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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
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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
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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.
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