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Regional Edition XI. Price 10 Cents Tribune United Preu Interactional Full Leased Wire United Press International FuU Leased Win 16 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1959 No. 218 Medford 3 ili? SI41 'fe P" tvi " w ' " f' $$f MAMIE IN DENVER Secret Service agents help Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower from her private railroad car on her arrival in Denver today. Mrs. Eisenhower will spend some time with her ailing mother, Mrs. Elivera Doud, while the President is on his foreign tour. (UPI Telephoto) Junior Achievement Program Discussed Medford can have a Junior Achievement program for an approximate cost of $3,150, according to Richard A. Ballou, western regional rep resentative f the organiza tion. . Ballou spoke to a group of 20 civic and business leaders who met at the Rogue Valley Country club this morning to investigate the possibility of having a JA program here. Junior Achievement,-Ballou said, is a program sponsored Girls7 Dormitory Major Part of Work at College Ashland - Construction of the $450,000 women's dormi tory features building and im provement activities under way at Southern Oregon col lege. The dorm, slated for com pletion next fall,' is being built by the Austin Construc tion company, Grants Pass. Other contractors participat ing in the project are Stuart Mechanical company, Med ford; Herman Steeck Electric company, Medford, and J. O. Olson Manufacturing com pany, Eugene, which is install ing built-in furniture. Other construction work in cludes that at Bntt Student center, where $73,000 has been spent during the past year. The upstairs ballroom, completed last fall, has ac coustic tile and a new stage. Dressing rooms, rest rooms and storage areas also were added. Art Gallery The center's basement now has an art gallery, two new classrroms and a women's student lounge. Churchill hall has added music practice rooms and two rooms for drama department activities. A switchboard is' being installed in 1 the base ment to enable persons to dial campus numbers without go ing through a campus opera tor. Sleeping accommodations for 16 women at Susanne Homes hall highlighted the $52,000 worth of .changes made there last summer. Four sleeping units and a study room also were added in the basement. Pittsburgh Transit System Paralyzed Pittsburgh-UPD-A strike of 1,700 trolley and bus operat ors paralyzed Pittsburgh's mass transit system today, causing huge traffic jams in several sections of the city. Arbitration, Third Party Suggested By Labor Secretary in Steel Strike Washington UJPB Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell today advised union and man agement negotiators to sub mit the steel dispute to arbi tration or let a neutral third party - recommend settlement terms. Ike Would Approve Mitchell said these proced ures would meet approval of President Eisenhower who ap pealed to both sides to reach an agreement by collective bargaining before he returns from his overseas goodwill tour Dec. 22. Union and management ne gotiators were expected to by businesses to give high school youth a pre-business education by helping them to form small companies which they run by themselves with the help of advisors from a local firm. They conduct an entire business operation, from its formation to its liquidation, all in the course of an eight month period, he said. Well-Received Here Russ Jamison, of the Public Relations Service in Medford, and one of . those who are hopeful of organizing a JA program in Medford, said the idea' of a local group was en thusiastically received by those attending the meeting. Other meetings will be held in the near future, he said, to further investigate the possi bility of having a JA here. Mayor John Snider said he was interested in the program and would pledge his full sup port to establishing it here. To establish a JA program in Medford, Ballou said, local businessmen must give the needed financial support which would include the pur chasing of office space, ma chinery, and insurance neces sary for an operation. He esti mated this cost would not ex ceed $3,150. Necessary Supervision The National Junior Achievement headquarters in New York will provide the necessary supervision and training of personnel to con duct the local program but will provide no financial as sistance, Ballou said. He emphasized the fact that Junior Achievement National is a non-profit organization, dedicated to promoting busi ness education among high school students, i He pointed out that all money raised in Medford for a JA program would stay in Medford and none would go to other Junior Achievement organizations. Students interested in JA are divided up into groups of 15 to 20 persons who meet to form their own companies, he said. Each company must have a sponsor who will provide three trained advisors to as sist the students in various business procedures. The average company pro duces from $300 to $4U0 worth of goods, which accord ing to Ballou, would have no impact on the existing, eco nomic life of the community, Medford would initially be able to support five or six JA companies, Banou saia. wu having such programs that would be comparable to one in Medford, include, Boise, Reno, Salinas, Calif., Eugene, Casper, Wyo., and Pueblo, Colo. give their reaction to Mitch ell's ideas at a joint session called for this afternoon. The cabinet officer made these suggestions to the "big 11" steel companies and the steelworkers union at a news conference: Arbitration Included -Mutually and voluntarily agree on allowing a board to recommend a settlement to provide the framework for agreement. -Both sides agree voluntar ily to arbitrate issues which they cannot work out them selves. -Request Federal Media Exchange Visits Should Increase, Mayfield Notes (Editor's note: Ihis is the last in a series of articles prepared by Medford's school superintendent following his recent three-week trip to Russia. The series has dealt with Russia's "Seven Year Plan," and was based on Soviet books, magazine articles and personal in terviews 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 In writing the series of ar ticles on my visit to the U.S.S.R., I have attempted to make a factual objective re port. While I must admit to certain prejudices, I find now that a few have been temper ed and a few strengthened. Any errors or misinterpreta tions are mine. It is with a deep sense of gratitude that I express ap preciation to those who made mv trip possible. Without their approval, encourage ment, and contributions, would not have been able to accept the invitation to join the first group of public school administrators to visit behind the "Iron Curtain." The project was co-sponsored by the National Education as sociation, the American Asso ciation of School Administra tors, and other groups inter ested in advancing public edu- Hated Regime Declared Forced On Hungarians United Nations, N.Y.-OJPD- The United States declared to day that Russia maintained 50,000 troops in Hungary to make the Hungarians "accept a regime which was imposed from the outside and which they thoroughly hate."; U. S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge made the charge at the outset of the General Assembly's new debate on the 1956 Hungarian freedom re volt and its bloody suppres sion by Russia. The U.S. and 23 other coun tries had before the assembly a resolution deploring the "continued disregard" by the Soviet Union, and the present Hungarian regime of repeat ed U.N. appeals for with drawal of Russian forces and the holding of free elections in Hungary. Hungary Will Be Free "Hungary, by p e a c e f ul means and in God's time, will one day be free, if we uphold the U. N. Charter," Lodge said. Sir Leslie Munro, U. N. special representative on the Hungarian question whom Moscow and Budapest refused to let into Hungary, told the assembly Soviet Premier Ni kita Khrushchev largely agreed with the report of the Assembly's investigation of the revolt when he spoke rec ently to the Communist Party Congress at Budapest. r VUFT HELP FIG1IT TB CHRISTMAS SEALS tion Director Joseph F. Fin negan to make recommenda tions and use them as a framework to build a settle ment. Asked for his views on the prospects for settlement, Mitchell replied: Real Will Needed "I believe that the parties are close enough in their pos itions that given a real will to settle on both sides a set tlement can be achieved with in the 80-day cooling off per iod." The steel workers are now workin vnder a Taft-Hartley injunction which expires Jan. 26. cation and international rela tions. We were a representa tive group in that our mem bers were from 18 states. Should Be Increased In reviewing our experienc es it is my judgment that ex change visits should be in creased. These programs might include representatives from all phases of American and Soviet economic, politi cal, educational, and cultural life. It is my belief that this type of program is the "best way" to accomplish peaceful co-existence between our two countries. It would be far more economical in terms of money and human sacrifice than by military means. Sov iet groups and individuals with whom we conferred en thusiastically agreed with the above point of view. I believe they were sincere as were we. I was continually amazed at the dedication, confidence and enthusiasm of the Soviet people as they prepare and work toward their well-planned objectives. I sensed a feeling of dissatisfaction on the part of a few. Whether this indicates a "ground swell of public opinion" that will immediately change aspects of their existing program is doubtful. In my discussion with in dividuals they appeared to be desirous of having the right to read newspapers, books, and periodicals from other countries, particularly the U.S.A. I was often asked for American books, dictionaries, records, and magazines. These are prohibited unless strongly anti-America. While they ac cept censorship and regimen tation, there appears to be a growing . resentment against it- Different Purpose ; There were features of the Soviet education program which we should . carefully evaluate. However, as a "package exchange," we must completely reject their pro gram. Theirs is designed to serve an entirely different purpose than ours. If we were to adopt even a major portion of it, our "way of life" would be lost. The distorted, false, taken out - of - context version of American life as written in their textbooks (and other literature) was offensive and disgusting. Ironically, sUch biased information has not poisoned the young people or the older ones against Ameri cans. Wherever we went, in dividually and in groups, these people were polite, cour teous and friendly. (Continued on Page 3) Roosevelt's Personal Physician Succumbs Chicago-(UPD-Ross T. Mcln tire, physician to President Franklin D. Roosevelt for 13 years died today. He was 70 years old. A hospital attendant said he suffered a coronary condition. "It's A Nice Piece of Goods I Used to Wear It Myself!" Ike Pledges To Continue U. S. Aid To Pakistan Mutual Security Held Essential Karachi - (UPD - President Eisenhower today pledged continued American aid to Pakistan, a "courageous ally," and agreed with President Mohammed Ayub Khan that Free World cooperation for mutual security against Com munism is essential. . For his part, Ayub describ ed Eisenhower as "an extra ordinary head of an extra ordinary state. Never before in the history of man has one country taken upon itself so much to preserve the peace and freedom of others as the United States of America." Questions Reviewed The two leaders summed up talks during Eisenhower's two-day visit in a 400-word communique which said they "reviewed generally world wide political questions and in particular the problems of relations between the Free World . and the Sino - Soviet bloc." In what appeared to be an indirect reference to Pakis tan's dispute with India over Kashmir, they said they dis cussed "relations among the nations of the area and the urgent desirability of finding solutions to existing disputes Cheered by Crowd Their talks had been sand wiched between the most tu multuous welcome ever given a visitor to Pakistan, and a sight - seeing tour in which Eisenhower saw a wild dis play of . wheeling horseback maneuvers bv fierce Pakis tani cavalrymen and was cheered anew by a crowd at a cricket match. Excavation Tests For Stadium Made Persons who observed exca vation tests for the proposed athletic stadium at the Jack son county fairgrounds south of Medford were satisfied, County Judge Earl Miller said yesterday. The tests were to determine the value of fill material which could be obtained from the site. Next steD will be to refer the matter to the stadium committee composed of com munitv residents. The commit tee will be asked to pinpoint the location they had in mind for the stadium plan proposed bv John Weisbrod, Medford. The committee has propos ed that fill material could be sold from a section of the fair grounds to pay for excavation and construction of most of an athletic stadium. Those witnessing the tests were County Engineer Paul Rynning, Jack McCormick, resident engineer, state high way department; Rodney Mill er, of Peter Kiewitt and com pany, contractors for a section of the Highway 99 freeway, and members of the county court. 6opfi(u in funutt Pudi . St Lautt hMUNkt 2i (Si&iijwto Flee Fran hkm m Mil Carolina " i&yrr 1-1 mm 'I LIKE IKE' A Pakistanian points his finger in the air and yells "I Like Ike" as President Eisenhower is welcomed in Kara chi today. The Chief Executive, accompanied Conner Elected In Fire District Partial returns from Mon day's county water district and rural fire protection dis trict elections showed a light turnout at the polls with most candidates running unop posed. In the Shady Cove-Trail fire district, A.J. (Bert) Con ner defeated J. Wilmer Rags dale by an 11-4 vote. Claude Hoover, unopposed for reelection in the Central Point fire district, received 12 votes. Howard Tolle and George Yung, both unopposed, were elected commissioners for the Kings Highway water dis trict. Nine persons Voted. Allie Graham and Robert K. Doran were elected chair man and commissioner, re spectively, for the Maple Park water district. Ten votes were cast for each of the unopposed candidates. No results were available today from the Jacksonville Highway and Charlotte Anne water districts or the Med ford and Rogue River fire protection districts. Americans Given Sentences in Cuba Pinar Del Rio, Cuba OIPD Two American soldiers of for tune charged with plotting against the Castro regime re ceived stiff prison terms to day. ' Austin Young, 38, Miami, Fla., was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment while Peter John Lambton, 24, Brit ish-born naturalized Ameri can, received a 25-year term. The government had asked for the death penalty for oung and 30 years for Lamb- ton. They were tried by a war times tribunal. Parks Commission To Meet with Court A committee from the Jack son county parks and recre ation commission will meet with the county court Mon day to establish "operating procedures," it was decided last night. Members com plained to County Judge Earl Miller last night that the commission was being bypassed. Proposals for recreation and park areas have appeared in the news before the commission was in formed by the county court, commission members said. They referred specifically to the proposed athletic sta dium at the county fair grounds, and the exploratory committee meeting scheduled this afternoon by the county court for possible park and recreation development along Bear creek. The committee members said they were not consulted on either of these developments. Committee Memberi Members of the liaison com mittee appointed last night include Bob Keeney, acting chairman, Gene Eberhardt, and Don Ashpole. Both the Medford and Jack son county parks and recre ation commissions met last night with Clayton Anderson, new state supervisor of recre ation. It was the first in a series of meetings the county commission has scheduled with various state and federal agencies to learn of plans for parks and recreation develop ments in Jackson county, Keeney explained. Outline Projects Anderson outlined some of the park and recrea'ion area projects which have been re- by Pakistan President Mohammed Ayub Khan, watched a display of horsemanship staged by Ayub's elite mounted bodyguard. (UPI Radiotelephoto) ported on by his office or are now being considered for study. These included the Peter Britt estate in Jacksonville, properties now owned by Frances and Harry White be tween Rock Point bridge and the new Pacific highway free way interchange, Howard Prairie reservoir, Evans creek covered bridge area. Upper Table Rock site north of Med ford, reported to be owned by Walter Leverette, Star gulch on the Little Applegate, at Gold Ray dam, and Prescott memorial park on Roxy Ann. A site is also being considered along the Dead Indian rd., Anderson said. Bi-Annual Christmas Program Scheduled "Sine Gloria," the second bi-annual secondary Medford schools Christmas program, will be presented Thursday, Dec. 17, at Hedrick Junior High school, Jerry L. Dyrud, vocal music supervisor of Medford public schools, has announced. The program will include about 650 vocalists and an or chestra of about 90 students. They are selected from choral groups from Medford High school, and Hedrick and Mc Loughlin Junior Highs. The presentation will be in troduced by a choral and in strumental version of Ring wald's "Song of Christmas," which has become traditional for the program. John Drysdale, orchestra supervisor, will direct the or chestra. Selected groups from the secondary schools will sing Christmas music from Director Calls Ivy Bluff Break 'Inexcusable' Day Shift Finds Guards in Cells Yanceyville, N.C. (UPD Twenty incorrigible convicts took over the maximum secur ity Ivy Bluff prison camp early today and escaped with an arsenal of pistols, rifles and a sub-machinegun. Fifteen of the 35 prisoners at Ivy Bluff chose to stay be hind but the rest followed the lead of Charles (Yank) Stew art, a longterm convict whose father and brother were exe cuted in Raleigh in the 1920s for murdering a policeman. Break "Inexcusable The fugitives, 14 whites and six Negroes, included six life termers. Col. William F. Bailey, state prison director, termed "in excusable" the break from Ivy Bluff, scene of a number of prison self-maimings. Prison officials received a report late this morning that a man, believed to be one of the fugitives, had been seen about seven miles from here. They sent a truckload of bloodhounds, two guards and two dog handlers to the area. In Washington, the FBI an nounced it was entering the case on the strength of indi cations the prisoners had fled the borders of North Carolina. The prison is located 50 miles northeast of Greensboro, near the Virginia border. Series of. Ruses The break was not revealed for several hours after a day shift guard, coming on duty at 4:30 a.m., discovered the night guards locked in cells. The prisoners took over the prison by a series of ruses. They slugged one guard, and raced away from the camp shortly after midnight in a stolen truck and car. Later they wrecked the car and all 20' climbed into the pick-up truck, which had benches and a wire-cage door for transport ing prisoners. The escape was well planned, apparently by Stew art, Xvho once said he would do anything to get ou of Ivy Bluff. SPEAKER Ashland - H. J. Burrow, owner of the Bellview Mold ing Mill on Tolman Creek rd, was scheduled to be today's guest speaker at the noon luncheon meeting of the Ash land chamber of commerce. WEATHER FORECAST: Increasing cloudi ness tonight- Cloudy with a chance of a few shower Wednesday. Warmer tonight, low 28. High Wednesday SO. Temp. Highest Yesterday SO Lowest this Morning . 17 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 4:39 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:28 a.m. Moonset tomorrow 2:08 a.m. Full Moon Dec. 14 PROMINENT STARS Capella, low In northeast at sunset, will be high overhead 12:13 a.m. RigeU in the south east 9:36 p.m. Next to Sirius they are the brightest stars now above the horizon. Germany, England and Spain. Dyrud said movable stage sets are being designed for more effective lighting and vocal affects, and groups will be constumed in the garb of the period and location of the music. The third part will consist of all the voices combined in singing several less frequent ly performed works of Christ mas music and will also fea ture individual groups such as the girl's chorus in "Lulla by for Mary's Son," the boy's chorus in Geveart's "Noel, Noel," and the seventh grade chorus in the "Christmas Hymn." The presentation is under the direction of Dyrud, assist ed by Lynn Sjolund, Charroll Graber, Ray Lewis, Mary Friesen, Drysdale and Jerry McDougall. The public is invited.
