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7 UUU o m - f umvi.. i lThii Hi. i i f i ill I DUNCAN AT DINNER Oregon Speaker of the House ' Robert Duncan of Medf ord, center, is shown with California Assembly men Dick Hanna, left, of Fullerton, and Frank Belotti, Eureka, at a' massive testi Funds for Work on Highway 199 Are Expected California State Sen. Ran dolph Collier of Yreka said last night that substantial funds are expected next fiscal year to start construction on the realignment of Highway 199 in the Oregon mountain area. Senator Collier, who has held his post for 21 years, was honored at a banquet in Crescent City by the Cali fornia Press Photographers association and the Del Norte County Chamber of Com merce in cooperation with other Northern California and southern Oregon chambers Senator Collier said funds were alloted this year to de velop the building program, which will include a tunnel under Oregon mountain. About seven miles of the winding highway ; over the mountain will be relocated. Describes Highway His remarks followed intro duction, of California Gov.. Edmund G. (Pat) Brown, and a short description of the pro posed "Winnemucca to the Sea" highway by Josephine 4-H Members Are State Winners Two Jackson county 4-H members both girls h a v e been named winners in state awards judging, according to County 4-H Extension . Agent Glenn Klein. Nyla Murray, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Murray, 3734 Crater Lake ave., won a trip to Chicago to compete in sectional and national judg ing at the national 4-H con gress next month. She was named a state winner in the clothing project. - Patsy Charley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Clinton Char ley, recently moved to route 1, box 195, Eagle Point, was named state winner in girls' citizenship and received .' a certificate of honor. Her rec ord will be entered in the competition in Chicago, and should she place high enough she will win a trip to the Na tional congress. Top awards at Chicago are college scholarships. Status Next Year County Judge Ramond A. Lathrop, Grants Pass.- ' Judge Lathrop said the "proposed route to join Cres cent City, Grants Pass, Med ford, Klamath Falls and Lake view to Winnemucca, Nev., is one of the most important highways coming from the east" He noted that distance from Salt Xake City and points east will be cut 157 miles, a saving of some three hours driving time from the present highway routes. Judge Lathrop reviewed the proposed route from Win nemucca, where it will leave Highway 40, a main east-west national route, extend to Lake- view, Klamath Falls, Medford, Grants Pass and Crescent City.' He mentioned the pos sible new route between Kla math Falls and Medford via Lake of the Woods and Little Butte creek, work on which has been progressing the past few-years: .'---. Route Not Finished He ; noted that some 36 miles of the proposed route in Lake county is not finish ed, "but to anyone with any imagination whatsoever, this is an easily surmountable ob stacle." Judge Lathrop said Lake county has . already ; spent $300,000 and another $300,000 is earmarked for the high way. In Nevada, he said, all but nine miles of 140 from Winnemucca will be paved when the present contract is completed. He said that "Oregon seems at the moment to be dragging its feet by not taking into its system and improving the section in Lake county which is not improved." He said he believed when the California side-of Highway 199 is im proved, Oregon "will attempt to match the standards of this road with improvements." Nine people from Jackson county attended the banquet. They were County Judge and Mrs. Earl M. Miller, County Engineer Paul : R y n n i n g, Speaker of the House Robert B. Duncan, Chamber Manager Don McNeP, Chamber -Vice President Jerry Latham, Walt er Garner, Robert Dickey and Ellis Chantier... Symbol CmrrMM, ', Tim Pviihar Publnatas Ca. St Lit FMt-DiaMltk monial dinner at Crescent City last night. Honored guest Randolph Collier of Yreka announced that the Oregon Mountain tun nel project on Highway 199 will definitely start next year. (UPI Telephoto) Ashland Boy Dies OfGunsholWound Inflicted by Chum Richard Wayne Maif eld, 10-year-old Ashland boy, was in the custody of Jackson county juvenile authorities to day following the gunshot death yesterday afternoon of his chum, Vernon Conley. District Attorney Thomas J. Reeder said he was con vinced the killing was acci dental and would file no charges against the Maif eld boy. . Sheriff's deputies reported young Maifeld was holding his grandfather's 30-06 rifle in his hands when the weapon discharged and the bullet struck the Conley boy in the chest. 'Criminal Carelessness' - Reeder called it- "another example of almost, criminal carelessness in leaving dan gerous firearms within the access of children." Young Conley. the son of Mf. and MrsrDori Conley, '480 1 Rock st., Ashland, reportedly died almost instantly. The Maifeld bov lives at 628 North Main st., Ashland, with his mother, Clema Elzina Maifeld, three older brothers and his grandfather, Rodney James Garrett, who operates Barney s Wrecking Yard at that address. Mrs. Maifeld is divorced from her husband, whose whereabouts is unknown, re ports indicate. Return From Classes The two boys had returned to Maif eld's home from class es at George A. Briscoe Ele mentary school shortly before the shooting, deputies report ed. The boys were fifth grade classmates. They were looking at one of four firearms in Garrett's bedroom, according to the re port, when the rifle held by the Maifeld boy discharged. Deputies concluded from talk ing "with the boy and with Garrett that the bullet had been in the weapon's maga zine, where the boy had not seen it. -Young Maifeld had opened and closed the bolt while, inspecting, the gun and thus had cocked it and sent the bullet into the chamber. Th shooting occurred about 4:30 p.m., according to the re port. - ' - Th-P Maifeld boy telephoned for medical assistance, the re port continued, and then in formed his grandfather, who voon working in a nearby machine shop. Mrs. Maifeld was working at Bear ureeK Orchards at the time. ripnnties reoorted finding the Conley - boy's body , out doors beside a chiclcen nouse and noticing that part of the blood in the bedroom had been cleaned up. - Gives Several Versions Thp Maifeld boy gave sever al versions of the incident at first, deputies said. County juvenile autnonues described him as a "very bright boy" who among other things nlaved end on a school football team. The boy showed considerable remorse last night at the county juvenile detention home, according to Mrs. Kay Crowell, juvenile of ficer. Mrs Crowell said voung Maifeld would be kept at the detention home pending a court hearing. 1 District Attorney Reeder in dicated he felt strongly about adult responsibility in such in cidents, especially in view of thp recent double-murder and suicide involving a , 12-year- oia toy in Meaiora. Regional Edition Medford 16 Pages Porter Ms Probe of General's Use of Plane To Remove Injured Son Eugene -flJPD- Rep. Charles O. Porter said Monday an Air Force major general had au thorized use of a four-engine plane to pick up the general's injured son at Coos Bay, Ore., for a flight to Denver for treatment. Asks Investigation Porter said he has asked Air Force Secretary James H. Douglas to investigate. Porter said the flight was ordered last month by Maj. Gen. Eugene P. Mussett, com manding officer of Lowry Air Force base at Denver. The son, Eugene Mussett Jr., suf fered a back injury while at tending a preparatory school at Langlois, Ore., south of Coos Bay. Neuberger To Seek IKIaf field's Support By United Press International Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) said today he was willing to accept "any fair and reasonable" changes in his bill for an Oregon Dunes National Seashor : park. To Meet Hatfield In a talk prepared for a Kiwanis Club luncheon in Portland he said he would try to learn from Gov. Mark Hat field in Salem Thursday "what revisions are necessary iri theblir to 'gain the' gover nor's support." Neuberger said he feared Hatfield's opposition might result in defeat of the bill in Congress because many other states were seeking funds Jobless Number Falls To 3,230,000 During September Washington - (UPD - Unem ployment dropped by 196,000 in September to 3,230,000, the government reported today. At the same time the number of people working fell by 894,000 as more than a mil lion youngsters went back to school. Declines About Normal In their latest assessment of the employment picture, Labor Department statistic- Kelly's Letter Is Received in Salem Salem-UPD - Circuit Judge Edward C. Kelly's letter to the state board of control has been received, according to William Ryan, the board's sec retary. . ' Ryan today said, however, that the letter would not re ceive the board's official at tention for another week. He said board members had not yet seen the letter and that it had not come up for dis cussion at today's board meet ing. It will appear on the agenda of next Tuesday's meeting, Ryan said. Judge Kelly's letter was in response from the board crit icizing juvenile court action here in which a 16-year-old Ashland youth was sent to the MacLaren School for Boys in Woodburn. One of the Jackson jurist's remarks was that the board was violating the constitutional separation of executive and judicial pow ers by seeking "to umpire de cisions of the courts." No Changs Reported In Twins' Condition Portland -(UPD- Jeanett and Denett Stubblefield of Parma, Idaho, three-month-old . girls born Siamese twins and sep arated by surgery here one week ago. had no change in their conditions Monday night at the University of Oregon Medical School hospital. MEDFORD, OREGON, Porter said in a letter to Douglas that "Of course I sympathized with the general and I understood his anxiety concerning his son's serious condition. However, it seems to me, as it did to several con stituents in Coos county, that the general could have pro vided for his son's welfare without sending a four-engine VIP government-owned and operated aircraft, complete with a five-man crew, two doctors and a nurse." Care Available Closer Porter said adequate care was available in both Port land and Eugene, Ore. The congressman said he hed received a letter last available for national sea shores. Neuberger said he agreed with the Eugene Register Guard that "the time has come for Gov. Hatfield to disclose to us what he is for." Debate Proposed He said he would make "reasonable changes" in his bill but would not consent to revisions "which would en danger basic .national park standards." Meanwhile, acting state 'Democratic" Chairman Beulah Hand suggested that Hatfield and Neuberger debate public ly the dunes park issue. She said such a debate would be of "profound interest to the people of the entire state . . ians reported that the nation's total 'work force in September was 66,347,000. Both declines were about normal for the month, the Labor Department said. But a further dip in un employment expected for Oc tober may be wiped out by a swelling tide of workers laid off because of the steel strike. Seymour Wolfbein, the de partment's labor force expert, said as many as 50,000 more employees m steel-using in dustries may be laid off this week and as many may be idled next week. Wolfbein pointed out that layoffs as a result of the steel strike are rising more rapidly than last month. About 225, 000 persons were idled in the first week of October because of the walkout as against 160,000 in mid-September. The expected surge of lay offs in steel-using industries probably will hold the unem ployment total measurably above the three million mark in October, Wolfbein said. Salem Alderman Gives Up Position Salem-tUPD-Salem Alderman Edward S. Ritter resigned Monday night. Ritter said he plans to move from the city to a farm out side of West Salem. This would make him ineligible to hold a council seat. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair through Wednesday. Low tonight 40, high Wednesday 80. Temp. Highest Yesterday 75 Lowest this Morning 38 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:34 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:22 a.m. Moonset tomorrow .... 4:21 ajn. Full Moon (Hunter's Moon) Friday PROMINENT STAR Capeila, low in north east 8:47 p.m. The fifth brightest star and 45 light years from the earth, Capeila is above the horizon more than 18 hours out of 24 in this latitude.'- TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, week from Gen. Mussei, in which the general said part of his responsibility as comman der is to weigh all available' factors in a given situation, to make decisions and to take the necessary action to imple ment the decisions. Similar Actions Taken - "I have made similar deci sions and taken similar ac tions in the past for both ci vilian and military personnel . . ." the letter said. The injury was caused when the son's back was struck against the corner of a dresser cabinet, resulting in paralysis from the waist down, according to the gen eral's letter. McDonald Asks Steel Heads To Settle Dispute Washington -(UPD- Steelwork- ers President David J. McDon ald today challenged leaders of the steel industry to sit down with him and negotiate a settlement of the three- month-old steel strike. "I personally would like to sit down with these chief exe cutive officers, the men ' who have the responsibility . and talk out the issues," Mc Donald said; He- complained of being unable to reach any top industry officials. Statements j Board McDonald made his state ments to President Eisenhow er's fact-finding board which is racing the calendar in an at tempt to either settle the dis pute or issue a report to the President by midnight Friday. Before McDonald testified, the chairman of the fact-finding board sharply criticized both sides for failing to reach a common ground. He said the whole process of peaceful ne gotiation is endangered by the strike. , United Crusade At Half-Way Mark The United Medford Crus ade has reached the half-way mark in its 1959 campaign, ac cording to reports by all divis ions at tne Monday noon re port luncheon. During the first month of soliciting, a total of $61,175.74 was pledged. Goal for the cam paign is $138,782. Special awards this week were presented to Mrs. Dor othy Snedden, public employ ees division; and William Sie-. bert and Dr. Robert Wilcox, both of the professional divis ion. (UPI Telephoto) ON HIS WAY - Charles Van Doren, who won $129,000 on the TV quiz show "21", was reported en route to New York today, presumably to appear before a congressional committee which had sub poenaed him to testify in its investigation of rigged quiz shows. Object of a widespread search since subpoena was is sued, Van Doren's wife denied paper had been served or that he knew of its existence. ' , ' IRIBUNE 195? 54th Year Ike Proposes Funds Saved in Disarming Go To Help Nations Abilene. Kan. -(UPD Presi dent Eisenhower proposed to day that financial savings from disarmament plan ul timately agreed upon by East and West should be channeled quickly into a vast interna tional program for helping iess-developed ' nations. ine cniei executive rein forced his idea of aid-over arms as the best way to peace in a speech prepared for Sears Officials Visit Medford Store Fowler B. McConnell, Chi cago, chairman of the board of directors of Sears, Roe buck and company, arrived in Medford this morning to in spect the new Sears store here. Accompanying M c Connell were a number of west coast officials of the company. They included A. T. Cushman, vice president in charge of the Pacific coast; Don Craib, as sistant to Cushman; R. G. Curry, controller for the Pa cific coast; C. E. Brabyn, per sonnel manager for the Pa cific coast; Robert Hobart, merchandise manager for the Pacific coast, all Los Angeles, and W. P. Sullivan, Seattle, Pacific Northwest zone man ager. The board chairman re mained in Medford for ap proximately four hours, leav ing by Sears plane for Port land. Parks Commission To Meet Tomorrow Main item to be discussed at the Medford park and recrea tion commission meetmg to morrow night in city hall will be the DroDosed vacation of 13th st. between Plum and Hamilton sts. to extend Union park. The Medford planning com mission last Wednesday refer red the proposal back to the park and recreation commis sion for further consideration. No report has been received from Stevens and Thompson, Corvallis consulting engin eers, on revision of plans for the new swimming pool at the Jackson st. park, according to Robert L. Haworth, city parks and recreation director. A special meeting probably will be called when the revis ed plans are received, Ha worth said. Lowest combined bid received Sept. 22 was $101,582 and the engineers' es timate was $90,000. All bids were rejected as being too high. The parks and recreation commission may also discuss difficulties in obtaining handi craft leaders for the proposed fall, winter and spring indoor recreation program. Price 10 Cents No. 170 View Deluxe This man appeared shortly before the Juno-II rocket car rying a satellite blasted off at Cape Canaveral, Fla., today. The silhouetted figure shows at the base of the missile's tail flame and at the left of the telephone pole. The man looks dangerously close to the 60 ton bird due to effect of the 100mm telephoto lens. He is really at a safe distance. ' (UPI Telephoto) ground-oreaKing ceremonies of the Eisenhower Presiden tial Library here in the Kan sas town where he spent most of his boyhood. World Improvement "No other ' aspiration," the President said, "dominates my own. being as much as this: That the nations of East and West will find dependable, self guaranteeing methods to reduce the vast and essential ly wasteful expenditures for armaments, so that much of the saving may be used in comprehensive and effective effort for world improve ment." The library, to be erected on a site across the street from the Eisenhower home and mu seum, eventually will house most of the written records of Eisenhower's miliatry and presidential service , plus many of the papers of the late Secretary of State John Fos ter Dulles. Says War Unthinkable Studying events of the past half century for possible clues to the future, the President said the time for "blissful self sufficiency" had passed so that "nations now have no logical alternative to replac ing coercion with honest ne gotiation and cooperation " Following his oft-favored theme that the big nations of the world have grown so awe somely powerful that war is unthinkable, the President's speech was free of specific criticism of Russia and her cold war tactics. Instead, Ei senhower stressed the need for "understanding and wis dom" between nations. Non-Farm Employed In Oregon 521,000 Salem -UPB- The State Em ployment department said to day that wage and salary workers in Oregon's non-farm industries numbered 521,000 last month - topping August's record of 519,300. The previous high, 518,300, came in September 1956, a boom year economically. Salem - (UPD - Local cartage rates will be extended to Sa lem fringe areas, the Public Uitlity Commission ruled to day. UN General Delays Vote United Nations, N.Y. - (UPD - The General Assembly today called off until next Monday its marathon voting for a Security Council seat with Poland and Turkey deadlock ed after 25 ballots. " Neither Soviet - backed Po land nor U.S.-backed Turkey approached the two - thirds majority required for elec tion. A minor trend was develop WS ft ' Experimental Devices Loaded Aboard Moonlet Radiation Balance To Be in Studies Cape Canaveral, Fla. - (UPD A 60-ton Juno II blasted a "kitchen sink" satellite inlft the sky today and authorities said the multi-experiment moonlet apparently went into orbit. In Washington, at 9:22 a.m. (p.s.t), an official of the Na tional Aeronautics and Space Administration said: "It's in orbit." It completed one entire cir cuit of the earth before the announcement came that th launching had been suc cessful. All Stages Fixed All four stages of the rock et, combining several U. S. space age weapons, fired on schedule, jubilant missile men said. The vehicle, protecting its delicate 91.5 pound satellite with an aerodynamic shroud at the top of its 75-foot length, rose gracefully from its pad in a cradle of ilame at 7:31 a.m. (p.s.t). It climbed along a steep path under the power of its 150,000-pound thrust booster. The satellite was dubbed kitchen sink" because it i loaded with "everything but the kitchen sink" in the way of a number of experimenttl devices. The rocket headed to th northeast, seeking an orbit that would fluctuate 50 de grees north and south of th equator or over all of t United States except .lasja. Elliptical Orbit , If all went well, the satel lite would go into an ellipt j cal obit of 330 miles perigrt or point closest to 'the earth, and 710 miles at apogees tfc. farthest point. ' The launch was a repeat of a satellite try of July 16 tht failed.' In that attempt, the Juno II was deliberately blown up just after launJi: when it leaned off course. The highly sophisticates moonlet is designed to stud radiation balance Iymn-i alpha, X-rays, cosmic rayg, micrometeorites, exposed pl lar cells and space temperf. tures. The satellite carn two transmitters one potf-1 ered by chemical batteriet and operating on 20 meg- 0 cycles. The latter will tran-. mit data on six of the seven experiments. o : To Cut Transmitter : e An automatic timing devic aboard would cut off the solar transmitter one year from to-;, day, thus releasing the radio frequency for other purposes." t The chemical batteries for the second, transmitter will ex-. pire long before then. Possibly one of the most im portant experiments to be, carried out by the sateSite could lead to a more certain way ot determining wnai. causes the earth s weather. Missile Shot Made At Paddlewheel Cape Canaveral, Fla.-IUPD- An air-launched ballistic mis sile was fired from a B47 bomber to "the vicinity of America's orbiting paddle-; wheel satellite early today. The Air Force said the bomber launched the ALBM. from a point over the Atlanti Missile Range "to demonstrate the feasibility of firing ballis tic missiles from aircraft." However, authorities em phasized, there was no at tempt made to intercept or knock down the satellite, nor did the missile go into orbit.' Instead, it passed near the path of the paddlewheel in an ' effort "to check the accuracy . of the guidance system at exit angles aproaching the ver tical." At that time, the moon let was near its low passage point of about 160 miles in the sky. Assembly for Seat ing for Yugoslavia as a com promise candidate for the seat' which Russia contends was permanently allocated to East ern Europe under a 1946 "gen-. tlemen's agreement." The U.S. ; contends that agreement was for one year only. After today's 25th ballot, British delegate Harold Bee ley proposed that voting be ; suspended until next Monday. -The Assembly agreed. o Q ! o e 6 e o r O o I 6 CO 0 L Q L O b o i Q
