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Subscribers Recommended Price 10 Cents Teibun BFQEB To report improper or non delivery of tHe Mail Tribune in Medford phone SP 2-6141, in Ashland MU 2-1021. Yreka VI 2 4077, and in Grants Pass GR6 6173 before 6:45 pjn. daily and 12:30 pjn. Sunday. If regular ' delivery arrives shortly after you call please notify office thus eliminating special messenger service. A story on the Jackson conn tr audio-visual aids center in the county courthouse, which Is operated under the county school superintendent's office, appears on pat 12 of today's Mail Tribune. United Press International full Leased Wire United Press International Full Leased Wire 58 PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1959 No. 204 54th Year Me r f : " rTS; ' ' 't iff' ' .;LA. ill IK. ct BREAKS DIKES Water broke over dikes lining Snohomish river at Snohomish, Wash., Saturday, flooding adjacent houses and farms. Heavy rain during the past two Torrential Rains Bring Flood To Western Washington Friday Br United Press International Torrential rains which bat tered western Washington Fri day and raised almost every river on the western slope of the Cascades to the flood stage gradually tapered off to scattered showers Saturday, but the weather bureau pre dicted more rain for Sunday. The storm was blamed for one death directly and pos sibly a second. Edward ''A. Fox, Granite Falls,.WasL,.. was.trTed Fri-, day when the truck he was driving was swept off the roadway on the south side Mt. Pilchuck by a mud slide caused by the downpour. David Hughes, 65, Camas, Wash., was fatally injured Fri day afternoon when his pick up truck collided with a milk truck from Astoria, Ore. Wet road conditions attributed to the incident. Seattle House Ripped In Seattle, the home of Wil liam J. Dings was torn from 'it foundations, Friday night by a slide from a rain-soaked hill. Dings and his wife; Doris, were forced to flee from the house, but neither was injur ed. In addition, numerous homes were evacuated - in northern Snohomish county. Flooded basements in Se attle and Shelton, and. school closures in the Hoodsport, Un ion, and middle and lower Snohomish river areas, plus closure of Blaine Junior High school in Seattle all were at tributed to the drenching rain fall., Secondary roads throughout Snohomish county were clos ed by fear of slides and wash outs. - t The Snohomish river crest ed at 29 feet at midnight and wide-spread flooding was re ported in the area around the town of Shohomish. Football Scores Dartmouth 12. Princeton 7 Harvard 35. Yale 6 Syracuse 46. Boston U. 0 Pittsburgh 22. Pcnn Stale 7 Columbia 26. Rutgers 16 Kentucky 20, Tennessee O Louisiana State 14, Tulane 6 Michigan 23, Ohio State 14 Missouri 13. Kansas 9 Illinois 28. Northwestern 0 Purdue 10, Indiana 7 Notre Dame 20, Iowa 19 Marquette 30. Holy Cross 12 Kansas Stale 29. Nebraska 14 Wisconsin 11. Minnesota 7 Oklahoma 35. Iowa Stale 12 Texas Christian 35. Rice 6 Arkansas 27. Texas Tech 8 Southern Methodist 30. Baylor 14 Brigham Young 14, Colo rado State 13 New Mexico 28. Air Force 27 Utah 34, Utah Stale 21 Arizona 14, Texas Western 10 Fresno Stale 21. Los Ange les Stale 0 California 20, Stanford 17 ladho 9. Montana S College of Idaho 40, West minster (Utah) 7 UCLA 10, Southern Cali fornia 3 The Snoqualmieriver was at 57.2 feet at Carnation at 8 aJTi. yesterday, six feet above flood stage, the weath er bureau reported. City Isolated The Stillaguamish river was five feet above the flood state at some points and the Snohomish also poured over its banks. The town of Darrington in northern Snohomish county was isolated at 6 p.m. Friday when the Darrington-Concrete highway "was blocked by "a Little Damage Is Reported from Wind Strong winds preceding a fast-moving front from the Pa cific ocean blew into the Rogue valley Friday night but caused only minor dam age. The weather bureau report ed winds held steady at 23 miles per hour, but some gusts reached 40 miles per hour. Rain Friday evening measur- Local Woman Sees lunar Rainbow' Mrs. Stan Parrish, rt. 2, box 434B, Medford, reported Saturday she observed a "lu nar rainbow" Friday night while driving on Highway 99 near Stage rd. She said it was a perfect arc and appeared to be mov ing down the foothills towards the west. There was no color, she said, just a white light. The weather bureau said that such an ocurrance is pos sible, although they have not been seen in this area before to their knowledge. . . . A lunar rainbow is caused by the moon's reflection in the rain, instead of the sun's, which is the case with a rain bow. - Dr. Mayfield to Speak Dr. Leonard Mayfield, su perintendent of Medford schools, will speak on his re cent trip to Russia at the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce roundtable lunch eon Monday. He will stress the Russian economic system as he ob served it. The luncheon will start at noon in the Jackson hotel, and is open to the pub lic. Explosion of GCilauea Volcano, Hawaii Scientists last night expressed fears that the week-old Kilauea Iki eruption may be something more than a tourist attraction as the crater spit out a new stream of red hot lava as high as the Empire State building. Officials of Hawaii Nation al park warned visitors away from outlook points on the rim of the crater nearest to the fiery fountain. A party of onlookers, watch v us' weeks has caused minor flooding in low lands in western Washington. (UPI Telephoto) slide. Earlier in the day, the other entrance to the town was blocked. Lightning hit power facili area twice Friday night, leav ing much of Cowlitz cdunty in darkness. Lightning struck a 69,000 volt Bonneville Dam feeder line near the Reynolds Metal company plant at Longview and a power - substation at Kelso. The cities of Kelso Kalama, Castle Rock, Wood land arrd Longview's west side were plunged into darkness."-; - - ed .12 of an inch, : according to the weather bureau. Probably the greatest amount of reported damage occurred at Jim's Tavern at Tolo, north of Central' Point, where a large sign was blown on top of two cars parked in front of the tavern, caving in the tops, according to state police. The California Oregon Pow er company reported little trouble during the blow and- no serious power outages oc curred. A tree fell across lines- in the Applegate area, but there was little power in terruption, according to Cop co officials. Trees also struck lines at the old Sterling mine and on West Jackson st. State police said trees also were down on Colver rd. near Phoenix, and a tree fell across the highway near Homestead. A "hot" wire started a small fire on Sage rd., but it was quickly extinguished, accord ing to reports. The city fire department reported another "hot" wire at 309 Newtown st., where a guy wire shorted out a fuse. WEATHER FORECAST: Mostly cloudy to day through Monday morning, becoming partly cloudy Monday afternoon. Chance of a few showers late this evening. High Sunday 56: low Monday morn ing 38. High Monday 60. Temp. Highest Saturday 57 Lowest Saturday .4J Precipitation Saturday 12 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today . . 4:44 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:11 a-m. iloonrise tonight 11:25 p.m. .ast Quarter tomorrow 5:03 a.m. 'ROMINENT STAR Regulus, near the Moon. VISIBLE PLANETS Saturn, sets 6:32 p.m. Venus, low in east 3:38 a.m. ing the column of bubbling lava from about 100 yards away, was rushed out of the area by rangers when the vol canic stream suddenly doub led its height. .One of the party said their faces reddened from the sear ing heat as if a blast furnace door had been opened in front of them. No one . was injured. Dr. Jerry Eaton, chief geol ogist of the volcano observa tor, said there was "just no Air-Sea Search May Resume for Space Capsule Snatch Saturday Fails Over Ocean Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. - (UPD - An attempt to snatch a capsule hurled earth ward from space from the Discoverer VIII satellite was frustrated in the air Saturday, But a vast air-sea search was started immediately southeast of Hawaii for the 310-pound scientific package Chances of the aerial re covery were admittedly slim, it was conceded by the Air Force after announcement of the initial failure. Capsule Separates Last night, the Air Force's ballistic missile division (BMD) reported at Ingle wood, Calif., that radio re ports from the Discoverer VIH "confirmed" that the capsule separated from the satellite and its retro-rocket fired as it plunged from beyond the atmosphere. The Air Force said it has positive indication of the successful operation of 'the re covery' sequence up to the point of parachute deploy ment" by the capsule. It was pointed out that the sequence involved more than 20 separate mechanical and electronic actions. According to tracking data after the separation, the cap sule may have impacted "somewhat south of the pre dicted area" southeast of Hawaii, BMD said. No Indication "There is no indication that the parachute opened, nor have there been any visual sightings by the recovery force," a spokesman said. BMD said the aircraft which had been searching the area were returning to Hick- am Air Force base at Honolu lu and "may possibly resume the search" this morning. - A Navy search ship also was expected to sweep tne area, beginning early today. The failure was the fifth in the Discoverer series. Four previous satellites have eject ed capsules. Two others fail ed to get into orbit. In another case election was not at tempted. ' ' !' Second Complaint Filed Against Mix A second complaint, charg ing assault with a deadly weapon, was filed against Robert Carr Mix, 43, of 215 C st., Phoenix, Friday in dis trict court by Jackson County Sheriff Joe Walsh. Mix was scheduled to ap pear in district court Friday afternoon for a preliminary hearing on another charge of assault with a deadly weapon. The preliminary hearing was continued by the court at the request of Mix's attorney, Alan Holmes, and District Attorney Thomas J. Reeder. Mix was arraigned last week on the first charge which was filed against him following a dispute Nov. 11, with his wife, Mrs. Aletha Maxine Mix. The second complaint charges that Mix, while armed with a loaded .22 'cal iber rifle, pointed it at Sgt. Dean Deberry on Nov. 13, after Walsh and Deberry stopped Mix's car and at tempted to arrest him on the original warrant. Bail has been set at $10,000 on the second charge, it was reported. Durham Says He Will Retire at Term's End Washington - (UPD - Rep. Carl T. Durham, senior House member of the Joint Congres sional Atomic committee, will retire from Congress at the end of his present term. way to predict" what the vol cano might do. The stream of glowing mol ten rock spouting from the side of the crater was meas ured at 1,250 feet shortly be fore noon Saturday, the heighth of the Empire State building. It was the biggest blow-up of Kilauea Iki on record, and Eaton said it may mean that the "normal pattern of erupt ings has been upset." This could mean, he said, that the mountain is getting ready to Eleds Chomige miohasis ddi' ti Editor's note: This is another in a series of ar ticles prepared by Med ford's superintendent of schools following his recent Ihree-week tour of Russia. The next several articles will deal with Russia's "Seven Year Plan." particu larly in the fields of edu cation and auto malion. They are based on Soviet b o o k s, magazine articles, and personal interviews with the ministers of edu cation of the Russian and Ukranian republics, the deputy mayor of Moscow, and the mayor of Tbilisi.) By DR. LEONARD MAYFIELD Medford School ' Superintendent The Soviet Union is today carrying out a broad program aimed at improving their sys tem of education. The follow ing report is based on ques tions asked and answers given by Soviet authorities and on interpretations of articles ap pearing in Soviet periodicals and newspapers. The" person primarily re sponsible for the changing em phasis in the Soviet education program is Premier N. Khru shchev. It was reported that Mr. Khrushchev's first recom mendation relating to revision of their education program was too radicaL He revised it both, in content and, time schedule.;- His revised recom mendations replaced academic practices that had been omit ted and lengthened the time for the new program to be come effective and was ap proved by the Central Com mittee of the Communist Par ty. ... t . What is the principle under. lying the new system of edu cation? Until recently we in the So viet only theorized about the possibility of removing the essential difference between mental and manual work but today this has become a pos sibility. There are many ways of approaching it and one of them is through the higher and secondary school. We consider it very important to combine study with work at factories, mills, collective Decorations Being Installed in City Christmas decorations start ed going up on city streets Friday, Vernon Thorpe, city engineer, reported. The decorations, which are the property of the Jackson County Chamber of Com merce, are being put up by the city, in accordance with an agreement worked out be tween the city and chamoer several years ago. Thorpe said the decorations should be up in time for the Christmas opening, Nov. 27. They will be located on Main st., Central ave., Bartlett St., Sixth st. and Eighth st. Man Fined For Not Liking Own Reflection London - (UPD - A y o u n g brewery worker, fined one pound ($2.80) in Old Street Court Friday for smashing a shop .window, was asked why he did it. "The window mirrored my reflection," he explained, "and I didn't like it." (Possible explode in to the sky The eruptions which began a week ago have already form ed a lake oi lava 350 feet deep" in the bottom of the crater. . Hawaii's volcanic eruptions have, up to now, always been a tourist show. National park officials estimate more than 100,000 persons have already come to see the current .blow up. Eaton said the possibility must be anticipated that Kil auea Iki could become an ex plosive volcano. ' farms and scientific and cul tural institutions. All mental and manual effort should di rectly or indirectly benefit the state.' How do you propose to carry this task out in practice? We have a highly developed system of extension and eve ning school education. Of the 2,150,000 students in the coun try, about a million are taking evening courses after working hours. It is expected that this number will grow steadily. This year, for example, the evening schools and depart ments will enroll 268,000 first-year students as against 217,000 students by the regu lar higher schools. In some .cases the lectures will be "de livered to the homes" of the correspondence - course stu dents by radio, television and films. It will now be much more convenient to take an evening course because the Govern ment has given students a series of additional privileges. The paid leave for correspon dence students for the exami nation periods has been ex tended to 40 days depending on the type of educational establishment and the course taken by student. Moreover, students are giv en a paid leave of two to four months in which ' to prepare and . maintain their require ments for a diploma. But that Js,not,alLJn. the course ofJO- months preceding the. fulfill m e n t of diploma require ments, the factory' or office management must give the student an extra day off a week at half the wage and, if the student so desires, another day off without pay. Half the expenses of one trip a year to the town where the institute or technical school is located are paid by the factory --or office. Workers and em ployees take an unpaid leave in which to take the entrance examinations. Collective farms are urged to grant simi lar benefits to their members It will only be a short time and all of our industries will include full education bene fits for the workers. School buildings will be constructed to allow for full day programs throughout the U.S.S.R. and secondary students will . be housed in separate buildings. No change in teaching method is contemplated. Until lately there has been a certain gap between the three branches of higher edu cation - full-time, evening and part-time. We are now taking measures : to harmonize the programs of the first courses in all systems of education. This is the first step toward establishing a single system of higher education based on an alternation of extension and full-time forms of study. For example, the students of most of the technical institutes will study for the first two years without discontinuing work and then devote all their time to study during the two senior years. At the end of that period thev will be taken on the paid staff of a factory in the capac ity of junior technical worker and given the opportunity to familiarize themselves at first hand with the organization and management ,pf produc tion. At the same tune they will specialize in their- chosen field. In this way they will be thoroughly prepared for qualifying for a diploma and to take their place in the ranks of Soviet specialists. Students who have to start off with difficult theoretical subjects and extensive labora tory work will' discontinue work in the first two or three years. 'After that they will be sent to work for one year at a factory, laboratory or experi mental designing office. We are quite certain that with time we shall see the rise of a unique system of train ing specialists, which will combine industrial work at an enterprise with study at a higher technical school affili ated to that enterprise. MlffiEEB "That Was Wendt Elected to O&C Advisory ' County Commissioner Ches ter Wendt was elected to the advisory committee of O and C counties at Thursday and Friday's annual convention of the Association of Oregon Counties. . . . Others elected to the com mittee were County Judge Rex Hartley, Marion . county; County Judge Raymond A. Lathrop, - Josephine-, county; County Judge James W. Har rison, Coos county; and Coun ty Judge V. T. Jackson, Doug las county. Wendt. also served on the AOC taxation 'committee which proposed a resolution to repeal the personal prop erty tax. The resolution was tabled, however, until the committee could find a tax to replace it. It was the only pro posed resolution not adopted of the series dealing with wel fare, taxation, roads and high ways, agriculture and 1 i v e stock, local government, ju diciary, forestry and grazing and public lands. Officers Elected Officers elected during the two-day session were D. R. Cook, Umatilla county judge, president; James W. Harrison, Coos county judge, vice presi dent; R. E. Rerme, Yamhill county judge, treasurer, and Kenneth C. Tollenaar, Port, land, executive secretary. Approved unanimously by county officials was a resolu tion that the AOC staff give high priority during the com ing year to problems of public welfare, including clarifica tion of respective responsibili ties of federal, state and coun ty governments under present regulations. Special emphasis would be given conditions and requirements attached to fed eral grants-in-aid. The association also ap- RISING SMOKE Smoke rises from a for est fire in Wildcat canyon near Carmel, Calif., late Friday. In the foreground is the Pacific coastline. The blaze destroyed a well known resort lodge and a private residence. No Accident!" CoevrisM its. Hit Pulltut PuBiitMnt Ce St. Louis Pol i Dispatca . Group proved a resolution calling for establishment of a work re lief program. Payments to those persons under general assistance would be offset against welfare budgets.' Pay ments to the work relief pro gram would be 70 per cent from the state and ' 30 per cent from the county- f Other Resolutions Other resolutions adopted under welfare included: coun ty courts should provide nec essary staff and facilities in each county for more adequate enforcement and prosecution by district attorneys of wel fare frauds and abuses, coun ty officials take legal steps to correct any immoral or inde cent behavior by welfare re cipients, and that AOC com mend the state public welfare commission for adoption of new policies and procedures for more efficient and quick er casework service and com mend Gov. Mark O. Hatfield for appointing Raymond Lath rop, Jpsephine county judge, to the state public welfare commission. . Another resolution adopted called for a constitutional amendment which would make it possible for the tax base, once established, to be available for computing fu ture tax levies even though more than three years passes since the last levy was made. Other resolutions covered establishment of a uniform cost accounting system for county road management, au thorization of counties in is suing Bancroft bonds for street and sidewalk improve ments, taxing farm land as farm land not as possible sub division land, financial sup port of a weed control educa tion program, and sponsorship of a short weed control course. There was some fear the blaze may spread to the fashionable Carmel Highlands area of residential homes. More than 200 men are fighting the blaze. (UPI Telephoto) WW Program Features Tour of Russia By Marine Band Radio, TV Programs ' Included in Pact Washington - (UPD The United States and Russia agreed Saturday on a broad new exchange program fea turing cooperation in medical and atomic energy research and a tour of the Soviet Union by the U. S. Marine Band. The agreement provides for the first time a specific num ber of radio and television exchanges between the two countries. It also calls for a greater flow of Russian tour ists to the United States, and for exchanges of top enter tainment. The Marine Band in its fa miliar blue uniform with red " stripes is exnected to visit Russia while President Eisen hower is there next spring. , The past is an extension of the original Soviet-American exchange program signed in January, 1958, which expires at the end of this month. The new one covers I960 and 1961. , ' The two nations again agreed "in principle" on di rect air service between the United States and Russia, as they did two years ago. But U. S. officials said they have been unable so far even to set up a meeting to clear the way for such flights. , American officials consid ered most significant the pro-, visions for joint projects in which . Soviet : and - American, scientists will work together, on peaceful use of atomic en ergy and research on polio, cancer and heart disease. The .. agreement - consider ably expands the two-way flow of teachers, students, athletes and others, and steps up the exchange of films, plays and other artistic per formances. - j Detailed Agreement One big step was detailed agreement on radio and tele vision exchanges. The old agreement merelv enrinreeri the principle. The new one' spells out the exact number of American broadcasts and telecasts per month in Russia by U. S. networks and gives the Russians equal rights here. The film and entertainment exchange begun under the old agreement will be continued and expanded. The United States will re ceive the Soviet state sym phony orchestra, the Mnscnw Art Theater and a Georgian folk dance group. The United States will send to Russia a musical comedy group pre senting "My Fair Lady" an American ballet -troupe and the Marine Band. The new pact was siened in . Moscow by U. S. ambassador Llewellyn E. Thompson and Georgi Zhukov, chairman of the Soviet state committee for foreign cultural relations. Rickreall, Ore. - (UPD-Elmer Pankey, 59, of Waldport, was killed Saturday and his wife, Amy, injured when their car collided with a locomotive one mile east of here. v
