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Recommended Mr. Wilms Morrison, long, time reporter on Oregon edu cation has started a series of articles on the state system of higher education's divisions. The first of the series, on the cripple children's division of the Uni versity of ' Oregon medical school, appears of pace 14A of today' Mail Tribune. tr !4'"v'' JdJL Subscribers Price 10 Cents Tribune To report Improper or non delivery of the Mail Tribune in Medford phone SP 2-6141, in Ashland MU 2-1021. before 6:45 p.m. daily and 10:30 a m. Sunday. If regular delivery arrives shortly after you call please notify office thus eliminating ipecial messenger service. United Press Internrtional Full Leased Wira United Press International full Leased Wire 54 Pages Section A MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1960 No. 282 SALUTE-Crowds assembled at the Thames embankment, near the Tower of London, watch as the Honourable Artillery Com pany fires a 41-gun salute to honor the new Elizabeth's Baby Weighed 7 Lbs., 3 Ounces at Birth London - (UPD - Queen Eliza beth's third child, a boy born Friday, weighed seven pounds and three ounces at birth, Buckingham Palace announc ed Saturday. The new Baby Windsor was not quite so lusty in weights at birth as his older brother Prince Charles, now 11, who weighed in at seven pounds and six ounces. But he beat big sister Princess Anne, now 9, who weighed six pounds when she was born. The statistics on the infant's birth were released shortly after another announcement from the Palace that Queen Elizabeth and the baby had spent a good night and are "both very well." '-! Now with the release of the vital statistics, millions of the Queen's loyal subjects around the world were reassured the new royal heir was a fine, healthy baby. The notice was posted on the Buckingham Palace fence. Thrilled Britons Thrilled Britons now had the facts about the infant's weight, but they were de stined to wait an unknown period of time to find out his length, the color of his eyes and hair, and other distin guishing characteristics. Sat urday's announcement was limited to weight. Prince Philip, an early morning caller on the Queen, was so satisfied all was well that he decided to go to a rugby game yesterday after noon at Twickenham, just out side London, between Royal Navy and Air Force teams. This was to be a rare "fam ily week end" at the palace. Prince Charles was staying home from Cheam school at least through Sunday after noon. Prince Philip and his daughter were at home and so were Queen Mother Eliza beth (Granny Royal) and the Queen's sister, Princess Mar garet (Aunt Margot). Granny Royal was proved a prophet. She predicted weeks ago her next grand child would be a boy. Local Man Injured In One-Car Crash Mail Tribune Reporter Robert Keith Walters, 236 North Oakdale ave., Medford, suffered minor injuries in a one-car . accident near Mt. Sexton on Highway 99 north of Grants Pass Friday night, state police said. Walters, returning from the Oregon Press conference in Eugene, apparently fell asleep at the wheel, state po lice said. Officers said the car crossed the four-lane high way, hit a dirt bank and turned over, and slid on its top into the middle of the highway. Walters, suffering a minor cut on his head and bruises, was taken to Josephine Gen eral hospital in Grants Pass by police. The car was towed from the scene by wrecker. Walters was reported in good condition Saturday morning by hospital attendants. Alpine, Calif. (UPD A two car collision on a winding two-lane highway one mile west of here claimed the lives of. four persons early Saturday. Executive Board of Local Labor Council Express Its View The executive board of the stabilized conditions within Jackson County Labor Coun cil Friday said its members have attempted to advise with and counsel both" the Retail Clerks International Union and Medford Local 962 of the Teamsters Union. Members of the board said that "Since neither of the above involved organizations are affiliated with the Jack son County Labor Council, we have taken no official action, but have attempted to advise with and counsel both organ izations and .have.. expressed our viewpoints in' connection with their controversy." The board said it had learn ed in January that organizers moved into the Medford, Grants Pass, Ashland and Klamath Falls areas with the intention of organizing retail clerks. No Formal Contact "These organizers made no formal contact with the Jack son County Labor Council of ficers or with any of its affil iated Local Unions as to their program or intentions," the board said. The board noted that "it be came apparent from their ac tivities that their intent was to take from the Teamsters Union the grocery clerks, presently represented by the Teamsters, by means of filing an application with the Na tional Labor Relations Board for an election to certify them as bargaining agents rather than the Teamsters. "This situation became alarming to Jackson County Labor Council officials since the local labor movement has had very good and friendly relations with employers gen erally in the area and desired to maintain and continue these relations. ' "With this thought in mind," the board continued, "the officers of the Jackson County Labor Council invited officials of both the Teamsters and the Retail Clerks to at tend a special meeting of their executive board on Feb. 2, 1960, to determine facts in the controversy in an attempt to arrive at a solution which would create peace and har mony between the two organi zations. We felt we were in an ideal position to hear the claims of both parties since neither the Teamsters nor the Retail Clerks are affiliates of the Council. Appear Before Board "Representatives of the Re tail Clerks International and the Medford Teamsters Local appeared before the executive board of the Jackson County Labor Council, and after hear ing the statements of both parties it appeared that the clerks international represen tatives were not here to or ganize unorganized people, but , rather, through National Labor Relations Board action, to take over an organization of retail clerks already being served by the Teamsters Un ion and enjoying contract benefits negotiated for them by the Teamsters which ex ceed any conditions that can presently be matched by the Retail Clerks short of metro politan areas such as Port land, San Francisco and Los Angeles. "Since this type of contro versy does tend to create un-i British prince, born to Queen Elizabeth II Friday. In the background is the Tower bridge. Britain put out all flags for an offi cial salute to the Royal baby. (UPI Radiotelephoto) the ranks of labor and in view of the above outlined facts, the Retail Clerks were ad vised that it was the consen sus of opinion of our execu tive board members that the Clerks should have advised with the local Labor Council before starting their activi ties;' that they should have confined themselves to organ izing the unorganized. Under these circumstances, our sympathy is with the Team sters Union," the board con cluded. ' , $750,000 Project Planned by PT-N For Ashland Area A three-quarters of a mil lion dollar program to im prove Ashland telephone serv ice was announced Friday by J. H. Creager, Pacific Tele p h o n e-Northwest manager here. First step in the project will be construction of a new cen tral office building to house a completely new dial system. Also included in the com pany's plans are installation of new long distance equip ment in the central office, and several related underground cable projects. The new telephone building will be located on the north east corner of East Main and Sixth st., Ashland. It will be a one-story structure of rein forced concrete and concrete block. Dimensions are 60 feet by 74 feet. To Seek Bids Creager said the firm would ask for bids sometime during May of this year, and that construction work would probably start the same month. Building work is ex pected to be completed in No vember of this year. "' The type of dial switching equipment scheduled for in stallation here is called "No. 5 crossbar." It is the most modern in general use in the Bell system. Only Three simi lar installations are in serv ice in Oregon. IPiftlh)efto flwy TeDDs tf f (Editor's note: the dramatic story of how the crew of a U. S. Liberator bomber tried to keep alive "by sharing their meager water and food ra tions after crashing in the scorching Libyan desert in 1943 was told in a diary of one of the airmen, released Saturday. ' - The Air Force headquar ters at Wiesbaden, Germany, published the text of the diary kept by 2nd Lt. Robert F- Toner, North Attleboro, Mass., co-pilot of the ill-fated "Lady Be Good." The bom ber crashed while returning from a raid on Naples. Its wreckage was found last year. . j Five of the bodies, includ-J Knowland Feels Newsmen Should Be in Red China Speaks at Press Conference Friday Eugene (UPD William F, Knowland, former U.S. Sena tor from California, said Fri day he believes that Ameri can correspondents should be in Communist China. The publisher of the Oak land Tribune told the 41st an nual Oregon Press Conference meeting here that part of the problem in keeping the pub lic informed was in "our press associations placing their cor respondents where they can get the facts." . "In 1949 a lot of misinfor mation about the Republic of China on Formosa was going out over the wires because correspondents were based at the British Crown colony of Hong Kong. This was correct ed when they were moved to Taipeh," he said. "Today I believe American correspondents should be in Communist . China and in every other area of the world to give us first hand reports rather than having to get in formation through foreign news sources." Speaking on "newspapers in the jet and space age," Knowland said that partisan ship and the election year politics "seem to be playing too great a part in generating heat when the public is des perately in need of light." Space Age "Now that we have entered the space age and the means of communication and destruc tion have speeded up to a fantastic degree, a challenge is presented to our education al institutions, our press, and our public officials to make certain that our people are fully informed ... He. continued,'.'xiewspapers. have as their primary respon sibility their accurate report ing of the news of the day. They have no less important mission to fairly and intelli gently interpret the news so that the readers will have a better' understanding of the total picture into which the particular jigsaw piece is be ing placed." -Knowland also said the 1960 presidential election probably will be the closest since 1916 when Woodrow Wilson de feated Charles Evans Hughes. He said he felt the with drawal of Gov. Nelson Rocke feller of New York from the GOP race took a great deal of interest from the Republican convention. He added there was the pos sibility of a deadlock in the Democratic convention. Many people, he said, be lieve Sen. Stuart Symington (D-Mo.) would be in a good position because of a dead lock while on the other hand Adlai Stevenson might win the nomination in this event. He said he planned to person ally cover both the Republi can and Democratic national conventions. WEATHER FORECAST: Cloudy, possibly a few light showers thismorning. Partly cloudy this afternoon, tonight and Monday. Colder to night. High today 52. Low to night 25. High Monday 55. Temp. Highest Yesterday 54 Lowest Yesterday 30 Precip. Yesterday Knnr Our Skies Tonight Sunset today ..: 5:58 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:00 a.m. The Moon rises 3:42 a.m. tomorrow and rides low in the constellation, Sagittarius, be tween Jupiter and Saturn. The starlike object which might be seen for the next few eve nings low in the west a little after sunset is the elusive plan et. Mercury. ing one tentatively identified as Toner's, were discovered by an American oil explora tion worker 440 miles south east of Benghazi nine days ago. The bodies were 85 miles from the plane wreckage. The diary was among the things found with them. It had been preserved for nearly 17 ydars by the dry desert air. One crewman, 2nd Lt. John Woravka, called only John in the diary, was lost when the airmen bailed out. Here is Toner's own ac count of their losing battle against sun and sand). By 2nd Li. R. F. TONER Distributed by UPI - x " Mil GERALD SCANNELL Seeks Nomination Gerald Scannell Says He Will Seek Nomination Gerald J. Scannell Jr. Jackson county chief deputy district attorney, announced Friday he has filed for the Democratic nomination for district attorney. Scannell has been in the district attorney's office here since February, 1958. Before that he was in the Wasco county district attorney's of fice. Prior to his entry into law enforcement work, the 33-year-old attorney worked in the claims division of the Allstate Insurance company. Following that he worked as an adjudicator for the bureau of land management in Port land. Scannell is a graduate of Boston college school of law, a member of the American Bar association, Oregon State Bar association and former treasurer of the Jackson County Bar association, mem- ! ber of the Medford Junior Chamber of - Commerce, :the Medford Lions club and the Medford YMCA. The Scannells live in the Griffin Creek area with their two children, Jerry, 6 and Tracy, 3. Oregon to Choose Christmas Tree Salem (UPD Oregon has been chosen to provide the 70 foot tree for the 1960 "Christ mas Pageant of Peace" on the White House lawn next De cember. State Forester Dwight L. Phipps said the Oregon For estry Department has been designated the coordinating agency in selection- of the tree, cutting and transporta tion to rail facilities and final arrangements for shipment to the nation's capital. The selection will be made in September and the. tree will be shipped about Dec. 1, Phipps said. He said nearly 400 letters have been sent to industry through trade associations seeking cooperation in the selection, cutting and moval. re- IRS Not Decided on Payola Deductions Washington - (UPD - The In ternal Revenue Service (IRS) has not decided yet whether record companies can deduct "payola" from their income tax as - a legitimate business expense, it was learned Satur day. A top official of the IRS enforcement branch told Uni ted Press International the matter was "under active con sideration." He said a decision would be made "promptly." "Sunday, Apr. 4, Naples -28 planes-things well mixed up; got lost returning, out of gas, jumped, landed in desert at 2 a.m. morning. No one badly hurt, can't find John, all others present. "Monday, Apr. 5. Start walking now, still no John. A few rations, canteen of water, one cap full per day. Sun fairly warm, good breeze from northwest. Nite very cold. No sleep, rested and walked. "Tuesday, Apr. 6. Rested at 11:38. Sun very warm, no breeze, spent p.m. in hell, no planes, etc., rested until 5:00 p.m., walked and rested all nite. 15 mins. on, 5 mins. off. "Wed., April 7, same rou CoDiff ee Mew 'Gireaft State Approves Plan to Join Two School Districts , A plan to consolidate Rogue River and Evans Valley school districts was one of 10 partial consolidation plans approved by the state board of educa tion in Salem Friday. . An election will be held in each of the two school dis tricts by the state board of education some time in the next 30 days, Keith L. Hock ersmith, Medford, Jackson county reorganization com mittee chairman, said. The second plan submitted from Jackson county, that for Pinehurst and Ashland, was disapproved because the re organization committee indi cated heavy opposition by voters in Pinehurst to the pro posal. Hockersmith said Saturday the committee had decided to withdraw the plan and study the situation further. Evans Valley school patrons were informed during the state sponsored public hear ing in Evans Valley Feb. 2 it would be difficult for the dis trict to remain independent. Majority of Votes D. W. Patch, state director of school reorganization, Sa lem, told those at the hearing that a majority of voters in both districts must approve the proposal for the two dis tricts to join. Sixty per cent of the voters in any one dis trict must vote "no" for the proposal to fail. 1 Patch pointed out that non high school districts - would legally cease to exist after July 1, 1960, which means that county tax money could no longer be used to support districts which do not have high schools. . On Feb. 3, residents of the Pinehurst district had ex pressed unanimous disapprov al during the state-sponsored hearing in Ashland on the pro posal to join Pinehurst and Ashland districts. About 10 Pinehurst resi dents and their attorney, Wil liam Briggs, told the reorgani zation committee, and Patch, that the district objected to the merger largely because it would cost the district more money, and residents do not want to lose their school as a community center. Briggs said 61 residents of the Pinehurst area, including 46 legal voters, were polled and unanimously opposed joining with Ashland. Restaurant Workers Reject Owners Plan Restaurant employees re jected the Medford restaurant owners counter-proposal on the 1960 contract negotiations 6 to 1 at a recent meeting of the Culinary Alliance and Bartenders Union Local 329, according to William Hoxie, secretary of Local 329. Those who did not attend the , meeting were mailed a copy of the proposals so they could vote. A new proposal is being submitted by Local 329 to the Medford and Grants Pass res taurant owners and will be jointly negotiated at a meet ing tentatively set for 8 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Medford hotel, Hoxie said. tine, everyone getting weak, can't get very far, prayers all the , time, again P.M. very warm, hell. Everyone can't sleep, everyone sore from gout. "Thurs., Apr. 8, hit sand dunes, very miserable, good wind but continuous blowing of sand, everyone, now very weak, thought San and More were all done. Lamotte eyes are gone, everyone ' elses are bad. Still going NW (north west). "Fri., Apr. 9, Shelly, Rip, Moore separate and try to go for help, rest of us all very weak, , eyes bad, not any travel . . . still very little wa ter. Nites are about 35 de grees, good, no- wind, no Lego 'Chalk Up Another, Chief. This One Hit A Thomas Vaughn To Speak At Banquet Here Wednesday tin i"' i UJ -' V.mi -if; 1m THOMAS VAUGHN Banquet Speaker Ground Breaking Set for City Hall Central Point - Ground breaking . ceremonies will be held at 2 o'clock this after noon for a new Central Point city hall. The ceremony will be at the old fire hall site, adjacent to the new fire hall and library building on Pine st. ' Edward . Jones, who , has been Central Point city treas urer for 35 years, will turn the first shovelful of dirt, and Mayor Freeman Mason is scheduled to talk briefly. The R and M Construction company, 136 West Pine St., Central Point, which was low bidder on the project, last week started tearing out a concrete slab on which the old fire hall stood. R and M Construction company bid $14,444 on the project. Other bidders were Don Jacobs Construction company, $15,490; and C. V. Bowers company, Central Point, $14,875. ppslh shelter, 1 - (one) - - parachute left. . "Sat., April 10, still having prayer meetings for help, no signs of anything. A couple of birds, good wind from north. Really weak now, can't walk, pains all over . . . nites very cold, no. sleep. "Sun., Apr. 11, still wait ing for help, still praying. Eyes bad, lost all our weight. Aching all over. Could make it if we had water, just enough to put our tongue to. Have hopes for help very soon, no . rest, still same place. "Mon., Apr. 12, no hope yet, very cold nite." And : there the pathetic diary ends. . f sDotoirs Church" I Thomas Vaughn, Portland, director of the Oregon His torical Society and a member of last year's Centennial com mission, will speak at the 12th annual Student Government Day banquet at the Elks club at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24. The banquet is one of the highlights of Student Govern ment Day, which is sponsored by the Medford Elks lodge for high school students study ing government in schools in this area. Student activities will start at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday with registration at the Elks tem ple, and at 2:30 p.m. they will take oaths of office. Evening Activities Evening activities com mence at 6 p.m. with a "get acquainted" meeting of stu dents, their parents, city and county officials and guests in the Elks club basement party lounge. The banquet will start at 6:30 p.m. with Jimmy Dun- levy, Medford councilman, as master of ceremonies. Also participating in .ban quet activities will be the Rev. John Ilg, Abby Green, who will furnish dinner j music, and Elks Exalted Ruler William E. Ruck. Thursday, students will work with their official counterparts jn city and coun ty offices, and that afternoon will tour city and county de partments, including the de tention home, airport, state police headquarters, disposal plant, city hall, county court house, and the police and fire stations. . Vaughn, who also is editor of the Oregon Historical Quarterly, is a member of the executive board of the Pa cific Northwest History and Research Conference and the national council of American Association for state and local history. Vaughn has been active in many organizations concerned with history, and is a mem ber of the Portland Art asso ciation and the Lewis and Clark Sesquicentennial com mission. He was born in Seattle, Wash., and has degrees from Yale university and the Uni versity of Wisconsin, where he also -was in pre-doctoral residence. (See story on Page 3, Sec A) Countess Mountbatten Dies Unexpectedly Singapore (UPD - Countess Mountbatten, wife of the Earl Mountbatten of Burma, died in her sleep early today in Jesselton, British North Bor neo, where she had been visit ing on a Red Cross inspection trip. : Her unexpected death was announced by . the United Kingdom commissioner's of fice here. Because of poor communication facilities with Jesselton, few details were immediately available. ' ' ' ' ' Caryl's Reprieve Brings Promises Of Fighting Bill San Francisco -(UPD- Cali fornia legislators Saturday pressed an angry new "great debate" over capital punish ment which may decide whether Caryl Chessman and 20 other men and a woman will live or die. The legislature convenes Feb. 29 to take up the issue suddenly thrust upon it early Friday when Gov. Edmund G. (Pat) Brown granted a 60-day reprieve to Chessman 10 hours before he was to enter the San Quentin gas chamber. Attorneys for the Los An geles sex terrorist predicted he would "never be executed now" after HVi years am death row. But there was by no means assurance that this was true, despite a worldwide storm of protest which Brown said in fluenced his decision. Promised to Fight A powerful group of Cali fornia legislators promised to fight any bill to abolish cap ital punishment that would be presented them. They in cluded legislators who had previously favored a ban on the death penalty but who said they would switch their votes because Brown had linked the issue with the Chessman case. It was pointed out that the legislature had rejected bills to abolish capital punishment eight times in the past 27 years. Brown said that in addition to Chessman he would grant reprieves to the other 21 con demned prisoners until the legislature acts. In Montevideo, Uruguay, it was learned that here would have been at least , three demonstrations by students against President Eisenhower during his visit there if Chess man had been executed Fri day as scheduled. Sports Bulletins Klamath Falls - Medford High blitzed Klamath Falls 75 to 43 here last night to claim the Southern Oregon conference basketball cham pionship. The Black Tor n a d o thundered for 30 points in the final quarter. Klamath led at the first quarter pause 13 to 12 and halflime score was 29-each. Medford had a 45 lo 37 gap after three cantos. Jerry Anderson collected 18 points and Bob Quinney 16 for Medford. Glendale A 53 to 44 victory over Eagle Point here Saturday night gave Glendale the Rogue league basketball crown. The Pirates headed 23 to 16 at ihe half. Glen Blevins had 18 points and Jim Allen 14 for Glendale and Steve Geren 14 for the Eagles. Eagle Point tied Phoenix for second place in the final Rogue league standings. Grants Pass - Crater high nudged Grants Pass 60 to 58 Oregon conference hoop game here. The Comets were ahead by 12 points in the third quarter, then had to come from behind. Rex Benner put in 19 points for the Cavemen and Jim Pur kett 18. For Crater Loyal Higinbotham had 12. Portland Southern Ore gon College cinched a berth in the District 2 NA IA tournament by beating Portland State, 36 to 35. here last night. Gordy Car rigan led all scorers with 15 points as the Raiders nudged the Vikings in their own game of ball control and slow play. Klamath Falls- Malin whipped Borianza high 73 to 50 last night in the Klam ath - Lake county tourney finale and won the right to face St Mary's of Medford for the District SB basket ball title. Washington 62, Oregon State 52 USC 77. Oregon 73
