k Signs
Medical (Care
Act
END OF CHASE A high-speed chase in
volving police and 15-year-old David Mor
ris Westby, Ashland, ended at 1:14 o'clock
this morning when a car operated by West
by (ailed to negotiate a curve at the corner
of South Riverside ave. and Barnett rd., and
crashed into the side of a service station
(pictured above). Police who were chasing
Westby said his car attained speeds up to
95 mileg per hour and ran four red lights
Preliminary Study
Of Sewer Problem
Near City Planned
City Manager Robert A.
Duff said today that a prelim
inary engineering study of the
sewage problems in the
"southwest district" near Med
ford will begin almost immed
iately. The city received petitions
from this area yesterday re
questing annexation to the
city as a possible means of
solving the area's sewage
problems. These problems
have become acute in recent
months.
There were 410 signatures
on the petitions favoring an
nexation, and 29 opposed. In
addition, the city council two
weeks ago received petitions
bearing the . signatures of 244
persons from this same gen
eral area that were also op
posed to annexation.
Necessary for Study
Duff said It was necessary
to have the petitions before a
preliminary study of a sewer
plan for this area could be
started. He noted that .the city
must first know 'where the
sewers are wanted before It
can start planning for them.
Duff said the petitions will
be presented to the council at
Thursday night's meeting as a
formality. He said probably
no action would be taken by
the council until the prelimin
ary study is completed. It will
take at least 60 days to com
plete this sutdy he noted.
The petitions received by
the city are not formal peti
tions as such, Duff said, but
they are an indication of sen
timent in the area toward an
nexation. Boundaries Not Known
The exact boundaries of the
area from which the petitions
were received is not yet
known, Duff said, nor are
there any proposed boundaries
drawn up for annexation pur
poses. However, most of the
signatures on the petitions ap
pear to come from the Lozier
lane-Ross lane area and east
of Clover lane.
The exact boundaries of this
area, if it is proposed for an
nexation, probbaly will not be
determined until after' the
engineering study Is com
pleted, he said.
When it is finished, the city
council probably will suggest
some boundaries for this area.
Eventuully an election will be
called in the area to determine
whether or not it desires to be
annexed.
Polaris Missile
Experiment Fails
Cape Canaveral, Fla.-tUPD-A
Polaris ballistic missile
fired from a nuclear subma
rine cruising beneath the At
lantic Ocean today veered
out of control and plunged
back Into the water.
Survey of Effluent in
Ditches Being
A survev of septic tank
effluent in Irrigation ditches
south and west of Medford
will be made soon, according
to Jack Hoffbuhr, Medford Ir
rigation district manager.
District personnel and sher
iffs deputies will check to see
If residents of that area are
attempting to correct t h e
problem. .
No statement of findings
made by sheriff's deputies and
irrigation district personnel
will be revealed until after
the MID board meeting Tues
day, Oct. 4. Hoffbuhr said.
District Attorney Thomas J.
Reeder said this morning that
he has requested the survey
be made. Then if "no honest
effort to find a solution" is
being made by residents of
the area. Reeder said he will
fuggest that the Medford Irri
gation district tile complaint
Hurricane Donna
Heads Out to Sea;
At Least 143 Dead
Boston, Mass. - IUPD - Tropi
cal storm Donna, her winds
below hurricane force for the
first time in nearly two
weeks, began breaking "up
over the open Atlantic today
after a 3,000-mile rampage
which left at least 143 dead.
"Donna is no longer a hur
ricane and has passed out of
the United States," the Bos
ton weather bureau said in a
bulletin on the storm, which
Pennsylvania .
Railroad Back
In Operation
Philadelphia-flJPIi-Thc giant
Pennsylvania Railroad was
back in operation today.
Along its 10,000 miles of
tracks in 13 states, passengers
boarded trains they had not
seen or been able to use since
Sept. 1 when the strike
paralyzed the railroad for the
first time ln-ita 114-year, his
tory. . The vanguard of 72,000 rail
road employees idled by the
walkout returned to ready the
line for full, resumption oi
service, passenger and freight,
later this week.
Tracks Cleared
Wheels of "pilot" trains
were clearing tracks of ac
cumulated rust and signals
were being checked late Mon
day following the signing of
an agreement between two un
ions and the railroad which
officially ended the strike.
But there was a price to
pay.
James M. Symes, chairman
of the board for the line, esti
mated the total loss at $54
million with the railroad los
ing $40 million in revenue
and the employees $14 mil
lion in wages.
Both sides declared them
selves satisfied with the final
agreements, which puts the
nation's largest railroad back
in business.
New Dorm To Open
At Southern Oregon
Ashland - The new 125-bed
dormitory at Southern Ore
gon college will be ready for
students when Freshman
Week opens Sunday, the col
lege announced today.
The building, named Cas
cade Units, will house 62 men,
62 coeds and a dorm mother.
The dorm was constructed
at a cost of $450,000 under
30-year self-liquidating bonds.
General contractor was Aus
land Construction company of
Grants Pass.
Planned
with his office charging pol
lution of irrigation ditches.
Such a violation could bring
a maximum penalty of $1,000
fine or one year in the county
jail, or both, Reeder said.
Hofibuhr said the district
will decide on what legal ac
tion It wants to take after
the board meeting. So far irri
gation district personnel have
merely pointed out violators
to the sheriff's office. These
violators went sent warning
letters more than 90 days ago
allowing them 90 days In
which to attempt a solution
of the problem.
As a result'of the warnings
and in awareness of the
health problem to the area,
a committee headed by Wal
lace B. Brill, resident of the
problem area, was formed to
conduct in opinion poll of the
area.
in downtown Medford. The chase started
when Westby attempted to get away from
police officers who wanted to question him
in regard to another incident. Westby was
not injured and fled the scene of the acci
dent. However, his mother brought him into
the police station this morning. He was
taken into protective custody and lodged in
the juvenile detention home, police said.
piled up millions of dollars
in damage.
Twenty-seven of the dead
were in the United States
where the storm's trail of de
struction stretched from Flor
ida through New England.
Scores of coastal towns
were shattered and thousands
of workers waded into the
shambles today in a gigantic
cleanup job, hampered by fall
en trees and power lines and
flooded streets and roads.
Donna's winds diminished
to 50 miles per hour as she
swirled past Caribou, Me., to
day, considerably weaker
than the 160-mile gusts which
raked the Caribbean and the
Atlantic coast during the past
10 days.
The storm was headed in a
northeasterly course after
leaving Maine.
Florida was hardest hit by
the shrieking winds with 11
dead and damage which could
exceed SI billion. Five per
sons, died in New England,
four each in New Jersey and
New York state and three In
North Carolina, -106
Dead in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico; where the
storm struck Sept. 4 two days
after it was spawned in the
south Atlantic, counted 106
dead, and 10 others died in
the Leeward island.:
Donna swept across Long
Island Monday, causing rec
ord tides that flooded build
ings and subways, and then
smashed into Connecticut and
New England before finally
heading out to sea.
Indians Integrated
In Oregon Schools
Salem IUPD Oregon has
achieved integration of the
state's Indians in the public
school system.
Harvey Wright, state direc
tor of Indian education,
made the report today to the
State Board of Education.
The work which began in
1947 is completed this year
with integration of the Warm
Springs Indians, he said.
All Indian agency schools
have been closed.
Wright said the program
ha been "very successful."
Other major tribes to be
taken into the public schools
Include Umatilla, Klamath,
Wy-ams, Piutcs and a num
ber of coastal tribes.
Posthole Digger
Cuts Phone Cable
Portland (UPD A construc
tion company posthole digger
cut a telephone company
cable near Dunsmuir, Calif.,
at 8:30 a.m. today, knocking
out some 1,200 lines.
Officials of Pacific Telephone-Northwest
here said
restoration of service was un
der way and that the cable
was expected to be completely
restored by 1 p.m.
Affected were long distance
circuits, press circuits, radio
network circuits and the audio
part of television service.
Sentencing of Talent
Woman Is Continued
Sentenclne of Mrs. Clifford
(Frances) Goodlct, Talent, for
fraudulently obtaining narcot
ic drugs (pcrcodon) was con
tinued vesterdav in Jackson
county circuit court pending
rec'pt of a pre-sentencing re
port. A turv Thursday unani
mously found Mrs. Goodlct
guilty following a day-long
trial. Mrs. Goodlet was charg
ed with obtaining a iuddIv of
narcotics by presenting a pre
scrlotion. Mrs. Goodlct is being held
In co"nty jail In lieu of
$2,500 bail.
Nixon Respects
Kennedy's Stand
On Church Issue
GOP Candidate -Reaches
Portland.
Portland - (IPI) - Vice
President Richard Nixon ar
rived about noon today for
a busy 4!i hour campaign
swing in Portland and Van
couver, Wash.
San Francisco - IUPD - Vice
President Richard M. Nixon
said today he docs not antici-
pate any situation in which
either he or Sen. John F. Ken
nedy would have to resign the
presidency because of a con
flict of conscience over re
ligion or any other issue.
The GOP presidential can
didate told a news conference
launching a whirlwind second
day of his western campaign
that Kennedy's own offer to
take such action should be
accepted by everyone.
Respects Statement
"I respect his statement and
I think it could be accepted
without further question.
Nixon declared.
The vice president also
made these points:
Restricting Soviet Premier
Nikita Khrushchev to Man
hattan island during the forth
coming United Nations session
was necessary and taking any
other course would be "irre
sponsible." He said the poten
tial security threat Involving
Khrushchev's life involves a
risk that "in a non-police
state we could not afford to
take."
Civil Rights Speech Due
He intends to make a "ma-
lor civil rights speech in the
next two weeks. Nixon said
the address is already written
but the place at which it will
be delivered has not been
chosen. ,
He will not comment on
the religious issue if at all
possible because he thinks
this is still the best way to
keep religion out of the presi
dential campaign.
Nixon said he will return
to California early in October
and will have "at least three
other visits to the state.
Research Center
Due af Monmouth
Monmouth - IUPD - A re
search center will be located
on the Oregon College of Edu
cation campus which will
seek ways to improve general
effectiveness and efficiency in
teaching.
Approval for the center was
given in Salem today by the
State Board of Higher Educa
tion, The agency, known as
Teaching Research, A Center
for Research on Teaching,
will begin operation imme
diately under direction of Dr.
Jack V. Edling, associate pro
fessor of education and psy
chology at OCE.
Gifts To Voters
Declared Violation
Salem - HOT -i The distribu
tion of any Item to an elector
with the Intent to influence
him In his voting is a violation
of the election laws, Attorney
General Robert Y. Thornton
said today.
This includes such things of
slight value as book matches,
baloons, shopping bags, pen
cils, flower seeds, and so on.
Clackamas County
School Plan Rejected
Salem - IUPD - The Stale
Board of Education today re
jected the Clackamas county
plan for a Gladstone adminis
trative school district.
"By Golly, If I Had A Part In This Campaign"
11
UFOs Reported
An 'unidentified flying ob
ject," described as being cigar-
shaped and having rows of
lights along the side, was
sighted over the western part
of the valley at 8:31 last night,
according to Medford resident
E. R. Vromnn.
The object first appeared in
the south and traveled at high
speed in a northwesterly di
rection, disappearing in the
general area of Gold Hill,
Vroman said.
A faint sound of rushing air
seemed to follow the object
after it had passed. The "ma
chine' 'appeared to have been
propelled by a jet of fire, Vro
man added, but moving far
more rapidly than any con
ventional jet plane. It took
approximately five seconds to
pass from horizon to horizon,
he said.
When it came Into view,
UN Withdraws;
Congolese Troops
Control Station
Leopoldville, The Congo -
(UPD - Congolese troops took
over the Leopoldville radio
station today after a sudden
withdrawal of United Nations
forces.
It was not known imme
diately whether the troops
acted for Congolese President
Joseph Kasavubu or Premier
Patrice Lumumba.
Tile move came after the
United Nations announced
that it had reopened all air
ports in The Congo to "norm
al traffic" and was permitting
normal broadcasting" over
the national radio station.
Terror Reign' Said Over
Kasavubu's Information
Minister Jean Bolikango went
directly to the radio station
after the U.N. troops with
drew and broadcast that Lu
mumba's "reign of terror"
was over.
Bolikango announced that
warrants were out for the ar
rest of Lumumba and "his
accomplices."
But when Bolikango tried
to go back to the station two
hours later, soldiers blocked
his path.
One captain told the in
formation minister: "No one
will be allowed to broadcast,
Bolikango admitted to news
men that "we do not have the
military situation entirely in
hand.
Lumumba talked his way
out of one arrest Monday. To
day, heavy troop guards sur
rounded his official residence,
but -Bolikango claimed Lu
mumba was in hiding.
A U.N. spokesman said his
orders reopening the airports
and radio station went into
effect this morning.
Oregon Said Hurt
By Tax Structure
Portland-IUPD - Clinton B
Snyder of Hobokcn, N.J., pres
ident of the Society of Indus
trial Realtors, said today Ore
gon's personal property tax
is discouraging Industrial de
velopment in the state.
He told the Rotary Club
that the tax placed a heavy
burden on industry "and is
undoubtedly one of the rea
sons Oregon has not grown as
fast as Its neighbors, Wash
ington and California."
Snyder Is making a tour of
West Coast industrial centers.
His organization is affiliated
with the National Association
of' Real Estate Boards.
Industry asks for no spec
ial favors or advantages but
at the same time it does not
want to carry a disproportion
ate share of the tax load," he
said.
Vroman said he started in the
house for his binoculars, but
seeing the speed it was travel
ing he knew he wouldn't have
time. Guessing at the size of
the object, he said it could
have been anywhere from 100
to 200 feet long, or as small
as 50 feet.
Hilts A Yreka woman re
ported today that she and sev
eral other persons saw two
unidentified flying objects
over the Hilts area last night.
One of the objects, accord
ing to Mrs. Robert Earl, 552
North Oregon st., was moving
so slowly it was visible for
three hours but the other
moved at such a rapid clip it
could be seen for only a few
seconds.
The first object "looked
like a star," Mrs. Earl said,
and was "red, white and blue-
Regional Edition
Medford
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i iMl la it!
DELEGATION ARRIVES Representatives
ot Congo President Joseph Kasavubu are
shown as they arrived at New York Mon
day. The. delegation la headed by Foreign
Minister Justin Romboko, ; seated, center.
Others are, from left, Bad Banga, Ylofa
Radia and M. Fele. A rival delegation rep-
To Open Monday
Ashland-Ashland's new mil
lion dollar junior high school
is expected to be open for
classes Monday, School Super
intendent Stanley Jobe said
today.
Jobe said transformers al
ready are installed and the
permanent sewer pump is ex
pected to be delivered Thurs
day. An auxiliary pump is
in use at present.
The Ashland school board,
Jobe continued, plans to ad
vertise this week for bids for
leveling and excavation work
on the athletic and playground
areas at the new school. Bids
will be opened Oct. 10.
At a special board meeting
last night, a contract for fuel
oil was awarded to Western
Oil and Burner company,
Ashland. Western bid .00428
cents per gallon for PS-300 oil
and .0888 cents per gallon for
PS-400 oil. Other bidders were
Jayhawk Petroleum company,
Klamath Falls, and McLaren
Oil company, Medford.
Four teacher s1 contracts
were approved. Wayne R.
Paulsen will teach ninth grade
English at the Junior high,
Robert L. Sanderson will
teach business education at
the high school, Myrna L.
Dean will teach economics at
the junior high, and Sclma
McAlester will teach English
and journalism at the high
school.
Nikita Protests
Travel Restriction
New York-fUPO-Nlklta Khru
shchev formally protested to
the United States today
against State, Department or
ders quarantining him to Man
hattan Island next week.
Simultaneously the roster of
his anti-American "rump sum
mit" conference apparently
was completed with the an
nouncement that Cuba's Fidel
Castro will Join Communist
and neutralist leaders at the
U.N. assembly.
Condemning the U.S. order
restricting him to Manhattan,
Khrushchev first told a Lon
don newspaper It was "unrea
sonable and unjustifiable."
Late today Soviet Ambassa
dor Michael Meruhikov de
livered a similar condemna
tion of the quarantine to Sec
retary of State Christian A.
Horter.
in City,
green in color. The second
looked like "a flashing red
light" which blinked about
once each second during its
fast trip across the skies.
Mrs. Earl said six other per
sons saw the first object. With
her were her husband, her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Shuck; her brother, Tommy
Shuck, and Weldon Snook and
his son, Wendell. All but Mr.
and Mrs. Earl are residents
of Hilts.
The first object was spotted
about 9 p.m., Mrs. Earl said,
and members of the group
took , turns observing it
through two telescopes and a
pair of binoculars. She said
it was west of Hills, bearing
about 70 degrees.
The second object appeared
about 10:30, she continued,
and headed northwest toward
Mt. Ashland. It was traveline
Congo.. ... .
Security
May Dispatch Own
Probers To Congo
United Nations, N.Y. - IUPD -
Security Council members to
day considered sending their
own subcommittee to The
Congo to try to make sense
out of the constitutional tan
gle caused by the feud be
tween rival factions in the
African country.
Quick Call Posiible
The council was not sched
uled to meet today but there
was a possibility a session
might be called on short no
tice for this afternoon or this
evening to hear rival dele
gates sent by Congo Premier
Patrice Lumumba and Presi
dent Joseph Kasavubu.
The nine -nation African
group of U.N. members, ser
iously worried about the
anarchy and bloodshed that
Independence brought to The
Congo, scheduled a session to
discuss the plan for a subcom
mittee Investigation at the
scene.
Lack nf instructions from
the foreign offices of one or
Tour Scheduled at
Howard Prairie
An inspection will be made
of completed recreation facili
ties at Howard Prairie reser
voir in the Talent project Fri
day. James Callan, bureau of
reclamation project engineer
here, and the county court
will leave the courthouse at
9 a.m. Friday to tour the area,
Thomas Parker and Associ
ates, of Ashland, announced
work has been completed on
facilities on the west side of
the reservoir, which Include a
boat ramp, parking area, out
door toilets and showers, ac
cess road, overnight parking
area and installation of fire
places, picnic tables and garb
age disposal cans.
The water supply system Is
under a separate contract to
Bryant and Lowe of Ashland
and Is not finished, Allan said.
This includes a pumphouse,
water tank and lines to sup
ply the recreation area.
Parker and Associates had a
prior completion deadline last
month, but the completion
date was extended to this
month since materials did not
arrive In time,
Hilts
very low, she sajd, and was
bearing about 45 degrees.
Mrs. Earl said all mem
bers of the group but Snook
and his son were present
when the second object ap
peared. After the second object ap
peared, Mrs. Earl notified the
Civil Air Patrol office In Med
ford. She and the rest of the
group then continued to ob
serve the first object until
about midnight. By then, she
said, it had grown very dim
and moved out of range be
hind the mountains.
Last night's sighting recal
led a report last week from
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dengler of
Rogue River. The Denglers
said they observed a "dull,
red, flashing" object over the
Rogue River area Thursday
night.
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presenting Premier Patrice Lumumba also
Is en route to the United Nations. When
the Security Council reconvenes It will have
to decide which pt the opposing delegations
represents the legal government ot The
. , . ..
(UPI Telephoto)
Council
more of the major powers was
understood to be a . faction
delaying council action.
As far as could be deter
mined, no delegation had
come up yet with a proposed
resolution on what direction
the Security Council should
take next.
The council met for only 16
minutes late Monday. U.S.
Ambassador James J. Wads-
worth Immediately proposed
adjournment on the ground
the council could do nothing
with the situation so con
fused. Rogue'Project
Receives Funds
Washington - (UPD - The
Corps of Engineers announc
ed today It had allocated
$8,038,000 to 268 individual
flood control, navigation and
beach erosion studies.
The money was appropri
ated by Congress In a lump
sum for examinations and
studies. It Is in addition to
funds voted for the Corps'
construction and planning
projects.
The projects as announced
by the corps Included:
Oregon: Portland Vancou
ver (Oregon and Washington)
$31,900; Port Orford, $9,000:
Tillamook bay, $1,000; Ump
qua river, $11,300; Coquille
river, $10,000; Grande Rondo
river, $16,700; Rogue river,
$30,000; Umpqua river (flood
control), $25,000.
100th Anniversary of
Pershing's Birth Marked
Washington -(UPD- A solemn
President Elsenhower today
placed a wreath on a simple
white headstone marking the
grave of General of the
Armies John J. Pershing on
the 100th anniversary of the
birth of the famous "Black
Jack." , , '. i
Eisenhower, who led Amer
ican forces In Europe during
World War II as Pershing did
In World War I, bowed his
head In prayer.
The brief and simple cere
monies were part of "Cen
Federal Grants
To States Will
Start Oct. I .
Relatively Small
Portion To Benefit
Washington - (UPD - Presi
dent Eisenhower today signed
a new law designed to im
prove medical care for aged,
needy persons. It offers feder
al grants to states, starting
Oct. 1, to induce them to
make the improvements.
The federal aid - estimated
to cost the treasury about
$200 million in the first year
-will be limited to helping
states pay for medical eara
of needy persons over 65. A
relatively small portion of the
16 million persons In this ace
group will benefit.
Question Unresolved
Enactment of the new pro
gram leaves unresolved the
controversial question of
whether the government ulti
mately will provide some pro
gram of medical care for the
average elderly person.
Both presidential candi
dates favor broader benefits
than that provided by t h a
new program. Congress re
jected their proposals.
The Democratic candidate.
Sen. John F. Kennedy, is cam
paigning for the presidency
on a pledge to enact legisla
tion adding medical care to
cash benefits received by tha
elderly under the Social Se
curity "-program. This would
be financed by higher Social
Security taxes on workers and
their employers. It is opposed
by-the GOP candidate, Vica
President Richard M. Nixon.
Liberalizing Changes
In addition to its medical
care provisions, the new law
makes some liberalizing
changes in the social security
program but no across-the-
board change In benefits.
It adds about 700,000 per
sons to the benefit rolls. It
liberalizes the $1,200 annual
''earnings test" for retired
workers drawing full bene-
ills- it permits permanently
and totally disabled workers
to. flraw. .benefits, lor them
selves and . dependents with
out waiting until age B0. .,
- Most states on their own
already provide some type p
medical care under the public
assistance program. Under
this program 2,400,000 needy-
persons over 65 are on state-
operated relic rolls and the
federal government is payimr
about $2 billion of the annual
cost.
Additional Money
Under the new program tha
fcdcrul government will:
Give additional money to
states which provide medical
care for relief recipients over
65. Tnc llrst-year cost of this
new program is estimated at
$142 lor the federal govern
ment and $5 million for par
ticipating state governments.
Offer additional grants to
states which extend free medi
cal care to persons who ara
not so destitute that they
qualify under state standards
for relief checks to pay for
food, housing or clothing, but
still can't pay for medical
treatment. First -year costs
are estimated at $60 million
for. the federal government
and $56 million for he states.
Calif or nian Killed
North of Eugene
Eugene - IUPD - A man tenta
tively Identified as Jim Bo-
shell, about 25, Paramount,
Calif., was killed Monday
night in a one-car accident
north of here on Highway 99.'
WEATHER
FORECAST: rlr through
Wednesday. Low tonight 48;
high tomorrow SO.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday ....... 73
Loweit Thli Morning 47
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 't:2S p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .... 5:50 a.m.
The Moon rises 11:47 p.m.
tonight and rides high.
New Moon Sept, 20
PROMINKNT STAR
Capella, low In north
east 10:45 p.m.
VISIHLK PLANKTS
Venus, low In west 8:85 p.m.
Saturn, due south .... 7:30 p.m.
Jupiter, low In south
west 9:3Z p.m.
Mars, shove the Moon.
tennial for a Soldier" which
also included a huge parada
of troops, veterans and patri
otic groups along Constitution
ave.
In Laclede, Mo., the boy
hood home of the only Ameri
can ever to hold the rank of
general of the armies wai
dedicated as I national shrine.
At the grave, the President
was accompaneld by F, War
ren Pershing, the general's
son and only family survivor
of a 1915 San Francisco fire
In which the general's wife'
, end three daughters perished.