MISS OREGON Final choice in a field of Karlyn Malison,
18 contestants for the Miss Oregon title is high school and
Rosemary Doolen, sponsored by the Salem 'West Second st.
Jaycees as Miss Salem. The winner, shown Jackson County,
being crowned by Miss Oregon of 1959,
Rosemary Doolen Wins
Miss Oregon Contest
Medford High
Graduate Picked
For 1960 Crown
Seaside-(UPII - Miss Salem,
Rosemary Doolen, was select
ed as Miss Oregon for 1960
here Sunday afternoon.
Miss Doolen will now repre
sent Oregon at the Miss
America pageant in Atlantic
City next September. She is
the daughter of Mrs. Horace
M. Doolen, 612 West 2nd St.,
Medford. She has attended
Willamette University in Sal
em for one year and graduat
ed from Medford high school
In 1959.
Miss Doolen, a blue-eyed
blonde, will receive a $1,000
scholarship, a $1,500 ward
robe and a set of matched
luggage.
She is five-feet six-inches
tal and weighs 128 pounds.
She measures 35V2-25-36.
First and second runners
up were Miss Eugene, Sharon
Anderson and,Miss Gresham,
Susan Lynn Gaines. Other
finalists were Miss Pendle
ton, Roberta Whitney and
Miss Jackson County, Shirley
Satterfield.
Miss Eugene won a $500
scholarship and Miss Gresham
a $200 scholarship. Miss
Pendleton received a $200
scholarship as the contestant
having the most talent.
Receiving the $100 scholar
ship as Miss Congeniality was
Janice Boice, Miss Curry
County.
Rosemary Doolen, Medford
girl who was named Miss
Oregon Sunday, is expected to
return home Wednesday,
members of her family said
today.
She was sponsored by the
Salem Jaycees, where she is
a student at Willamette Uni
versity. Eugene Receives
Census Designation
. Washington - (UPD - Eugene,
Ore., with a population of
50,169 within the city limits,
has been designated as a
"standard metropolitan sta
tistical" area with an area
population of 160,742 as a
result of the 1960 census, the
government announced today.
Hammarskjold Accused
In Radio Moscow Blast
Leopoldville, The Congo -(WD
- Moscow Radio accused
United Nations Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjold
today of supporting aggres
sion in the Congo. Sunday
Moscow accused Belgium of
further aggression.
The charge against Belgium
brought a strong reply today
irom the United States which
Work Program for
Welfare Recipients
To Start in Area
A work program for general
assistance welfare recipients
will become effective t h
week according to the Jack
son county court.
James Pullman, Jackson
county public welfare admin
istrator, said two men are now
available. Others who had
been receiving general assist
ance have found jobs, he said.
The county court and wel-
Work Starts on
Park Play Area
Medford police were twice
summoned to Hawthorne park
this morning when nearby
residents complained that
workmen in the park had
started work too early and
were making too much noise.
The first call came at 5:15
a.m. At that time police found
an employee of the Donald
Atkinson Trucking company
operating a caterpillar tractor
in the park. Police informed
him that it was illegal to start
work before 7 a.m. and work
was halted.
Thirty minutes later police
received a second call, again
complaining that somone was
operating the Caterpillar.
This time police found the
Cat being operated by Donald
W. Atkinson himself. Atkin
son said that he had started
work because he thought the
regular operator was late for
work.
Police again explained the
city law which makes it ille
gal to start work before 7
a.m., and Atkinson agreed to
wait until then before resum
ing work.
The company is in the proc
ess of removing the asphalt
surface in the park play area.
When the surfacing is remov
ed a sand bowl will be in
stalled and the entire area
renovated preparatory to in
stallation" of the sculpture
type play apparatus that is be
ing donated to the city by var
ious service clubs and lodges.
accused Russia of hindering
U.N. efforts there by threat
ening to take decisive meas
ures" against what Moscow
called continuing aggression.
Hammarskjold himself was
having difficulties on two
fronts. An outbreak of tribal
warfare threatened to involve
U.N. troops while a new crisis
was arriving over secession
minded Katanga Province.
is a graduate of Medford
her family resides at 612
Shirley Satterfield, Miss
was among the finalists.
(UPI Telephoto)
fare administrator have not
yet decided where the men
will work, County Commis
sioner Ralph James said to
day. The agreement between
the county court and welfare
commission was signed last
week. ,
According to the agreement,
the county will provide spe
cial clothing, tools and equip
ment if needed. The welfare
department will provide funds
for paying the men on an hour
ly rate.
Park Improvements
The public welfare commis
sion will refer to the county
only those general assistance
recipients who are able to
perform the type of work to
be done under the program,
which at present will be im
provement and maintenance
of public parks and recreation
areas.
The local welfare staff will
determine which of the public
assistance recipients will be
referred to Jackson county for
work. II will advise the coun
ty on the maximum hours each
will be permitted to work. A
40-hour week will be establish
ed. Time for which each recip
ient is eligible to work is not
accumulative from' month to
month.
To Inform Commission
The county must inform the
public welfare commission on
type of work available, num
ber of man hours available
and when and where and to
whom recipients should re
port. If a man is able to work
and refuses without good
cause, he shall be ineligible
for general assistance funds
as long as he refuses to work,
according to the agrcment.
A recipient may be drop
ped from welfare rolls if he
abandons or repeatedly ab
sent himself from work, fails
or refuses to perform work as
signed in a satisfactory man
ner, is subordinate, fails to
follow safety regulations or is
guilty of misconduct connect
ed with his work, according to
the agreemnt.
Conservation Passion
Urged by Douglas .
Bend - (UPD - Associate Su
preme Court Justice William
O. Douglas called on Oregon
ians yesterday to make con-
servation one of their "pas
sions of life.
Capping a day-long arts and
recreation confir(nrp ennn.
sored by the Democratic party
of Oregon, Douglas said Amer
icans have been "drifting"
ignoring problems at home in
their preoccupation with for
eign analrs.
Kennedy Assails
GOP on Farm,
Economic Issues
Candidate Meets
President of USW
Hyannis Port, Mass. - IUPU -Democratic
presidential can
didate John F. Kennedy rip
ped into his Republican op
position today on the farm Is
sue and on economic policy.
Kennedy conferred with
President David J. McDonald
of the United Steelworkers
Union on reduced steel pro
duction which has caused un
employment and shortened
hours In the industry.
Statement Approved
The nominee also approved
a statement by a group of
farm belt Democratic gover
nors and lawmakers describ
ing Kennedy's GOP opponent,
Richard M. Nixon, as "a po
litical captain leaving the
sinking ship" through repudi
ation of the administration's
farm and defense programs.
In Washington Nikon's
headquarters said it was
"sorry" to hear about the
Kennedy "sinking ship" state
ment. Herbert G. Klein, Nixon's
press secretary, said "I am
sorry to find a group of Amer
ican leaders describing the
country as a sinking ship."
Mel with Bowles
He added that it was the
Vice President's belief that
the United States is a world
leader and it is his aim to
build that leadership."
Kennedy also met with
Rep. Chester A. Bowles ID-
Conn.) to carry on a foreign
policy discussion which the
Massachusetts senator began
Sunday with Adlai E. Sleven-
s o n , Democratic standard
bearer in 1952 and 1956.
Kennedy directly and indi
rectly assailed the admini
stration's position on the econ
omy after McDonald told
newsmen in a joint new con
ference on the senator's lawn
that 400,000 members of his
union had been adverslcy af
fected by cutbacks in steel
production.
Oregon Democrats
Reelect Sfraub
Bend - (UPI! - Robert Straub
of Springfield was reelected
state chairman of the Oregon
Democratic party here Sun
day. Other positions went to
Constance Weber, The Dal
les, vice chairman; Ruth Ren
froe, Portland, Secretary: Ar
thur Bone, Salem, treasurer;
Oscar Kendall, Corvallis, first
Congress district representa
tive; Linden Martin, The
Dalles, second district; Frank
Roberts, Portland, third dis
trict, and George Balsigner
Jr., Blue River, fourth dis
trict. Twenty-five counties were
represented here and 13
proxy votes were cast.
WEATHER
Forecast: Fair and roolrr In
night and Tuesday. Low tonight
48-50. High Tuesday 85.
Temperature
Hi Eh est Yesterday - ?
Lowest this Morning 54
Precipitation
To 10 a.m. Yesterday Trace
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 7:32 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .:fM a.m.
Moonsei tomorrow ....12:3!) a.m.
Full rrfoon Aug. 6
Vent? brlehtesl of all the plan
ets, will soon join Jupiter and
Saturn In the evening sky. It
now sets a few minutes after the
sun.
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NIXON MAPS STRATEGY Vice President Richard Nixon
plunged into a scries of strategy conferences in Washington
today. Shown above are, from left, former GOP chairman
Leonard Hall, who has been named Nixon's general cam-
Two Killed in
Northern Calif.
Auto Accidents
YrekaTwo
persons, a
32
year'dtd Vreka man and .
an
18-year-old girl from Weed,
were killed In northern Cali
fornia traffic acicdents over
the week end.
Killed were Donald J. Ide
and Marie E. Henry.
The California Highway
patrol said the Henry girl
was killed about b:JU p.m.
Saturday when her car struck
a rock on a curve on highway
99 two miles south of Gazelle.
She lost control of the ve
hicle and it ran off the road.
Two passengers in the girl's
car, Karen L. Peterson, 17,
and Helen L. Hayes, 18, both
of Weed, suffered moderate
injuries and were taken lo
Siskiyou County hospital in
Yreka.
The second fatal crash oc
curred about 11:34 p.m. yes
terday near Seiad Valley, the
sheriff's office reported, when
Ide apparently fell asleep
while driving and his truck
plunged into the Klamath
river.
Deputies . said Ide's last
known address is 7515 Obcr
land rd., Yreka, but that they
have been unable to locate his
wife or other relatives. Ide
was driving a telephone truck
owned by Power Communica
tion, Inc., of Portland.
Washington - UTU - The
United States today quickly
dismissed as "only another
meaningless propaganda ges
ture" Communist China's call
for a ban on nuclear weapons
throughout Asia and the Mid
dle East.
World of Reality . . ."
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1960
Nixon Plunges Into
Campaign Strategy
With Key Advisers
Washington - OIPII - Vice
President Richard M. Nixon
speeding campaign prepap
ations, today plunged into I
series of campaign confer,
ences with key GOP advisers,
his running male Henry Cabot
Oregon AFL-CIO
Convention Opens
Pendleton (UPII - More than
500 delegates gathered today
for the fifth annual Oregon
AFL-CIO convention. Politics
and the Portland newspaper
strike were in the spotlight.
Gov. Mark O. Hatfield ad
dressed the union members
this afternoon and most can
didates for major political of
fice will have been here to bid
for the labor vote before the
convention adjourns Friday.
M r s. Maurine Neuberger,
Democratic candidate for the
U. S. senate, and Sen. Wayne
L. Morse (D-Ore.) spoke before
preliminary sessions Sunday,
both stressing the importance
of the minimum wage law
now pending in Congress.
Deputies Probe
Sale Robbery
Jackson county sheriff's
deputies today are investigat
ing a safe robbery at Hunter's
tavern on Crater Lake high
way some time Sunday night.
Deputies said an undeter
mined amount of money was
taken.
The dial and handle on the
safe door was knocked off,
and the face plate pealed off.
The thief or thieves also broke
into all the coin machines in
the tavern, deputies said.
They estimate the robbery oc
curred between midnight and
6:40 o'clock this morning. En
try was gained through a sky
light, deputies said.
Alert Grocery Clerk
Falls Gold Hill Man
A flying tackle made by a
Quality Market grocery clerk
saved a prisoner for the sher
iff's office, it was reported
today.
Charles L. Coffey, Gold
Hill, charged with violating
parole, escaped momentarily
from sheriff's dcpuUes as he
was being taken from the
parole office across the street
from Quality Market, 222
West Main St., Friday.
Richard F. Souza, Jackson
ville, grocery clerk, spotted
the escape and leaped on top
of Coffey, bringing him lo
the sidewalk.
Montcicllo, Iowa-U!P0-Dom-o'cratic
vice presidential nomi
nee Lyndon Johnson said
Sunday the farm plank in
thi Democratic platform is
Tribune
paign chairman; Nixon; Henry Cabot Lodge, vice presi
dential nominee, and Robert Finch, Nixon's administrative
assistant, who will be his campaign director.
(UPI Telephoto)
Lodge and President Eisevv
hower, t
Nixon, with only one day's
rest from a strenuous week
that brought his the Repub
lican presidential nomination,
also appointed his administra
live assistant, Robert H.
Finch, to the new post of
presidential campaign direct
or, i
Coordination Mapped
The vice president and
Lodge mapped out coordina
tion of their campaigns before
flying to Newport, R.I., late
this afternoon for a special
conference arranged by Presi
dent Eisenhower. It was call
ed to discuss the campaign
and the reconvened session of
Congress which starts next
Monday.
Herbert G. Klein, Nixons
press secretary, also disclosed
that the vice president talked
by telephone Sunday night
with New York Gov. Nelson
Rockefeller about "campaign
plans and the international
situation" with particular ref
erence to Latin America.
Meets with Dirksen '
Nixon started his busy day
here by having breakfast
with Scnale Republican Lcad-
r Everett Dirksen (111.), who
will play a vital role In the
short Congressional session
expected to take up planks
f both Republican and Dem
ocratic platforms.
After conferring with the
vice president, Dirksen listed
five items as "must" legisla
tion and another on which he
said "an effort will be made."
On the must list were mu
tual security appropriations,
defense, social security with
medical 'care for the aged,
minimum wages and a farm
bill. Dirksen said there would
be an effort lo pass a school
construction bill and some ac
tion would be taken on the
secondary boycott measure.
Officials Tour
Willow Reservoir
A number of officiafs from
the city of Medford and Jack
son county t o u r e d Willow
Creek reservoir tills afternoon
to see what possibilities the
reservoir has as a recreational
facility.
Making the lour were the
county court, the county parks
and recreation commission, a
representative from the city
water commission and City
Water Superintendent Robert
Lee.
Lee said the purpose of the
tour is to investigate what
recreational possibility the
reservoir might have. The res
ervoir is owned and operated
by the city water department
as a supplementary water sup
ply for the Rogue River Val
ley Irrigation district.
55th Year Price 10 Cents
No. 114
Eleven New Fires
Reported From
Storms Yesterday
Eleveri new fires were re-
ported today as a result of charged with first degree mur-J-eslerday's
electrical storms, der in connection with th
The forest service has crews
fighting three fires in the
Union Creek area and anoth
er Jive nres nave oeen re -
ported in the Applcgate - Ash -
land area.
Smokejiimpcrs were flown
to one of the Applegate fires.
Bob Torheim, fire control of
ficer said.
Reports from the stale de
partment of forestry Indicate
that there are three new fires,
one each in the Applegate
area, Lost Creek and Florence
rock in the Prospect area.
Other Damage
Other storm damage includ
ed scattered power failures
of a minor nature. Most not
able of the local failures oc
curred in the Pine St. and
Riverside ave. section of Med
ford. A total of 38 fires have now
been reported lo the forest
service as a result of the scr
ies of storms during the last
few days.
Oregon slate tire- crews
have fought about 33 fires
with . three more reported
from reported from yester
day's storm. All former fires
were in the mop up stage yes
terday when the storin struck.
It is estimated that - fire
danger will be moderate to
day, but will rapidly climb
to high as the forests dry out
Oregon Candidate
Delayed by Nixon
Pendleton (UPD - Ron Phair,
GOP congressional candidate
from Oregon s 2nd district
cancelled his return from Chi
cago at the request of Vice
President Richard M. Nixon,
it was learned here today
Phair was scheduled to return
Friday.
Nixon asked Phair to delay
his trip In order that they
could discuss Oregon farm
problems and to let Phair si
in on a special conference of
farm-area candidates.
Most State
Said To Be
By United Press International
Forest service officials to
day reported all forest fires
on the Umatilla and Wallowa-
Whitman national forests un
der control.
Firefightlng personnel have
been released from most of
the fire areas. Fires on the
national forests in Oregon
and Washington consumed
thousands of acre; of timber
land and claimed the lives of
several firefighters.
Six expert mountain climb
ers from Portland and Hood
Collision South
Of Collage Grove
Fatal to Three
Freight Train Kills
Baby Near Stayton
By United Press International
Sunday was a day of trage
dy in Oregon with at least
nine persons killed in traf
fic, a fire, a train accident, a
drowning and a shooting.
Three persons were killed
in a head-on collision on High--wav
99 just south of Cottage
Grove late Sunday. The vic
tims were Mabel Truex. 34;
her 11 -year -old daughter,
Christine and Laura Frisbie,
63. all of Ridgefield, Wash.
Eight other persons were in
jured in the accident which.
involved three cars and caus
ed three other vehicles to
crash into a ditch.
Portlander Killed
A Portland man, Frank
Loucks. 51, died in Provi
dence hospital from injuries'
suffered Saturday when ha
was struck by a car m North
east Portland.
And near Stayton, a 17-months-old
baby died at a
hospital after being struck by
a Southern Pacific freight
train. Tine child, Darrel Glen
Dosscy of Marion, wandered
from a car onto the tracks.
State police said the train was
the only one to use that sec
tion of track Sunday.
Fire Claims Man
A 30-year-old Gcrvais man
died when his house burned
Sunday. He was Dewey Thom
as Anderson. . -
Firemen said he was over
come by smoke.
A Portland man tell trom
a motor boat in the Willa
mette river in Portland and
drowned. He was 41-year-old
John Wesley Drake, a long
I shoreman.
A Pendleton fireman, Don
W. McDougall, 40, was killed
on state highway 395 about
seven miles north of Pendle
ton Sunday when his motor
cycle collided head-on with a
car.
In Portland, Harvey Jack
son, 43, was shot to death and
Ovaland Fleming, 47, was
'WnB-
i
I Date for Arguments
- , f ,
(lI MOllOU IS jBl
Circuit Court Judge James
Main set 10:30 a.m. Aug. 10 to
hear arguments on a motion
to set aside indictments
against O. H. Bengtson, Med
ford lawyer, in the Medford
Escrow case.
The motion made in cir
cuit court today is based on
an alleged error in the listing
of witnesses who appeared be
fore the Jackson county grand
ury.
Previously an. indictment
against Bengtson was dismiss
ed on joint motion by the dis
trict attorney's office and
Bengtson's attorneys, Robert
Boyer, Medford, and K. C.
Tanner, Portland.
A new grand jury returned
an indictment against Bengt
son charging he took $3,701.14
illegally from the company
funds on or about Oct. 21,
1951, and in another indict
ment charged he took $1,700
on or about Feb. 2, 1960. The
same grand jury also returned
an indictment that Rachel Pe
terson Carter took $224.81 on
or about May 14, 1958, from
company funds.
The grand jury is expected
to convene again Wednesday,
August 3, to further consider
the case.
Seattle Youth Hurt
Because of Porcupine
Yreka - An 18-year-old Se
attle youth is in Siskiyou
County hospital here today be
cause of a porcupine.
James E. Hoffman told sher
iff's deputies his car ran oft
the road near Big Springs
creek when he tried to avoid
hitting the animal early yes
terday morning. Hoffman's In
juries were not listed as seri
out. Forest Fires
Controlled
River' brought in lo battle
fires in the Wallowa-Whitman
area were released and flown
back to their homes. -
Also reported under control
were some 40 new fires
caused by lightning Saturday,
Approximately 50 separate
fires have been started in the
19 national forests of Oregon,
southern Washington and
Northern California since the
series of thunderstorms began
in mid-July.
Officials also said that risk
of new lightning-caused fire
is tapering off.