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142 Major Crimes investigated By Police En August A total of 142 major criminal offenses, including 30 burglaries, : were investigated by Medford city police during August, ac-! cording to the monthly report 1 released by Chief of Police ! Charles P. Champlin. Of the 30 burglaries reported, five of the cases were closed. , During August last year. 20 bur-1 glaries occurred in Medford, and in August 1961 some 21 were I investigated. j Some 79 cases of theft of $50 ! or less were investigated last 7,500 Visit Home In Jacksonville 5 Almost 7,500 persons visited , the Beekman Home in Jackson ville during the first year of its establishment as a Siskiyou Pioneer Sites Foundation his torical site, according to a re port from the University of Oregon. ,. The Beekman Home, one of the finer buildings of the Jack son county pioneer period, is owned by the University of Ore gon, which has arranged with the Foundation for its use as an historical site. It was given ,lo the university through the will of the late Carrie C. Beek man. is The home, with the original Beekman furniture, is open to the public at a nominal fee. During the period since the Beekman Home was opened to the public in May, 1962, the admissions have included 1,308 children, 839 students, and 8.343 adults. Summer visitors, since June, are not included in the figures, the university said. ??? MORTGAGES ??? Wanted: mortgages, contracts and trust deeds at discount (balances over $10,000 wel comed). For information, con tact: Mr. Mars. NED MARS AGENCY 342 Lithia Way (A) 482-2821 COMEDY PLUS! TONITE! ON SCREEN AT 7:45 &$& put your arms . ayXM C around me, Bob", 3&Jm mr 2$ "' can t' rve got ' vMM VSfcrJ my fingers caught , jjJr BROADWAY'S "CHOICE" 1 If: l! ': COMEDY IS : .Wf jil 111 ON THE SCREEN I s 1 tsVjj 76 I rfe HOPE lnT f LUCILLE j ;k I BALL 4 Put your arms around me, Bob", CO-STARRING MARILYN MAXWELL RIP TORN I r- r- r r ( 11.1p.tr. JOHN DEHNER JIM BACKUS PLUS ON SCREEN AT 10:15 P.M. "One of the sweetest, most pleasurable movie comedies in a long time! You have to look sharp to take in all the fun. It wheezes and clanks its merry way through roadside adventure and amorous dalliance, getting funnier and funnier with every mile!" Cvcrnif, Hit old Inbvti .".u.w'RJSi lb I SJsf ....... 4 CClO by TICHNICOIOR KAY KENDALL KENNETH MORE DINAH SHERIDAN. JOHN GRfcGSON month, as compared with 93 for the same month last year. Of the thefts reported, some 19 were closed for a percentage of 24.1. Under miscellaneous offenses, 44 cases o( embezzlement and fraud, four of forgery and coun terfeiting, and six of minor as sault were reported in the city last month. Fifty persons were arrested for drunkenness, and 13 were ar rested for disorderly conduct. Officers investigated three re ports of sex offenses and closed one of them. Seventy-one motor vehicle ac cidents occurred in Medford last month, as compared with 77 during August 1962. Twenty-one injuries were reported, but there were no fatalities. Some 123 drivers were cited for violation of basic rule, and five were cited for driving while under the influence of intoxicat ing beverages. Twenty drivers were cited for causing excessive noise, and three received citations for fail ure to leave information at the scene of an accident. Medford Firemen Report Three Fires Medford firemen answered three alarms Saturday. One call was a false alarm, and damage was not serious at cither of the other two, firemen said. About 12:34 p.m., a trash fire was extinguished at the res idence of Paul Kenncy, 1028 West 13th st. A grass fire at 467 DeBarr ave. was put out about 3:04 p.m. Firemen said a house fire at 625 Park Place Five was re ported about 3:38 p.m. A truck drove to the street but discov ered no such address exists. New York is visited daily by about 150,000 persons, including workers and tourists. P.M. and At 55 P.M. 11 3 Insurance Agents From Area Plan to Attend Meeting Medford and Ashland will be represented by a delegation of at least nine insurance agents when the convention of Insur ance Agents opens at the Gear hart hotel on the Oregon coast Sept. 16. Advance registrations indicate that the convention may be the largest in the 35-year history of Oregon's property and casu alty insurance agents organiza tion, Lou Cranston of the Goldy Cranston - Henselman agency here, has reported. About 500 insurance men and their wives have registered for the three-day conclave. A tour of historic landmarks has been arranged for the wives of insurance men attending the convention and advance regis trations indicate that more wives are planning to attend than ever before, Crantson said. Welcome Address Oregon Insurance Commiss ioner Walter G. Korlann will welcome the convention guests and Hayne P. Glover, president of the Agents National associa tion from Greenville, S. C, will be the keynote speaker. Workshops are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday. Of ficers will be elected for the 1963-1964 term and 12 panelists will be heard on otficc proce dures, public relations and per sonal lines. A clam bake will be held Wednesday night as a conven tion finale. Attending from Medford will be Cranston and Ralph Swalling of the the same agency: Har vey Martin of the H. O. Martin Agency, Gilbert Tumy of the Tumy Insurance agency, Duane Baker of the Busch - Baker In surance, Ashland; Ren Taylor, Ren Taylor Insurance; Floyd Hart, Jr., William Salade and A. N. Potter of the Security In surance Agency. Mr. and Mrs. Cranston and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Swalling plan to leave Monday morning for the convention. Some dele gates may go earlier and some later. Obituaries EDITH HOLDRIDGE ASHLAND - Mrs. Edith Julia Holdridge, 84, Wagner Creek rd., Talent, died Friday night at her home. She was born Jan. 6, 1879, at Sac City, Iowa. While a young woman she taught in Iowa rural schools. On Sept. 14, 1908, she married Frank Holdridge, after which they moved to the Talent area. Mrs. Holdridge has been a member of the Talent Metho dist church for 50 years. She is survived by her hus band, Frank Holdridge, Talent; one daughter, Mrs. A. G .Jef fries. Salem; a son, Clarence Holdridge, Talent; a brother, George Campbell, Humboldt Iowa; five grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Talent Methodist church. The Rev. Vio let Bolligcr will officiate. Burial will be in Steam's cemetery in Talent. Litwiller Funeral home is in charge. Contributions may be made to the Talent Methodist church memorial fund, the family said. i DAVID E. WHITE Funeral services for David E. White, 15, of Central Point, who died Thursday, will he held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Perl Funeral home. The Rev. Raymond Nor ken, of National City, Calif., and missionary in Mexico, will offi ciate. Interment will be in Sis kiyou Memorial Park. David was born on April 25, 1948 in Astoria, Ore. He and his parents, the Rev. and Mrs. Thomas White, moved to their present home north of Central Point in 1949. He graduated from grade school in Gold Hill, and was enrolled this year as a sophomore at Crater High school in Central Point. He was vice president of the sophomore class and active in all sports. He was a member of the Phila delphia church, of which his father is pastor. In addition to his parents, the Rev. and Mrs. Thomas White, he is survived by two brothers, Thomas A. White, Raymond L. White; one sister, Mrs. Ruth E. Bard, all of Central Point; his grandmother, Mrs. Ruth E. Stef fen, Medford; several aunts and uncles. Honorary casket bearers will be Tommy Campbell, Darrel Keiger, Dennis McGralh. Dave Vilarino, Dave Trautman and Steve Mapcl. Active bearers will be Greg Beaman, Bill Buckholtz, Mike Turner, Dewane Blake, Gary Schwab and Gary Bailey. PALL C. THOMPSON Funeral services for Paul Charles Thompson, 16, of Gold Hill, who died Thursday, will be held at 1 p.m. Mondav in Conger-Morris downtown Chap el. Committal will be in Rock Point cemetery at Cold Hill. He was born Oct. 24. 1946, in Bend. Ore., and had lived in Gold Hill for 11 years. Survivors include his father, Taul C. Thompson. Ciudad Oh i regon, Mexico; his mother, Mrs. MEDFORD Medford Police Report Series Of Non-Injury Auto Medford police reported a scries of non-injury accidents Friday and Saturday. Friday morning a non-injury accident occurred at Jackson St. and Hawthorne ave., Med ford, when cars driven by James Adrian Albright, 1678 Orchard Home drive, and by Lawrence Eugene McEachron, 517 Barncburg rd., collided. A second accident occured Friday when a car driven by Dorothy Agnes Miller, 434 Oak St., Central Point, and a car driven by Gwendolyn Pearl Gromyko Coming For UN Assembly UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (UPD Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko will fly to New York today to resume East-West talks and attend the UN Gen eral Assembly which opens Tuesday, it was disclosed in Moscow Saturday. Disarmament is expected to dominate the agenda of the 18th General Assembly, with hopes high that the partial nuclear test ban agreement reached by Russia, the United States, and Britain last summer will lead to further steps. Gromyko will meet with Sec retary of State Dean Rusk and British Foreign Secretary Lord Holme and may go to Washing ton (or talks with President Ken nedy. He told Western ambassa dors in Moscow this week he will stay in New York "as long as necessary" for the talks. Thant also said Soviet Pre mier Nikita S. Khrushchev would not repeal his 1961 visit to the assembly this year. WALL 'FLIMSY' BERLIN (UPI) - Frank L. Howley, U. S. commandant in Berlin during the blockade, Sat urday called the Berlin Wall "flimsy and unimpressive." 4-H NEWS Trail Blazers The Central Point Trail Blaz ers 4-H Horse club recently met at the home of Pam Peterson, who presided as president. The flag salute was led by Julie Thopson and the 4-H pledge by Tana LcRoy. Janet Olufsen, secretary, call ed the role and read the min utes of the previous meeting. The 4-H county fair was dis cussed. Planning for the play day, the members held a play day in the club arena. Refreshments were provided by Cindy Kellogg. Next month's refreshments will be furnished by Phillip Corcoran and Pam Peterson. Sharon Sutton, Reporter Births BACKES - To Mr. and Mrs. Glenn A., 6544 Drowning rd., Central Point, Sept. 12, 1963, a I boy, 8'j pounds at Rogue Valley j hospital. NOTTINGHAM - To Mr. and j Mrs. Kenneth Waldorf, 3686 Cra j tcr Lake highway, Medford, icpt. 13, 1963, a girl, 5i pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. SPENCE - To Mr. and Mrs. Charles D., Jr.. post box 25, 203 Gibson rd., Talent, Sept. 13, 1963, a girl 7 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospilal. McINTYliE - To Mr. and Mrs. Maurice E., post oflice 84, Jacksonville, Sept. 14, 1963, a girl, 6".. pounds, at Rogue Val ley hospital. BRADLEY - To Mr. and Mrs. Richard A., 423 Laurel St., Med ford, Sept. 14, 1963, a boy, 6' pounds, at Rogue Valley hos pital. WINCHESTER - To Mr. and Mrs. Jack L 147 Highland dr., Medford. Sept. 14. 1963, a boy, 8'i pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. Myrtle Lcdbcttcr, Firebough, j Calif.; a sister, Miss Jenny Lou 1 Thompson, Gold Hill, and I grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Thompson, Gold Hill; and Dave Will, Branson, Colo. Casket bearers will be Joe Thomas, Greg Beaman, Bill . Buckholtz, Dwainc Blake, Dar-j rell Kiger, Gary Schwab, Mike! Turner, Bob Applan and Rick Tavlor. Jfic- Starting Tonight Dance to Live 'WELDON DUO" DINING ROOM OPEN EVERY DAY S p.m. to 1 1 p.m. FOR BANQUETS and PARTIES Call 535-9710 MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, Stockdale. 261 North Fourth St. Central Point, collided. Medford police are seeking the driver of a car which hit one driven by Frederick Eugene Gascon, route 1, box 12-E, Gold H at Fourth St., and Central ave. Friday evening. A car driven by James Joseph Edward, 904 Elm., San Carlos, Calif., hit a parked car regis tered to William ana tue f re denburg, 319 South Grape St., Medford, at Columbus and Jack son sts. Mae Gertrude Knox, 3IM1 Ta ble Rock rd., was cited by Mod fnrH nnlice for failure to yield the right of way after her car and one driven cy i.craia George Mattcy, 903'ii West U ct rnlliHeri at McAndrews rd. and Riverside ave., Medford, Friday afternoon. A pickup truck driven by Michael Hatalyk, 668 Ross lane, Medford, Friday night hit a toy poodle owned by Max Paul Wes ton, 1102 North Riverside ave. at North Riverside ave. and Liberty St., Friday. A non-injury motorcycle-auto collision occurred at Laurel and Locals Jackson Toaslmasters Dale Hearrell will be toastmastcr for the Monday, Sept. 16 meeting of the Jackson Toastmasters at Sambo's Restaurant at 6:30 a.m. Topic will be "Topicmaster's Choice." Speakers will be Ray Johnson. Don Heady and Bud Hinkle. Roundtablc Program Don Cooper, coordinator of industrial programs for the Oregon system of higher education, and Don l.nw ripnartment head of the office of business administration. general extension division, will address the Monday noon lunch eon of the Medford Chamber of Commerce Roundtable at North's Chuck Wagon. Rummage Sale The Mis sionary Ladies of the First Church of God are sponsoring a rummage and baked food sale Tuesday, Sept. 17, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Fchl building, 108 North Ivy St., Medford. Surgery raticnt Convales cing at Rogue Valley hospital following surgery is William Dale Friend, 4,15 West Gregory rd., Central Point. Rummage Sale The Med ford Garden club will sponsor a plant and rummage sale Wed' nesday, Sept. 18, at 225 West Sixth St., Mcdtord. Persons wisn ing information regarding the sale are asked to call Mrs. Har ry Buckmaster, 773-3231. Convalescing at Home Ken dall Jones, 5'j-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Jones, 204 Valley View dr., is con valescing at home following sur gery at Sacred Heart hospital. w Wood Stolen Jack Batzcr Construction company, Medford, reported 5,000 feet of plywood and 5,000 feet of 2x4's were stolen from the Ml. Ashland ski lodge site at the Siskiyou sum mit this past week, deputies said today. Man Wounded Frank Myers, route 2, box 250, Ccnlral Point, was shot accidentally in the right hand while hunting goph ers in his yard Saturday, Sacred Heart hospilal reported. Service Men IN PACIFIC Airman First Class Raymond E. Guise Jr., whose wife is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray E. Edwards, 323 King St., Med ford, recently arrived at Tainan air station in Formosa for as signment with a unit of the Pacific Air Forces. REASSIGNED Airman Stanley Lathrom, son of Luie E.Lathrum, 45G5 High way 66, Ashland, is being re assigned to Shcppard Air Force base, Tex., tor technical train ing as a U. S. Air rorce re frigeration specialist. ON CRUISE Navy Lt. (j.g.) Albert E. Boardman, son of Mrs. Alberta L. Boardman, 726 West Fourth St., Medford, is on a six-week cruise aboard the general store issue ship USS Castor. The ship Ml Yokosuka. Janan. Aug. 10 for five Western Pacific ports. FOR THE FINEST IN DINING! and Every Night Music by the Sundeyt till 10 p.m. Talent OREGON Accidents Main sts. in Medford when a Honda operated by Stephan Booth, 2133 Siskiyou st., and a car driven by Ario Bianchi, I route 3. box 1149, Klamath' Falls, collided. i Cars driven by Virginia Max- inc Russell, 2886 Beall lane, and by Miles Stuart, 1029 Queen Anne ave., collided at Eighth and B a r 1 1 e 1 1 sts. Saturday morning, state police reported. Wilson Hurls New Charges At Tories LONDON (UPI) - Labor Par ty Leader Harold Wilson said Saturday Prime Minister Har old Macmillan's government had brought a "progressive corrup tion of standards of public life in recent years." Wilson, in a speech at Lydney, did not mention the Profumo scandal directly but he said there was grave danger that preoccupation with recent much publicized court hearings and speculation about individual ministers would divert attention from more serious corruption. "Ministers have shown a blithe disregard for our constitutional distinction between the execu tive and the judiciary by their Diurring oi tneir quasi - judi cial duties with their party po litical preoccupations, he said. Weather FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: A few showers this morninc Partly louriy ttm afternoon. toniBhl ann Monday. Afternoon winds north west IS miles per hour High tndHy 75; tow tonight 48. High Monday 78 Western Orccon : A few show ers and brief sunny periods to day. Partly cloudy loniRht and Monday. A little cooler in south portion today and most sections tonight. HiRh both days 65 to 75. Low tonight 45 to 55. Northern California: Variable cloudiness fn north portion, with some rain in extreme north to day. Mostly fair Monday with some coastel cloudiness. Cooler today. LulAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yuter. dav 71; above normal 5. Record high this date 100 In 19.12. Rcord low this date 32 In 1021. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to midnight, none. Total this month .lfi in . .04 In. above normal. Total sinre Sept. 1 .If) in.. 04 In. above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 23 rr. iiith 47no riTT CITY Ypstrr- a.m. hr. day Low Prec. Brookings 77 .1.1 Klamath Falls 72 37 MEDFORD R3 5R Portland KB 5 7 Seattle 71 f2 Spokane ...R7 45 Yakima 73 4fi Eureka fi4 57 Red Bluff 94 2 Sacramento 00 SB San Francisco 7fi fill Los A ngclea B7 fl4 Phoenix flfl fifl. Denver Bl 51 Chicago R3 50 Miami Beach 88 R2 New York 4R Washington. D. C. R4 53 Sunset today 7 22 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:52 a.m. Moonrte tomorrow 5:23 a.m. New Moon Sept. 17 Jupiter, the largest planet, rises tonicht at . ....8:43 p m., will he high in south 2:30 a.m. and in the west at sunrise. CONTINUOUS SHOW FROM 2:00 P.M. THESE ARE S g4 "BORDERLINES' V7 I ...IT WILL . MM Qjf SHOCK YOU I si Juh ROBERT r STACK BERGEN JOAN JAMS CRAWFORD PAIGE CO STARRING ROBERT VAUGHN MV SUSAN OLIVER UNlltM NNbI5 RtLLASt Three Killed In. Auto Crashes By I'nited Press International At least three persons died in car crashes in Oregon Friday. Kenneth Eugene Fryc, 22, Crawfordsville, was killed in a one car accident on a Linn County road seven miles west of Sweet Home Friday night. Edward Arthur Russell, 63, Coos Bay, was killed when his pickup collided with a car head- on a few miles cast ol bcous- burg on highway 38. Driver of t h e car, Hicnard Hellickson, 42, Eugene, was ap parently not injured. A Mountain Home, Ida., man, Solon Withers, 74, died Friday morning while driving on U. t. 305 near Riley, Ore. State police said his vehicle left the road and traveled down the barrow pit for several hun dred yards without overturning. Officers said they were con sidering an autopsy. He was en route to Idaho when the acci dent occurred. 'Dead' La Grande Resident Is Revived LA GRANDE (UPI) - A 58- year-old La Grande man who was pronounced clinically dead after collapsing from an appar ent heart attack here was re vived with the aid of a cardiac dcfibulator Friday. Rice McHaley had his heart started with the dcfibulator in a La Grande hospital after having collapsed about 45 minutes ear lier, lie was listed in critical condition Friday night. Both his physician, Dr. Wil liam Kublcr, and Union County Coroner Dr. Jay Sloop had pro nounced the victim clinically dead upon arrival at the hospi tal. Dr. Kublcr said his examina tion disclosed the patient had no blood pressure, was not breath ing and that his heart had stop ped. However, artificial resusci tation had been kept up on Mc Haley. The defibulator, used to break heart flutter, sent 440 volt pulses into McHalcy's heart via elec trodes attached to his chest. The victim's heart was started three times before It began to pump by itself. Racial Dispute Ties Up Ocean Liner Trip NEW YORK (UPI) - The liner America with 960 passen gers aboard was tied up Satur day night in a racial dispute involving members of the crew. The America Was due to sail for Europe at noon EDT. But hours later there was no sign of progress toward a set tlement and the vessel was still at its pier in the Hudson River. The amount of energy fixed annually in the sugar manufac tured by plants in the U.S. is the equivalent of about 300 bil lion tons of coal. TODAY POLLY H, - ft thirst SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15. 1963 County Court Asks Speed Up Of Gas Company's Project The county court told repre' sentatives of California-Pacific Utilities company and Roy Price Construction company, California, Friday afternoon that the cleanup work following laying of gas pipelines through the county must be speeded up. Prompted by County Commis sioner Don Fabcr, the county court made out an order to halt laying of a spur gas line along Kirtland rd. near Tolo but is holding it for 10 days to give the construction company time to bring its cleanup work to where it is laying pipeline. The order was on the county court desk unsigned this week end. Wimberly Leaves on World Study Trip Carl E. Wimberly Jr., Med ford, was the only lumberman among 22 wholesale industry representatives from throughout the United States who left San Francisco Friday on a 30-day wholesaler world study mission. President of Western Lumber, Inc., and a member of National American Wholesale Lumber as sociation, Wimberly will exam ine lumber export market polen; tial in 11 countries in Europe and Asia. The mission includes repre sentatives of a wide range of products and services at the wholesale level of U. S. business. It is sponsored by the National Association of Whole salcrs, Washington, D. C. Cold War Said Getting , Hotter In Mid-East WASHINGTON (UPI) - Isra-j cl is faced with the urgent need to strengthen her defense be-' cause its Arab neighbors have recently intensified their threats of aggression, Israel's Minister of Development and Housing Josef Almogi said Saturday. ! Addressing the National Plan-, ning Conference of Israel State Bonds here, he said while the cold war was cooling off in other parts of the world, it was growing hotter in the Middle East. i FISHING RIGHTS ARGUED j TOKYO (UPI) - Japan meets Canada and the United States Monday for the right to fish in ; the waters of the North Pacific Ocean. The long dispute will take up where negotiations in Washington broke off in disa greement last spring. 1 mm. i.V.l.l.ill.WSWfMl.'.'M, 3 DAYS 0 Sjili lie saem with j imiimHV. 2H Mm k yfTffi THMETWICE ) J ANO fCC YOUR HEART 'T k J 1 1 1 J JT IIOHT UP WITH A OLOWINO . fr- t ITKI f ENCHANTMENT THAT WILL 3k- Ijl 1 L5t IT UrtTIMEl P-! Mwm Mf DONALD !, Ill Tllllinil ia a rt t NOW County Commissioner Don Fa ber and County Judge Earl M. Miller said the county court had received numerous complaints about the delay in cleanup work. The main gas line is now with in 3,000 feet of the substation at Ashland. However, the clean up work is only as far as Seven Oaks junction. Cleanup work would include righting mailboxes along the pipeline right-of-way, filling in road shoulders with gravel, clearing culverts, drain struc tures and driveways. "Actually, I feel these people have done a pretty darn good job with their cleanup work," County Engineer Robert Cars tensen said Saturday. "You can not run pipelines along 38 miles of roads without running into some problems." Representatives of California Pacific Utilities, the construc tion company and the gas com pany attorney, Frank VanDykc, Medford, met with the county court, county engineer, and Vern Smith, inspector for the county roads department in a three-hour session Friday after noon. WELCOME TO Southern Oregon Philatelic Society Saturday, Sept. 21st 12 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22nd 10 to 8 p.m. Over 100 interesting exhibit!. 229 No. Bartlett ADMISSION FREEI PLANT & RUMMAGE SALE! Wednesday, Sept. II Gibson Saddlery Bldg. 22S W. 6th St. Across from Holly ThcJIrt Sponsored by Medford Garden Club 3Y G Era ONLY f EVED oJACEIS 'j. TECHNICOLOR muyiSjOll KARL MAIDEN . KATY JURAD0 a wimouni limit GATE WAY TO ir-L- , '. (Q ADVENTURE! , iti.T av TECHNICOLOR Dnrring JOEL McCREA VERA MILES In miw w l i r c Box Offica Open 7:30 TBCHNKXXPr. s
