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COLUMBUS PARADE A contingent of church while rows and rows of people view
flag-carrying schoolgirls marches past St. the parade on the near sidewalk. A statue
Patrick's Cathederal on New York's Fifth of Atlas holding the world Columbus proved
ave. today in the annual "Columbus Day round is in the right foreground,
parade. Dignitaries line the steps of the ...... (UPI Telephoto)
City Officials on
League Program
. A number of Medford city
officials are on the program
of the annual convention of
League of Oregon Cities Jo be
held Oct. 18E-21 wJPortlaneL ..
- Speaking Monday morning
will be Paul Selby; chairman
' ef the city planning commis
sion, who will talk on the im
provement requirements in
subdivision regulations..,-..-.
Tuesday discussion leaders
and speakers from Medford
include Fred E. Robinson, city
councilman; Mayor John W
Snider, chairman ', of N th'.e
League- committee on city
highway relationships; : O. R.
McNeel, director of building
safety,." who will speak on an
in-service training program,
and Chief of Police Charles P
Champlin.
' Robert L. Haworth, Med
ford park and recreation di
rector, plans to attend the an
nual meeting of the Oregon
Parks and Recreation associa
tion to be held at the same
time in Portland.
Duties of , the new state
parks and recreation director
will be explained and new
officers .elected for the "ear,
Haworth said.
Elkins Conviction
Will Be Reviewed
, Washington -UPD- The Su
preme court agreed today to
review ; the wiretapping con
viction of James Butler Elk
ins, and his employe Raymond
C. Clark, both of Portland,
ore. ;
The court will set dates for
arguments in the case and
hand down a written opinion
later. ....
Physician Killed, Foe
Wounded in Gun Scrape
. Radford, Va. -(WD - A phy
sician was fatally shot and a
prosperous oil dealer was
seriously wounded Sunday,
night when they shot it out on
a dark county road before
the oil man's estranged wife
and daughter.
Wounded in Abdomen
; Dr. William Flanagan, 31,
Christiansburg, Va., died at
a Radford hospital from a .22
caliber pistol bullet that en
tered his mouth and lodged
in his spine. His adversary,
Christiansburg C o u ncilman
and oilman E. Garland Hig
gins, 35, was in fair condition
todav at a Christiansburg hos-p-tal
wUh a .38 caliber bullet
wound in the abdomen.
The duel followed an auto
chase in which Higgins cut
Judge Sends Sharp
Answer to Board's
Criticism of Case
; Circuit . Judge Edward C
Kelly . has written a letter
sharply r criticizing the state
board of control for, its actions
with respect to the case of a
16-year-old Ashland youth it
MacLaren School for Boys.
f ine Doarav; considering a
request fro m v MacLaren's
superintendent that the youth
be returned to juvenile ' au
thorities here as "incor
rigible," !had questioned the
courts here and in Clackamas
county for ' committing the
youth to MacLaren.
... The board, according to the
minutes of its Sept. 29 meet
ing, considered this "obvious
ly a case which should never
have been committed to Mac
Laren in the first place in
view of the long history of
delinquency. . ,
Umpire Decision
"It is respectfully suggest
ed," Judge Ke'ly replied in
his letter mailed Friday, "that
if the board is going to umpire
decisions of the courts in these
matters, the least that should
be done in the interest of ac
curacy is to conduct a reliable
investigation of the case upon
the ground from direct wit
nesses, instead of resorting to
hearsay and opinion compiled
250 miles away."
Judge Kelly pointed out
that the conclusion of - "the
long history of delinquency"
had been reached by the
board on the basis of a "hear
say report from MacLaren"
instead, of investigation here
in Jackson county.
off a car carrying Flanagan
and Higgins estranged wife
and' 5-year-old daughter.
Commonwealth's Attorney
Julius Goodman said a mur
der warrant would be issu d
against Higgins.
Goodman said the two
swerved his car in front of
the Flanagan auto.
The attractive woman and
little girl sat helplessly ' as
the two men leaped from
their cars and opened fire.
Called for Help
Both toppled to the ground
but Flanagan managed to
stagger 50 feet to a general
store where he called for help.
Goodman said Higgins sep
arated from his wife a year
ago and that she had filed for
divorce. The couple has three
children.
."He. questioned whether the
"written for an actual reply
or merely to back" up the
widely publicized remarks of
members of the board of con
trol'at the meeting in ques
tion.' V '!'- .".' '
Board Members ' i '
The board includes Gov
Mark Hatfield, Secretary of
State Howell Appling, . and
State Treasurer Sig Unander,
Circuit Judge P. K. Ham
mond of Clackamas county,
also questioned by the board
for - returning the , youth to
MacLaren after he has escap
ed and run a road block Sept.
13, replied Oct. 1 stating he
thought he had done the right
nhmg in remanding him.
Judge Kelly said in his let
ter that he was referring the
board s communication to Cir
cuit Judge James H. Main
here, since Judge Main was
the one who actually had
committed the youth to Mac-
LarenJudge Kelly criticized
the board's secretary, William
C. Ryan, for directing the
letter to him in the first place.
He criticized the board also
for violating the constitution
al separation of executive and
judicial powers and called it
"equally astounding" that
MacLaren was considered not
equipped to handle "alleged
incorrigible youths."'
'Reluctance' Cited ' -J
The-board, according to its
minutes, was - "reluctant" to
return the boy to juvenile
court here "unless there
was some .assurance that steps
would be taken by the courts
to bring himjo trial."
Judge Kelly accused the
board of seeking "to abridge
tv-"s basic constitutional pro
vision" of separate powers.
"For the board's informa
tion," he added, "the responsi
bility for prosecution of crim
inal offenses rests with' the
district attorney. It is the re
sponsibility of the court to
see that a person accused of
crime receives a fair and im
partial trial. This obviously
cannot be done if the court
is required to give 'assurance'
that a person will be brought
to trial for possible sentence."
Salem (WD A disturbance
at the new Oregon Correction
al Institution six miles south
of here was ermed a "minor
noise making demonstration"
early today by Col. William
Ryan, secretary of the Sta e
Board of Control. He said he
had "no idea of the cause"
of the trouble.
Summit Meeting
Without Delay
Macmillan's Goal
Late November or
Early December Seen
London -(WD- Prime Minis
ter Harold Macmilian, brim
ming with new energy after
his election triumph, told his
Cabinet today that his next
goal is an East-West summit
meeting without delay.
Government sources said he
was shooting for one in late
November or early December
' the first, in fact, of the
"continuous chain of sum
mits" he wants.
Macmilian returned to Lon
don after a week end rest at
his Sussex country home
from the strain of electioneer
ing and the battle at the polls
which his Conservative party
won handily.
Plans Outlined
He met with his Cabinet at
No.: 10 Downing st. for the
first time since the results
came in.
-A summit meeting in the
next few weeks. -
-A minor revamping of his
government.
With last Thursday s elec
tion out of the way, govern
ment sources said Macmilian
planned to concentrate much
of his effort on an all-out
drive for the summit.
May Confer With Ike
They said he may fly to
Washington soon to confer
with President Eisenhower on
the results of the President's
meetings with Soviet Premier
Nikita Khrushchev.
British press reports from
Washington said French Pres
ident Charles de Gaulle also
might be invited to Washing
ton for a pre-summit confab -
perhaps while Macmilian is
there. These dispatches said,
however, that it is not certain
that the domestic situation in
France and the Algerian war
would permit de Gaulle to go
to Washington. j ,
Diplomatic -sources said
Macmilian favors a short Big
Four foreign ministers' con
ference to prepare for the
summit and -then an. actual
summit get-together, hi Ge
neva within toe next two
months. " ' v ' : .' :. -
$2,000 Taken From
Shady Cove Market
An estimated $2,000 in cash
and checks was stolen early
Sunday morning, from the
safe ' of Shady Cove . market
in Shady Cove, Jackson coun
ty sheriff's deputies reported.
Deputies, investigating the
case today, said the safe was
located in the office in the
back of the store. The safe
had beer pried open, accord
ing to the report.
Meanwhile, deputies press
ed their investigation of the
burglaries last Thursday night
at the Butte Falls tavern and
Butte Falls general store.
San Francisco -(WD- A new
high of wage and salary em
ployment for the third con
secutive month in Pacific
Coast states - 6,065,000 - was
totaled in mid - August, the
U. S. Department of Labor's
Bureau of Labor Statistics has
reported.
Pruning
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MEDFOIOMBaTRIBUME
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IMIeuberger Cites Motes To Show
Thanks Expressed for (Hearinci
Senator Refers
To John Hayes'
Week End Remark
Eugene Hearing on
Dunes Bill Argued
Portland (WD - Sen. Richard
L. Neuberger. (D-Ore.) cited a
court reporter's notes today to
show that an -opponent of his
Oregon Dunes National Park
bill admitted at last week's
hearings in Eugene that Neu
berger treated him in a "very
fair manner." ;
' Neuberger was referring to
John M. Hayes, chairman of
the Western Lane Taxpayers
Association, who said during
the week end that the sen
ator's subcommittee hearings
at Reedsport and Eugene were
"reminiscent of the Spanish
Inquisition." ,
Hayes conceded in his week
end statement that Neuberger
was "rather fair" to him and
his organization, but added
that "I think it was to be ex
pected, as we represent a con
siderable number, of voters on
the coast." ' -
Hayes criticize Neuberger
tor nig treatment of Dan Al
ien, chairman ot tne gover
nor's natural resources com
mittee, causing the senator to
remark today, "doesn't Mr.
Hayes think the governor
represents any voters?"
"I treated Dan Allen the
same way I treated ' Mr.
Hayes," Neuberger said.
He quoted from stenotype
hotes-iakim at the hearings to
show that Hayes rose at the
end of the -Eugene hearings
and said: f '" .- -
"I wish to thank you and
the- committee for the very
fair manner "in which you
treated the Western Lane Tax
payers Association and your
willingness to allow . us the
full hour to make our presen
tation." " -
Neuberger said Hayes
thanked him two other times
during the hearing for allow
ing "uninterrupted time" ' to
present his case. "
"The people of Oregon can
decide whether they ever
want to rely upon the testi
mony of a man who rises vol
untarily at an official U.S.
Senate hearing and thanks the
chairman for treating him and
his associates in a 'very fair
manner' and then talks dark
ly, after the hearings are con
cluded about conduct 'remin
iscent of the Spanish Inquisi
tion,'" the senator said.
Neuberger added that Hayes
apparently ; "wants to have
his cake and eat it too" in ad
mitting he received fair treat
ment, but that other witness
es did not. ,
Season
tt. Lsott
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY,
GOVERNOR IN COLLISION Gov. and accident Sunday afternoon in Portland. The
Mrs. Mark Hatfield of Oregon were shaken Governor's , car was struck from behind
up but not seriously hurt in an automobile while stopped for a red light. (UPI Telephotql
Firemen Summoned
When Baby-Sitter
Gets Locked Out
Firemen were summoned
to unlock a door at a resi
dence at 2111 Lyman ave.
about 2 p.m. yesterday so
that a baby sitter could re
enter the house.
A child had shut the door.
locking the sitter out, fire
men were told. Firemen en
tered the house through a
window, - f i .
': In another, d e p a r i are
from, the routine, ' firemen
were called to the William
Frederick home. 506 North
Barneburg rd., on Saturday
evening to remove a cat
from - a . fireplace ' chimney.
-The cat. had fallen' down
through the flue and was on
a ledge above the damper.
Firemen used a pike pole to
push the cat off the ledge.
Complaints on
Hunters' Conduct
More complaints have been
made on hunters' conduct in
Jackson county this year than
at any previous season, state
police said today.
Twenty- five complaints
were received at state police
headquarters Saturday and
Sunday, an officer reported
This doesn't include those
complaints officers may have
received while on patrol, he
emphasized.
Complaints include tres
passing, shooting at houses,
spotlighting and shooting
from the road.
Cited by state police over
the week end for hunting dur
ing the closed season were
Ray A. Richard, 38, of 764
Oak st., Ashland: " Clarence
Fales, 658 Valley View rd
Ashland; an Ashland 16-year-
old boy, and Fred Neumann,
20, of 777 East Main st., Ash
land. ;
Merle Adam Dogget, 33, of
Areata, Calif., was arrested
during the week end for dis
guising sex and species of
ducks and geese; and Rube
Clay Kinney, 22, of 620 Sun
rise ave., was arrested for
shooting from the highway.
Walla Walla (WD - Inaugura
tion ceremonies installing Dr.
Louis B. Perry as head of
Whitman college will be held
Sunday, Oct. 18.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair through Tues
day. - Low tonight 38-40. High
Friday 75.
TEMP.
Highest yesterday 75
Lowest this morning 43
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 5:36 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 6:21 a.m.
Moonset tomorrow .... 3:20 a.m.
Full Moon (Hunter's Moon)
Oct. 16
PROMINENT STAR
Altair. high in south 6:33 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Jupiter, sets 7:04 p.m.
Saturn, low in south
west ..... : 8:11 p.m.
Venus, low in east 3:46 a.m.
OCTOBER 12, 1959
Haffields Resting
C o m f o rta bly After
Auto Collision
Salem (WD - Gov. and Mrs
Mark Hatfield were reported
resting comfortably at their
home today, but still under
the care of their personal
physician as a precautionary
measure after being : shaken
up when a car bumped into
their car while it was waiting
for a traffic light in Portland
Sunday afternoon.
En Route To Salem .'"
-Gov. and Mrs. Hatfield were
en route to Salem after see
ing part of Vice President
Richard M.. Nixon's party to
their plane at the Portland
International . Airport.' Their
car, driven by Cpl. William
Newell of the state police, had
stopped for a red light. The
governor's official black Cad
illac .limousine was struck
from the rear by another ve
hicle. The force of the collision
knocked the limousine about j
12 feet and smashed ; in ' the
rear end. The governor's car
collided with but did not dam
age a tnird car stopped in
front of it. Neither the driver
Two-Story Building
Damaged by Wind
A two story U. S. forest
service warehouse-bunkhouse
at the Lake of - the - Woods
ranger station was damaged
early Friday morning during
wind storm, forest service
officials reported today.
Two trees, 20 and 30 inches
in diameter, sheared off the
entire end of the building, it
was reported. The building,
unoccupied at the time, con
tained fire tools and equip
ment on the first story with
the dormitory space on the
second floor.
Although no other damage
was reported to government
property in the immediate
area, wind damage may be
discovered later to homes
near the lake.
Forest service engineers are
currently at the scene apprais
ing the warehouse damage so
repairs may be made prior to
snow fall, local officials said.
At the ranger station at the
time of the incident were Dis
trict 'Assistant and Mrs. Paul
Brady.
Polaris Missile Falls
Short of Planned Goal
Washington (WD .- A long-
range Polaris test missile fired
today from Cape Canaveral
fell short of its planned 900
mile . flight the Navy an
nounced here.
The Navy said that the
flight of the advanced design
missile "was terminated early
for reasons not yet known." '
Price 10 Cents
54th Year i No. 169.
of the third car, C. D. Ainslie
of Portland, nor his wife -was
hurt. ' 1 : ' ;
Booked on Drunk Charge
Police, identified the driver
of the car that struck the
governor's ; vehicle ' as Glenn
Arthur: Loveng, 40, . Portland
longshoreman, who was book
ed on a charge of being drunk
on the-street. Police said he
refused a blood test and "was
released under $100 baiL' His
wife; Vivian Loveng, 38, was
admitted to Bess Kaiser hospi
tal for treatment of face lace
rations.' Her condition was re
ported good.
Cpl. Newell was treated for
minor injuries.
Loveng's municipal court
trial was scheduled for 2 p.m,
Thursday. " :.' .
Rifle Bullet Hits
House Across Street
Nobody was hurt, but a
number of people were prob
ably startled when a rampag
ing, rifle bullet finally stop
ped against a light switch; in
a neighbor's house Saturday
afternoon, Medford. police
said. '' . . t : '. r
Harry Eugene Whitlock,
1624 Lenora st;, was running
shells through a .32 caliber
special lever-action deer rifle
at his home after getting it
back from a gunsmith. Appar
ently it accidentally fired,
police, said. . '
A shell went through Whit
lock's bed, out through a wall
of. his house, shattered a
neighbor's window across the
street and hit a light switch
inside the house. Although a
number of children were
playing nearby, miraculously,
nobody was hurt.
Doctors More Optimistic
About Recovery of Twin
Portland -(WD- I ttle Jean
nett Stubblefield, said to be
"gravely ill ?-A sinking fast"
Saturday night, was reported
sli0htly im ove'" today and
taking strength-g'ing formu
la regularly every t o hours.
Another heartening sign in
the condition of the infant
was that doctors have chang
ed the mixture of air in her
oxygen tent from full oxygen
to . 30 per cent oxygen and
have added a vaporizer-spray
unit in an effort to curtail
mucous secretions in the tiny
girl's lungs.
Ounce of "ormula
Jeanette was taking one
ounce of formula every two
hours, according to a hospital
spokesman. 1
Doctors today were more
optimistic about the infant's
Walkout May
Resume After
Order Exp
ires
Fact-Finders Seek
Strike Solution
Washington (WD- The strik
ing United Steelworkers' un-
n said today its members
would return to work under g
a Taft-Hartley injunction. But
it hinted that the walkout
would resume after any such Q
court order expires. '
David J. McDonald, union
president, made the veiled
threat of a renewed stoppage
in a statement submitted t
the opening of hearings by a
presidential fact - finding
board. The panel is attempt
ing to settle the 90-day-eld
strike by voluntary agree
ment while paving the way at
the same time for a strike
stopping injunction if its
peace effort fails.
Single Issue
President Eisenhower open
ed the way for the govern
ment to obtain an 80-day no-
strike injunction by creating
the board of inquiry last Friday.
"The single issue in this n
strike is whether the com
panies will break the union,"
McDonald said. Industry of
ficials were expected to testi
fy later. ' .
"There may be a truce en
forced by law but there will
be no permanent peace," he
added, hinting at a renewal
of the stoppage once a court-
ordered cooling - off period
ended.
He accused the industry of
demanding "uncondi t i o n a 1
surrender" during negotia
tions for a new contract.
Firms Testify Tuesday
The steel companies will
give their side of. the case to
the board Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Assistant Sen
ate Democratic Leader Mike
Mansfield said Eisenhower
should "start 'knocking heads
together" before Friday by
calling the first string union
and management teams to the
White House and using every
means at his command to get
a negotiated settlement with
out imposing the Taft-Hartley
Act.
John A. Perl, 85,
Dies in Portland
John A. Perl. 85. pioneer
funeral director in southern
Oregon, died this morning in
Portland. He had been in fail
ing health for two years.
Mr. Perl, who made his
home on Coleman Creek rd.,
was active in many civic and
fraternal organizations and
was a member of First Pres
byterian church. He founded
the Perl Funeral home here
more than 50 years ago.
His wife, Jeaii, died in
January, 1954.
Survivors include one son,
Frank Perl, Medford; three
grand children, William F.
Perl Jr., San Francisco; Mrs.
Robert Zundel, San Leandro,
Calif.; and Jack Six, Medford;
and five great grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements will
be announced by Perl Funeral
home.
Klamath, Calif., Man
Dies as Jeep Upsets
McCloud, Calif. -(WD- Jack
Crite, 51, Klamath, Calif., was
killed about 3 a.m. today
when his Jeep fell from a
frost covered bridge on Pon
dosa rd. 28 miles east of Mc
Cloud and overturned on top
of him.
recovery. They said it has
now been more than five days
since she was separated from
her sister Denett in a five
hour operatic and Jeanett
has rallied several times from
extremely critical condition.
Doctors said she appeared
to follow a pattern each day,
with her condition worsening
each night and then improv
ing the following' morning.
Mother Holds Denett ,
Denett today continued her
steady slow improvement. De
nett, although still in an oxv
gen tent," has bee takirig
three to four ounces of formu
la regularly, attendants said.
The girls' mother, Mrs.
James Stubblefield, of Parma,
Idaho, was allowed to hold
Denett Sunday, the hospital
Spokesman said.
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