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HELPING WITH HESCUE Peter Bading. her and four other iniured rlimbers, includ-
left, whose wife llelga, is trapped on the ing John Day, Central Point, Ore.
slopes of Mt. McKinley near Summit,
Alaska, is helping to direct operations for . (UPI Telephoto)
EN ROUTE TO ALASKA Shown above is are, left to right, Pete Schoening, Jim Whit-
the party of which John Day, right, is a taker and Lou Whittaker, all of Seattle,
member as it left the Seattle airport for Picture was taken by Charles K. Moore of
Alaska last Saturday. Others in the party Seattle.
Riverside Ave.
Widening Due
Medford City Manager Rob
ert A. Duff has been directed
by the city council to negoti.
ate with the state highway
commission for the widening
of South Riverside ave. from
Ninth st. to the Central ave.
intersection.
The commission has already
submitted a tentative propo
sal to the city in which they
offer to pay 75 per cent of
the cost of widening by 12
feet Riverside ave., from its
present 36 feet of pavement
to 48 feet of pavement.
The project would also in
clude curbs and sidewalks
where there are now none.
Duff pointed out that the
widening would cause the re
moval of some trees between
12th st. and Central ave.
He suggested that a con
tract for widening include the
provision that whatever trees
are taken out shall be re
placed by the correct street
tree on the adjacent property.
He said the cost of this re
placement would be small.
Total cost of the project is
estimated at $104,000. with
the city's share being $26,000.
Public Works Director Ver
non Thorpe said the city's por
tion of the cost would be paid
from the Arterial Street fund.
Girl, 16, Loses Leg
After Attack
Santa Cruz. Calif. -HJPP- The
left leg of a 16-year-old high
school girl was amputated
above the knee Thursday aft
er a maneating shark attacked
her during a beach picnic.
The victim, Suzanne Ther
iot, was attending the picnic
with her sophomore class,
which had been given a half
day holiday for selling the
most yearbooks at Mora Cath
olic High School in Watson
ville. Miss Theiot and 37 other
sophomores went to Hidden
Beach, about six miles south
east of here. She was holding
onto an inner tube with three
frieods inside the breakers,
about 50 feet off shore.
With her were Nick Buak,
16, Larry Cronin. 15, and Tes
sie Lfttunich, 15.
On Htr L3
"Larry and Suzanne were
swimming around the tube
and Nick and I were on it,"
I.IiiS Lettunich said. "Suzanne
sc-nanied that something was
on iter leg. Larry grabbed her
arm, and Nick told me to pull
Hartman Visits in
Valley on
Prof. Henry Hartman, horti
culturist at Oregon State col
lege, was in Medford yester
day for his first trip to Med-
Open House Slated
At Kingsley Field
Klamath Falls - The 408th
Fighter group at Kingsley
field will observe the 11th an
niversary of Armed Forces
Day with an open house, pa
rade, static displays and other
events tomorrow, Col. Jack
W. Williams, base command
er, has announced.
Open house at the base is
scheduled tomorrow after
noon. Other activities include
a parade in downtown Kla
math Falls starting at 11:30
a. ., fly-overs by various jet
aircraft, displays of equip
ment and armament, a jet en
gine, radiological monitoring
equipment, mobile medical
equipment and crash equip
ment. Also scheduled during the
afternoon is a scramble and
intercept mission over the
base, a fire crash rescue dem
onstration, and free motion
pictures at the base theater.
An Armed Forces Day mili
tary ball at the base will cli
max the day's activities.
by Shark
my feet up onto the tube. Then
we saw the shark's fin."
Suzanne was rushed to Do
minican Hospital here, where
surgeons removed the leg dur
ing a four-hour operation. Hos
pital officials reported she
was in fair condition, suffer
ing from shock and loss of
blood.
SUZANNE THERIOT
Shark Spoilt Picnic
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Thursday
ford following his heart at
tack.
He was accompanied by Dr.
Mel Westmood, also a horti
culturist at OSC. Professor
Hartman is resuming his
work on the pear decline
study, and Dr. Westwood is
supervising the horticulture
work at the county experi
ment station here as well as
checking into the pear , de
cline problem. Both men, who
plan to return to Corvallis
Friday, will make periodic
trips to Medford. .
Accompanied by Cordy
The men, accompanied by
County Agent Clifford B.
Cordy, horticulturist, visited
orchards checking for pear
decline. Cordy said that while
some orchards that have not
looked too good in the past,
having shown some symp
toms of decline, are looking
better this year.
He added, however, that in
some orchards which looked
good last year and produced
good crops, now show ad
vance symptoms of decline
this year.
Washington Program
Cordy stated that Dr. West-
wood had worked with the
pear decline program in
Washington for a number of
years, and has been able to
help the local orchnrdisls by
showing symptoms and tech
niques as used in that state.
Also in Medford this week
was Dr. Ron Cameron, plant
pathologist with OSC, a mem.
ber of the decline team study
ing the disease aspects of the
problem. He was here Tues
day, Cordy said, taking
samples of the pear decline
back to Corvallis with him.
Khrushchev Delays
West Berlin Action
Berlin-OIPH-Premicr Nikita
Khrushchev said today he
would take no action against
West Berlin for at least six
to eight months w hen he
hopes another summit confer
ence can he called with the
next U.S. President.
He made it clear he would
never again meet with Presi
dent Eisenhower.
Chinese Reds Sfoge
'Hate America' Rally
Tokyo-dTti Millions of Chi
nese Communists staged a
"hate America" rally in Pei-
ping and its suburbs today
and a top Commuist leader
likened the U.S. posilion at
the summit conference to
murderer fleeing the law
court.
k'cmMmsr; . i 11 U uudoBHi
DROP PREPARED U. S. Air Force crews
load equipment and oxygen for a drop to
five injured mountain climbers on the
slopes of Mt. McKinley. Helicopter rescue
Helicopters Fail
In McKinley Rescue
Summit, Aiaska iliHU Of
ficials at rescue headquarters
here said today it will be im
possible to airlift five injured
and stranded climbers off Mt.
McKinley via helicopter.
The copters made several
attempts to land at the 15.000
foot level of the mountain
Thursday and today but were
turned back every time.
This morning, another ski-
equipped copter failed in its
attempt to rescue the injured
climbers.
Worsening Condition
The helicopter was forced
to return to Fort Greeley for
repairs.
Paul Crews, leader of the
stranded group, radioed that
"All five persons are in wors
ening condition."
An Air Force pilot tried to
land in a 300-foot area to res
cue Mrs. Helga Bading, 31
who was reported "in a deep
coma" on the 15.000-foot level
of the mountain. She is suf
fering from mountain sickness
caused by lack of oxygen and
overexertion.
An H21C helicopter was
flown here from Anchorage
and will make another rescue
attempt later in the day after
it is equipped with skis. Of
ficials said it would take
about five hours to equip the
larger helicopter.
Woman Near Death
If the attempt to rescue Mrs.
Bading this morning had been
successful, the pilot would
have tried to pick up the four
men who are at the 1 8,300-
foot level. They were injured
"critically" after falling down
the mountian slope.
Ground parties also strug
gled up the mountainside, but
doctor with Mrs. Bading
said the climbers could not
reach her in time to save her.
Last Helicopter Attempt
The Air Force said today's
flight probably would be the
last attempt at a rescue by
helicopter.
Mrs. Bading and the four
men were members of sepa
rate climbing parties.
Six rescuers were listed as
having passed the 10,000-foot
level. Forty more mountain
eers, most of them from Seat
tle, were being lifted to the
10,000-foot level by helicopter
to start their climb.
Census Bureau Gets
Last of Area Books
Census district headquar
ters in Eugene received the
last of the census books enum
erating residents of Jackson
county this morning, it was re
ported today.
Thomas A. Redlingshafer,
acting district director Eu
gene, told the Mail Tribune
this morning that the book is
now being audited and pre
liminary totals for Jackson
county will be available Mon
day.
Yesterday it was reported
that the census takers in the
western half , of the county
had completed their calls
Wednesday night and that the
last of the census books had
been mailed.
Redlingshafer said that
when books are received they
must be audited and checked
for errors before preliminary
totals may be released.
Residents of the county who
were not contacted by a cen
sus enumerator may use the
"Were You Counted" form
published in today's Mail Trib
une. ;
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attempts ha vp failed and ground rescue
teHms, including five visiting Japanese
climbers, are making rescue efforts.
tUPl Telephoto)
Bill Schlelpf, coordinator
of the rescue parties, estimat
ed it would take at least 60
men to bring the five down.
A twin-engine Air Force
C123 piloted by Capt. William
Miller, Minneapolis, dropped
oxygen, a litter and medical
supplies to the injured Thurs
day evening, hoping to aid
them in their battle for survi
val. However, it appeared the
odds were against them. At
least two of the injured were
critical and all were frostbit
ten. The temperature at the
15.000-foot level Thursday
Dedication of Hew
Hospital Scheduled
Central Point- Formal ded
ication and a two-day open
house are scheduled at the
new 28-bed Crater Osteopath
ic hospital in Central Point
Saturday and Sunday.
Dedication of the hospital,
which will replace Medford
Osteopathic hospital, will be
held at 2 p. m. Sunday, ac
cording to Dr. Paul T. Rutter,
Medford, chief of staff and
head of the $250,000 project.
Open house will be held both
days between 1 and 5 p. m.
Equipment from the pres
ent hospital Is expected to be
moved throughout next week,
and patients are expected to
be in the new hospital by
June 1, Dr. Ritter said.
Facilities At Hospital
Built in an X form, the new
hospital has private, and two
and three-bed wards, two ma
jor surgeries, emergency sur
gery, recovery room, mater
nity wing labor and delivery
rooms, X-r a y, laboratory,
kitchen, dining room, lobby
and business offices. The nurs
ers has a capacity of 16 bas
sinets. A second utility building,
separate from the main hos
pital, houses heating and air
conditioning systems, laundry
and workshop. There are con
crete walks nil around, and a
parking lot for more than 60
vehicles.
A special ambulance en
trance is situated so it can
not be blocked, Dr. Rutter
noted.
Some $.50,000 has been
spent for latest hos
pital equipment, h added. An
automatic timing, 300 milli
ampere X-ray machine is be
ing installed, and the adjoin
ing laboratory contains the
most recent equipment and fa
cilities. A four-unit electronic car-
discope installed in the sur
geries visually records heart
beat measurements and Im
pulses continually so any
change in pace can be imme
diately noticed. The heart
beat device shows a constant
electro-cardiogram and
eludes a cardiac pacemaker
WEATHER
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ihnwrri tonight. 1'irtial rear
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Temp.
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Pree. to III a.m. Today 01
Our Skies Tonight
Runtt tftdar 7:31 p.m.
Rtinrlic tomorrow .... 4:41 a.m.
Moonrlse tomorrow .. 2:S1 a.m.
Nf Moon ., May 2i
PROMINENT RTA1
Vera, low In the northratt it
unipt, will be near th zrnlth
at . 2:S4 a m.
and hlrh In In wtst at mnrlif.
night was 15 degrees below
zero and winds were better
Ihnn 20 knots.
The four injured men were
identified as John Day, 50,
Central Point, Ore., and Pete
Schoening and James and Lou
Whitaker, 31-year-old twins of
Seattle.
Paul Crews, leader nf Mrs.
Bading's group. Dr. Rodman
Wilson, and the other two
members of the party, Andy
Drauchli and Chuck Metzger,
were hiking back and forth
between Mrs. Bading and the
four men, keeping a close
chock on the injured.
to send impulses to the hrnrt
to renew action should it stop
during surgery, Dr. Rutter
said.
Hospital Payroll
The hospital's payroll will
total about 30; he said. Four
teen doctors of the Rogue Val
ley are on the staff, and the
hospital will serve patients
in the general area of Central
Point, Medford. Jacksonville,
R"ogue River, Grants Pass and
Ashland.
The hospital was construct
ed so additions can be con
structed to allow for a BO-bed
hospital. It is on a six-acre
tract.
The Medford Osteopathic
hospital will be closed and
the property sold. It was
founded in 1935 by the late
Dr. W. W. Howard, and a
large painting of Dr. Howard
will hang in the new hospital
lobby and a room will be ded
icated to his memory.
$2,450,000 Set
For Talent Work
Among the more than $5
million in reclamation funds
for Oregon projects approved
today toy the House Appropri
lions committee in Washing
ton, D. C, was $2,450,000 for
the Talent project.
James A. Callan, Talent
project engineer for the bu
reau of reclamation, White
City, reported that the money
for the 1960-61 fiscal year
would enlarge three laterals
in the project and the Emi
grant dam.
Laterals will be the west
lateral along the foothills
from Ashland to Griffin
Creek, the Talent lateral from
the town of Talent to Griffin
Creek which parallels the
west lateral approximately ',-4
mile to the east, and the Ash
land lateral which starts near
Songer gap at the south end
nf Emigrant reservoir area to
Ashland, about 12 miles in
length.
With the completion of the
lateral and dam enlargements,
only minor work on sublat
erals will remain to be com
pleted in the fiscal year 1961
62, Callan said. The project
Is expected to he completed
in 1962.
Atlas Missile on
9,000-Mile Flight .
Cape Canaveral, Fla.-WP-Amerlca
today fired an Atlas
missle with a dummy war
head on a D.OnO-mlle flight to
a point off the tip of Soulh
Africa.
MEDFORD,
State Showery
On Voting Day
Portland -ilTI Oreuonians
turned out in overcast and
sometimes showery weather
today to pick candidates for
offices in November and to
decide the Democratic presi
dential primary contest be
tween Sens. John Kennedy
and Wayne Morse.
Elections Chief Jack Thomp
son forecast a turnout of
about 400,00(1 of the state's
Voting before noon today
wbi light according to a
check made of eight pre
cincts at the Jackson county
courthouse and four at Med
ford High school.
Members of the elections
boards said the rain may be
to blame, but that it was
difficult to attribute the
light voi juhl to rainy
weather. Election workers
at the courthouse reported a
steady but light stream of
voters. More were expected
in the afternoon.
797.038 registered voters.
Democrats outnumber Repub
licans 420,958 to 365,377.
Kennedy, the front-running
candidate for the Democratic
nomination, has forecast he
would lose to Morse but many
nf hie umnnrlprt wpfp nrP.
dieting a victory. Morse be-
lived his "grass roots" sup
port would get him 60 per
cent of the Democratic votes.
The Massachusetts senator
has won six straight primaries
v.ie ...a. uA int
contest of the 1B6U presiden
Hal primaries.
Sens. Stuart
Symington
(Mo.), Lyndon Johnson (Tex.)
and Hubert Humphrey also
were on the Democratic bal
lot. Humphrey Is no longer
a presidential candidate and
the other two did not cam
paign in Oregon.
School Board
Rejects Bids
The Medford school board
lale yesterday rejected three
bids submitted for construc
tion of an addition to Oak
Grove school because they
were considerably more than
estimates.
Bids were submitted by H.
C. Goldsmith, Medford, $67,
543; Don L. Jacobs Construc
tion company, Medford, $71,-
158; and Harold W. Salter,
Rogue River, $72,990. Esti
mates for the addition ranged
between $51,000 and about
$54,000.
The school board asked that
plans be reviewed. Bids on
the work will be called again.
The addition Includes three
classrooms, a restroom, and
plumbing and heating facili
ties. Architect William H. Sei
bert, is architect.
The board also postponed
opening bids on the Medford
High school boys physical ed
ucation plant. Bids originally
were scheduled to be opened
next Tuesday afternoon.
Opening was postponed for
consultations with construc
tion authorities on certain as
pects of the addition to help
reduce costs.
Bids for an addition to the
West Side school will be
opened by the board at 5 p.m.
Thursday, May 26.
Yamhill, Polk
Populations Told
Salem-MPII-A final prelimi
nary census for Polk and
Yamhill counties was an
nounced today by the District
Office of the U.S. Bureau of
the Census.
Yamhill county population
was listed at 32.267, slightly
under the 1950 figure of
33.484.
Polk county census was
listed as 26,395, above the
26,317 census for 1950.
Crow's Reports
FaJmg Market
Portland WPD A falling
market for most grades of di
mension, boards and plywood
sheathing was reported by
Crow's Lumber Market News
Service here for the W3ck
ending today.
Crows said buying in a
categories continued to be
spotty.
OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY
Kennedy flew to Lewiston.
Idaho, for a speech at i fund
raising dinner and returns to
Portland tonight. Morse voted
in Eugene and awaited elec
tion results there. He returns
to Washington, D.C. Saturday
night.
Vice President Richard Nix
on was not opposed on the
Republican presidential bal
lot in Oregon.
Polls opened at 8 a.m. and
close at 8 p.m.
Residents Warned
01 Sewage Drain
in MID Ditches
A number of residents of
the area immediately south
west of Medford have been
warned by letter about drain
ing septic tanks into Medford
lrrigraion district ditches. Dis
trict Attorney Thomas J.
Reeder said today. They are
I allowed three months to cor
! red the condition.
A public meeting to Con
sider annexation of that area
to Medford and connecting
with the city's sewer system
has not yet been set, it was
learned. Meanwhile, sheriff's
deputies are continuing to in-
veslisate the drainage DroH-
- lem. The area includes Lozicr
Inns rinvor lnnp Peach si
and the Maple Park addition. Domonstration of Unity
"In many cases raw sew- .The heartening demonstra
age is going into open ditches lion ot unity began as soon
and toilet paper is clearly "s Eisenhower alighted from
visible strung out along somi
of the districts laterals in In
area," an observer reported
In his letter, Reeder warn
ed the people draining sew-
age into an irrigation alien
that this practice is prohibit
ed by slate law. Maximum
penally Is $1,000 fine or by
imprisonment in the county
jail for one year, or both.
Craalti Condition
"The Medford Irrigation
district believes that the
drainage of sewage into their
ditches, laterals and canals
has created an intolerable
situation as far as their users
and members are concerned,"
Reeder wrote.
"Moreover, such conduct
creates a serious public health
hazard. It is foreseeable that
the widespread lack of prop
er sewage facilities and pol
lution caused can cause an
epidemic of a number of dis
eases which would not only
affect your area but the en
tire community."
'I am aware that due to
the lack of zoning restrictions,
and also due to the lack of
proper housing development
in your area, you do not have
proper sewage facilities," the
district attorney continued. "I
also am aware thai none of
you are Intentionally violat
ing the law. However, it is my
duty' to prosecute the viola
tions of this law that have
been called to my attention,
notwithstanding the individ
ual hardship involved
"We Said We'd Soon
20, 1960
No. 52
Soviet Reasoning
Remains Mystery,
President Says
Plane Said Overdue
Near East Germany
Washington -HIPII- President
Eisenhower returned today to
a cheering Washington and
said it "remains a mystery"
why Russia chose this time to
scuttle the summit confer
ence. The President, greeted in
tears by Mrs. Eisenhower,
said America's hopes were
"not too high" when he left.
Rut he said it had seemed
there was a chance of progress
on some of the problems in
which Russia had indicated in
terest. Further Iritationi Sean
"Therefore it is a mystery
and remains a mystery why
at this particular moment the
Soviets chose so to distort and
overplay the U2 incident
That they obviously wanted
no talks of any kind and in
fact made it impossible to
begin them," Eisenhower said.
But he said that further ir
ritations with Russia may
take place.
He said that a half hour be
fore his return a C47 Air
Force transport was overdue
on a flight near the Red East
German border.
The President also told the
airport crowd he was deeply
appreciative of the big wel-
co He said: "It truly means
a lOl 10 mo.
ngton
his plane at nearby Andrews
Air Force Base. It continued
as he drove through the sub
urban Maryland countryside
and the crowd-filled streets
of Washington back to the
White House.
Political differences were
cast aside during the turn-out
aimed at showing the Presi
dent that he can count on de
termined popular support in
cold war challenges which
may lie ahead. The welcome
ome reception also served
s a tribute to his conduct at
Paris In the face of the abuse
nd threats hurled at him by
Soviet Premier Nikita Khru
shchev.
A farifare of trumpets soun
ded as Eisenhower stepped
from the Air Force jet. He
flew here from Lisbon, Port
ugal, where he made a state
visit.
Tornado Vrtoay
Wrecks Kansas Town
By United Press International
Tornadoes swept death and
destruction through the plains
states and the Midwest during
the night, virtually leveling
the small town of Meriden,
Kan.
Authorities said almost all
the homes and business estab
lishments in Meriden, a town
of 388 persons, were demol
ished by the twister. One per
son was killed and at least SO
injured.
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