Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 15, 1960, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextieadDine Arrives For Russian docket "Bests Sn IPacSffnc . Honolulu (LTD The dead line arrived today for the test' firing of super long - range Russian rockets into the Pa cific and civilian planes and ships gave a wide berth to a 45,000 square mile area 1,000 miles southwest' of Hawaii. The Kremlin announced plans to launch an unspecified number of rockets into the Marshall and Johnston Island area favorite region of U.S. atomic and hydrogen bomb tests - during the Jan. 15 Feb. 15 period. Vessels at Scene " Three electronic - equipped Russian missile - tracking ves sels, shadowed by the U.S. Navy, already had reached the scene, giving rise to specula tion the tests would begin any minute. But there was no indi cation from Moscow the tests would actually begin today. Japanese scientists stood by their monitoring equipment listening intently for a tell tale radio signal that would mean the huge rocket was in flight, but so far there has been only silence, UPI cor respondent Leroy Hansen re ported from Tokyo. Few Details Given UPI correspondent Robert J. Korengold reported from Moscow that the Soviet press or Moscow radio might give advance warnings of the fir ing since such news often is flashed abroad long before Soviet citizens are told. Moscow gave few details of the gigantic rockets except to say they would not carry a final stage. It was apparent though they were bigger and more powerful than even the rockets used by the Soviet Union's successful moon probes. Medford Tribune Regional Edition Page 2 Stocks Advance on Economic News New York (UPB - Stocks staged a broad advance on continuing good economic news and business prospects today. Heavy blue chip buying put the industrial stock average nearly 3 points above Thurs day's close. Steels ruled mixed with Youngstown and Bethlehem up fractionally. Republic countered with a loss of near ly a half, U.S. Steel was un changed. Gains of around 2 were registered by Westinghouse and International Paper, while Union Carbide added a point and DuPont a large fraction. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York-IPE-Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 in- ian Flu Spreads Across Nation as Thousands Stricken By United Press International Fresh outbreaks of Asian flu swelled across the nation today, causing high absentee ism from schools, jobs and in the entertainment industry. The Asian bug, which as a wide-eyed foreigner to U.S. shores two years ago caused scores of deaths and laid mil lions on their backs for a few Savings Bond Sales Increase in Month Savings bond sales in Jack son county showed an increase last month over December, 1958, but sales declined last year from the amount of bonds sold in 1958, according to George W. Mimnaugh, Portland, state director. Sales in the county last month totaled $88,819, com pared to sales amounting to $76,156 in December, 1958. Total sales last ' year amounted to $890,100, com pared to $905,098 in 1958, Mimnaugh said. Total sales of savings bonds in Oregon last year amounted to $33,920,061 compared to 1958 s total of $37,632,348, he added. days, was not nearly as wide-1 and other viruses. Dr. Mai- spread as in 1957 But it had caused a "low grade epidemic" in Southern California and threatened serious outbreaks in the De troit area, where anti-flu vac cines were running low. Some states reported a high er than normal incidence of influenza-type cases, and across the country the damp, cold season was taking a heavy toll of school children, teachers and civic officials. An estimated half -million Los Angeles area residents were stricken with Asian flu Information Officer Named for Academy Maj. Ray E. Stewart, Army reserve advisor, has been ap pointed as assistant West Point information officer for the Medford area. Major Stewart said that he would provide men interest ed in attending the Military academy with literature and advise methods of securing appointments. Information may be ob tained by contacting Major Stewart at the Army reserve center, 33 North Riverside ave., Medford, telephone SPring 2-9295. Deadline Nears for Jaycee Program Portland-Deadline for nom inations in the first annual Three Outstanding Young Men program is Jan. 22, ac cording to George Huggms, chairman. Nominations should be sent to Oregon Jaycees, 824 SW Fifth ave., Portland. Huggins said the program which , is sponsored by the Oregon Junior Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with the First National Bank of Oregon, is designed to recognize outstanding achieve ment by young men. The three outstanding young men will be selected during the week of Jan. 25 by Charles Sprague, publisher of the Oregon Statesmen, Salem; James H. Polhemus, former president of Portland General Electric; Morgan S. Odell, president of Lewis and Clark college; George P. Lilley, Baker, and Gordon Slaon, associate justice of the state Supreme Court. Falling Limb Kills Former ligard Man Orick, Calif. -(LTD- Gene A. Scheckla, 31, Orick, was fa tally injured in the woods Wednesday when the limb of a tree fell on him. He died en route to a hos pital. Scheckla was a former Tigard, Ore., resident. SALES SPREE! I960 ARONDE SUPER DELUXE 4-DOOR SEDAN Fully Equipped $1795.00 INCLUDES: Heater and Defroster White Wall Tires Reclining Seats Windshield Washers Electric Swipes Dick Knight Co. Riverside at 8th SP 3-6247 colm Merrill, state health of ficer, identified the disease as Asian influenza, but county health officer Roy O. Gilbert said half a dozen viruses prob ably were involved. Actors, actresses, crew mem bers and even producer-director Alfred Hitchcock were laid low with bloodshot eyes and fevers. Work on more than five TV shows and Hitch cock's movie, "Psycho," was delayed or postponed by flu attacks. In the Detroit area, Albert Pisa, president of the Detroit Board of Health, said doctors were ordering about five times as much vaccine as a short time ago and supplies were running low. High Absenteeism Detroit's city-county health director, Dr. Joseph Milner, said teachers nave been ab sent from school at double the normal rate. A spot check indicated that factory absen teeism was 2 per cent above normal. Molner said 40,000 persons in the Detroit area were stricken with some type of flu. Ward Spatz Takes Agriculture Oath Salem -(UPD- Swearing in ceremonies were conducted Thursday for the state's new Board of Agriculture by Gov. Mark Hatfield. The board is composed of Ward Spatz, Medford; Ernest Jernstedt, Carlton; Frank Tubbs of Adams; R. A. Long, Fort Rock; Hubert F. Wil loughby of Harrisburg and Frank Rood of North Bend. At the board's first meeting Willoughby and Long drew lots to win six-year terms. Other terms decided by lots were Rood, five years; Jern stedt four; Tubbs, three years; Saito, two and Spatz one year. Candidates Sought In Navy's Program Chief Murray J. Emmerich, Navy recruiter in Medford, has announced that the Navy is accepting candidates in the Navy's music program. Interested candidates are sent to the Musical Examin ing Center at San Diego, with all expenses paid. There is no obligation the applicant must join, he pointed out. Additional information con cerning the program may be obtained from Chief Emmer ich in the Medford post office building. Drivers Ignore New No Left Turn Sign Many drivers have been ig noring the no left turn sign at the intersection of Jackson and Third sts. during rush hours, according to Captain Clyde C. Fichtner, of the Medford police department. Although the sign is well lighted and has been in oper ation since December many drivers who are cited by po lice for turning left at the intersection complain to po lice that they were not aware that a sign was there. Two Appear in Circuit Court Two men appeared in cir cuit court yesterday before Judge James M. Main. Frank Gordon Carter, 35, of route 2, box 189, Medford, entered a plea of guilty of a charge of attempted robbery by putting in fear of force and violence, while not arm ed with a dangerous weapon. Carter waived the right to a grand jury hearing and was arraigned on district attor ney's information. Carter was charged follow ing an incident Sunday morn ing at Hawkins Nite Garage, 616 South Riverside ave. Also appearing in court was Robert Harrison Mayfield Jr., 18, of Central Point. He was sentenced to not more than two years in the Oregon Cor rectional Institute on a charge of uttering and publishing a false check. dustrials 660.53, up 4.09; 20 railroads 157.70, up 1.46; 15 utilities 86.91. up 0.13, and 65 stocks 216.33, up 1.29. Sales Thursday were about 3,560,000 shares compared with 3.470.000 shares Wednesday. Thursday's prices on selected stocks: Allied Chemical Alum Co. Am American Can ..109 - 9914 43 American Motors AT&T Anaconda Copper Armco Steel Bendix Aviation Bethlehem Steel Boeing Air Caterpillar Corp. Chrysler Corp. Continental Can Crown Zellerbach Curtiss Wright Dow Chemical - Du Pont Eastman Kodak Firestone . General Electric - General Foods General Motors Georgia Pacific Graham Paige Greyhound Gulf Oil Homestake Mining Idaho Power I. B. M 428 Int. Paper 127 V 90 i 82 V 67 70 69i 52 ?i 31 i . 32 V 65 i 45 Vs 514 29 92 ?t 256'i 102'8 133 94 102 52 49 . 3 21 33 3. 41', 47 Johns Manville Katy Kennecott Copper 46 .. 6'i .. 95 Lockheed Aircraft 29 li Montana Power Co 23 Montgomery Ward 51 . Nat'l Biscuit 55 New York Central 31 Pac Gas & Elec 63 Penney. J.C 124 '4 Penn RR 162 Radio Corporation . 64 Richfield Oil 77 Safeway 36'fc Sears 49 ' Shell Oil Socony Mobil Oil Southern Co. 41 40 Vi 39 3, Southern Pacific 22 Standard California 48 V Standard Indiana 42 a Standard N. J. 48 Sun Mines 7 Texas Co 79 Texas Gulf Sulfur 18 Transamenca . il Trans World Air . Tri-Continental Union Carbide Union Pacific United Aircraft , United Air Lines U. S. Rubber U.S. Steel Youngstown S&T 17 37 144,i 30 40 33 V 59 9S 12914 14-Year-olds May Get Adult Cards All 14-year-olds can now use adult borrowers' cards at the Public Library of Med ford and Jackson county, Li brarian Omar Bacon said to day. "All youngsters in the ninth grade and up can make good use of books in the adult de partment so we thought they should have adult cards," the librarian said. Before, ninth-graders were allowed to check out adult non-fiction, and adult fiction if it was for a school assign ment. The ninth-graders or 14-year-olds may be limited on some fiction depending on the judgment of the librarians, it was explained. I id v 355 FLOE EXAMINED Capt. Arthur M. Schro- group, looks on. The Air Force said it ex- der, commanding officer of a research sta- pects to complete removal of men and tion in the Arctic Ocean, Ice Island Charlie, equipment from the crumbling floe today, wields an ice hatchet as he examines an ice There was plenty of time to complete the ridge formed on the floe. Dr. K. O. Benning- evacuation and none of the men was in ton, right, lead scientist of the research danger, a spokesman said. (UPI Telephoto) United States, Allied Representatives Will Meet Monday To Map Disarmament Strategy Washington (DPI Repre sentatives of the United States and four Allies will meet here Monday to begin mapping strategy for critical disarm ament negotiations with Rus sia beginning March 15, it was learned today. The Western preparations cy in the wake of Soviet Pre mier Nikita S. Khrushchev's announcement Thursday that Russia had achieved such mis sile might that he planned to cut his armed manpower by one-third. The ambassadors of Brit ain, France, Canada and Italy took on a new sense of urgen-1 and Secretary of State Chris A IT'S A WQNPUFUl STOfcl aturday Check List OF GOOD VALUES tian A. Herter's special assist ant, on disarmament, Philip J. Farley, will participate in the preparatory meeting. They will draw the guide lines to be followed by tech nical disarmament experts of the five countries who will begin meeting here Jan. 25. IT'S A WONDERFUL STORE sale! skirts Partner in Box Company Dies in GP Grants Pass - Clarence Ed ward Havard, 73, a partner in the Rogue River Box com pany, died Monday at his home. He had been in ill health for several years, and had retired last August. Active in Grants Pass civic affairs, Mr. Havard was a partner with Morris Milbank in the business, which Mr. Havard moved from Los An Igeles to Grants Pass in 1929. BOTH one wears CONTACTS! Actually, both pictures are of Dr. Notes' 13-year old daughter who has worn contact lenses 16 hours a day for the past two years. And . . . she wears dark green tinted contact lenses for swimming and skiing. A dramatic illustration of the cosmetic and psycho logical benefits to be derived from wearing contact why net mimI tht WHOLE girl back to school? No Appointment Needed Convenient Credit " , We e,ive Gree Stomps COLUMBIAN OPTICAL CO. MEDFORD SHOPPING CENTER Phone SP 2-9990 casual shopping with convenient parking yo4wes to 25.95 . . . fabulous 'finds' in many, many exquisite patterns and solids, in wools and flannels! glowing spring colors, marvelous designer styles, for 10 to 18 sizes, in sport SHOP . Mondays & Fridays 12 noon till 9 It's worth a trip to Shop LaPointe's 0a. 4 Designer skirt sale Only 10.99 . . . regularly 15.98 to 25.95. Famous designer skirts in fine wool plaids, tweeds, checks, solids and novelties in fashion's favorite colors. Slim styles. All are seat lined. Many have self belts. See our ad in tonight's paper. Full-skirted jacket dresses Very exceptional at only 17.95. Eye-catching full skirted antique print jacket dresses in silk like magic crepe. Chanel neckline jacket. Side button closing and satin cummberbund. But ton trim. Young and cute. Green. Turquoise. . Maternity tops Only 3.79 . . . regularly 5.98. Many different styles in printed cottons, taf fetas and many new materials. Dressy and casual styles. Jo mix and match with skirts and pants at the same won deiful price. Two-tone embroidered dresses Only 1258 . .....Nationally 15.95. Ombre floral embroidery on bodice and back blends the light shaded bodice and deeper-full skirt of this 'cotton casual. Wide, cuffed 3A sleeves. Easy care cotton in two-tone beige, blue or mint.' Hanes annual hose sale Save up to 1.05 on every box of 3 pair c; Hanes seamless stockings. South Pacific, Bali Rose and Shell. Last days. Leather cor sale Only 39.99 . . . nationally 59.95. Save 19.9. Full length leather coats. Lovely back de'ail, pretty pocket and sleeve trim. Three styles to choose from. White or beige. 3-Piece sport suits Only 17.95 . . . nationally 19.95. Handsome 3-piece suits with Chanel cardigan jackets, slim skirts. Fine wool flannel with polka dot blouse and lin ing. Real cute. Dusters Only 3.29 . . . regularly 3.93. Glama-crepe all cotton drip dry duster robes with small all-over rosebud orint and but.'on front. Peter Pan collar. Yok back. Short sleeves and two pockets. Collar and cuffs trimmed with solid color piping. Nylon b?by dslls Only 3.49 . . . nationally 3.98. Embroid ered bows on 2-tone nylon baby dolls. Solid color yoke. Cute nscltline. Waitz length gown and poovers to match. Second style wiih floral eirtb.oidery. Same wondes rul price. Wool jersey coats . . . rain or shine Only 22.95 . . . made to sell for 26.95. beau tifully tailored wool jersey coats with milium lining. Water recellant for all season wearing. Button closing. Interesting collar and pocket detail. Red, white, navy. Coat sale Now only 25.00 and 38.03. Were up to Twice as Much. This is our clean sweep fashion clearance.' Newest styles. Famous names and fabrics. All sizes. Shop tonight (Friday) till 9.