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Matters m NOT BOY AFTER ALL - Barbara Malpass, 20, of Albany, N.Y., (left) is shown with Sheriff Sam Teague and his wife. Barbara, who for six months has been masquerading as a 16-year-old boy, was released to the Masquerade Party Over Qkl's Ltole as IBoy Uncovered Afaev 6 Months Golden, Colo. -(CPD- Barbara Ann Malpass of Albany, N.Y., who impersonated a 16-year-old boy for six months and fooled police in three states, relaxed in a skirt and nylons today, but fretted about her crew cut. ' The 20-year-old fast talker said her imposture began six months ago when she left New York to "see the west.' 'I was scared to death," Barbara Ann said, every time she was confronted by police. But they never caught on. Couldn't Stop It She sneaked sponge baths during her 37-day stint in the Jefferson county jail at Gold en. Once she picked a fight to keep from having to share a cell with a boy. " 'fit just got rolling along and I couldn't stop it," Bar bara Ann said, tugging her skirt over her knees. The 5 foot, 8-inch lass had her close cropped hair hidden beneath a scarf, but her-stockings re vealed very feminine legs. She trimmed her brown wavy hair into a duck tail when she set out from Albany on a hitch - hike adventure through 25 states. She ad mitted she stole money in Golden in July,' and soon after was arrested at Ander son, Ind., for hitching rides. 'Orphaned Runaway She slept in three different Jails, but each time convinced police she was Charles Kicn ard Williams, 16, a Shoshone, Wyo., orphaned runaway. Though she weighs 129 pounds, her loosely - clothed figure fooled even Sheriff Art Wermuth of Golden, the U.S Marines' "one man army" on Bataan and a Medal of Honor winner. Damage Suit Seeks 5310,000 in GP Grants Pass - A lawsuit seeking S3 10,000 went to trial before a Josephine county cir cuit court jury Tuesday with Judge O. J. Millard presid ing. .Carroll Simmons, 15, through his mother, Mrs. Oma Simmons, is seeking the amount in connection with a bicycle-lumber carrier acci dent June 11, 1958. The col lision allegedly resulted in amputation of the boy's right leg. Defendants are Walter B. Holm and Philip L. Voland, lumbermen doing business as Tree-Co Industries and Eng-ler-Huson company. " Nicaragua Routs Honduras Invaders Managua, Nicaragua - (UPD -Nicaraguan national guards men routed a band of invaders from Honduras, killing or cap turing 14, including five Cu bans, it was announced Thurs day night. . The communique issued by the national guard did not say wBen or where the reported clash took place. ' It said the government forces killed two Cubans, one Honduran and one Salvado ran. Another Cuban was wounded but escaped, the na tional guard said. Tax Commission To Appeal Court Ruling Salem - (UPD- The State Tax Commission said ; today -it would appeal to tire State Su preme court a decision made a week ago by Circuit Judge Ed Howell in Grant county. The judge .ruled that the state cannot tax federal lands leas ed to private citizens under the-Taylor Grazing Act. She had to talk her head off to keep well-wishers on Wer muth's staff from sending her to Boys Town, Neb. "I'm glad it's over with," Barbara Ann said. "I'm happy to be myself "again.' ' Safety Citation Awarded Medford Vern Hill, director of the Oregon state motor vehicles division, last night presented Mayor John Snider and the Medford council a citation for outstanding performance in the school traffic safety edu cation for 1958. Hill noted that Medford is the only city in, Oregon to re ceive such an award for its outstanding record. . Partici pating in the program were public and parochial schools. He read a letter from Gov. Mark Or Hatfield 1 commend ing the city for its record. Hill officially - represented Hatfield at the presentation, which was made on behalf of the National Safety Council, Chicago. Mayor Snider, in his accept ance for' the council, noted that without the cooperation of the city's some 8,000 school children the award would not have been possible. - He commended the school children, and introduced the Rev. John Ilg of St. Mary's school, and C. D. Larson, president of the Medford' Safety Council. . Big Tax Payment Received Today Largest single property tax payment received so far by the tax - department of the Jackson county sheriffs office is $99,644.99 from. Prudential Life Insurance company which sent two checks covering mortgages it holds, Sheriff Joe Walsh said today. The usually larger taxpay ers such as California Oregon Power company, Southern Pacific railroad and Medford Corporation pay just before the tax deadline of Nov. 15, Walsh said. The tax department has re ceived 122 more tax receipts as of 5 p.m., Thursday than it did during the same period last year. A total of $557,- 022.47 in local taxes has been deposited by County Treasur er Karl Janouch during the last three weeks. In spite of the shorter period caused by the legal holiday of Veterans Day Wednesday and regular courthouse ' clos ing after 5 p.m., Friday, the tax deadline will still be mid night Sunday, Nov. 15, Walsh said. Those wishing to mail taxes should have checks in the mail and postmarked be fore midnight Sunday, Those wishing ' to pay taxes in per son must do so before 5 p.m. Friday, regular courthouse closing time. Low Temperature Sets Record for Nov. 6 This morning's 24-degree minimum temperature was the lowest on record for Nov. 6 at the Medford station of the U. S. weather bureau. Previous low for this date was 26 degrees in 1935. The minimum today, how ever, was not the lowest this season. The mercury dropped to 23 degrees at the local weather station yesterday. A 28 minimum is forecast for tonight. . Salem (UPD Leroy MacDuf- fee, Salem, has been 'named (new supervisor for Oregon's custody of the sheriff and his wife after spending 37 days in the juvenile section of the Jefferson county jail at Golden, Colo., as'a boy. (UPI Telephoto) Unemployment in Area Shows Slight Rise in October The last half of October brought an increase in , the amount of unemployment in Jackson county, but the actu al number of persons affected was still small, John Patton, manager of the Medford state employment service office, said today. Unemployment had reach ed a low point here in Sep tember. The high level of employment, he noted, has been aided by good fall wea ther which has permitted out side work to continue with out major shutdowns. A heavy migration into this area, Patton said, continues to be a feature of the local labor supply. These are peo ple who are looking for "per manent locations" and are in terested in s t e a d y full-time work, he added. Claim Benefits Insured workers claiming unemployment .' compensation benefits last month totaled 2.7 per cent of the covered employment, Patton said. This . was also the state aver age, and was about 25 per cent' less than at the same time last year. Patton said October was a good month from the employ ment standpoint. The fruit harvest was completed early in the month, but this caused little local - unemployment. Migrant harvest workers left the area to work - elsewhere and many local housewives who work in packing houses left the labor market as they usually do at the end of the season. - i Patton said the service , ex pects less hiring during the next 60 days because of sea sonal conditions. There prob ably will be a strong interest in skilled job applicants. He said the supply of skill ed workers is not increasing in proportion to the demand. Orchard pruning is now un der way and :; will continue for several months, and the demand for pruners is ex pected to increase. Midwest Storm Takes Parting Shot United Press International The season's first big snow storm was expected to blow itself out today with a parting shot at hard - hit Northern Michigan. ' Fifteen inches of snow cov ered the ground at Marquette, Mich., but the Weather Bu reau predicted "the storm would fizzle to flurries over Michigan and the Upper Ohio tTn a a v aiiey toaay. j The storm swept out of the Rockies Wednesday to grasp an area from Montana to Tex as to . Alabama to - Wisconsin in its chilly grip. . Fourteen inches of snow fell in Montana, Deadwood, S. D., reported 13 inches, Jamestown,. N. D., had two foot drifts and Wausau, Wis., received 11 inches. Applications Being Taken forMarshal Eagle Point Applications are being accepted for Eagle Point city marshal, Mayor Ed Putman has announced. The post was left vacant by the resignation of Harold Ottosen Tuesday. At - this week's council meeting, Mrs. Marion Van nice was sworn in as new "city recorder, replacing Mrs. Les ter McFall, who resigned last month., - The Air Force today Dost- poned for the second time the scheduled launch of the Dis coverer VII satellite. Warren, Ore. -flJPD- Fire Thursday destroyed a 50-year-old landmark barn, near this Columbia river community! Experts Fail To Agree on Cost Of Proposals Supreme Court To Dicuss Matter Washington' -4UPD- Federal mediators postponed indefi nitely today their efforts to settle the 115-day-old steel strike. ' The announcement came as the Supreme Court met for its regular weekly conference, its main question probably being the legality of an in junction which would send the 500,000 striking steelworkers back to their jobs for 80 days. Experts Cannot Agree Joseph F. Finnegan, direc tor of the Federal Mediation Service, said both manage ment and union negotiators have advised him their ex perts on pensions and insur ance cannot agree on the cost of several strike-settling pro posals. Finnegan "said there was no point in continuing the talks in the absence of agreement on basic statistics. Government To Wait No date was set for resump tion of the talks. But it was understood the government planned to wait until after the Supreme Court rules on the Taft - Hartley injunction before taking further action. At today's session, the nine justices were scheduled to examine their regular quota of petitions for review! The court meets Monday at noon to announce opinions and orders. . . Revised Pool Plans Expected Medford City Manager Rob ert Duff said last night that revised plans for the Jackson st. swimming pool are expect ed here next week, and that the pool may be completed in May in time, for usejn. the Medford school physical edu cation program. -. Bids on the pool were- opened in September, but were rejected as -being, too high. - ,-. " Plans were referred "to Stevens arid Thompson, Port land engineering firm," for re vision. The revised plans are expected to be reviewed by the parks and recreation com mission Tuesday night. . . City Parks and Recreation Director Robert Haworth said the revised plans should re duce the engineers estimate. The estimate, based on pre vious plans was $90,000, and the lowest bid was more than $100,000. If the commission votes' fa vorably on the plans, they will submit them to the coun cil. Duff said if the parks and recreation commission ap proves the plans, bids prob ably will be opened at the Dec. 17 meeting of the coun cil. If completed by May, the pool would be used in con junction with the school's pro gram of offering swimming classes in physical education Salem (UPD A delegation appearing before the State Highway Commission . today proposed an alternate High way 99W route between Mc Minnville and the Rainier Longview bridge. iL CONCRETE WORK -Constructioilat : The maize of steel reinforcing bars that will Rogue Valley Manor entered another phase serve to strengthen the slab, can be seen . this week as pouring of the 8-inch concrete in the foreground ' above. The concrete is slab on the first floor got under way. Work- , being poured on a base of plastic-coated ply ing at high speed, men with motorized wood. Close to a million dollars have gone wheelbarrows fed tons of cement from .a into the structure so far, according to Exe-. large central hopper to levelers and finish- cutive Director Walter Higgins. vers, making the sit a beehive of activity.. Regional Edition Medford 20 PAGES s 93,313,000 Budget OKd For Highway Salem -(UPD- A $93,313,000 budget for 1960 was approved Thursday by the State High way Commission. W. C. Williams, state high way engineer, said the figure was trimmed to conform with federal funds available to match state money. The Commission estimated it prob ably will spend $103,323,000 in the 1959- calendar year. Highway 99 Included All projects are expected to start as originally planned except they will run about half a year behind schedule. A total of $31,500,000 will be devoted to the interstate system' including U.S: High Bandit Holds Up Theater; Escapes With $145 in Bills Fred Agusiav Karpstein, 34, of Crater hotel, was ar rested by Medford city po lice about noon today in conection with the holdup of the Holly theater box office Thursday evening. City police said the man .signed a statement admit ting the holdup. All of the $145 except $32 was recov ered on his person and in his hotel room, police said. A lone- bandit held up the Holly theater, 222 West Sixth St., shortly after 8 o'clock last night and escaped with $145 in five and one dollar bills.. According to, city, police, Diana Eloise Bowlin was in the box office at the theater when a man in" his late thirties walked up to the window. He, displayed a hand written note in rather large letters which stated "I have a gun, hand over all of your bills." Miss Bowlin told police she told the man she would, then he replied "Make sure you hand them all over." After she gave him the money in the cash' drawer he told her not to make any noise, then turned and ran west on Sixth st. . Hand Under Jacket . ,, Miss Bowlin told police that when the note was presented, the man held his right hand under his jacket. She said she did not see a gun but a bulge under the man's jacket ap peared to be one. The man was described to weigh about 150 pounds, with light brown hair worn in what was said to be a long crew cut, and had about a day's growth of beard. He was re ported to be wearing a short green jacket with a zipper down the front and dark trousers. Miss Bowlin told police she had observed the man walk ing past the theater about 10 minutes before the holdup. She said he was cautious and when he heldup the theater there was no one on Sixth st. within sight and there were no vehicles nearby. '! MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1959 way. 30 to Portland and all of UCS. Highway 99. Right-of-way, construction and other major outlays will run about $64,7500,000. Some $14 mil lion is earmarked for main tenance, $8 million for opera tion and $6,500,000 for debt service. Slate Parts Planned The commission said some $1,828,000 would be spent in J 1960 on the state parks sys tem. New overnight camping fa cilities will be provided at Detroit, Harris Beach, Hum- bug mountain, Umpqua light - house, Collier and Wallowa Lakes State parks. ' QJPlFflndingonlLaos EMd Inconclusive United Nations, N.Y. -4DPD- The United Nations Fact Finding Committee on Laos reported today that most of last summer's fighting in the -. Southeast Asian kingdom was guerrilla warfare with elements from Communist North Viet Nam participating. 1 The committee said it could hot "clearly establish wheth er there -were crossings of the frontier by regular troops" from North Viet Nam. , i The fact-finders - chosen from Argentina, Italy, Japan and Tunisia - were sent to Laos, by the Security Council last September. Diplomatic sources believed the inconclusive nature of the committee's findings would lead the Western powers to drop plans to seek definite action by the security council on the Communist threat alleged by Laos authorities. Kennedy Blames Steel Strike Snarl Oh Eisenhower Klamath Falls (UPD Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.) opened a four-day tour of Oregon today with a breakfast address here in which he blamed the steel strike snarl on "lack of vitality on the part of the President." The 42-year-old senator and possible 1960 Democratic presidential nomination candi date spoke to both Democrats and Republicans at the Wil- lard hotel. Kennedy declared that Eis- Caird Resigns. From Committee John B. Caird, Jacksonville, notified the county court Thursday of his resignation as member of the Jackson County Water Pollution Fact Finding committee. The resignation is effective immediately. Caird -was ap pointed to the committee on June 25 by the county court. No reason was given for the resignation. The Jackson county court has written the Jacksonville mayor ana pity council re questing two recommenda tions from which they can se lect an appointee. Em Commission Seven new parks facilities will be developed. They will be at W. B. Nelson park near the mouth of the Alsea river; Cape Meares; Thomas Condon at John Day Fossil beds Bar ry Wayside near John Day; Bullards beach near Coquille; Smith Rock, north of Terre bonne in central Oregon; and Koberg beach on the Colum bia river near Hood River. ' Lighthouse Work Started The Umpqua lighthouse state park will receive $61,- 000 for - development. This area has been proposed for Sen. Richard 1 inclusion . in Neuberger's .national dunes park plan. enhower should have estab lished a fact finding' commit tee two months ago , instead of waiting so long. Although against compulsory arbitra tion in labor disputes, he said he also felt that the President snouid nave more power, power over and .above the Taft-Hartley law. ' . He said , he was pleased with his reception at recent meetings in California. How ever, he said he did not plan to enter the California pri mary next year "unless later circumstances indicate that I should.". To Announce in January Kennedy has said he will announce his - presidential in tentions in January. He is al most certain to be on the Ore gon primary ballot unless he disavows his candidacy be cause of the state's new law which calls for names of all leading candidates to appear. Asked about the possible candidacy of Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) as a "favorite son" candidate, Kennedy said "Anyone has a right to run." New TV Probe Will Be Launched . Washington -flJPD- House in vestigators wrapped up their inquiry of rigged TV. quiz shows today and immediately promised to launch a new in vestigation into other "decep tive" TV practices. The new investigation was announced by Chairman Oren Harris (D-Ark.), who said his house subcommittee inquiry of rigged shows "disclosed a shocking situation" which convinces him that "correc tive legislation is necessary." Harris gave no clue to what other practices the subcom mittee may investigate . but .one field of inquiry may be a charge that "bribery" had been used to determine what music is played on many broadcast, programs.' . Alaskan Headed for Gresham Visit Killed Dawson Creek, B.C.-(DPI-An Anchorage man, bound for a vacation with his mother in Gresham, Ore., was killed late Thursday wken his light plane crashed near here. - The pilot was identified as Jack Rasmussen, co-owner of Barton Air service of An chorage. The victom's mother, Mrs. Myrtle Rasmussen, a brother, Warren, and an aunt, Mrs, Arthur Norlen, all live in Gresham.c IRIBUNE Pranksters Reorg anization Group Sets Jackson county is leading the state in school district re organization, according to fig ures released by Dan Patch, director of school district re organization, state department of education. Jackson county leads the list of counties-with the ex ception of those having coun ty units. Jackson county has 98.1 per cent of its pupils at tending a unified school dis trict, one providing complete education from grade school through high school. Counties having county units are Jose phine, Klamath, Crook, Hood River and Lincoln. Districts Not Unified Only three districts not uni fied yet are Applegate, Pine hurst and Evans -Valley, Alf B. Mek'vold, county school superintendent, said. The Jackson County Reorganiza tion committee will consider these districts Monday night before a final plan is submit ted to the state board, of edu cation. - - 4 Under the current proposal, Pinehurst would continue to send its high school pupils to Ashland. Elementary grade pupils would continue' in the Pinehurst school. Whether junior high students would be Cuba May Seize Vast King Ranch Havana - (UPD - Cuba is ex pected to seize 33,400 acres of the King Ranch's 35,000-acre cattle spread in, Camaguey Province Saturday, a spokes man for the American-operated enterprise said today. The spokesman said King representatives have been summoned to appear at the local office of the National Institute for Agrarian Reform Saturday morning to select the 1,600 acres which may be retained. "Rancho - King" is owned jointly by the famed Ameri can cattle raisers and the Manati Sugar Co., a Cuban firm. It was established in Cuba in 1952. The land is valued at $3, 500,000. Student Petition for Van Doren Rejected . New York (DPD Columbia University x President Gray son Kirk today rejected a pe tition of 650 students who asked reinstatement of Charl-. es Van Doren on the Colum bia faculty. The university's board of trustees had accepted Van Doren's offer ,to resign last Monday, the day he confessed complicity in quiz-show fix ing before a congressional committee. Trading Slow in All West Lumber Species Portland -(DPD- Crow's Lum ber Market News Service said today trading was slow in virtually all Western lum ber species for the week end ing Nov. 6. ' The slowup in forward buying was attribut ed to severe weather condi tions in the Midwest and North Central states plus the steel strike. i Price 1 0 Cents No. 191 Meeting sent to Ashland is an adminis trative question, Mekvold said. Reorganization with Ash land would place Pinehurst and Ashland in one adminis trative unit, the county school superintendent added. Butte Falls would be joined with the Eagle Point district under the present proposal. Some Evans Valley district patrons have proposed reor ganization with the Josephine county unit rather than Rogue tvH . ..... S?snS43aS3. muni - . -sasasssi. . fiA - "$B IUS3 mi Kiver. ine county reorganize -ation 'committee has recom mended Evans Valley joining the Rogue River district The reorganization com mittee has not yet heard from the Josephine county reorgan- izatinn pommittpp nn the nrn. posal to join the Applegate district with the Josephine unit. Dr. Mayfield To Arrive.Saturday Dr. Leonard B. Mayfield, superintendent of Medford schools, will arrive in Med ford at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, instead of Sunday, school offi cials said today. Dr. Mayfield, in a telephone call to his family, said he de cided to miss this afternoon's meeting in Chicago and re turn home earlier than plan ned. He is attending a national meeting of school adminis trators in Chicago. . The Chicago visit is the last stop on the month-long trip. He arrived in Chicago, Tues day after a tour of European and Russian cities and visits with school Officials. No Red Flags Fly lii West Berlin Berlin (DPD The Commu nists flew their hammer and sickle flag over East Berlin railroad stations today but made no attempt to raise them in West Berlin which was guarded by ' 30,000 German police and Allied troops. West Berlin police head quarters reported the Com munists apparently were keeping their word not to hoist their flags over Communist-operated elevated rail way stations in. the western sector. The flags were raised in the Soviet zone at noon in the of ficial start of a three-day cele bration of the 42nd anniver sary of the Soviet Union's Bolshevik revolution. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair through Sat urday with variable hich cloudiness at times. Temp. Highest Yesterday 7 Lowest this Morning 24 Our Skies Tonight Snnset today : 5:00 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:52 a.m. Moonset tonight 11:05 pjn. First Quarter tomorrow - 5:23 a.m. PROMINENT STARS Fomalhaut, due south 8:01 p.m. Aldebaran, in the east 8:55 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Saturn, low in south west 8:40 p.m. Venus, low in east 3:19 ajn.
