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CHILDREN ENTERTAINED Medford high school drum
majorette Mary Milne, right, talks to a patient at the Shrine
Hospital for Crippled Children at San oFrancisco during a
performance by the band at the hospital Saturday. Theme
for the annual skit by the band was "March of the Toys" and
Miss Milne is dressed as a marionette. The band later per
formed at the East-West Shrine football game in Kezar Sta
dium in San Francisco. (UPD Telephoto)
City of Burbank
Orchid Flont Wins
Top Pasadena Award
Pasadena, Calif. - (UPD - The
city of Burbank with its
theme of "orchids in the
moonlight" won the sweep
slakes award today for the
most beautiful entry in the
72nd Tournament of Roses.
The sweepstakes award was
announced as the flower
drenched floats moved majes
tically toward the parade
route in clear crisp weather
to be seen byDmore than a
million viewers.
Moonbeams? Featured
Burbank's entry featured
moonbeams made up of more
than 4O5OOO orchids in addi
tion to 100,000 chrysanthe
mums and other flowers, with
three beauties riding the 50
foot float. D
"The green-eyed dragon"
entred by Helms Bakers
was awarded the grand prize.
Its spectacular beauty showed
a fire-bellowing monster in
gorgeous orchids, chrysantho
muius and poinsettias. 0
The theme prize was award
ed to Americar? Legion Post
707 for "Sweet Leilani." T?he
float salutes the 50th stijie in
carrying flut the tournament's
theme, "Ballads fci Blossoms."
Maidens Paddle Canoes
; It featured throe live water
falls in a lush tropical setting
with two lovely maidens pad
dling outrigger canoes at flch
side of the entrys Thousands
of orchkisand other tropical
"plants made up the float.
The president's trophy went
to Florists Telegraph Delivery
association for "hearts and
flowers." It presented a de
sign of hearts and featured a
large heart fashioned from
WEATHER
FORECAST: Variable hlKh
cloudiness with night and morn
inn valley foe tonight and Tues
day. Continued cold. Low to
night 15. High Tuesday 32-38.
Temp.
HlChest Vesterday .P. 32
Lowest This Morning ... 16
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 4:S0p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 7:41 a.m.
Moonrlse tonight 5:58 p.m.
Last Quarter Jan. 9
The Earth Is 91, 337.000 miles
from the Run today, the nearest
It will be this year. Average
distance from the Sun Is 92,897,
418 miles
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BODIES SOUGHT Rescue workers dig
through the wreckage of a Reno-bound
Piper Tri-Pacer airplane In an effort to re
cover the bodies of four persons. The craft
left the Troutdale, Ore., airport for Reno,
pink camellias and festoons of
red roses.t Riding the float
were Tab Hunter, John Pro
vost, Angela" Cartwright and
Judy Mellin.
Queen's Trophy Winner
Santa Monica, with "poor
butterfly," took the queen's
trophy. Its float showed an ex
quisite pagado ornately deco
rated with strung carnations
and a picturesque bridge of
typical oriental design span
ning a stream. Roses, chrysan
themums and orchids provid
ed the0 vivid hues of the gaf
den setting. ' .' ,
The Republic of Mexico pre
sented "rayondd el s81 (sun
rise)" to capture the interna
tional trophy with a huge
flowered Spanish guitar and a
flower motif of the country.
Cities outside California
that won first prizes for clas
sifications in their papulation
bracket were St. Louis, San
Antonio, Tex., and Portland.
Nikila Galls fori
Laos Conference5
Moscow -UIP1I- Bremier Ni
kita Khrushchev today colled
for an international confer
ence to settle the Laos ques
tion anc? said the work of tho
Intern ational Commission
there "must be renewed."
Khrushchev? speaking at a
Cuban National Bay reception
at the Cuban Embassy, was
quoted by the Soviet neujs
agency Tass aji saying:
"The dangerous hotbed of
the fire which has started in
Laos m8st be eStinguished in
time, and a conference of
states must Be convened ur
gently on the same lines as
the conference which took
place in Geneva in 1054, and
the wjjrft of the International
Commission inoLaos must be
renewed."
Ullman Elected to
House Committee
Washington - (UPD f Rep. Al
Ullrrran (D-Ore.) today became
the first Oregon Democrat
ever named to serve on the:
powerful House Ways and
Means committee.
Noon Edition
24 Pages
Oregon Traffic
Accidents Kill
Seven Persons
By United Press International
Traffic accidents claimed
seven lives in Oregon Sunday
and five persons were killed
in other accidents over the
Holiday week end. In addi
tion, two Oregon residents
died as a result of car crashes
in California. '
Four persons died in a plane
crash Saturday in the Mt.
Three Injured in
Accidents During
Long Week End
Three persons were injujed
in automobile accidents due
ing the week end, according
to Oregon state police.
Two persons were reported
in fair condition today at
Sacred Jleart hospital follow
ing an automobile accident
Saturday night on lligllway
99 at Miller's Gulch. .
Vernon Leon Cotter, 28, of
1832 Ndrth Riverside ave., is
being treated for bruises and
Robert Harold Koger, 31, of
124 South Columbus ave., for
head and chest injuries.
State police said the car in
which the two men were rid-
jng was apparently travelling
at a high rate oi speed wnen
it left the hihway,' struck 'a
roadside ditch by the "Corona
do motel, and traveled c297
feet before stopping. -
Park Accident .
- Barbara "Elizabeth Balch,
28, of 331 West Second St., is
being treated at Rogue Valley
hospital for bruises received
in an accident Sunday in
,Crater Lake National park,
three miles west of Annie
Springs. She was reported tn
fair condition.
Slate police said she f as a
passenger in a car driven by
,DaVid Thomas Balch, 23, also
of 331 West Second st., which
Was travelling down hill 5toH
tho driver lost control of it on
a curve. It skidded into a car
oporated by Scott ffiasdslpk
Wickersham, (10, of 650f Eob-.
erts rd. '
The third aitidutst rrasMliieS
in manor damans and occurrril
at this Phoonix esti CoHlmiRO
rds. intersection.
Ap car driven by Eny ployffl
Harpham, 20, Grants Pass,
was towing a car being steSer
ed by Bill Fraaklin S&ncJers,
147 Mace rd., whence towed
car crossed the center line and
hit a trailer being pulled by
."Marshall Bessonette, SO, of
Foothills rd.
The trailer received a dent
in the left front fender, police
officers said.
HONOR ROLL GBADES 0
Portland -fflPt-A total of S52
Oregon State college students
and 322 University of Qregon
students made honor roll
grades of 3.5 or higher for the
fall semester. -
COUNTY CLERK DIES
Oregon City (UPD- Guy Har
old Pace, Clackamas county
clerk for 25 years until his
retirement in 1957, died Sat
urday. He was 72. , ' '
Nev., Saturday and crashed and burned In
the Mt. Hood National Forest, 20 miles from
Mollala. The dead were identified as David
L. Enger, 28; his wife Sharon, 23; Everett
Boyd, 26, and his wife Dianne, 22.
MEDFORDHfeTRIBUNE
Hood National forest. They
were David L. Enger, 28,
Troutdale, his wife, Sharon,
23; Everett W. Boyd, 26, Port
land, and his wife, Dianne.
Lloyd Donald Vunderson,
58, Tigard, was killed Sunday
when he fell from a hayloft
near Tigard.
Prospect Youth Killed
Airman Third Class Curtis
Allen Morse, 19, Prospect, was
killed Sunday when his car
struck an underpass girder on
U. S. SI9E near Olivehurst,
Calif: He was alone . at the
time.
Rosemary Gunnerson, 20,
Lebanon, died today of in
juries suffered Friday in a car
crash about five miles south
of Chico, Calif. She was a
passenger in a car driven by
Robert Sabin, 25, Lebanon.
Sabin, and another passenger,
Sue Billings, 22, also of Leb
anon, were reported in fair
condition) in a hospital.
Seven persons died in Ore
gon highway accidents Sun
day. The victims have been iden
tified aS Ed Yarbrough. Cave
Junction, Shelby Anderson,
19, Gary Peirson, 17, Gary
Spangler, 17, all of Roseburg,
Viola Thomas, 44, Vernonia.
J. B. Payne, 43. Yachats and
Leota Barbara Lewis, 54,
Portland.
Failed To Make Turn "
The Roseburg youths were
killed sometime between mid
night and 8 a.m. when the car
apparently failed to negotiate
a turn on Highway 99, one
mile west of Glide, and plung
ed down a 60 foot embank
ment. They were found Sun-
aay. xne rap of the car had
been sheared off.
Yarbrough died at Medfjord
Sunday from injuries received
Saturday night in a one-vehicle
accident on Highway S3
noar Grants Pass. Yarbrrxugh
was transferred from Grants
Pass to Modford alter the xs
cWont. Mrs. Themes was killed in
a orro-car accident on State
Highway 47 two milos south
of Vernonia. She was dead on
assnival at a Hillsboro hospital.
Mrst Lewis died at Portland
SaattariuBi Sunday morning
ft-swi injuries roaeiwd whan
struck by a car in Portland.
Fayrcs, a paraplegic, was
6illo5 early SuKday whon his
cor left rain-RHckenod High
way 101 near Yachats on a
straightaway section and
plunged into a drainage ditch.
o;r
Plans for a 500-ton pulp
mill at Gold Beach on the
Rogues river, if legislative ap
proval can be obtained, were
reviewed in an article in Thg
World, Coos Bay newspaper.
According to the article, the1
U. S. Plywood Corporation is
ready to construct the mill
once approval is obtained for
taking 25-second feet of water
from the Rogue river for in
dustrial purposes. It stated
that the legislature will be
asked for the authoriratlon
when it meets thisionth.
Rogue river water for in-.
dustrial purposes is now pro
hibited by state law.
Industry sources told The
World that the water would
be taken from the river near
the mouth, but above tideline.
Mill waste would be pumped
through a pipeline into the
ocean, it was stated.
Court Rules
Basement Sprinkler Systems Invalid
A Medford city ordinance
requiring the installation of
"an approved sprinkler sys
tem" in the basement of build
ings in the city's business sec
tion has been ruled Invalid by
Circuit Judge James M. Main.
Judge Main Friday issued a
permanent injunction restrain
ing the city from enforcing the
ordinance (Number 6668).
The opinion was handed
down in reference to eight
suits involving eight buildings
in the Medford business dis
trict filed against the city in
1959. The suits involved
Fluhrcr Building Inc., Mar
garet Ames Fluhrcr. First Na
tional Bank of Oregon, Con
stance nd Eleanor Ames, Ro-
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 1961
TRAINING EXERCISE A special . aircraft' carrier task , ' force consists of aircraft carriers Lexington, above, and
force of the United States Far East Seventh Fleet has been ' Bennington, 1,400 Marines and several destroyers. Re
conducting "training exercises',' in the South China Sea ; liable sources report the Navy and Marine units have re
since early December when Sighting broke out between ! turned to the South China Sea after spending Christinas
pro-Communist and pro-Western factions in Laos. The task andi New Year's in port. UPi Telephoto)
an troops
Lose Strongholds;
To Rebel
Vientiane, Laos - (UPD - Lao-. 'The urgent meeting of the
tian government troops lostl.eight-nation SEATO council
two important strongholds to
Communist-supported Pathot
Lao rebels in strategic prov
inces bordering North Viet
Nam, it was announced today.
The pro - Western govern
ment quotedy'milltary: reports
which indicated that Phong
Saly, the provincial capital,
was captured by Patliet Lao
guerrillas "with tfee aid of
ChitWe and North Viet Na
m e s o Communists.", Xieng
Khouang" was abandoned "to
avoid artillory fire," a govorn
naont spokesman said.
Premjei'1 Princo Boun Oum
Was reported consideriHjg a
gcnoral mobilization to cope
with the latost Communist ag
gression. i
The Sautkaast Asls Troady
Organization, facing one of its
most serious crises, met today
in spacial emergency session
to discuss the Laotion crisis.
Low of 16 Degrees
.3
Morning temperatures for
the Medford vicinity yester
day and today were the cold
est in 11 months. ' ,
Medford station of the U.S.
weather bureau reported a
minimum temperature of 16
degrees this morning follow
ing a low reading of 19 yestcn
day.t.The temperatures were
the lowest recorded here since
a 19-degree minmimum on
Feb. 28, 1960 .
The mercury) Is expected to
drop to an even lower 15 de
gress Tuesday morning. Five-
day forecasts indicate some
wiiat higher temperatures by
Wednesday or Thur-ty.
West Slope Pharmacy
Safe Robbed of $330
West Slope -(UPD- The Wash
ington county sheriff's office
reported Sunday that one man
took $330 from a safe at the
West Slope Pharmacy Satur
day night while a woman and
another man were talking to
tne store manager.
City Ordinance Requiring
and Mary L. Hubbard, Robert
J. and Hazel D. Crossman, E.
A. Litlrell, Scott V. Davis
Building Inc. and Raymond
Retcr.
Earlier the court had re
strained the city from en
forcing the ordinance while
the suits were pending.
Judge Main stated In his
opinion that the property own
ers are not furnished ft guide,
rule or information in the or
dinance as to what they must
do in order to comply. He
aaaca inai ine ordinance does
not meet the tests of reason
ableness as It affects the prop
erties Involved.
The judge ruled that in
order for standards, set forth
T A T T
Forces
of representatives was called
by the United States after the
Laotian government charged
that Communist?' North Viet
namese troops had invaded
Laos to aid leftist rebel forces
there.'. ..... -. ,
informed military sources,
in "Tokyo . said the United
States has alerted a special
joint task' force in Okinawa
to move to Laos if the situa
tion warrants.
A special aircraft carrier
tang force of the U.S. Far East
7th (Fleet has been conducting
"training exercises" in the
South China sea since early
December when fighting
broke out between pro-Communist
and pro-Western fac
tions in Laos. The task force
consists of the aircraft carriers
Bennington and Lexington,
1,400. Marines and several de
stroyers. . ',''! ' :
The U.S. Air Fores Sunday
night "repositioned" scyoral
C130 turbo-prop transport
planes from Sewarpi Air Force
base, Tenn., but would not say
whether tho action was relat
ed 'to the crisis in Laos.
Boy Is First 1961
Baby Bom Locally
Anelght-pound, eight-ounce
son born to Mr. and Mrs. Ron
ald L. Ricketts, 143 South
Keeneway dr., Medford, is ap
parently the first baby born
locally In 1961.
1he0baby, delivered at the
Rogue Valley hospital,- was
born at 6:40 yesterday morn
ing. It wasn't until 2:38 that
afternoon that 1861's second
bahy arrived.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Lyon,
28 Jcanotte ave., Medford, arc
the parents of a 9'i-pound
girl born Sunday, also at
Rogue Valle.v hospital.
Spokesmen . at the Crater
Osteopathic hospital in Cen
tral Point, and the Ashland
General hospital report that
no babies were both under
their care Jarni I.
Board of Fire Underwriters,
to be included in the ordl'
nance, the pamphlet number
should have been specified
He added that the public
has a right to the safest meth
od of protection and that
municipalities have the power
to compel the adoption of new
methods for the protection of
the public.
The Judge mentioned other
cases where the court upheld
the right of a city to enact
ordinances affecting existing
buildings, but In each the
court ruled that the ordinances
must be reasonable,
Roberts, Kellington, Branch
field and Hcffcrnan were at
torneys for the plaintiffs with
Joel B. Reeder representing
MARGUERITE W. WRIGHT
New Salem Correspondent '
Legislature Will
Be Mail Tribune
Column Subject
' "Slatelnuse Special," a col-i
umn concerned with state gov-
ernment and the 1961 session!
of tho legislature, appears for
the first time in the Mail Trib
une today. :
It wlll"contlnue, on a once-!1
a-wcek basis, during the 1981
session.
Mrs. Marguerite W, Wright
is the author. She has had
wide experience, both in news
paper writing, and as an ob
server and participant in state
government. Her husband,
Tom, is stalehouse rep'orter
for the 'Oregon Statesman of
Salem. . i ' ' '
Reporting in Depth
Mrs. Wright will not limit
her reporting to any single
phase of state government and
legislative problems, but .will
be able to provide . reporting
in depth, and background in
formation, on many, legislative
problems. Her coverage will
supplement that of the United
Press International from. Sa
lem for readers of the Mall
Tribune. . , ,
In addition, each of the
members of the Jackson coun
ty delegation In the leglsla
ture - StBte Sen. Lyndcl New
bry, and Representatives Rob
ert Duncan and John Dcllen-
back - have been 'invited to
use the columns of the Mail
Tribune from time to time
during the legislature to com
municate with their constitu
ents. Mrs. Wright's first column
appears on Page 10B of to
day's Mall Tribune.
Portland Coliseum
Dedication Sunday
Portland-liifD -Formal dedi
cation of Portland's $8.5 mil
lion Memorial Coliseum will
be held next Sundtiy, accord
ing to Chairman Gale Living
ston of the Expositlon-Recreii-Hon
Commission,
The Coliseum opened in
November.
Leopoldville, Tne Congo
3JPI) - Troops of Col. Joseph
Mobutu were reported today
to have failed In an attempt to
wrest control of the capital of
Klvu Province from support
ers of ousted Premier Patrice
55th Year Price 10 Cents
No. 246
Medford Police
Report Very Quiet
New Year's Eve ;
i
The New Year's celebration
in the city of Medford was one
of the quietest in years, as far
8s city police were concerned
Police said this morning that
most Medford citizens; includ
ing drivers, seemed to be on
their best behavior. ' i
Only two minor traffic acci
dents were reported to police
during the first two days of
the three-day- week' end. If
there were any loud or wild
parties Saturday night, police
did not hear of them. And, the
city's drunk tank remained
nearly empty the entire week
end. 1
One of the accidents report
ed to police involved an ap
parently intoxicated pedes
trian. . .
Thomas Earl Manley, 19, of
607 Catherine st told police
that a man walked into the
side of his car while he was
headed west on Main st, near
Central ave., about 3 o'clock
Saturday afternoon. .
Manley said the man grab
bed a radio aerial on his car,
then fell to the pavement.
Manley got out of his car
about the same time as the
man got back to his feet. He
told police the man said only:
"I'm drunk and okay - go
ahead." He then walked off
down the street.
The other accident occurred
about 4:30 p.m. Saturday,
when cars operated by
Michael Francis Naples, 52, of
1125 East Fine St., Central
Point, and George Fredrick
Rouse, .45, Coqullle, were in
volved in a rear-end collision
on ' Riverside ave. near Mc-
Ahdrews rd. Police said dam
age was minor and ho cita
tions were issued. i .
"They Went Tbataway"
Officials Hope
SEATO Meeting
Will Defer Reds
President Keeps
In Close Touch .
Washington - Ml) - PresI
dent Eisenhower today ap
proved measures to increase
the readiness of U.S. forces
in the Pacific because of the
Laotian crisis.
Washlngton-ttlPD - President
Eisenhower today called in
Secretary of State Christian
A. Horter to discuss develop?
ments in Laos.
Herter returned to Wash
ington Sunday from a Christmas-New
Years vacation.
White House Press Secre
tary James Hagerty said Ei
senhower has kept in closa
touch with the situation in
Laos during ' the New Year
week end. .
Ttilked by Phone
He said the President talked
by phone to Kerter both Sun
day evening and this morn
ing. Hagerty recalled Saturday's
State , department statement
on L?os which said the United
States would take a "grave"
view of intervention in Laos
by outside forces.
Hagerty said that this is
"the viewpoint and the policy
of the United States govern
ment." U. S. officials were hoping
that the call for an urgent
meeting of the. eight-nation
SEATO council would deter
the Communists from pressing
any large scale Invasion of
Laos.
Another Korea Seen
The officials were hopeful
that Red China and Commu
nist North Viet Nam would
realize that if SEATO were
forced ' to intervene in the
Laos strife, the tiny Asian
kingdom could turn into an
other Korea.
The State Department an
nounced late Sunday after
noon; that the U. S. represent
ative on the SEATO coun
cil, Ambassador U. Alexis
Jptihson in; Bangkok, Thail
and, 'had been instructed to
ask for 'a meeting "as early
as possible,"
Carriers on Patrol
f lf .the United States docidej
to send military forces to re
pel a reported invasion of La
os by North Vietnamesa
troops,: a task force of two
aircraft carriers, 1,400 Ma
rines and savera! destroyers'
is on ' patrol nearby in tho
South China Sea.
The United States, which
has been supplying military
and economic aid to the roy
al Laotian forces at the rata
of $45 million per year, was
reported to have stepped up
assistance to Prince Boun
Oum's army.
Fires Reported !
To Fire Department
Central Point - The small
residence of Dora Dorelch on
Haniey rd. burned about 6:45
p.m. yesterday, Central Point
rural firemen reported.
They described tho house a
a total loss and said that tha
cause of the blaze was not yet
determined.
Rural firemen were sum
moned to another house fira
on Saturday afternoon at 1001
Gibbon rd. They said the fira
apparently started from tha
flue and burned into one wall
and extended to the attic. -
Firemen reported slight fira
damage to the trailer of El
don Holmes at Million Item
Trading post on Table Rock
rd. Saturday when water pipes
were being thawed by use pi
a blow torch.
imd Lois A., Chester A.,
m ji pampme.1 ay m, KuoMiUm city of Medford
Lumumba.