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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