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ACKNOWLEDGES APPLAUSE President night. The president's remarks were carried
Eisenhower acknowledges applause from carried by closed circut televsion to 79 other
more than 6,700 Republican party contribu- dinners in the county. Map on wall diagrams
tors at a $100-a-plate "Dinner with Ike" the President's recent good will tour of 11
party at the Pan Pacific auditorium last nations. (UPI Telephoto)
Crowd Greets Morse
At Medford Airport
About 75 persons were at
the Medford Municipal air
port this morning to greet
Senator Wayne Morse when
he arrived by United Air
lines plane at 11:42 a.m., about
a half hour later than the
scheduled arrival.
Senator Morse made no of
ficial speech but greeted the
persons who were on hand to
meet him, with "This is won
derful, this is wonderful," as
he came down the ramp.
He was introduced to a
group of Southern Oregon col
lege boosters who carried
signs lettered "Morse." He
poke to them by saying,
"You are biased friends, I
would say."
He left immediately for
Kim's restaurant where he
was to speak at a noon no
host luncheon sponsored by
the Jackson county central
committee.
After the luncheon he was
to leave for Grants Pass to
meet at 3 p.m., with a group
of farmers to discuss market
problems.
Other meetings scheduled
for him were with Sucker
Creek irrigation officials at
3:30 p.m., and Mayor Debbs
Potts of Grants Pass at 4 p.m.,
when they were to make a
tour of Merlin irrigation dis
trict. Also on the tour was to
be Bruce Davidson of Grants
Pass. Later Senator Morse
was to visit the new Jose
phine county airport and the
the new Josephine county li
brary. He also was scheduled
Seattle Man Being
Held for Grand Jury
William Albert Richards,
40, of Seattle, Wash., was
bound over to the grand jury
yesterday after appearing in
district court on charges of
aggravated assault.
Richards waived prelimin
ary hearing and is being held
on $2,500 bail. He was lodged
in county jail Tuesday even
ing following an argument
with his wife at the Holliday
Inn motel.
His wife, Mrs. Gloria Kap
pam Richards, also of Seattle,
was reported in fair condition
at Sacred Heart hospital to
day. After being notified Tues
day by three young girls of
a fight between a man and
woman at the motel, police
found Mrs. Richards uncon
scious on the motel bedroom
floor with severe cuts and
bruises.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Cloudy throuRh
Friday with occasional rain.
Low tonight 42. Huh Friday 50.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 44
Lowest this Morning 40
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 01
Our. Skies Tonight
Sunset today 5:19 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .... 7:19 a.m.
Moonset tonight 6:20 p.m.
First Quarter Feb. 4
PROMINENT STARS
Deneb, low in north
west 7:35 p.m.
Aldebaran, high in
south 8:15 p.m.
Retulus. in the east 8:42 p.m.
Sirius, due south 10:25 p.m.
Arrturus, rises 11:04 p.m.
to speak to the Central Labor
council.
At 7 o'clock tonight he will
speak at the Cave Shop res
taurant during a dinner
meeting sponsored by the
Jane Jefferson club. He will
be introduced by Mayor
Potts. Tickets for the dinner
will be available at the door.
Following the dinner Sen
ator Morse is to meet with a
group of World War I vet
erans. Meeting Held of
Hospital Board
Ashland - Accreditation for
the new Ashland city hospital
was discussed at a meeting of
the hospital board held Jan.
26.
To become an accredited
hospital a specified number of
registered nurses must be on
duty at all times, there must
be firmly outlined organiza
tion for administration and
the hospital must be operated
by a qualified administrator,
it was pointed out.
Preliminary floor -plan
sketches are to be available
for study within the next few
days.
At the meeting, present of
ficers of the board were re
elected. Arnold Bauder is
board chairman, Ed Singmast
er, secretary, and Gerald
Wenner is treasurer.
During the discussion Dr.
Christian Hald strongly advo
cated two surgeries in addi
tion to an emergency oper
ating room. "We may often
have two badly injured people
at the same time and it would
be intolerable if someone died
because we had no surgery
facilities open," Dr. Hald said.
"Even if the two surgeries
were used at the same time
only once in five years it
would be well worth the cost
if someone's life was saved.
Even if we must skimp on
some other part of the hos
pital, I firmly believe we
should have two surgeries,"
Dr. Hald continued.
Firemen, Engineers
Break Off Talks
Chicago-UPD - The 60,000
member Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen and Engine
men today broke off wage
talks with the nation's rail
roads. Union Vice President H. L.
Ellis said continuation of the
talks under direction of fed
eral mediators would be "fu
tile." Ellis, chief negotiator for
the union, said the railroads
had failed to make "any type
of offer" to the union either
in direct negotiations or
through the National Railway
Mediation Board.
Theodore Short, principal
spokesman for the Joint Car
riers Conference Committees,
withheld coment on the
BLFE action pending formal
notification by the mediation
board.
Area Officers
Arrest Two Men
For Burglaries
Two men are in jail today
on charges of burglary not in
a dwelling, after a coopera
tive effort by sheriff's depu
ties, and Medford and Talent
city police resulted in their
arrest early this morning.
The two men have admit
ted to police that ' they
burglarized the 99 Tavern,
1234 North Riverside ave.,
and the New Pastime Tavern,
2742 North Pacific highway,
early today and have further
admitted they are responsible
for the $500 burglary of the
Tally Ho Dining Room in Tal
ent last Jan. 19, and two tav
ern burglaries in Corvallis.
The events leading to the
capture of the two suspects
started when Sgt. Dean De
Berry, a Jackson county sher
iff's deputy, noticed a suspi
cious vehicle parked near the
99 Tavern while he was on
routine patrol about 3:53 a.m.
Assistance
The tavern is in Medford
and DeBerry called on city
police for assistance. On ar
rival, police found the tavern
had been burglarized and ar
rested Edward Kenneth Rog
ers, 21, Talent, behind the
tavern. He reportedly offered
no resistance.
In a car parked near by,
police found a number of
tools which could have been
used in the burglary and $80
to $90 which had been taken
from the tavern, they said.
On further investigation
sheriff's deputies found the
car to be registered to Ray
Dwane Hoskins, 24, also of
Talent, and notified Talent
Chief of Police, Bill Young,
who went to Hoskins resi
dence with sheriff's deputies
where they arrested him.
Dora Beth Powers, 18, was
arrested with Hoskins and
charged with vagrancy, ac
cording to officers.
Seattle-UPD-A large section
of earth on a Capital Hill
slope gave way here today,
cascaded down the slope and
smashed through the brick
wall of a building housing a
school supply company and
a moving company warehouse.
Mercy Flights Observes First 10
Ten years ago today on
Jan. 29, 1950-Mercy Flights,
Inc., made its first air ambu
lance trip.
Since that time the unique,
non-profit air ambulance cor
poration has carried a total
of 1076 patients many of
them to Portland, Seattle and
San Francisco for emergency
treatment. In recent years,
a growing number of patients
have been brought from out
lying parts of northern Cali
fornia an southern Oregon
to Medford for treatment.
Only 13 patients were car
ried during Mercy Flights'
first full year of operation
about one each month. The
following year this figure
doubled, to 26. The third
year it doubled again.
In each succeeding year,
Discusses Demo
Fiscal Policies
At Ike Dinner
Stresses How U. S.
Prospers Under GOP
Los Angeles -(UPD- Presi
dent Eisenhower appeared to
day to have charted his
course of political action for
the pre-convention stages of
the 1960 campaign: Steer clear
of personalities for the time
being and drum on the issues
of inflation and national se
curity. "Speaking from here
Wednesday night to thousands
of Republican party workers
gathered - at "dinner with
Ike" fund-raising parties
across the nation, the Presi
dent hammered away at Dem-
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ocratic fiscal policies. He
stressed repeatedly how
America had prospered into
the world's most powerful na
tion, militarily and economi
cally, during the first seven
years of his administration.
This was his first major po
litical speech of the national
election year and he spoke
in the home state of the Re
publican most likely to run to
succeed him, Vice President
Richard M. Nixon. Yet, not
once during his closed circuit,
talk to 80 party dinners did
Eisenhower mention the vice
president's name.
Nixon appeared on the pro
gram, speaking from Chi
cago, as did GOP leaders in
a number of other cities and
all of them lavished praise on
the President. Nixon made
the actual introduction of the
President.
Eisenhower was deeply
grateful and visibly touched
by the laudatory remarks, but
he concentrated his oratory
on issues with never a men
tion of the next GOP national
slate.
The format of Eisenhower's
speech was an elaborate reply
to a request he received for
political advice from a young
first voter, 21-year-old Shir
ley Jean Havens of Arvada,
Colo. Mrs. Havens wrote the
President last month, saying
she wanted' advice on which
party to join and asking "what
the Republican party stands
for."
He replied with a bid to all
other young or undecided vot
ers to follow the GOP route
to continued prosperity and
national strength. He did not
call the Democrats by name,
but he attributed to his po
litical opposition fiscal poli
cies detrimental to economic
well-being of the country.
Final Arguments
Heard in Case Here
The condemnation suit in
volving the Gilman Dairy
farm land in the Central
Point area went to the jury
this afternoon.
Final arguments by the
state highway department
and plaintiffs attorneys were
heard this morning. Judge Ed
ward C. Kelly instructed the
jury just prior to noon.
Approximately 19Vi acres
of Gilman's land is needed for
the new Pacific highway free
way. The Gilmans are seek
ing $40,000 in damages if the
state will allow irrigation ac
cess to Bear creek.
Morse Denies He
Supported Batista
Kansas City, Mo. - (UPD -Sen.
Wayne Morse (D-Ore.)
heatedly denied here Wednes
day night that he was ever a
supporter of former Cuban
President Fulgencio Batista.
"As a critic of Fidel Castro,
I have "sometimes been ac
cused of being pro-Batista. I
certainly am not, nor never
was," he told a gathering of
the B'nai Yehudah congrega-
I tion.
however, Mercy Flights
planes have averaged three
flights a week, or about 150
per year.
The organization, operated
by an unpaid board of trus
tees and volunteer pilots who
receive no pay and a limited
expense allowance was on
shaky financial ground dur
ing its early days, dependent
almost entirely on contribu
tions and payments for their
flights.
A few years ago, however,
a "pre-paid subscription" plan
was put into effect, whereby
families and individuals for a
nominal annual fee were as
sured of free transportation
in medical emergencies, and
less than commercial rates
for non-emergency flights.
Regional Edition
32 Pages
Site Acquisition
For New Building
Could Start Soon
Site acquisition and plan
ning for a new federal office
building here could get under
way as early as March, Con
gressman Charles O. Porter's
office reported today.
Jack Billings, Porter's ad
minstrative assis tant,
checked with the general
services administration,
which yesterday announced
its recommendation for a $2,
365,000 building in Medford
to house the post office and
other federal agencies.
He was told that all the
GSA needs is the approval
of the house and senate pub
lic works committees before
site acquisition negotiations,
and detailed planning, can be
gin. The GSA has $344,000 on
hand earmarked for this pur
pose, Billings learned, part of
a lump-sum appropriation for
acquisition and planning dur
ing the current fiscal year.
Will Support Proposal
(Sen. Richard L. Neuber
ger, meanwhile, advised the
Mail Tribune that, as a mem
ber of the senate public works
committee, and chairman of
the public buildings subcom
mittee, he will do all he can
to speed approval of the
building.)
The GSA, after planning is
completed and a site ac
quired, will submit a request
for construction funds, total
ing an estimated $2,021,000,
in the budget for fiscal year
1962 (which starts July 1,
1961.) Upon its approval, con
struction could start in the
late summer of next year.
Billings said the GSA told
him it ordinarily takes "a
month or so" for the congres
sional committees to approve
such building requests, and
that it is largely a routine
matter.
The new building would
replace the present federal
building at North Riverside
ave. and Sixth st., and pre
sumably the present post of
fice building. No site has yet
been picked.
Explosion Rips
Oil Refinery
Mexico City-(UPD-An explo
sion and fire raced through
a government oil refinery to
day, threatening a 40-block
area in the northwestern part
of the city before firemen
brought it under control.
Emergency hospital o f f i -cials
said a. kerosene stove at
a tortilla bakery across the
street from the Petroleos
Mexicanos P e m e x refinery
exploded and ignited vapor
from the gasoline refinery.
There was a huge flash of
fire which ignited gasoline in
storage tanks within the plant
grounds. An estimated 35,000
gallons of gasoline burned.
Many families were forced
to flee. Police rushed heavy
forces to the area and de
clared an emergency.
Plant and city firemen
fought the blaze for . more
than two and one-half hours
before bringing it under' con
trol about 6:30 -a.m. p.s.t.
The heat was so intense
that some of the iron gates
at the plant melted.
The plan was an immediate
success, and today constitutes
more than half of the organi
zation's income, assuring a
continuous operation. The fee
is now $5 for families and $3
for' individuals.
Starting with one twin-engine
war-surplus plane, pur
chased with donations-many
of them from children and
service organizations the
firm has had a number of dif
ferent planes, and now has
three in operation. .
The idea for Mercy Flights
came from George Milligan,
control tower operator at the
Medford airpoart, who also
was active in its organization,
and who has served as its
chairman and chief pilot ever
since.
EDF0RD
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1960
Pwlfl ui off
New Bear Creek
Bridge Causes
Traffic Problems
Several traffic bottlenecks
have resulted from the new
Eighth st. bridge, city officials
reported today."
They are mainly because
people have not yet become
accustomed to some of the
changes that have been made
in the traffic pattern since
the bridge was opened Tues
day. '
The largest single problem
has developed at the intersec
tion of Riverside ave. with
Main st.
Traffic engineering offi
cials reminded motorists that
the left lane traffic on River
side ave. can only turn left
onto Main st. and is not al
lowed to proceed across Main
st.
The reason for this, they
said, is that there are only
two lanes on Riverside ave.
north of Main st. and three
south of Main st. The bottle
neck occurs when the three
lanes try to converge into
two.
Another possible friction
point is at the east end of the
new bridge where the two
lanes of traffic coming off the
bridge, converge to one lane
on Main st.
There are "no parking" re
strictions between 4:30 and 6
p.m. at this juncture which
eliminates the conflict during
rush hours.
A third problem that has
arisen is at the Boy Scout
parking lot exit on Main st.,
just east of the bridge.
Officials say that some
parkers have found a diffi
culty in getting from the
parking lot onto Main st., be
cause of the traffic. It was
explained that drivers who
wait until the traffic light at
the west end of the Eighth st.
bridge turns red, will have a
large enough break in traffic
to enter Main st. without tro
uble. Most of the problems will
be ironed out city officials
say, when the people have
become a little more accus
tomed to the changes that
have been made.
Kennedy Backers
Attend Meeting
Thirty Jackson county peo
ple last night met at the home
of Robert Boyer of Medford
to organize a county Kennedy
for President committee.
Boyer, who heads the Ken
nedy for President organiza
tion in the fourth congress
ional district, also is leader of
the local group.
Hy Raskin, Chicago, of the
national Kennedy campaign
committee, told the group of
progress and was optimistic
about the Democratic Massa
chusetts senator's chances of
winning the nomination. Ras
kin worked on the Adlai Stev
enson national committee in
the campaigns of 1952 and
1956.
Kennedy will visit Jackson
county later in the spring,
Boyer said, at a time yet to
be ascertained.
Years
He was to tell the Medford
Zonta club of some of the
air ambulance service's ex
periences at a noon meeting
today, commemorating Amel
ia Earhardt day.
In addition to air ambu
lance work, Mercy Flights has
served on other types of
mercy missions, including fly
ing in technicians and medical
supplies to Roseburg early in
the morning of last Aug. 7
immediately after the disas
trous explosion. It has also
been of assistance to the for
est service and other public
agencies during periods of
emergency.
It is the only voluntary non
profit, privately-operated air
ambulance operation in the
world, so far as is known here.
SIGNS PETITION Gov. Mark O. Hatfield this week signed
the first petition to place Vice President Richard Nixon on
the Oregon Republican primary May 20. Shown with the
governor is Wendell Wyatt, Astoria attorney, who is cir
culating the petitions. Only 1,000 signatures are needed to
put Nixon's name on the ballot. (UPI Telephoto)
Neuberger Plans
Oregon Vacation
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Washington
Correspondent
Washington - Sen. Richard
L. Neuberger was packing
his suitcase today, for a trip to
Oregon for a rest and medical
examination on which will
hang his decision on whether
to run for reelection.
Neuberger, victim of cancer
two years ago, said he is feel
ing tired. He said because he
had flu twice and a touch of
pleurisy this winter, he is
anxious for a thorough physi
cal examination by his Port
land doctors.
Neuberger has until March
11 to file for reelection. He
said he is having his medical
checkup now so that "If my
doctors think I should not run,
there will be plenty of time
for other candidates to file.
"I think it is only fair to
Firm Asked to
Explain Prices
Washington - (UPD - A drug
firm named in a Justice De
partment antitrust action was
asked today to explain how it
could sell a tranquilizer for
$3 in the United States and
94 cents in Australia.
The questions were put to
Alvin G. Brush, chairman of
American Home Products
Corp., as the Senate antitrust
continues its drug investiga
tion. The subcommittee produced
price figures, gathered by the
State Department, which
W y e t h Laboratory Division
showed American Home's
sold its tranquilizer sparine
to druggists for $3 a battle of
50 (25 mg.) tablets in the Uni
ted States; 94 cents in Aus
tralia, and $3.15 in Canada.
Not All Marching
Mothers are Mothers
One local organization
will conduct a March of
Dimes Mothers March
with a considerable handi
cap. There's not a mother in
bunch.
In fact, there's not even
a woman.
But five members of the
Medford 20-30 club say
they'll ignore the facts of
nature Thursday night.
Dressed as members of the
distaff side, ihey said they
will solicit dimes from pa
trons at "erery bar in
town."
Tipplers axe asked just
to contribute money. No
pinching, pleas.
Tribune
Official's
Algiers
the people of the state, to my
family and myself to deter
mine if I am in the physical
condition which public life
demands of its participants,"
Neuberger said. "In general,
I feel well. But I find that I
get tired toward the end of a
rigorous day."
The Senator arrived back
in Washington for the opening
of the current session of Con
gress three weeks ago after
a train trip across country.
This time Neuberger and his
wife will fly to Oregon, al
though the Senator personally
dislikes flying. They plan to
spend about two weeks in
Oregon.
Neuberger attributed his
tiredness possibly to lack of
a vacation. Last fall while in
Oregon he cancelled a plan to
go to Hawaii for a vacation.
He spent a few days at Palm
Springs instead.
In recent weeks the Senator
has suffered from shingles, a
painful discomfort which has
hung on with diminishing in
tensity. He has had periodic x-rays
which he has said showed
that the treatment for cancer
was completely successful.
Portland-IUPD - Democratic
National Chairman Paul But
ler is scheduled to arrive here
by plane about 6:30 p.m. Friday.
"Hello, Gen. MacArthur? Does That Company
You Work For Need A Foreign Representative?
Price 10 Cents
No. 262
Raises Fears for
Loyalty of Army
Top Brass in City
Algiers-OIPD-President Char
les de Gaulle's highest rep
resentatives pulled out of Al
giers tonight, leaving the city
to insurgent French settlers
and raising fears for the loyal
ty of the army commanders in
Algeria.
In Paris, an official source
later said the move was made
so the government representa
tives could "act without pres
sure." Delegate General Raul De
louvrier and Gen. Maurice
Challe, supreme military com
mander in Algeria, announced
their withdrawal from the
city to a hinterland command
post in prerecorded broad
casts over Algiers Radio.
The two men already had
departed to the undisclosed
headquarters when the broad
casts were made.
Flash Announcements
The French news agency
in Paris came out with a flash
announcement more than an
hour after the Delouvrier
statement saying that "It was
on the government's orders
that M. Delouvrier and Gen.
Challe left Algiers, official
sources said."
"This resulted in specula
tion that the government was
assuming responsibility for
the move after the fact, in
order to convince people that,
it was entirely in control of
the situation.
"It is not to betray you that
I am leaving Algiers," Delouv
rier said hoarsely. "I am leav
ing my wife and children in
your safekeeping."
Challe's speech made it ap
pear that the army had, in
effect, gone over to the in
surgent cause.
Appeals to Army
"You are the army of
France," Challe told the
troops. "You are the guaran
tors of French presence in
Algeria. You are fighting so
that Algeria shall remain
French.
"You cannot morally be an
army of secession, because
that would mean the loss of
Algeria and probably the
loss of France."
Delouvrier, De Gaulle's per
sonal representative in Al
geria, called on the Moslems
of Algiers to demonstrate for
De Gaulle and for the Al
gerian solution the French
President has proposed.
Earlier today, the Moslems
had made a farce of insurgent
attempts to get them to dem
onstrate against De Gaulle
and his policy.
Salem-(UPD-Nearly 500 head
or Oregon hereford cattle are
en-route to Hawaii, the larg
estshipment of Oregon live
stock to the islands in some
years.
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