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Oregon Week End
Highway Crashes
Take Seven Lives
Banfield Freeway
Scene of Fatality
By United Press International
Oregon's week end highway
death toll swelled to seven
with the death of a Portland
man Sunday on the Banfield
expressway.
Wymond Henderson, 45,
Portland, was killed when his
car s iiashed into two over
pass abutments near the
Troutdale airport.
Ray Roy Hudson, 50, Days
Creek; was killed in a two
car collision about three and
one-half miles east of Canyon-
ville on highway 230 Satur
day-
Ward ' Williamson Robson,
48, Vida, was killed about
5:30 a .m. today when his mo
torcycle was struck by a log
ging truck on Highway 126
about one mile east of Vida.
State police said a logging
truck driven by Sylvin Peter
son,- Springfield, started to
pass Robson's motorcycle at
the same time that Robson
began a left turn into pri
vate driveway.
Brakes of Car Slip
A Klamath Falls insurance
adjuster, Fred Grom, J59, was
Injured fatally in an accident
in the Hart mountain area
east of Klamath Falls Satur
day. He was crushed when
the brakes of his car slipped
as he was beneath the vehicle.
Lee Edward Boatman, 17,
Culver, was killed Saturday
when a freight train struck a
car in which he .was riding
south of Culver. i
Early morning Saturday
crashes claimed two lives.
Geri R. West, 20, Vancou
ver, Wash., was killed when
his car phinged off a fill on
Union ave., north of the Port
land city limits.
Maurice Robert Hawk, 19,
Salem, died when his car ca
reened into a ditch north of
.Salem.
Hatfield Invites
Oregon Delegation
Salem -0JPD- Gov. Mark Hat
field said today he had in
vited Oregon's congressional
delegation to confer with iim
in his office -during adjourn
ment visits home.
, Last year, immediately
after his election, Hatfield at
tempted to arrange a similar
session, but Sen. Wayne Morse
did not attend.
"I am looking forward to
these sessions with our sena
tors and congressionalrepre
sentatives," Hatfield said. "I
will be glad to arrange for any
briefings they care to have on
state government, the legisla
tive sessions or matters com
ing before any agency," he
added.
"If There Are 50 States
Keep Saying He's
Herblock it atcay
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1959
WHITE HOUSE MEETING-President Eisenhower meets with
Prime Minister Rashid Karame of Lebanon at the White
House today. Karame, who is in this country to lead the Leba
nese delegations to the U:N. General Assembly, said the con
versation ranged over the entire international situation.
-(UPI Telephoto)
Wednesday Meeting
To Consider Date
For Consolidation
Phoenix, and Talent school
district boards and adminis
trators are to meet Wednesday
evening to . consider whether
the recently-voted consolida
tion of the two districts
should become effective at
once or next July 1.
The Jackson county, school
district boundary board, meet
ing this morning to canvass
the votes, postponed its de
cision on the effective date
Lecture, Tea
Attended by 100
- -'.,- -' ' T I .
Jacksonville - Nearly 100
persons attended the lecture
and benefit tea here Sunday
sponsored ' Dy the" Siskiyou
Pioneer Sites foundation.
Professor Marion Dean Ross
of the school of architecture
and allied .arts, University of
Oregon, spoke prior to the
tea on the history of archi
tecture. Illustrating his . talk
with slides, Professor Ross
also spoke on architecture in
Jacksonville and comparable
communities. v '
He mentioned requirements
that should be checked prior
to deciding what buildings
should , be ; preserved. Points
included good architecture,
typical of the period and the
type of building.
The tea was held at the
McCully house, 204 California
st., from 3 to 5 p.m. Pouring
were Miss Claire Hanley and
Mrs. John ' F: Keavney. In
charge of the guest book were
Mrs. Martha Gregory and
Mrs. Charles' Eden, botbMed
ford. They wore clothing of
the 19th century . loaned for
the occasion by Mrs. John
Soliss, Medford.
Proceeds from the tea will
be added, to the U.S. Hotel
restoration fund. ' .
Why Does Everybody
From Missouri?"
Cooyrlght, 5. Th Pufltwr Publishing Cfc, .
st Lauis Patf-DfeMMh
dum to illness
pendinga recommendation
from the district boards after
Wednesday's meeting.
The boundary board has 10
days after last Wednesday's
election in which to make its
decision. A meeting has been
set for 10:30 ajn. Friday to
consider whatever recommen
dation the district boards
agree upon. ' i
The canvass revealed no
discrepancies in last week's
unofficial' results. So these
figures become official: Phoe
nix: for consolidation, 436;
opposed, 323; Talent: for con
solidation, 186; opposed, 57.
Whatever the recommenda
tion and boundary5 board de
cision with respect to the
effective date of consolidation,
no change in the respective
school districts' operations is
contemplated in the current
school year.
Effective Dale
The date consolidation be
comes effective, the Phoenix
board representing the larg
er district would take over
the combined districts on a
temporary basis. i
Countywidej reorganization
plan must be submitted to
state authorities by Oct. 7. If
Phoenix - Talent consolidation
becomes effective first, the
plan would so indicate.
In this event, elections for
a new; combined-district board
would probably take place
sometime this winter at the
same tune mat elections in
other redefined districts in
the county are held.
Should consolidation be
postponed to next July 1, the
reorganization plan submitted
to the state would show Phoe
nix and Talent as separate
districts, officials today indi
cated. This, the officials ex
plained, would cause compli
cations in the timing of elec
tions for the combined-district
board.
H the postponement is de
cided upon, the boards would
remain responsible to their
respective districts until
July 1. .
Consolidation -
Another question to be de
cided is the membership of
the consolidated Phoenix-Tal
ent district. If the new district
were zoned, between five and
nine zones could be establish
ed ." with one school board
member to be elected from
each.- If it were not zoned,
seven board members at large
would be elected.
At present, each district has
a five-member board.
The boundary board's mem
bers hichicle County Judge
r,ari iviiuer, v-ouniy commis
sioners Chester Wendt' and
Ralph James, and County
School Superintendent Alf B.
Mekvold, as secretary.
Eisenhower Returns
From Gettysburg
Washington -4UPD- President
Eisenhower, refreshed after a
four-day rest at his Gettys
burg, Pa., farm, returned to
his White House desk today
to prepare for new cold war
talks with Soviet Premier
Nikita S. Khrushchev.
Eisenhower and Khru
schev will hold their crucial
face - to - face conference next
week end at the President's
secluded Camp David, Md.,
retreat, 60 miles north of
Washington.
IBoDnDein Manned To
SovM Maiirs Post
Washington -; (UPD -The
State Department announced
today that Charles E. Bbhleri,
an expert on Russia and pres
ently ambassador to the-Philippines,
has been named spec
ial assistant to the secretary
of state in the field of Soviet
affairs.
Bohlen had been rumored
for the new post for some
time. .'
Department spokesman Lin
coln White said no definite
date has been set for Bohlen's
return to Washington from
Gtmar Suggested
As Weinberger Foe
Albany, Ore. (UPD "- State
Sen. Monroe Sweetland (D
Milwaukie) has suggested that
State Republican Chairman
Peter . Gunnar oppose Sen.
Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.)
for the Senat next year.
Sweetland told a meeting of
Young Democrats Saturday
night:
: "... Gunner has been try
ing without success to find a
Republican to oppose Senator
Neuberger next year. He has
vainly tried to whip up a case
against Neuberger, so only one
solution remains: Let Mr. Gun
Laborers lapira
East off Chiloquin
Klamath Falls-(UPD-A ranch
hand, Mike Joseph, 52, Lone
Pine, Ore., was charged with
murder in connection with the
death of two transient labor
ers on a ranch 10 miles east
of Chiloquin Sunday.
Dead are Okey Eugene
Richards, 34, Wilsonbiirg, W.
Va., and Harry Deman, 56,
Watertpwn, S. D.
Joseph was arrested Sunday
night after he told sheriff's
officers he shot the two men
with a .30-.30 rifle, according
to the Klamath county sher
iff's office.
The county office was call
ed by Lou Jones, Chiloquin
police chief, after an Indian
told him there were two
bodies lying in front of a
cabin at the Lang ranch.
The sheriff's office said the
men had apparently been
drinking together and got into
an argument.
Neuberger Plans
To Seek Reelection
Portland - (UPD - Sen. Rich
ard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) said
today he probably will run
for reelection next' year and
hoped the Republicans would
oppose him with an "intelli
gent candidate" who can "de
bate the issues on a high
level." .
On a week end suggestion
by State Sen. Monroe Sweet
land (D-Milwaukie) that State
Republican Chairman Peter
Gunnar himself oppose him,
Neuberger commented that he
would welcome Gunnar but
would prefer a candidate
"with some respect for intel
ligence, of the electorate."
He said he felt Gunnar had
been trying to "capitalize on
a know-nothing sentiment" in
criticizing him for his free
lance -writing.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair toeight and
Tuesday except for early morn
ing fog in valley. Low. tonight
40. High Tuesday 80.
TEMPERATURE
Highest Yesterday 65
Lowest This Morning 43
PRECIPITATION
To 10 ajn. Today
.01
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today . 6:12 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 5:58 a.m.
Moonrise tonight ' 8:55 p.m.
Last Quarter : Sept. 24
PROMINENT STAR
Altair, high in south 7:56 I .m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Jupiter, in the south
west at sunset, sets 8:15 p.m.
Saturn, low in south
west 9:27 p.m.
Venus; low in east 4:31 a-xn.
No. 151
Manila, but he is expected to
take up his new task before
the end of October.. ' .
It had been speculated that
Bohlen, former ambassador to
Moscow, would be brought
back to Washington in time
to accompany President Eisen
hower to Russia later this
fall, probably in November:
- White declined to comment
on this aspect of the move but
emphasized that Bohlen plans
to get here before the end of
October.
nar, now that he has passed
his 30th, birthday, as is re
quired, make the filing him
self." . - . , '
Sweetland also told the
Young Democrats they should
not underestimate the strength
of Vice President Richard
Nixon in 1960.
. ' He said "the Republican
plan for 1960 is to put over
by retread, plastic surgery and
camouflage an image very dif
ferent from the old Nixon
whom the American public
long ago decided they did not
want ever to be president."
- Deputy Sheriff Del , Sum
mers said that Joseph indi
cated he would plead self de
fense.-- ;' ': " : r T '
Summers, said both Rich
ards and Deman were em
ployees of Tulana Farms. De
man gave La Puente, Calif., as
an emergency address.
Pefrulii On Way
Back as Citizen
M o s c o w - (UPD - Nicholas
Petrulli, 38, a sheet metal
worker from , Valley Stream,
N.Y., who first renounced his
American citizenship to be
come a Soviet citizen and then
changed his . mind, left for
home today a wiser man who
wants only a. chance to start
over again.
All I want to do is go
home, see my brother, Dom-
inick, and I guess get a job
somewhere and start over,"
Petrulli said at the airport.
Petrulli received his visa
to leave the Soviet Union by
special courier only 75 min
utes before his plane was due
to depart.
He was scheduled to arrive
in New York Tuesday morn
ing. '
Petrulli would have been a
stateless person if Washing
ton had accepted his renunci
ation of American citizenship.
He received word late last
week that Washington had set
aside the renunciation he
mailed in Sept. 3 and would
accept him back as an Ameri
can citizen.
Labor Charges
Khrushchev Tough
San Francisco - (UPD - The
American 1 a b p r movement
charged today in a formal
resolution that Soviet Premier
Nikita Khrushchev is follow
ing tougher policies than Josef
Stalin.
The resolution was adopted
at the national convention of
the AFL-CIO while Khrush
chev was sightseeing in San
Francisco, r
"Khrushchev, has been more
truculent and demanding in
his aggression . than Stalin,"
the resolution said.
"The p r e s e n t Kremlin
course towards the problem of
German reunification and Ber
lin is" far tougher than the
harshest- proposals put for
ward under Stalin."
;:i:l;Killlllf
TOURS BAY-Soviet Premier Nikita Khru- Khrushchev told reporters "Of all the cities
shchev (light suit) is pictured on the bridge I have seen in the United States, San Fran-
of Coast Guard Cutter Gresham during a cisco is the most beautiful."
sightseeing tour in San Francisco bay today. -(UPI Telephoto)
Youths Arrested
For Burglaries
In Medford Area
An alert off-duty policeman
who stopped to help three
youths with their stalled pick
up truck led to the apprehen
sion of the trio and the clear
ing up of six burglaries, three
car thefts and two or three
larcenies in the Medford area,
city police said today.
Two of the youths, 13 and
15 years old, are being held
in the Jackson county juve
nile detention home and a 14-year-old
boy. is being held in
the Jackson county jail, fol
lowing interrogation by Med
ford police. The 14-year-old
boy was committed to the
Jackson county jail due to
lack of room in the detention
home, police said.
. The off-duty officer was on
his way home, when he ob
served - the stalled pickup
truck on Buckshot Hill rd. As
he approached to help the
youths they- jumped out ' and
ran. -Three Medford patrol
cars responded to the officer's
call and -the trio was caught
later.
The truck was found to be
stolen from Austin King
Trucking, 1200 Crater Lake
ave. The youths confessed to
police that they had taken a
Jeep station wagon for a "joy
ride" from the company's
parking lot a week ago.
The youths also admitted
to breaking into Patterson's
bakery, 1242 North Central
ave., about 7 p.m. Sunday and
into the Schmidt Distributing
company, 1213 Court st., at
9 p.m. Sunday. No report was
available immediately on
what was taken at the bakery.
Beer and -wine were taken at
the distributing company, po
lice said. .
Other cases cleared includ
ed an attempted burglary on
Sept. 7 at Cummings of Med
ford, 909 East McAndrews rd.;
theft of several boxes of corn-
bread mix and men's hose
from Consolidated Freight-
way's trucks at the company
parking lot, 703 Central ave.;
$10 worth of pastries from
Beck's Bakery trucks at the
plant on 1414 North Riverside
ave., Sept. 2; attempted bur
glary of the Seventh Day Ad-
ventist church, Aug. 28; theft
of four cases of Pepsi-Cola
syrup from the Rogue Drive
In theater, Crater Lake high
way and Biddle rd.,"Aug. 24;
and the theft of the Malcolm
and Madeline Stine car Thurs
day. The car was run into a
ditch at the intersection of
Lone Pine and Brookdale rds.
Tuesday. Hearing Set
On Reorganization
The Jackson county school
reorganization committee will
hold a public hearing Tues
day, Sept. 22, at 8 p.m. in the
conference room on the first
floor of the courthouse annex,
on a petition to the boundary
board to transfer land from
District 6C to the Rogue River
school district, it was an
nounced.. 1
Businessmen in the area
from about Rock Point bridge
to Fiddler's Green along both
sides of the Rogue river re
cently submitted a petition to
the reorganization committee
to be included in the Rogue
River district. Residents in the
area had petitioned the board
to remain in District 6C.
The hearing is being held so
patrons of the districts may
express their views concern
ing the proposaL
Sen. Morse Sees
Russian Premier
i. , - ....
Worried About Wa
Washington - (UPD - Sen.
Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) said to
day he thought Soviet Pre
mier Nikita Khrushchev came
to the United States "because
he is worried about war."
Morse said he also felt
Khrushchev might not be the
"absolute dictator" which the
free world pictures him as.
The Oregon Democrat made
the statements in a copy
righted interview appearing
in U.S. News & World Report.
He met Khrushchev when
the Soviet leader held a clos
ed meeting with the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
last week. Morse is a member
of the group.
. The senator said he believ
ed Khrushchev was "greatly
concerned about war," and
knew "that a nuclear war be
tween the United States and
Russia will mean -r for decades
and decades to come the end
of both countries."
Said 'Realistic'
"He's realistic about . that
and we must be realistic about
that too," Morse said.
"My feeling is he wants to
work out some - basis for
peace," the saiator said, "and
I think we ought to try to
negotiate on an honorable
basis."
Morse said it should be
done through the United Na
tions "because these problems
can't be solved by agreements
between the United States and
Russia."
. The senator said he listened
to Khrushchev for an hour
and a half and studied him
carefully. He said the Russian
leader stressed "peace, peace,
peace, peace," throughout his
whole talk. "
At the same time, 1 Morse
noted that the way in which
Khrushchev fielded , "hot po
tato" questions showed he was
an "adept" debator and "very
tough and very difficult."
"But I also don't think that
we serve the interests of our
Forests Safer After
Week End Rain:
Lookouts on eight of the 11
stations of the state depait
ment of forestry in Jackson
county came down over the
week end for a few days off
their posts and the southwest
district office said that weath
er conditions will determine
when they go back on duty.
The office said that the
spotty rainfall over the week
end "probably made the for
ests safe for a few days.".
Intermittent, squalls . show
ered the Medford vicinity
with varied amounts of pre
cipitation. Only .06 of an inch
of rain was measured on
Saturday and Sunday at the
Medford station of the U. S.
weather bureau. However,
other areas of the vicinity ob
viously had heavier amounts
of rain.
Regional
Edition
country by taking the position
that we shouldn't try to nego
tiate with him," Morse said.
"And negotiating with him
doesn't mean the Chamberlain
'umbrella' approach. It does
n't mean ... appeasement
.
Mors is Dubious '
But Morse was dubious
about the actual power that
Khrushchev wields in Russia.
He said he got the feeling be
cause of the manner in which
some of his aides acted during
the meeting on Capitol HilL
"On several occasions when
a question was put to him,
one of his ..official party
sometimes even before
Khrushchev said , a word
would stand up and proceed
to discuss and answer . the
question - not even asking
Khrushchev for permission,'
Morse said. - --
"I don't need to tell you,'
the senator said, "that such
a thing would not have hap
pened if the president of the
United States had been sit
ting there being questioned.
No cabinet officer would have
done that."
Phoenix School
Has 792 Students
Phoenix Current enroll
ment in the Phoenix school
district shows an overall, in
crease of 4.7 per cent, accord
ing to Ernest James, Phoenix
school district superintendent.
This is a climb from 757
during the last school year to
792 this year, James said.
About 25 to 30 high school
students are still working in
the fruit and are expected to
return this week.
The grade school showed a
6.3 per cent increaes in- at
tendance, or a rise from 581
to 617, and the high school
remained about the same, 176
pupils attending the 'first day
last year and 175 this year.
Largest attendance in the
grade school classes was 94
in the second grade. The high
school 10th grade had the
largest attendance, 49. Small
est attendance recorded for
the grade school was 57 for
the fifth grade. Smallest at
tendance in the high school
was 39 for the freshman year,
during the first day.
Other grade school grades
and their attendance were:
first grade 86, third grade, 83,
fourth grade, 80, sixth grade
81, seventh grade 63 and
eighth grade 73. . :
High school attendance in
other grades was 42 for 11th
grade and 45 for 12th grade.
Russia Requests Debate
On Disarmament Plan
United Nations, N.Y.-TOPD-
Russia today asked the Gen
eral Assembly for a full de
bate on Premier Nikita Khru
shchev's outline for "general
and complete disarmament."
Khrushchev, in the maior
speech of his U.S. tour, Fri
day proposed to the Assembly
that all, the world's armies,
navies and air forces be abol
ished within four years, leav
ing forces only to maintain
internal security.
Concentrating
On Submarines
Soviet Leader
Meets Bridges
San Farncisco (UPD Pre
mier Nikita Khrushchev.took
sightseeing trip around San -
Francisco Bay in a Coast
Guard cutter today and told
its skipper in a friendly con
versation that the Russian
navy is concentrating on sub
marines. The Communist leader em
barked on a whirlwind dav of
rubbernecking." insnection nf
an electronic brain at an IBM
plant and a visit to head
quarters of the International
Longshoremen and Ware
housemen's Union.
Meets Bridges
At the ILWU hall, a me
morial to workers killed in .
the San Francisco 1934 gen-
eral strike, Khrushche-'- met
Harry Bridges whom the,
United States long sought to '
deport as a Communist."
The Soviet leader looked
over the sparkling city early .
this morning .from Nob Hill
and pronounced it the most '
beautiful of any he had seen '
and the place where he had 1
got the warmest welcome.
His day started off with '
the boat lour and on the deck
of the cutter Gresham Khru
shchev got into a good-natur- ':
ed talk with Cmdr. B. P.
Clark about navies.
Six of Navy Secret
We are now concentrating :
on reconstructing our navy,"
Khrushchev told Clark. "We .
are largely growing to con
centrate on submarines.
, Asked about operations
Soviet submarines are now
engaged in, Khrushchev said:
"We are now catching heri
ring without submarines.
Then he threw back his head
and laughed heartily.
. At another point, Khru-'
shchev noted without com
ment the U. S. aircraft carrier
"Ranger" getting up steam.
Clark pointed out the Alca
traz island prison and the UJS.
Army port of embarkation.
After the boat trip. Khru--shchev
went to the LWU halL
Cancels Visit to Grocery
He had upset security offi
cials by changing his schedule .
this morning. He had been
scheduled to go to a super
market but instead he insisted
on the visit to the longshore
men's hall.
Bridges and other union of
ficials greeted him outside the
hall and Mrs. Bridges gave
him a bouquet of pink roses.
With Eisenhower s repre
sentative, U.N. Ambassador
Henry Cabot Lodge, beside
him, Khrushchev went to a
platform where a microphone
had been installed and made
a few remarks. Longshoremen
pressed in to shake his hand.
I will take back the greet
ings of American workers to
the Soviet Union and I extend
the greeting of the Soviet
Union to the workers of
America.
'Work and Good Wages'
What is the main wish you
want me to take back? Peace
is not enough. I want there to
be enough work and good
wages."
There was applause several
times and when Khrushchev
asked "May I call you com
rades," there was applause
again.
The friendliness of the San
Francisco reception, after the
angry encounter with Mayor
Norris Poulson in Los Ange
les, was gratifying to Khru- '
shchev's State Department es
corts. "The White House had
issued a statement today that
the. Premier's forthcoming
talks with President Eisen
hower would not be helped by
personal discourtesy" on his
coast to coast tour.
Soviet Foreign Minister An
drei Gromyko, as chief of
Russia's delegation to the As
sembly, asked that the item
"general and complete dis
armament" be included in the
agenda as "an important and
urgent matter."
The Assembly's 21-nation
Steering committee, which
must recommend any item in
cluded in the agenda, did not
immediately schedule a meet
ing to take up the Russian
request.
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