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Administration
Boosts Efforts
In Steel Strike
Nixon, Mitchell
To Resume Talks
Washington - (UPD - The ad
ministration is stepping up its
behind-the-scenes efforts to
settle the steel dispute and
avert a resumption of the
strike later this month.
The new government stra
tegy was disclosed Thursday
when Vice President Richard
M. Nixon and Labor Secre
tary James P. Mitchell re
ported they had met secretly
with both sides in the lengthy
controversy.
Nixon and Mitchell were
expected to resume their talks
next week in an attempt to
eet a settlement without the
necessity of President Eisen
hower reauesting new labor
legislation from Congress.
Other developments in the
steel situation:
-The United Steelworkers
announced it would seek con
tempt - of - court penalties
against the "big 11" steel
companies for alleged viola
tion of a court order that
halted the 116-day strike.
They accused the companies
of failing to turn over month
ly reports required under the
order.
Hold Luncheon Meeting
-Rocer M. Bloueh. chair
man of U.S. Steel Corp., pre
dicted that if there is no re
sumptioaof the strike, the na
tion's steel mills will operate
at near capacity in the first
six months of 1960 to restore
strike-depleted inventories.
Mitchell held ' an unan
nounced luncheon meeting
Thursday with Steelworkers
President David J. McDonald
and Union Attorney Arthur
J. Goldberg. Neither Mitchell
nor the union officials would
say what they discussed.
Two Airplanes
Reported Missing
By United Press International
Two private planes carry
ing a total of five persons
were reported missing today
In storm-swept areas of the
west.
One plane, carrying four
persons, disappeared during a
snow storm In the Sierra
Nevada area between Oro-
ville, Calif., and Reno, Nev
The other, with one man
aboard, was feared down be
tween Rock Springs, Wyo.,
and Elko, Nev.
The occupants of the first
craft were identified as Mr
and Mrs. Stanley Gardner
and Mrs. and Mrs. Larry For
ester, all of Seattle. They left
Seattle in Gardner s Blue Bel
lanca on a flight to Las Ve
gas, Nev., and made their last
stop at Oroville Wednesday
night.
They were en route to Pasa
dena to attend the Rose Bowl
game between Washington
and Wisconsin.
Robert E. Anderson of
Sunnyvale was aboard the
second plane. He failed to ar
rive in Elko on schedule
Thursday.
First Baby in Area
This Year Is Girl
The first baby of the New
Year in Jackson county was
born to Mr. and Mrs. James
G. House, 528 Bryant st.,
Medford. at 12:01 a.m. today.
Sacred Heart hospital offi
cials announced.
The 8-pound, 5-ounce girl is
the fourth child in the House
family. Others are Polly Ann,
4; Jimmy Jr., 3; and Richard,
2. House is an employee of
the Talent Irrigation district.
Portland Web Pressmen
File Unfair Charges
Portland -(UPD- The Port
land Web Pressmen's Union
No. 17' Thursday filed an un
fair labor charge against
publishers of the Oregonian
and Oregon Journal.
Spokesmen for the pub
lishers labeled the charge
"ridiculous."
The pressmen, whose con
tract expires at midnight to
n'ght, charged management
the two newspapers with
v raining in bad faith. The
r-tion was filed with the Na
tional Labor Relations Board
office here.
Managements of the two
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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1960
SYNAGOGUE WALLS SMEARED - Pass
erby glances at swastikas artd anti-Semitic
slogans smeared on a wall of a synagogue
in racially uneasy Notting Hill section of
London. Scotland Yard ordered "urgent in
quiries" to discover "those responsible for
the outrage." Three swastikas measured a
German Police Hold
Man on Charges of
Daubing Synagogues
Frankfurt, Germany OJPD
Police held a 22-year-old car
penter on charges of painting
swastikas on synagogues to
day as reports of desecration
of Jewish property continued
to mount.
The rash of anti-Jewish
acts touched off by the daub
ing of a Cologne synagogue
Christmas Eve appeared to
be continuing into 1960.
Police in ScheinfekL in
southern Germany, reported
they had arrested Ludwigj
Vogel, 22, on charges of paint-1
ing swastikas and the slogan
down with the Jews, Ger
many awake" on a synagogue
Dec. 30.
First Arrest
Vogel was also charged
with painting the front door
of the home of Jewish tex
tile merchant Bernard Elias.
He was the first person to
be arrested in the current
flurry of anti-Semitic acts
sinpe two young members of
the Cologne branch of an ex
t r e m e right wing political
party were charged with the
desecration of the synagogue
there Dec. 26
Police reported more cases
of the daubing of Jewish
property today, despite a
stringent all night watch to
prevent New Years revellers
getting into the painting act.
Scrawled on Walls
At Burgdorf, near Luene-
Man Tells Police
Oi Ride, Robbery
Ronald Joe Frazier, 719A
Bennett st., told city police
that two men forced their
way into his car about 12:45
o'clock this morning in Med
ford and drove him to near
Jacksonville, where they beat
and robbed him.
Frazier told police that dur
ing the ride he tried to grab
a gun that was under the seat
and in the struggle the car
went into a ditch approxi
mately a mile east of Jackson
ville. He said the two men beat j
him and took about $5 from
him before fleeing, according
to police records. Frazier got
his car out of the ditch and re
turned to Medford, where he
reported the incident to po
lice. newspapers said earlier they
felt members of the union had
abandoned their jobs. There
are 110 pressmen here.
The Stereotypers Union
struck the two newspapers
Nov. 10. Members of other
craft unions, including the
pressmen, observed picket
lines.
Although the pressmen's
contract contains a no strike
clause, the union contends
that under the Taft-Hartley
law members may individual
ly decide not to cross picket
lines out of fear of violence or
social repugnance.
.TRIBUNE
yard wide. Between two of the Nazi em
blems was the message "Jude raus" (Jews
get out). The synagogue is in a Jewish,
neighborhood in a tenement-packed area
where Negro and white residents staged
race riots last year. -(UPI Radiotelephoto)
burg, and at Nienburg in
Lower - Saxony anti - Jewish
slogans and swastikas were
scrawled on walls during the
night.
In Nienburg eye-witnesses
said they saw the painters
drive up to the Jewish cem
etery and daub the walls
with three giant red swastik
as before speeding off.
The Interior Ministry of the
state of Lower-Saxony offered
a 5,000 mark ($1,190) reward
today for information leading
to the arrest of the culprits
in the Nienburg and Burg
dorf cases.
Portland Man
First Fatality
Woodburn, Ore. - (UPD - A
man who had stopped at the
scene of another accident to
dav became Oregon's first
1960 highway fatality.
George Wolfe, 61, Portland,
was struck and killed by a car
on icy Highway 99 near Mac
Laren school at 1:35 a.m. A
comDanion. Edward J. Barth-
olick. about 60, Portland, also
was struck and was hospital
ized in Salem with arm and
leg fractures.
State police reconstructed
the accident this way:
A car driven by James
Bell, Woodburn, started to
pass another while going
south and skidded on the ice,
turning over in the middle of
the highway. Bell was not
seriously hurt. The car con
taining Wolfe and Bartholick
came along and they got out
to look at the wreck along
with another man.
While they were looking at
the accident a southbound car
operated by Charles Lynn
Foland, Hubbard, struck the
two men and the overturned
vehicle.
Court Reverses
False Arrest Case
Salem -(UPD- The Oregon
Supreme court Thursday re
versed a judgment for $40,000
general damages and $20,000
punitive damages recovered
against Montgomery Ward &
Company, Portland, in an ac
tion for false arrest and im
prisonment and malicious
prosecution.
The court also directed dis
missal of the case, reversing
Circuit Judge James W. Craw
ford of Multnomah county.
The court said that "on the
strength of a night . watch
man's identification" of An
ton Kraft as being the man
the watchman encountered
on his rounds of the store
during the middle of a night,
Kraft was arrested without a
warrant by a policeman on a
charge of burglary.
Oregon City -0IPD- Oregon
City Mayor Pete Laurs is re
signing effective Jan. 7" be
cause of ill health.
54th Year Price 10 Cents
No. 239
Highway Crashes
Leave 83 Dead
In Early Hours
By United Press International
The highway death toll
mounted steadily today as mil
lions of Americans welcomed
the New Year.
The tempo of the death
count stepped up as celebrants
headed home after a night of
revelry.
A United Press Internation
al check at 8:30 a.m. (PST)
showed 83 persons had been
killed in traffic accidents
since 6 p.m. Thursday.. Eleven
persons died in fires and one
miscellaneous violent death
was reoorded for an overall
holiday death toll of 95.
By far the heaviest traffic
toll was in Michigan, where
16 persons had died since the
start of the holiday week end.
Indiana, Ohio, Florida and
Texas each recorded six fatali
ties. Illinois and Oklahoma
had five apiece.
A father, his 6-year-old
daughter and 3-year-old son
perished at Waterbury, Conn.,
when a fire which started on
a dried out Christmas tree
flashed through a three-family
house.
The National Safety Coun
cil forecast 320 persons would
not live through the first
week end of 1960.
Police around the country
mobilized their forces in an
effort to save lives over the
I 78-hour holiday which began
I at 6 p.m. New Year's Eve and
ends at midnight Sunday.
Salem-IUPD-Clinton P. Haight
Jr., Baker, has filed as a can
didate for reelection to the
Oregon House of Representa
tives from Baker county. He
is a Democrat.
Salem (UPD - Washington
County Judge Joseph A. Jar
oss has filed as a Democratic
candidate for state treasurer.
"Just The Hat Will
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Thompson Found
Guilty by Jury; ,
Sentencing Set
Four-Day Trial Ends
For Klamath Man
A jury of seven women and
five men Thursday found
Donald Martin Thompson, 36,
of Klamath Falls, guilty of
the armed robbery holdup
Sept. 7 of the Safeway store
in the Medford Shopping
Center.
Following seven hours of
deliberation, the jury return
ed the unanimous verdict at
9:25 p.m. Thursday. The jury
had retired to the jury room
at 2:25 p.m. following instruc
tions by Judge Edward C.
Kelly. . ,
The jury had three choices
as to verdict, according to the
judge's instruction, guilty as
charged, guilty of larceny
from a person, or innocent.
Sentencing has been sched
uled for Wednesday, Jan. 6,
at 1:30 p.m. Maximum sen
tence on the charge is life
imprisonment.
Trial Ends
The trial ended in circuit
court here following four days
of testimony. Final arguments
by the state were presented
by District Attorney Thomas
J. Reeder early Thursday aft
ernoon. Attorneys for the de
fendant were Richard C. Bees
ley, Klamath Falls, and A. E.
Piazza, Medford.
Thompson was arrested at
his $47,000 Klamath Falls
home last November on a San
Pablo, Calif., warrant charg
ing him with armed robbery.
He was later accused of the
robbing of the Safeway store
here of $2,700. Although he
had not been employed for
nearly two years, Thompson
was formerly production man
ager of the Oregon Food
Stores and was an efficiency
expert for chain markets.
Boy Injured by
Blasting Cap
A dynamite cap exploded in
an alley behind the Eagles hall
last night and injured a 13-year-old
boy who was trying
to put it out.
City police said the fuse
and cap were apperently ignit
ed by someone who felt the
explosion would be a practi
cal joke and the boy wander
ed by at an inopportune mo
ment. The boy, Ralph Edward
Southard, 228 South Ivy st.,
was taken to Rogue Valley
hospital by Medford Ambu
lance Service where he was
treated for minor punctures
of the skin.
Southard told police he was
going into the alley to look
for bottles, which he collects,
about 11:15 p.m. and noticed
something burning on a wall
near the Eagles hall. As he
went to investigate, he told
police, a car came from the
alley and nearly struck him.
He said he went to the
burning object and found it
to be a fuse. When he tried to
out it out with his hands, the
blasting cap fell off the wall
and exploded just above his
hand, causing pieces to hit
him in the face and hand.
Portland (UPD Pacific
Northwest Pipeline Corpora
tion said it wants to complete
its Willamette valley natural
gas pipeline by May 1.
Be Sufficient, Senator"
GREETINGS, CHUM - Nine - month - old ever, for he was sound asleep when the
Randi Merrill gives a fitting greeting to the bells rang and whistles tooted to welcome
New Year in New York. Randi bid farewell 1960. -(UPI Telephoto)
to the frantic fifties early yesterday, how-
City of Long Beach Float Wins
Tod Prize in Pasadena Parade
Pasadena, Calif. (UPD The
City of Long Beach with its
orchid - bedecked "Venus de
Milo" float today won the
sweepstakes award for . the
most beautiful floral entry in
the 71st annual Tournament
of Roses.
Winners were announced
as the floats moved majes
tically before an estimated
one million persons lining the
parade route in crisp but
clear weather. i
The grand prize went to
the Occidental Life Insurance
Co. float depicting the ballet,
"Swan Lake." A huge swan
occupied the forefront of this
entry against a background of
chrysanthemums and roses.
The Long Beach sweep
stakes winner was a breath
taking spectacle fashioned
from 100,000 orchids and 6,-
000 roses. A replica of the
Venus de Milo statue was un
der a canopy of vanda or
chids. Theme Float
The float best typifying the
theme of the tournament,
Tall Tales and True" was
judged to be the entry of Los
Angeles county, Jack ana
the Beanstalk." . Jack was
Belton Seen Ahead
For Treasurer Post
Salem-(UPD-Howard Belton,
66, Canby businessman and
farmer and former president
of the Oregon Senate, was re
ported today to be a front
runner as the appointee to
succeed Sig Unander as state
treasurer.
Unander is resigning to take
a position on the Federal
Maritime Board.
A Salem newspaper said
Thursday that Belton "now
appears to have the inside
track."
The article said Belton
"seems to be the best bet of
the possibilities who have
been mentioned."
In 1948 Belton campaigned
for state treasurer and defeat
ed Unander in the primary
but lost in the general election
to Democrat Walter Pearson
of Portland, now president of
the State Senate.
! Portland Rose Parade
Entry Named Winner
Pasadena - (UPD - The city of
Portland's entry in the 71st
annual Tournament of Roses
parade today was named a
winner in the class A-2 divis
ion along with St. PauL Minn.,
and San Antonio, Tex.
The division was for cities
outside of California with a
population of between 150,000
and 500,000.
shown chopping down the
beanstalk as the giant de
scended from a floral cloud.
Orchids, chrysanthemums,
carnations and stocks decor-:
ated the float. ......
The President's trophy was
won by the Union Oil Co. of
California with its float 'An
thony and Cleopatra" show
ing a barge carrying the
Egyptian queen on a lake dec
orated with orchids and hun
dreds of roses.
The Queen's trophy went to
the City of Santa Monica,
Calif., for its floral version of
"The Little Mermaid," a fairy
tale by Hans Christian Ander
son. Mexico won the Interna
tional trophy with its float
depicting stages in the history
of the nation from the days of
the Aztec Indians to the
present.
Other Trophies
The National trophy was
won by the City of Chicago
with its amusing portrayal of
Mrs. O'Leary's cow which, ac
cording to legend, started the
great fire of 1871 by kicking
over a lantern.
"Tales of the '49ers," the
entry of the City of Glendale,
Calif., won the Governor's
trophy with its portrayal of a
prospector panning for gold
against a mountain back
ground. The Mayor's trophy was
won by tne btanaard Jii
Company of California with
"Tales of Audubon," a float
depicting a wild life scene
with western birds.
Helms Bakeries won the
Judges Special prize with a
float called "Firebird" show
ing a floral figure with the
face and arms of a girl taper
ing into the body cf a bird
in bright shades of red and
orange.
Cold weather failed to dis
courage the crowds from voic-
80 Per Cent of
Tax Levy Collected
Funds representing approx
imately 80 per cent of the to
tal Jackson county 1959-60 tax
levy were collected and pro
cessed by Dec. 29, according
to Sheriff Joe Walsh.
Collected during November
for the first payment of the
1959-60 tax levy was $5,507,-
303.46, or nearly half a mil
lion dollars more than for the
same period last year. Total
lew is S6.950.576.29. The
money was received from 38,-
261 accounts, an increase of
1,326 for the same period last
year, Walsh said. Once col
lected, the money must be
processed according to taxing
unit and percentages.
Walsh said the accounts
paid in November, 1958, were
not completely processed un
til Jan. 7.
iag their enthusiasm as the
floats moved before them
The spectators were bundled
in blantets and heavy cloth
ing against sub-freezing tem
peratures early in the morn
ing.
The mercury plummeted to
31 degrees at 1 a.m. as crowds
already were moving into po
sition lining Colorado blvd.
shoulder to shoulder on the
parade route.
Small fires were built
against curbings, in garbage
cans carried along for the oc
casion or in other metal con
tainers by the throng that
braved the chilly weather to
view the show billed as the
world's most colorful floral
spectacle.
Hundreds of persons curled
in sleeping bags on lawns bor
dering the route or slept in
folding cots and chairs at
curbside. Parents and chil
dren "were wrapped in all
manner of brightly colored
blankets.
The crowd was quiet and
orderly, patiently waiting in
the cold weather.
Christmas Tree
Pick-Up Sunday
The annual Christmas tree
pick-up by the Medford Moose
lodge will begin at 1 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 3. Trees gather
ed will be burned at a site
on Antelope rd. about 3A mile
off Crater Lake highway.
Medford residents who wish
the lodge to pick up their
trees should leave the tree in
front yards on porches where
they can be easily seen. Dona
tions may be placed in enve
lopes and tied to the trees.
Proceeds from the pick-up
will be given to the Junior
Service League kindergarten
for the hard of hearing. Any
one wishing further informa
tion as to use of funds may
call Mrs. B. Brandt Bartels
or Mrs. Ray Casterline.
New March
Open campaign aturaay
The New March of Dimes
campaign in Jackson county
will begin Saturday, Jan. 2,
it was announced today by
Clarence Gossage, county cam
paign director. .
He said the 1960 campaign
seeks to raise funds for a
fight against birth defects, ar
thritis and polio, major crip
plers which affect one in
every four U. S. families.
The . drive will continue
through January, reaching its
climax with the traditional
Mothers' March on Jan. 28.
"The National Foundation
has become the leader in the
fight against crippling dis
Stereotypers
Suggest Meeting
Of Top Figures
Negotiations To
Be on Local Level
Portland - (UPD - A proposed
"summit meeting" to try to
settle Portland's newspaper
strike was rejected by publish
ers of the Oregonian and Ore
gon Journal today.
The Stereotypers Union,
which went on strike against
the newspapers Nov. 10, sug
gested a meeting here between
James Sampson, Chicago, in
ternational president of the
union, and Samuel I. New
house, New York, owner of
the Oregonian.
M. J. Frey, publisher of the
Oregonian, and Wm. W.
Knight publisher of the Jour
nal, issued statements turning
down the suggestion.
Not Party To Talks
Frey said: "Mr. Newhouse
has at no time been a party
to the negotiations related to
the present Stereotypers
strike. He has authorized me
to say that all negotiations on
behalf of the Oregonian are
and will continue to be in the
hands of the local manage
ment." Knight's statement said:
"The Stereotypers strike is
against both the Oregonian
and the Oregon Journal. Only
the management of the Jour
nal has spoken or will speak
for the Journal in any nego
tiation with the Stereotypers
or any other employee repre
sentatives." Portland -(UPD- Police today
continued, an investigation
into a fight at the Hungerf ord
hotel bar here lata Wednes
day night.
Officers said four employees
of the Oregonian-Oregon Jour
nal were involved in the me
lee with four other men. Po
lice said the newspaper work
ers told them they were at
tacked by the others. One,
Steve Moore, 28, was hos
pitalized with possible inter
nal injuries.
Blizzard Baiters
Plains States
By United Press International
The new year was ushered
in today by a howling blizzard
that lashed the country's mid
section after handing tne
Southwest its third crippling
blow from winter in the past
16 days.
The storm, packing nign
winds and heavy snow, hit the
Central Plains early today,
snarling holiday travel. By
early morning, up to six inches
of snow had falleji in sections
of South Dakota and Ne
braska. The storm hit New Mexico
and Arizona in near record
proportions. Many roads were
closed and travelers stranded
in western New Mexico.
Elsewhere, rain was fore
cast in the Mississippi Valley
and Gulf states, freezing rain
or snow in Illinois and Mis
souri and fair weather along
the Eastern Seabord and most
of the West Coast.
WEATHER
FORECAST Fair this afternoon
and tonight. A few snow flur
ries in vicinity of mountains
this afternoon. Patches of valley
fog Saturday morning. Increas
ing cloudiness Saturday with
snow likely by late afternoon or
night. High today 35. Low to
night 15. High Saturday 37.
TEMPERATURE
Highest Yesterday 40
Lowest This Morning 20
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 10
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 4:48 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow . . 7:41 a.m.
Moonset tonight 8:44 p.m.
First Quarter Jan. 5
Among the highlights of the
phenomena in the skies above
in 1960 will be two partial
eclipses of the Sun and two total
eclipses of the Moon. Both
eclipses of the Moon and one
of the eclipses of the Sun will
be visible over North America.
of Dimes To
eases, Crossage said, but to
get the job done it needs the
support of the entire commu
nity. "The Foundation hopes to
provide patient aid, as funds
permit, to children under 19
stricken by arthritis and cer-
Lain Dirui aeieuus. Aia uj yai a-
lyzed polio patients will con
tinue," he pointed out.
A vigorous program of pro
fessional education and medi
cal research also is being un
dertaken with health scholar
ships to high school graduates
and college students playing
an important role, Gossage
Mid.