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IKE MEETS LEADERS President Eisenhower told bi
partisan Congressional leaders who had breakfast with
Jiim at the White House this morning that he would try to
further American aims of a more peaceful world during .
his 11-nation goodwill tour but does not intend to do any
negotiating. Fart of the group is shown following the meet
Mill
Washington - (UPD - Presi
dent Eisenhower will speak to
the nation Thursday night
just before leaving on his 11
nation tour, the White House
announced today. He will dis
cuss both his journey and the
teel dispute.
The announcement was.
made several hours after the
President gave congressional
leader of both parties a pre
view of his goodwill tour and
received their unanimous
"good luck and Godspeed" for
his mission.
To Leave Immediately
Eisenhower will speak from
?S-o '8:30 PJB. pfcfc) from
his office Thursday, then
leave immediately on a flight
to Rome, the first leg of his
22,370-mile trip. His talk will
be carried by all. radio and
TV networks.
The White House also said
the chief executive would re
port to the American people
shortly after his return from
Europe, Asia and Africa. He
is due back the night of Dec.
22 and Press Secretary James
C. Hagerty said a date for his
second report to the people
had not been set.
Continuing his preparations
for the long journey, Eisen
Panama Troops
Praised for Action
Panama City - fUPD - U. S.
authorities praised Panaman
ian troops today for the quick
' action which curbed Saturday
- night's anti-American rioting
by unruly teen-agers waving
Fidel Castro placards.
Thirteen U. S. soldiers and
a score of Panamanians were
injured in the outbreak, none
of them seriously. The only
Americans hospitalized were
Pvt. James E. Mitchell, East
Prairie, Mo., who accidentally
jabbed himself with his own
bayonet, and Pfc. Ralph B.
Gillan, St. Worth, Tex., whose
forehead was cut by a rock
thrown by a rioter.
' Panamanian authorities jail
ed about 150 persons, includ
ing "student demonstrators,
looters and plain- hoodlums."
(See Picture on Page 2) ,
Churchill Celebrates 85th
By Making Short Speech in
London - (UPD - Sir Winston
Churchill celebrated his 85th
birthday today by making his
first parliamentary speech in
four years to a cheering House
of Commons.
The grand old man of Brit
ish politics walked firmly into
tiie chamber he dominated for
o long a few hours before
sitting down to a small pri
vate family birthday party.
The cheers of fellow mem
bers of Parliament rolled out
from both sides of the aisle
which divides the government
from the opposition.
They joined a flood of con
gratulations which poured in
hower met for an hour early
this morning with Democratic
and Republican leaders of the
House and Senate. He told
them he would try to further
the American aim of a more
peaceful world but would un
dertake no negotiations.
Senate Democratic Leader
Lyndon B. Johnson told re
porters after leaving the spec
ial breakfast conference at
the White House "He will
take with him our understand
ing, our prayers and our hopes
for a successful journey.
"We hope that the peoples
he contacts will realize as we
do that as far a peae is r
Overloaded Power
Line Causes Outage
Ashland - An overloaded
power line burned out here
this morning, leaving the city
without electricity for nearly
an hour.
The line, located at the
city's power station near Oak
and Nevada sts., went down
at 8 a.m. City and California
Oregon Power company
crews had the line repaired
by "9 a.m. and electric power
gradually began returning to
Ashland homes. '
Copco's new sub - station
here is expected to be in full
use within the next week, a
company crewman said this
morning.
With the new station, he
said, three switches will be
doing the work now carried
by one. This, he added, should
do much to eliminate the
city's recurring overload prob
lem. Ashland Theater
Leased by Ex-Manager
Ashland The Varsity thea
ter in Ashland has been leas
ed to a former manager, Rus
sell Osborn, by the Oregon
California Theater chain, it
was announced . today. The
lease will be effective tomor
row. The theater has been owned
and operated by the chain for
the past 15 years, according
to General Manager R. P.
Corbin. .
to, the Churchill home from
the our corners of the earth.
In" response to ths ovation,
Churchill made his first House
of Commons speech since he
retired as Prime Minister for
the second and last time in
1955.
He rose from his customary
front row seat and told the
House: "May I say I accept
most gratefully and eagerly
both forms of compliment:."
He referred to the che I s
and the speeches of congratu
lation from leaders of both
the Conservative and Labor,
parties. -,
Churchill's: appearance in
ing. Left to right, they are Sens. J. W. Fulbright (D-Ark.),
Lyndon Johnson (D-Texas), and the President. Rear, left
to right, are Vice President Nixon, Rep. Robert B. Chiper
field (R-Ill.), Rep. Charles A. Halleck (R-Ind.) and Sen.
M. Dirkson (R-Ill.) ,
(UPI Telephoto)
Address
cerned, the American people
stand as one, united," the
Texan said. .
' Another Democratic leader,
House Speaker Sam Rayburn
said, "It is a strenuous piece
of business, but I think we all
think it is a good thing - it is
not amiss."
Democrats present, includ
ing chairman J. William Ful
bright of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, unani
mously expressed approval of
the trip as the President gave
each breakfast guest full op
portunity to express his views.
From Store Safe
Central Pohit - Approxi
mately $1,023 was taken from
a safe burglarized in Faber's
market, Central Point, some
time Saturday night, Central
Point police and sheriffs dep
uties reported today-
Thieves drilled a series of
holes in the roof over the
market warehouse, then
kicked in a section of the
roof. They dropped to the
floor and pried a padlock off
a sliding door leading to the
office. After prying off the
safe combination dial, the
thieves apparently tried to
punch out the spindle. Fail
ing that, they worked the
door off the safe, a deputy
said. The money was report
edly in bills of 1, 5 and 10
dollar denominations and in
cluded some silver.
The burglary was discov
ered by Everett Faber, mar
ket co-owner, Sunday after
noon and was reported to
Central Point police, who
notified sheriff's officers. '
Deputies said the burglary
is' similar to one attempted
in the same building in Feb
ruary, when the burglars
were frightened off.
A second burglary was re
ported in Central Point this
morning when $53.05 was re
ported having been taken
from a cash drawer in Dr.
ayne Wayne and Alvin Ro
berts Clinic, 547 East Pine
st. The building was entered
through a rear window.
Birthday
Parliament
the house came as a surprise.
He had been expected to
spend the day quietly at home.
; T h e principal , observance
planned for the occasion was
a party for about 20 relatives
and close friends at the form
er Prime Minister's town
house.
A highlight of the birthday
will be the presentation of a
four-layer 60-pound birthday
cake including ingredients
from virtually every country
outside the Iron Curtain - in
cluding a drop of water from
the Panama Canal.
. (See Picture on Page 11)
H,uoM0ien
Red China Envoy
Complains of
Kidnap Incident
New Delhi, India - (UPD -
Prime Minister Jawahaelal
Nehru said today the Chinese
Com munist ambassador in
New Delhi has complained of
ficially that the U.S. consulate
in Bombay had kidnaped a
Chinese national.
However, in a speech to
Parliament Nehru refused to
comment on the Bombay inci
dent except to say that both
the American and Chinese
Communist versions of the in
cident were contradictory and
"appear to be some kind of
fiction."
Not To Leave Country
He said he, had informed
both embassies not to let the
persons involved to leave the
country. .? Iy
Red China's official protest
today followed Peiping radio
charges that American consu
lar officials in Bombay had
kidnaped a Chinese official.
Both were direct contradic
tions of American protests the
Reds held an American Ma
rine sergeant prisoner for six
hours Thursday.
A statement by the Chinese
Communist foreign office
broadcast - by Peiping radio
said American accounts of the
incident "reversed right and
wrong." It said the Americans
had "lied" and accused the
United States of previous kid
nap incidents.
. (See Story on Page 7) "
Lone Fatality in
State Over Week End ,
Salem (UPD The Traffic
Safety Division recorded one
traffic fatality in Oregon over
the week end.
The victi mwas Harry Tre-
nellino of Roseburg, a pedes
trian killed Sunday. He was
83.
"Come OnI'll find You A Decent
Home Somewhere". "
Cm
Soviet Schools
Skip Linking of
Class Subjects
(Editor's note: This is an
other in i, series of articles pre
pared by Medford's school sup
erintendent following his recent
three - week trip to Russia. The
series deals with Russia's "Seven
Year Plan," and is based on Soviet
books, magazine articles, and per
sonal interviews with the ministers
of education of the Russian and
Ukranian republics, the deputy
mayor of Moscow and the mayor
of Tbilisi.)
By
DR: LEONARD MAYFIELD
Medford '
School Superintendent
"With the curriculum set as
it is by the state and with a
particular teacher responsible
for a particular quantity of
knowledge, one could hardly
expect much in the way of in
tegration of learning activities.
Observing none in our visits
to classrooms, we made par
ticular note to raise questions
on this phase of methodology.
In a discussion . with a
geography teacher, we shock
er her with a question about
how she related history and
geography. She indicated that
there was no relationship. We
pursued the question with her
regarding how she could
teach economic geography
without a factor of time. The
point was she had a responsi
bility in geography and she
wasn't concerned about the
group's knowledge of history.
If it isn't in the approved
book, they do not teach it.
Integration Didn't Work
In another discussion with
mathematics teacher, the
question was raised about the
related teaching m algebra,
geometry and trigonometry,
The quick, short answer closed
the matter. The answer was,
we tried the integration of all
mathematics courses 15 years
ago and it didn't work, so we
do not attempt to relate these.
We noted, however, that the
early . introduction of alge
braic concepts allows the
H, B. Jordan Dies c
In Local Hospital
Harold B. Jordan, 77, re
tired orchardist and long-time
Medford resident, died Sun
day in a local hospital. Pri
vate funeral arrangements
are being made by Conger
Morris Funeral home.
Mr. Jordan came to Med
ford more than 40 years ago
and bought the Buckeye or
chard which he operated un
til his retirement. Born in
Bloomington, Ind., July 25,
1882, he was a son of David
Starr Jordan, one-time presi
dent of Stanford university
and noted naturalist.
Harold Jordan was gradu
ated from Stanford university
with a degree in engineering.
For a time he was engaged in
mining in Mexico, and was in
that country during the revo
lution.
The deceased, is survived
by his wife, Lucile, at the
family home, and a sister,
Mrs. Nathaniel Gardner, Ber
keley, Calif. -
W m rue run Minium 0.
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science teachers, particularly
physics, to relate science con
cepts to algebraic functions.
This was the closest thing to
integration of learning activi
ties which we discovered.
Even in such things as lab
oratory experiments we found
teacher domination of the
recitation that we saw little
or no opportunity for develop
ment of creativity or enrich
ment learning opportunities.
The best examples of crea
tive teaching we observed
were with extremely healthy
looking groups of pupils in all
physical .culture classes.
Bodies were straight, eyes
bright, skin clear. This is ac
complished, partly through
physical culture classes, partly
through posters and materials
motivating pupils to work to
ward a healthy body. It is ac
complished more likely
through a controlled year
around dental and medical at
tention, diet and environment;
through summer camps, school
lunch programs, and boarding
schools for those pupils whose
parents do not provide the
right kind of home situation.
Teacher-Pupil Relationships
Our observations revealed
only a very formal relation
ship between teacher and
pupil. The pupil seemed to
respect the teacher, especially
in the classroom. We saw little
evidence of friendly conver
sations between pupils and
teachers in the halls or in the
classrooms after class was
dismissed.
When the class period was
over, the teacher left the
room, generally to go to the
faculty rooms which were in
most schools on each floor. In
the few instances where we
had an opportunity to linger,
we observed poor self -discipline
by the pupils. In cor
ridors between classes pupils
would crowd around the
Americans, because , of their
curiosity faf -Seenw foreigner
from the USiTand it was
usually difficult for the teach
ers to get command of a situa
tion like this without prac
tically ordering . youngsters
from the scene. ' ' ' '
Despite these statements,
we must add v that the morale
of the schools visited was very
high and that acceptable be
havior was exhibited at all
times.'The teachers were in
command of the classroom
situations and not once did
we see anything that looked
like a discipline problem in
form of inattentiveness or dis
respect of, the teacher. Seldom
did a teacher smile or express
a sense of humor. One teacher
we met at a restaurant said,
"we aren't supposed to smile
but I do."
Full of Enthusiasm
The pupils appeared happy
and full of enthusiasm as we
observed youngsters in kinder
garten we couldn't help won
dering if Soviet - American
differences would not soon
disanDear if the children of
our two countries knew each
other and they could be pro
tected against adult miscon
ceptions and false indoctrina
tion?
The Russians are convinced
they have a good educational
program. In fact they have to
be commended for "their all
out effort to educate both
their youth and adults. We
might not agree with their
method and course content,
but their plan to educate the
masses is good. Pupils and
teachers alike are enthusias
tic. From this point of view,
morale is high and the rela
tionship good. Our major
criticism is the "censored"
means by which "subject con
tent" is determined.
Local Crews Mop-Up
After Week End Fire
Mopping-up operations were
under way this morning by
U.S. forest service crews on a
45-acre forest, fire near Mt.
Ashland in the MacDonald
creek area, forest officials re
ported. Only five men remain at
the fire. A crew of 25 men
fought the fire Friday after
high winds caused a slash fire
to spot into green timber.
One bulldozer tractor and two
tankers were used -by the
crews in battling the late
season blaze.
NIKITA IN . HUNGARY Waving his hat,
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev arrives
in Budapest to attend the Hungarian Com
munist Party's first congress since the anti-
xiea uprising in iaoo. .ruirusncnev makes a
major address to the Congress Tuesday and
NiEata Expected to
Withdraw Russian
Units in Hungary
Vienna, Austria-!UPI)-Hungarian Communist oariv leader
Janos Kadar accused the United Slates today of incilina a
slanderous campaign against
Kadar addressed the opening of the seventh Hungarian
Communist Parly Congress in Budapest before an audience
of Red leaders that included
shchev.
Vienna, Austria -fflPD- The
seventh Hungarian Commun
ist Party Congress opened to
day in Budapest and there
was widespread speculation
Soviet Premier Nikita Khru
shchev would announce the
withdrawal of Russian troops
from the satellite nation.
Khrushchev makes a major
address to the congress Tues
day and Western political ob
servers said he may take ad
vantage of the Uunited Na
tions debate on Hungary to
announce a troop withdrawal
with iis new "peace offen-
No Tanfariitfv--
K h r u S a t h etf lew into
Budapest from Moscow with
none of the fanfare , which
surrounded his trips to Wash
ington and Communist China
to attend the Hungarian Com
munist Party's first congress
since the anti-Communist up
rising in 1956. The iireworks,
could come in what the Com
munists called his very im
portant" speech Tuesday.
Diplomats in Moscow said
Khrushchev was attending
the congress obviously to
stress his full support for the
regime of Janos Kadar in the
face of the parallel United
Area's Precipitation
Is Below Normal
Medford vicinity has had
one "rainy spell" during No
vember but it produced only
.15 of an inch of precipitation
and rainfall in the month is
2.51 inches below normal, ac
cording to the weather bu
reau here. '
Just .16 of an inch of rain
has fallen this month. Normal
is 2.67. A three - day rainy
period saw .10 of an inch on
Nov. 20, .02 on the following
day and .03 on Nov. 22.
Precipitation for the agri
cultural year which began on
Sept 1 is 4.17 inches short of
normal. Rainfall so far this
fall has been 1.06 inches and
normal is 5.23, officials said.
The .15 this month' con
trasts to 1.63 inches in No
vember 1958.
A total of one-half to one
inch of rain is forecast for
southwestern Oregon in the
five-day period ending on
Dec. 5 with the precipitation
occurring near the end of the
week.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Considerable high
high cloudiness through Tues
day morning. Low tonight 28.
High Tuesday 50.
TEMP.
Highest yesterday 51
Lowest this morning 26
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 4:41 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 7 :20 a.m.
Moonset today 5:35 p.m.
First quarter Dec. 6
PROMINENT STARS
Square of Pegasus, high
in south 7:05 p.m.
The four stars of this figure, in
the order of their brightness,
are Alpheratz, Markab, Scheat
and Algenib.
Hungary in the United Nations.
Soviet Premier Nikita Khru
Nations debate on Hungary.
Moscow dispatches said he
also would protest U.N. in
tervention in Hungary as a
gross interference in Com
munist internal affairs.
When Khrushchev visited
Washington in September he
told a questioner at the Na
tional Press club that the
xiungarian question was
sticking "like a dead rat" in
the throats of some people
who refused to recognize the
stability ' of the Hungarian
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Gold Hill The body of
Walter H. Woodfin, 56-year-old
gold miner of the Gold
Hill arka, was recovered from
a mine! cave-in north of Gold
Hill ablut 8 ajn. Sunday.
A pajty of 47 men dug all
night m the mine cave-in
about 3$i miles north of Gold
Hill. The body was taken to
Conger-Morris funeral home.
Woodfin has a wife living in
Sacramento, Calif., where the
body will be shipped, accord
ing to the coroner's office. No
autopsy has been performed.
Sgt. Veryl Vanoose of the
Jackson county sheriff's of
fice said the body was par
tially uncovered about 4'a.m.
Sunday. It took four hours
to dig the body out of rock
and earth which had fallen on
top of it. Two state police 'of
ficers who inspected the cave
in estimated 15 or 20 tons of
rock had fallen on oWodfin.
Washington -(UPD- President
Eenhower will hold a news
conference at 7:30 ajn. (p.s.t.)
Wednesday.
RecoveredSunday
County Water Districts
To Hold Annual Elections
Five county water districts
will, hold elections for their
boards of directors Dec. 7.
The districts are the Char
lotte Anne, Elk City, Jackson
ville Highway, Kings High
way and Maple Park districts.
Two persons will be elect
ed in the Charlotte Anne dis
trict. Jack Bush, board mem
ber who was appointed chair
man to fill the position of
Guy D. Corliss, who resigned,
will continue as chairman,
with Jack Jenkins running
for the commissioner vacancy
created by Bush's appoint
ment. The position will be
four years and has temporar
ily been filled by Era Bush,
who is not seeking election.
Gus Witte, present commis
sioner, is seeking re-election
for a five year term. 1
The polling place will be
Camp U-Rest, 3761 South Pa
cific highway, from 2 until
8 p.m. j i
; Voting for the Kings High
way district election wll be
1 ii.nr
there was widespread speculation that he
would in line with his new "peace off
ensive" announce withdrawal of Russian
troops from the satellite nation.
(UPI Radiotelephoto)
Rogue River
Basin Hearing
Postponed Again
The corps of Army engi
neers' public hearing on
Rogue Riv.er basin development-plans
has been "post
poned indefinitely," the corps
has reported.
Originally scheduled : for
September of 1958, then post
poned to June of this year,
then into the fall, the hearing
will now be postponed for at
least a year, Brig. Gen.. Wil
liam F. Cassidy said in a let
ter to Congressman Charles
O. Porter.
The delay, General Cassidy
said, is to permit the fish and
wildlife service to complete
"further investigations to
provide a basis for possible
modifications of the plan now
under consideration for the
benefit of the fishery -re?
sources.
-1 'The comprehensive report
of the corps of engineers will
include an overall plan of de
velopment for the Rogue
River basin," the general told
the congressman.
Jie said the fish- and wild
life studies will take at least
a year, and the resulting un-'
certainties as to cost and the
time which may be required
for additional studies by the
corps, following the fish and
wildlife investigations, will
require the "indefinite" post
ponement of the comprehen
sive' report, and the rublic
hearing to follow, i
The fish and wildlife stud
ies will include water-temper
ature studies along the Rogue,
and it is understood the serv
ice plans to make concrete
proposals for the develop
ment project designed to
benefit the Rogue river
fishery.
Aumsville Girl
Stricken With Polio .
Salem - (DPD - The Marion
County Health ' Department
reported today that a three-year-old
girl from Aumsville
was stricken with polio and
taken to the University of
Oregon Medical . School hoe
pital in Portland.
The case was non-paralytic
held , at the Wayne Troxell
residence, 1833 South Peach
st.,' Medford, Monday, Dec. 7,
from 2 until 8 p.m.
Harold E. Tolle, present .
member is seeking re-election
for a five year term and
George Yung, who was ap
pointed to fill the unexpired
term of J. A. Phillips, is seek
ing election to that position
for three years.
Fred Gardner is the only
candidate for a three-year
term on the board of the
Jacksonville Highway d i s -trict.
Polling place for the
district will be the Oak Grove
school from 2 until 8 p.m.
Allie E. Graham, present
chairman of Maple Park dis
trict, is up for re-election for
a five year term, and filing
to fill a one year unexpired
term is Robert K. Doran.
The election will be held
at the Graham Electric store,
1205 Sage rd., Medford.
Vacancy on the Elk City
district board and polling
place will be announced.
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