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i i I .1 1 '1 4 .1 4 - H (Efessiai Reqional Edition ? Medford 18 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1959 No. 175 Memorial Service Today Honored Medford Lawyer Resolutions Also . f Given For 2 Judges A memorial service for the late Porter J. Neff, Medford lawyer and public servant who died June 8, was held in circuit court here this morn ing at the opening of the new court term. Resolutions commemorating two late federal jurists, the Hon. James Alger Fee and the Hon. Claude McCulloch, were also introduced at the service Over 30 members of the Jackson County Bar associa tion were present this morn ing, and several participated in the ceremonies. ' Walter Nunley gave the in vocation. After the resolutions for Judges Fee and McCulloch wee introduced . by Otto Frohnmayer, several lawyers spoke of Neff s life, their ex periences with him and the heritage of high legal stand ards which he left. These included Charles Reames, William Briggs, George ' Roberts and Frank Farrell. Circuit Judges James M Main, Edward C. Kelly and Orval J. Millard and retired Circuit Judge Herbert K. Han- na were on the bench, during the service. Each spoke briefly of Neff. Sam B. Harbison introduced the speakers., Among those seated in the court room were two sisters of Neff, Mrs. Blanche Canode and Mrs. Gertrude Warnock, a close friend of the family, Mrs. Edith Stevens, and Rob ert Kinney, Neff s caretaker. A service for Judges Fee and McCulloch was held Oct 6 & the opening of federal dis trict court here. Judge Fee, a member of the federal ninth circuit court of appeals in San Francisco who sat on the federal bench in Oregon for 23 years, died Aug. 25. Judge McCulloch, retired U.S. district judge in Oregon, died Sept. 30. ; Fire Burns Tractor; Building Damaged A tractor was burned in one fire and two rooms at Farmers Packing company were con siderably damaged in another yesterday, firemen reported. ' The tractor, being used by C. H. Buffington in an attempt to extinguish a grass fire at the east end of Coal Mine rd., tipped over when a -" front wheel went into a ditch. It was ignited by the grass fire. Firemen, called about 6 pjn., said that the machine was a total loss and that a 150 by 600 foot area of grass was burned. . Fire originated in cardboard boxes in the receiving room at the meat packing firm, 2813 Biddle rd. Firemen said that it extended to the receiving and storage rooms. The fire department was called about 4:39 p.m. Salem-flJPD - Frank McKen non, Oregon agriculture direc tor, is in Nashville, Tenn., this week for the annual meeting f the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture. Medford Grouped With Eugene and Salem in Size Medford is now listed as one of the three Oregon cities in the 25,000-50,000 popula tion category, along with Eu gene and Salem", according to figures released by the state board of census. Medford's population, esti mated at 26,300, represents a 52 per cent increase during the last nine years, v . Also reported were popula tion estimates for other Jack son county towns. Towns, populations and percentages of change since 1950 include, Ashland, 8,900, up 15 per cent; Central Point, 2,300, up 38 per cent; Jacksonville, 1,160, down 2.8 per cent; Eagle Point, 690, up 13.7 per cent; Gold Hill, 665, up 7.4 per cent; Phoenix, 800, up 7.2 per cent; Rogue River, 600, LIBRARY DISPLAY-A display which continues through Saturday, Oct. 24, is on exhibit at the Jackson county public library. Miss Joyce Marlin, assist ant librarian, checks the display after completing it Saturday. The display is centered around a poster of a newsboy and includes United Press International teletype copy and Unifax pictures furnished by the Mail glossy photographs which have Tribune. A number of books pertaining to the subject of newspapers have been placed on a shelf near the display. Ohio Man Russian Citizehshii Moscow (UPD - Robert Ed ward Webster, Cleveland," Ohio, a plastics technician at last summer's U.S. Exhibition in Moscow, has given up his American citizenship and be come a Soviet citizen, it was revealed today. H. G. Rand, president of the Rand Corporation, Webster's employer at the exhibition, quoted him as saying: "I've examined both systems and decided that I like it here and want to live here. I'm doing this for ideological reasons." Domestic Trouble Claimed But Rand told reporters Hugh Moulton of Grants Pass Dies Grants Pass - (UPD Hugh Moulton. 54, Grants Pass, di rector and former vice presi dent of the state Izaak Wal ton League, died near here Saturday of a coronary at tack while pheasant hunting. Moulton was the brother of Arthur Moulton. Portland at torney and one time national president of the Izaak Walton League. - The victim was a . former resident of Portland. He is survived by his wife and two dauehters. Moulton became, the 21st hunting fatality for Oregon this season. Nine have died of accidental gunshot wounds and 12 have died of heart seizures while in the field. up 1.7 per cent; talent, 900, up 28.6 per cent; and Butte Falls, 360, down 3.2 per cent. The state - wide population for 1959 is estimated at 1,777, 000, an increase of 48,450. The estimates are made an nually by the census board to serve as a basis for the alloca tion of state highway and liquor revenues to cities dur ing the next fiscal year. Among the largest 15 cities in the state' in addition to Medford are Portland, 405, 000; Eugene, 49,870; Salem, 49,100; Albany, 14,300; As toria, 12,000; 'Baker, 10,120; Bend, 13,300; Corvallis, 20, 250; Grant Pass, 10,200; Klamath Falls, 20,200; , Pen dleton, 15,650; Roseburg, 12, 250; Springfield, 14,090; and The Dalles, 12,050. mmmyi mimtm Boy Price 10 Cents .TRIBUNE on National Newspaper week Tribune in addition to several been reproduced in the Mail Takes that "that's not true - he's having "domestic troubles back home." Webster was the second American to renounce his U.S. citizenship and seek So viet citizenship in Moscow this year. Nicholas Petrulli, 38, Valley Stream, N.Y., re nounced his citizenship in August, but then changed his mind and asked to have it reinstated. The State Depart ment ruled that Petrulli had been in a troubled state of mind when he acted, and he kept his U.S. citizenship. Pet rulli's brother sent him money and he returned to New York. The U.S. embassy said Web ster signed an affidavit last Saturday rejecting his Ameri can citizenship. Soviet Passport Received . The - 30-year-old technician applied for a Soviet passport last July 11, and received it Saturday.' He is living in Leningrad, Rand said, because that is the center of the plastic industry in the Soviet Union. Rand said that Webster told him he had "several job of fers" as a technician in new plastics industries which are growing fast in the Soviet Union. " , " Girl Injured as Car ' Hits Parked Vehicle Nancy Lee Hurlbut, 18, of route 4, box 437, Medford, was treated for bruises at Sa cred Heart ' hospital Sunday following a traffic' accident on South Riverside ave. between 10th and 12th sts. She was a passenger in a car driven by Morris Lee Gunn, 20, of 115 Oak dr. Medford. Gunn.told Medford police that he took his eyes off the road and struck the rear of an unoccupied parked car owned by Gene Clyde Rotan," 1025 Court st. WEATHER FORECAST: Considerable cloudiness tonight and early Tuesday wtih chance of a few showers. Low tonight 40. High Friday 65 .'68. TEMP. Highest yesterday 69 Lowest this morning 35 Our Skies Tonight - Sunset today 5:25 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:29 a.m. Mo' risr tonight 7:31 p.m. Laic Quarter Oct. 24 PROMINENT STAR Aldebaran. near the Moon. VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, sets 6:42 p.m. Saturn, low in southwest 7:45 pjn. Venus, low in east 3:33 rn.ni. (All times Pacific Standard). Stol fegtfatitois : mm-."rmmm" ::- -: ;. ...jrwnr Ike's Plan To Seek Injunction Said Unknown Union To Fight Against Issuance Washington - (UPD - Presi dent Eisenhower today or dered the Justice Depart ment to seek a back to work injunction to end the steel strike. Washington-TOPD - President Eisenhower's fact- finding board reported today that steel negotiations are hope lessly dead-locked, but the White House declined to say if he would seek an immedi ate injunction to halt the strike for 80 days. The Steelworkers Union served notice it would fight "with might and main against issuance of an injunc tion. Failure To Agree Told The three-man fact-finding panel set up under the Taft- Hartley law told the Presi dent that union and manage ment have failed to agree on "any single issue of any con sequence," and there are no prospects for an early end of the 97-day-old walkout. This cleared the way for Eisenhower to ask for a court order to end the strike. But Presidential Press Secretary James C. Hagerty would not sayvwhen or if he would take such action. Hagerty said the President wants to study the report carefully and "there's no time limit on that." "This report is now before the President, and I have no announcement at this time of any presidential action," Hag erty said. No Action Expected Today The Justice Department was prepared to go into court in Pittsburgh and seek an in junction if the President gives the go-ahead. Department of ficials said, however, that no action was expected today. David J. McDonald, steel union president, declared that the steelworkers would go to the Supreme Court if neces sary to fight issuance of a court order to end the economy-crippling walkout. McDonald, who met with the union's executive commit tee, reiterated that if an in junction is issued, "we will live up to . the law of our country." But he added "we will fight its issuance with might and. main." The com mittee backed rejection of the latest management offer in the dispute. Portland (DPD James B. Elkins, local night life figure whose revelations touched off the 1957 Portland vice probe, went on trial on a burglary conspiracy charge today. . "You're Being Provocative, Malicious, Slanderous, And Nosy" FACT-FINDERS FAIL President Eisenhower's fact-find ing board reported at the White House today on its failure in -efforts to end the steel ' strike, clearing the way for a court injunction to halt the walkout for 80 days. Left to Boy Trips Alarm At Sears Store A red light glowed sudden ly on the panel for burglar alarm systems in the Med ford police station Sunday morning, and two officers rushed to the new Sears Roe buck store at 501 East Jack son st. A swift investigation in the area around the store showed a parked car containing a mother and her two sons The mother, Mrs. Eva Irene Hill, of 521 Pearl st., told of ficers that one of her sons, 9-year-old Ronald Montgom ery HilL .iad pushed against the northeast door opening into the garden shop and found it unlocked. She said she did not know the burglar alarm flashed. Officers checked all doors and found them to be secure, then returned to the station. This is the second false alarm at the new Medford shopping center and the Sears store since the new Safeway store nearby was held up on Monday, Sept. 7. The holdup man who made off . with be tween $2,000 and $5,000 in cash has not yet been appre hended. Keegan Townsend, a Mail Tribune advertising salesman, and a relative were temporarily suspected as hold up men when Townsend play fully passed a note across the counter to his wife, a store employee,- a few days after the Safeway store holdup. Portland-dJPD-Dr. Branford P. Millar was inaugurated Sunday as president of Port land State College here. MMUDIM M. Leak Pas U.S. (Has No IMaiBaiooro Plans iii Soviet Ouster Move Washington (UPD-The State Department said today that this government would not automatically expel a Soviet diplomat in retaliation for Russia's ouster of the top Se curity officer in Moscow. Spokesman Lincoln White left the door open, however, for such a move. He said a Soviet diplomat may be kick ed out if there are reasons for such actions' which are "good, and sufficient in them selves.";".'" . '" He replied "no comment" when he was asked whether there were any such reasons to consider the explusion of a member of the Soviet Em bassy here. Earlier, Sen. John Sherman Cooper (R-Ky.) said the U.S. should retaliate ; against the Russians unless they apologize for the ouster of Russell A. Langelle on . charges of spy ing. The Russians have rejected an . American protest which denounced the charges as phony and accused the Reds of threatening Langelle in an unsuccessful , effort to gain American secrets. In the past, this govern ment frequently has resorted to retaliatory explusion of Iron Curtain diplomats when Ashland Man to Face Court Action Today George S. Riley, 338 Laurel st., Ashland, faced district court action today on a war rant charging him with keep ing a minor child from school. Riley was arrested Satur day and posted $50 bail at that time, Ashland police re ported. The complaint against Riley was signed by Edward F. Har mon, Ashland school district attendance officer. A warrant from district court against Riley went unserved for over two weeks by Jackson county sheriffs deputies. Riley, arrested in connection with keeping his daughter from attending Ashland ele mentary schools, reportedly has been away from his resi dence in that city most of the time." . Bids Asked on Project At Birdseye Creek Among the 12 projects on which the state highway com? mission has invited bids is the widening of Birdseye creek bridge on Highway 99 west of Gold Hill. Bids will be opened Nov. 3 at 9 a.m. at the state highway building in Salem. The con tracts are to be awarded two days later, it was reported. . A number of traffic acci dents, , including fatalities, have occurred at the bridge in recent years. . ; right are President Eisenhower, holding the report, John A. Perkins, Paul M. Lehocsky and George W. Taylor, chairman. . - -(UPI Telephoto) U. S. officials were - ousted from Communist countries. White 'was asked whether these cases were just coinci dences. He replied that he didn't know how many times it had happened. He said X.ahgelle was ex pected to report to the State Department as soon as he re turns to this country. Cooper said the only thing the U.S. can do "unless there is a very clear apology from the Soviet Union, is respond by asking one of their people "They , should be strongly rebuked and told in no un certain terms that we disap prove of this action." "I don't think he was spy ing," the former diplomat said. Senate Democratic Whip Mike Mansfield (Mont.) de scribed the Soviet claim that Langelle was a spy as a "far fetched" excuse for ousting him. He said he thought it Pear Blossom Event Dates Announced , April 9 and 10, 1960, have tentatively been set for the seventh annual Rogue Valley Pear Blossom festival, accord ing to Russ Jamison, festival president. The. festival will be held concurrently with the third annual Sports Fair sponsored by the Crater Lions club of Medford, Jamison said. The Pear Blossom festival will again feature a junior king and queen and . the tra ditional' Saturday blossom parade., Dave Franklin, chairman of the fair, and Jamison reported that the committees would meet soon to coordinate ac tivities. , ; Baptist Foundation Given Green Light ' Astoria The green light for establishment of an Ore gon Baptist Foundation was given here at the 71st annual Oregon Baptist convention. It would be the first state found ation in the American Baptist convention. Pictures of Other Side of Moon Said Transmitted by Russia's Satellite Moscow-(DPD-Man may get his first look this week at the mysterious back of the moon which has never been turned toward the earth . Picture Transmitted The Russians said photo graphs of 40 per cent of the lunar surface, made by the Soviet Union's Lunic III moon satellite, were transmitr ted Sunday when the satellite skirted the earth, 29,515 miles above the Solomon Islands in the Pacific. The .official Soviet Tass hews agency said the pictures, IU1 possible the State Department would retaliate in line with established U.S.-Soviet prac tices. The United States accused Russia of seizing Langelle and trying by threat and bribe to force him to spy for them The State Department said Russia ordered him out of the country when he refused to be a turncoat." Lakeyiew Mining Figure Killed Lakeview, Ore. (UPD Dr. Garth Thornburg, about 40, former president of the Lake- view Mining Co., a uranium mill and mining operation, was fatally shot in a hunting accident near Grand Junction, Colo., Sunday, according to Ted Conn, the company's at torney. Conn said Thornburg left Lakeview last , week . with friends and business associates for a hunting trip. ' Authorities told Conn the fatal shot was apparently fired by a member of another hunting party. Thornburg had extensive mining interests in Colorado and southern Utah. He moved to Lakeview in 1955 and be came president of the mining company, and recently stepped down from the position though he remained in control of the interest. He is survived by a wife, a son and daughter and a broth er. Personal Tax Collections Higher Portland (DPD - Figures sub mitted to the Legislative In terim Tax Committee Satur day showed that collections of personal income tax for the first three months of Oregon's fiscal year-up to Oct. 1-ran higher than last year. . Collections were $18,486, 639. The 1958 figure was $17, 228,916. The statistics also revealed that corporation taxes in the state are higher. New figures total $2,161,762 versus last year's $1,402,864. taken about 11 days ago when the satellite was reported be hind the moon, are now being processed by Soviet scientists. It said the information would be made public but did not say when. May Disclose Life ; One Soviet scientist prac ticed shortly after, the launch ing of Lunik III on Oct. 4 that the pictures may disclose some "low form" of life on the moon. In skirting the earth Sun day, Lunik III became the first satelite to pass success Convicted Author Scheduled To Die In Chamber Friday Several Factors -Weighed Heavily Sacramento, Calif .-flJPD-Gov. Edmund G. Brown today re fused to save the life of Caryl Chessman, kidnaper-rapist and scheduled to die next Friday best-selling author who is in the San Quentin Prison gas chamber. "I have used the power of clemency before," the gover nor said in a formal statement, and in proper cases I will use it again. I do not believe this is a proper case." Factors Weighed Brown said several factors weighed heavily in his think ing not to grant mercy to Chessman. These, he said, in cluded "a deliberate plan of robberies, sexual attacks, ind the use of a loaded gun." "So too, has Chessman's failure to show contrition." "His attitude has been one of steadfast arrogance and contempt for society and its laws. I have considered too the matter of prior felony convict v tions. Our Constitution recog- ' razes this as a factor in clem ency and limits the governor's power to act except upon recommendations from the state Supreme Court where there is a prior felony convic tion. "Because of all these con siderations, I have decided that I will not intervene in the case of Caryl Chessman Sworn To Uphold Lawt Brown reiterated his per sonal opposition to capital punishment but said he had sworn to uphold and "f ailji fully to execute the laws of this state." "Capital punishment re mains part of that law," his statement said, "and the chief executive, Whatever his per sonal beliefs, must respect and be guided by the will of the people." Brown said he had great power to grant clemency but he said in the Chessman case I have searched the record and my conscience for some sufficient basis for resolving the issue in favor of clem ency." "I have been unable to do - so. Albany Workers To Be Reinstated Washington -DPD- Four em ployees of the Wah Chang Corp., of Albany, Ore., have been ordered reinstated with out loss of pay by the National Labor Relations Board. The NLRB held the metals firm guilty of unfair labor practices. It also ordered it to halt dealing with the inde pendent Zirconium and Allied Metals Union until a Board conducted election determines if it has support of a majority of the workers. 1 The four men had been dis charged on grounds they so licited without authorization membership in the Metals Trades Council of the Port land vicinity. General Assembly Renews Seat Debate United Nations, N.Y.-!UPD- The General Assembly renew ed efforts today to decide whether Red Poland or pro Western Turkey shall become a two-year member of the Security Council. Dilpomatso saw no propsect of an early break in the deadlock. fully around the moon and back toward the earth. If it stays on course the moon will fall within Lunik's orbit about e every two weeks. Satellite Hidden One Soviet scinentist said eventually Lunik III may burn up in the earth's atmos phere or fall onto the moon. , Tass said the satellite now was hidden from Russia and that its next transmission of information is scheduled for Wednesday between midnight and 1 a-m. (P.S.T.) f o !- o mm
