eisen
hower even more loudly than
they did Adenauer.
Pledget American Help
The aging Adenauer told
the President it was a "great
and heartfelt pleasure" to wel
come him to West Germany.
"In this unusually difficult
time you are the flag bearer
of freedom in the whole
world," he said. "I believe
youf exchange of talks with
world leaders will secure
peace in the world."
Eisenhower, In reply, again."
pledged American support to"
West Germany and West Ber-"
lin in their struggle to remain
bulwarks of the Free World'
despite the threats of the So
viet Union and Communist
East Germany.
"In my country, the name
Adenauer has come to sym
bolize the determination of
the German people to remain
strong and free. . ;
. "In the , implementation of
that determination, the Ameiv
ican people stand by your side
and send through me their '
very best wishes for - your
successful efforts." " -
An estimated 50,000 Ger
mans lined the 19-mile route
from Wahn to Bonn and its
nearby diplomatic suburb of
Bad Godesberg where the
President was spending the
night at the U. S. Embassy
residence.
Conferences Scheduled
The President and Secre
tary of State Christian A. Her
ter will spend about seven
hours in conferences Thurs
day with Adenauer, Foreign
Minister Heinrjch von Brent
ano and other West German
officials.
Thursday evening Eisen-
a five-day visit, during which
he will make a 'quick trip to
Scotland to call on Queen
Elizabeth II, hold down to
earth diplomatic talks with
Prime Minister Harold Mac
millan and receive Spanish
Foreign Minister Fernando
Maria Castiella. .
Sept. 2 he hops over to
Paris to meet with French
President Charles de Gaulle
in what may be the toughest
part, of his mission designed
to weld together a solid west
ern front before his meeting
with Soviet Premier Nikita
Khrushchev Sept. 15.
Radio Highlights
An hour-long presentation
of Antony and Cleopatra,
by a full cast of Ashland '
Shakespearean Festival
players, will be heard over
radio station KMED (1440
kc) starting at 7 o'clock to
night. on Highway 99 increased 7.4
per cent, the department said.
Traffic on Highway 62 four
miles south of Shady Cove in
creased from 2,431 last year
to 2,550 last month, a rise of
4.9 per cent. In the past seven
months the volume increased
10.1 per cent.
On Highway 238 a mile
west of Ruch,' traffic volume
increased 4.9 per cent from
693 last year to 727 in July
this year, the department
noted. In the past seven
months the increase was 9.6
per cent.
The department said Cen
tennial celebrations and ac
tivities throughout the state
contributed substantially to
the increase in traffic in the
state.
Statewide, highway traffic
increased 5.6 per cent last
month over the traffic re
corded in July, 1958. -