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Newspaper Page Textfo) mm TEST Regional Edition Medford 16 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1959 No. 238 : wmmm-rJL HHIlifr"' ...mill, inrM A TOUCH OF HOME-Mrs. John Acampora, New Haven, Conn., is shown beside a snow camel that her husband built for her. Mrs. Acampora is a native of Tripoli and they Hatfield as GOP Keynote Speaker Being Considered Salem - flJPB - The feelers re out for Gov. Mark Hat field to be the keynote speak er at the 1960 Republican na tional convention next sum mer in Chicago. Peter Gunnar, chairman .of the Oregon GOP Central committee, said today that at least 12 states are "very in terested" in the idea and that others are "thinking about it." Suggestion Needed . Gunnar said that California Republican officials are par ticularly interested. Selection of the keynoter probably will come in the form of a sugges tion by Vice President Rich- rd Nixon and Republican Na tional Chairman Thruston Morton. Gunnar said that 12 states included a cross-section of the nation. The groundwork for this possibility was laid at the GOP national committee meeting in Chicago Dec. 10 12, Gunnar said. Ike's South America Plans To Be Told Washington (UPD Presi dent Eisenhower is expected to announce shortly a good will trip to South America, possibly in mid-February. He may visit Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. Informed sources said Eis enhower planned to fly from Washington to Rio de Janeiro and then board a U.S. Navy cruiser for the trip to Uruguay and Argentina. He would fly from Argentina to Chile on his return home. ' The sources said the exact dates and itinerary still were in the "planning stage" but that a White House announce ment could come within 10 days. Stores, Offices Closed Tomorrow Most retail stores in the county will be closed tomor row, New Year's day. City, state and county offices also will be closed. The Jackson county public library will close at 6 o'clock this evening ' and remain closed until 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 4. i All the county's schools will resume classes Monday following the Christmas and New Year holiday. The Mail Tribune will pub lish a noon edition. Lack of Wind in Texas Judqed Top Lie For Year Burlington, Wis. -UPIP You may not believe this, but the Burlington Liars' club has a new world's champion for 1959. He is, not surprisingly a Texan, W. C. Cook, Wichita Falls. At least he says he's from Wichita Falls. This is his prize -winning lie: ' "You have heard of big winds. Well, last summer we had so little wind down here were married, while he was stationed there in the service. She was homesick for her native land so her hubsand made the camel as a touch of home for her.-(UPI Telephoto) Closing Arguments Given in Thompson Jury Trial Closing arguments by the state and defense in the trial of the state against Donald Martin Thompson, 36, of Kla math Falls, were heard this morning in circuit court here. District Attorney Thomas J. Reeder is expected to pre sent the final closing argu ments for the state this after noon prior to the jury receiv ing instructions from Judge Edward C. Kelly. Who Will Be First 1960 Aulo Victim? Salem-rtJPR-With the-gruesome 1959 state traffic rec ord all but behind them, members of the Oregon Traf fic Safety Commission asked this question: "Who will be the first victim of the New Year?" The Commission said that in 1959 the new year was only one hour and 45 minutes old when the state recorded its first traffic death, the begin ning of a record year. Vern Hill, director of the Oregon Motor Vehicles De partment, today once again urged motorists "not to drink and drive, and to slow speeds to cope with expected ' icy road conditions." Gov. Mark Hatfield indi cated that police roadblocks to snare drunk drivers would be up again this week end, and the program possibly in tensified. Nixon En Route To Los Angeles New York-(UPD-Vice Presi dent Richard M. Nixon flew today to California for a New Year's visit. Nixon was scheduled to de part from Washington late Wednesday but decided to take a later flight. His wife and daughters left without him. The vice president was ex pected to arrive in Los An geles in time for a luncheon engagement. He will partici pate in the Rose Bowl Parade on New Year's Day. Cameroon Rebels Attack Federal Troops Douala, French Cameroons -fliPD-Rebel tribesmen attack ed government troops with knives and spears Wednesday night on the eve of United Nations Secretary-general Dag Hammarskjold's arrival in the Cameroons for indepen dence ceremonies. that I had to take down two of the three windmills on my ranch to get enough wind to operate the other one. And if I hadn't taken down the wire fences, that were obstructing the wind, that one wouldn't have worked." O. C. Hulett, president of the famed Burlington Liars' club, acknowledges that it is a rare occurrence when a Texan brags about, scarcity in the Lone Star Republic 24th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune Today A verdict in the case is ex pected later this afternoon. The trial, which started Mon day, charges Thompson with the robbery of the Safeway store in the Medford Shop ping Center last Sept. 7. Witnesses Called Witnesses called by the de fense Wednesday afternoon in addition to the defendant were his wife, Glenn Mudder, a Klamath Falls grocery store employee; Randy Balsi ger, a friend of Thompson's daughter; Thompson's daugh ter, Jennifer; and Mrs. Mar vin Ryan, sister of the de fendant. All testified as to the activ ities -of the defendant on La bor Day, the day of the Safe way store holdup here. Reeder called four police officers as rebuttal witnesses Wednesday afternoon and the defense called one rebuttal witness this morning. Attorneys for the defendant are Richard C. Beesley, Klam ath Falls, . and A. E. Piazza, Medford. Proxmire Would Be Favorite Son Washintgon -(UPD Sen. Wil liam Proxmire (D-Wis.) said today he , would "seriously consider" entering the Wis consin Democratic presiden tial primary as a favorite son if Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minn.) is unopposed there. Humphrey Wednesday be came the first avowed candi date in the 1960 presidential sweepstakes. Proxmire told a reporter he thought Humphrey's an nounced entrance in Wiscon sin's April 5 primary was a "fine thing" and would "con tribute greatly to the Demo cratic position in Wisconsin." But he said he thought there should be a contest. Boy Hit by Car on Keno Bridge Dies Klamath Falls - (UPD - Law rence Flock, 7, son of S-Sgt. and Mrs. Norman V. Flock, Kelso, Wash., died in a local hospital Wednesday from in juries suffered when struck by a car while playing on a bridge at nearby Keno. State police said the young ster apparently stepped out from behind a pillar in front of a car driven by Mrs. Joe DeGrande, Keno. Flock is stationed at Kings ley Air Force Base here. Hubbard Man Injured In Train-Car Crash Silverton - (UPD A slow moving freight train and an automobile collided this morn ing one mile south of Hubbard on the South Pacific main line and the driver of the car was taken to a Silverton hos pital with injuries. In "fairly good" condition in the hospital was Ted C. Foreman, 55, of Hubbard. His car was demolished. He suf fered head and face injuries. Washington fUPD The Navy says it will have four Polaris missile submarines in opera tion by early 1961. Richard Wilcox Named Oregon Health Officer Veteran Official Replaces Erickson Portland-ffiPB Dr. Richard H. Wilcox, veteran Oregon public health official, today was named as the state's new health officer. He succeeds Dr. Harold M. Erickson, who is resigning to become deputy director of health for California. Dr. Wilcox, 50, has been head of the health board's local health services division for more than nine year. Be fore that he served as Uma tilla county health officer. In Private Practice He also has been associated with the South Dakota State Board of Health and has been in the private practice of med icine in both Oregon and South Dakota. Dr. Carl Holm of Salem, health board president, said the appointment was made after a nationwide recruit ment campaign launched aft er Dr. Erickson submitted his letter of resignation Nov. 18. Seventh Officer Dr. Wilcox will be the sev enth state health officer since the board was created in 1903. He took his pre-medical stu dies at Northwestern Univers ity and holds the degrees of bachelor of science from the University of South Dakota, doctor of medicine from Uni versity of Louisville, and mas ter of public health from Johns Hopkins. He served with the med ical corps of the Marines dur ing World War II in the South Pacific. Snider Opposes Centennial Vote Portland-fllPD - The Oregon Centennial Commission, over the protests of Mayor John Snider of Medford, has voted about . $10,000 in disburse ments cutting down the amount it will return to the state to about $30,000. Included was $7,000 to help pay part of a $9,801 deficit from the National Indian En campment held at Pendleton last summer. The Commission also voted to pay $1,000 to the Oregon Chapter of the World Affairs Council and $1,300 to Pan - American World Airways for rebate on exhibit space traded for a lounge put in by the airline. However, a $10,000 request from the Ashland Shake spearean Festival was turned down. The Commission noted that the Festival already re ceived $15,000. Snider, a Commission mem ber, objected to the payments saying the amount to be re turned was small "out of the four millions dollars that went through our hands. We have a real obligation to re turn every cent we possibly can." Hatfield House Painted by Vandals Salem-flJPD-Vandals painted foot-high letters with red paint on the side of the new house of Gov. and Mrs. Mark Hatfield sometime early to day. The sentence said "Keep Oregon Pea Green." The Hat field's two-story home is pale green on the outside. Authorities said the words were apparently painted with a paint spray' can. The vandal ism was discovered this morn ing, on the south side of the house. The house is not yet finish ed. The contractor said that section of the siding will have to be repainted. There was no clue as to identity of the vandals. 647 Jet Bomber Crash Fatal To Four Crewmen Torrejon AFB, Spain-ttJPD-A U.S. Air Force B47 jet bomber crashed today shortly after taking off for its home base in Florida, killing all four crewmen aboard. Portland (UPD Dr. Harold M. Erickson, who has resigned as Oregon's state health offi cer, was honored Wednesday night at a banquet attended by more than 400 person? in cluding Gov. Mark Hatfield. Paris (UPD Leaders of France's nation-wide radio and television strike have de cided to lift their shutdown briefly to allow President Charles de Gaulle's New Year greeting to be read to the nation.- Oregon' -Highway- Traffic Death Record Shattered Tillamook Pair Killed in Crash Near Lebanon Total of 485 Breaks 1946 Mark By United Press International Oregon's all-time official traffic death toll mark was shattered Wednesday, the next to the last day of 1959. Two Tillamook residents were killed in a two-car col lision near Lebanon and a seven-year-old boy died of in juries when struck by a car in Klamath county near Keno. That brought the toll for the year to 485, according to the State Traffic Safety Com mission in Salem.- The previ ous high mark was set in the post-war year of 1946 when 482 persons lost their lives in traffic accidents. With one day to go the December toll was 54, com pared to 37 on the same date in 1958. Killed in the collision near Lebanon Wednesday night were Joe L. Bennett, 26, and Eunice Violet Emmenegger, 48. Three other persons were injured. Lawrence Flock, young son of S-Sgt. and Mrs. Norman V. Flock, Kelso, Wash., died in a Klamath Falls hospital Wed nesday, from injuries suffered when struck by . a car on- a bridge at Keno. The father is stationed at Kingsley Air Force Base at Klamath Falls. Another accident Wednes day night saw seven cars and Greyhound bus skid into' the ditch near Willamette pass after two refrigerator trucks jacknifed on the icy highway. Two persons were injured. More Passenger Miles The Traffic Safety Division said that in 1946 when the previous high was set about 4,500,000 passenger miles were traveled. The figure this year will be about 7,500,000 passenger miles. Also, in 1946 there were 470,154 motor vehicles regist ered compared to about 875, 000 this year. The 1958 death toll was 449 while 468 died in 1957, now the third worst year on record. The department confines its figures to traffic accidents oc curring on a "trafficway" or public road. It does not in clude accidents which occur entirely on private property. Khrushchev May Fly To Peiping London (UPD Soviet Pre mier Nikita S. Khrushchev may fly to Peiping for talks with Red China's leaders be fore the May 16 East-West summit meeting in Paris, Western diplomats speculated today. The diplomats predicted that a meeting of the Com munist bloc leaders might be held before Khrushchev meets with President Eisenhower, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and French Presi dent Charles de Gaulle. Lumber Market Slowed by Holiday Portland -(UPD- Holiday mill closures and eastern snow storms slowed trading in the western lumber and plywood markets to a walk this week, Crow's Lumber Market News Service said today. However, prices were hold ing firm. Crow's said the severe weather in the East, while not much of a market factor to day, could prove to be an ob stacle in January when mill production is. expected to be fairly heavy. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy to night and Thursday with a few snow flurries mostly over mountains. Low tonight 20-25. High Friday 38. Temp. Highest Yesterday 35 Lowest this Morning 29 Prec. to 10 ajn. Today .10 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 4:48 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:41 a.m. Moonset tonight 7:36 p.m. First Quarter Jan. 5 VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, in the south east 6:17 a.m. Mars, rises 6:52 a.m. Jupiter, right above Mars. New Year iinge To Be Expensive Frolic By United Press International It will cost more to ring in 1960 than it did to welcome 1959, a nationwide survey of New Year's Eve night club prices showed today. Tabs at the better bistros will range from $20 to $50 a couple and could go a lot higher. This would depend, as a Chicago night club man ager said, "on how wild you want to get." Eisenhower Urged Prestige Washington -UPD- Sen. Vance Hartke (D-Ind.), urged President Eisenhower today to exert the prestige of his of fice to end the steel strike. Alternatively, he urged Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell to unveil immediate ly the administration's plan for settling the dispute. Efforts Suspended Hartke, from one of the na tion's key steel-making states, made his proposals after Fed eral Mediation Chief Joseph F. Finnegan temporarily sus pended government efforts to settle the seven-month-old dispute. Medford High Band Leaves at Midnight Members of the Medford High school band will leave about midnight tonight "for San Francisco where they will play Saturday during ac tivities connected "with: the East - West Shrine football game.. . , , , Three 41-passenger buses will take the students, Direc tor I. A. Mirick,' Mrs." Mirick and eight chaperones on the trip. The group will stay at the Drake Wiltshire hotel. ' They are scheduled to ar rive in San Francisco about 10 a.m. Friday. Saturday the band will play a short concert in Union Square and another concert at the Shrine hospital before performing at Kezar stadium during the game halftime. Mirick said the band is expected to arrive home about midnight Sunday. Washington (UPD The State Department has asked the Dominican Republic to recall its consul general in Miami on grounds he was involved in an arms smuggling plot, ac cording to officials. $$Wl) Al i rfJ R &fxji l l,rl" 'Y ;i i'hitt Mttr 1 J :' - I ? 'H'' LJPf it 1 ffiflf1 ft iM" ' ,4 A QUEEN AND COURT Queen of the TouVnament of Roses Margarethe Bertelson, center, poses at Pasadena, Calif., with the six members of her court. Front row, left to right, are Sherri Goodner, Queen Margarethe, and Marion Kerby. Prices in the nlushest nlac es include a dinner, a floor show and one drink. Other drinks are extra. Prices vary, becoming low er as the plushiness of the nightspot in question becomes less. And for those who want something still cheaper and don't care for the floor show, blaring orchestra and other fringes of the better bistros, there's always the corner pub. in Steel Strike Finnegan said in a state ment Wednesday that neither the union nor - management was willing to compromise now because both were too busy lobbying for votes in next month's government- Nixon, Mitchell Seek Steel Truce Washington - (UPD Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell sought anew to break the deadlocked steel dispute at secret meetings with both sides, Nixon disclosed today. The latest in a series of such conferences was held here Wednesday, Nixon said in New York before boarding a plane for- a holiday in Cali fornia. Nixon said President Eisen hower has been kept fully in formed on the discussions. But he declined repeatedly to comment on what progress, if any, was made in the talks. "I can't say anything about a settlement," Nixon said. "All I can say is the parties are still meeting and have not reached an agreement. As for the prospects of a settlement, I cannot anticipate at this time what the outcome will be." Benson Endorses Nixon Candidacy Washington (UPD - Secre tary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson endorsed Vice Presi dent Richard M. Nixon for the Republican presidential nomi nation today. But he indi cated he would not remain in the cabinet if Nixon is elected. The survey also confirmed there is a growing trend to seeing in the New Year with parties at home. The home type celebrations also varied. There was the host in suburban New York who plans to spend $32 a head for a houseful of revellers and the non-drinking hostess in Salt Lake City, who said, "When people leave our house, I know they're sober." to Exert UULVU vi. wi fcllC OCCC1- workers on the companies' last offer. Hartke said both manage ment and labor would heed a presidential summons to a conference with Eisenhower or some other high adminis tration official. The senator said Eisenhow er's "strong popular support" would help pressure the Steel workers and the companies into settling the dispute. Refusal Criticized "They wouldn't want to ir ritate the President," he said. Hartke criticized Mitchell's refusal to maira rmKli w tmwiv uvn any administration plan for settling the dispute in case the strike resumes when an BO-day Taft-Hartley back-to-work order expires Jan. 26. Hartke said he asked Mitch ell in November to 1 disclose any government settlement plan. . ;- ... . ... Haworth Named to National Groups Medford Parks and Recre-' ation Director Robert Ha worth recently accepted ap pointments to two committees of the National Recreation association. One is the national advisory committee on defense related services of the NRA. The committee 1 assists recreation leaders in meeting the recre ational needs of servicemen and their families stationed at military installations through out the world. The other committee is the national advisory committee on recreation administration of the NRA, which studies current problems of recre ation and park authorities and determines the best methods of dealing with them. Back row, left to right, are Virginia Uebbing, Virginia Evans, Carolee Ream and Barbara Thomas. They will reign over the Tournament of Roses Friday, -CUFi Telephoto) Soviet Official's Passing Remark Lifts Accusation Pravda Editor Says U.S. Not Accused Moscow -(UPD-Russia's lead ing nuclear-blast expert today effectively retracted the So viet charge that the United States has been conducting underground nuclear tests. Prof. E. K. Fedorov, chief Soviet delegate to the Geneva nuclear test talks, said the U.S. underground blasts men tioned Wednesday by the Communist organ Pravda were "chemical explosions simulating nuclear explos ions." Passing Remark Federov's clarification was a passing remark in a state ment that was generally criti cal of the U.S. stand on de tection of underground nu clear tests. In Manchester, England, the Guardian reported receiving a telephone call from a Prav da editor in London saying that Wednesday's story should not be interpreted as an ac cusation against the United States. Treatment Rejected Federov said Soviet experts believe the U.S. observations o n underground explosions "will definitely be significant in the work of a nuclear con trol system," but added that they "categorically reject' U. S. treatment of the data. "Having discovered various errors and sometimes advised ly incorrect propositions in the American statements and documents, Soviet experts on the basis of the same factual material in some oases reach ed different conclusions," he sa d. Snow Covers Area Mountain Passes Snow and ice covered high ways of southern Oregon and northern California today making driving hazardous throughout the area, state po lice reported. Drivers were advised to carry chains from over the Siskiyous and chains were re quired from the Oregon line to Yreka. Chains are required on Highway 66 in the Green springs, where packed snow covers the road. Highway 99 north from Medford to Roseburg was icy and motorists were advised to carry chains. Chains also were advised for Highway 199 to Crescent City. Sunshine and no new snow were reported on Ore gon mountain. Packed snow also was re ported on the Tiller-Trail road and drivers were warned to carry chains. Plows were operating and chains were required on the Diamond Lake cut-off, where eight inches of new snow were reported.