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FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, January 5, 195S Two Liquor License Applications Given Approval of Council Two liauor disDensine appli catiorft for new outlets were rec ommended for approval last night by Medford's city council. The vote was 4 to 3 on each ap plication. Final approval will rest with the Oregon Liquor Control com mission, which recently turned do-wfl. a liquor application for a Front st. tavern on the basis that there are now enough outlets to serve the area. The applications were for a f Class "A" license for the Bohe a mian club and Class "B" for the o Holland hotel. The latter would include dispensing rights, plus entertainment and dancing. Voice Objections Seven councilmen were pres- ent to vote on the applications. Two new members, Fred E. Rob inson and Donald Hansen, op jjosed lhe applications on the grounds they had no knowledge jpf past policy or of the appli cants involved. Harold Frye also voted against the applications for lack of knowledge of OLCC policy and the recent denial of an application. Dick Woodcock told other members ha believes that unless the ,city is given more authority by1 lhe state in issuing the li censes, the council should seri ously consider returning the Recommending prerogative to the state. Mayor Earl Miller said Othe p?esent setup at least gives 2) the city0 some power over loca tions and character of appli cants. Councilman John Snider pointed out that some council men feel the city lacks the facili ties to make proper investiga tion of liquor license applicants. Heorequested that a meeting with OLCC representatives be arranged to discuss licensing tflatters so that a definite policy can be worked out. Plans Approved In other business, the council adopted plans and specifications for airporj runway and taxiway improvements. They call for re surfacing the main runway for 3,580 feet with two inches of asphalc-c'oncrete, and taxiway 2-C with three inches of the ma terial. Runway work would double the wheel-load "weight capacity to about 30,000 pounds. The project will be financed by city and federal funds, with the federal government paying $45, 000, or 56 per cent of the total cost. City Manager Robert Duff told the council that he under stood from representatives of Fir-Ply, Inc., that the plywood company has completed negotia tions with private property holders in the Camp White area a for a plant site. The company had negotiated earlier with the city, but under the city's stipu lation that no sale would be made if a reasonable offer was made by private parties Accepts Paving Work The council accepted street paving work by 'Warren North west, Inc., on the following proj ects: Niantic St., Manzanita to Edwards sts.; Keene Way, East wood terrace to Keen dr.; O' Gara ave., Jasper st. to Alta ave.; Hamilton st., West 13th st. to Dakota ave.; Kenyon st., Monroe st. to Melrose ave.; Mel rose ave., Oakdale ave. to South Holly st.; Monroe st., Whitman ave. to Kenyon ave.; Bundy st., Ashland ave. to Florence ave.; South Grape st., end of pave ment to Melrose ave.; alley, be tween Fifth and sixth sts.; alley, Old Town, Eighth to Ninth sts., and alley, Old Town, Third to Fourth sts. Payment of the Kenyon st. project was ordered levied on 10 assessments at a total cost to property owners of $7,581.13. To Buy Right-of-Way Duff was ordered to proceed with purchase of a right-of-way on Columbus ave. from. Einar Larsen for a through street to Stewart ave. The purchase would give the city right to maKe uoiumDus a tnrougn street except for two sections which will be negotiated shortly with the owners, Duff said. A hearing was called before the city planning commission to change a zone from residence to industrial on West Clark st., from McAndrews rd. to Narri gan ave. Officials pointed out that the area involved should have been industrial to begin with, and was not made so due to an error. ' The present zone makes it impossible for the Builders Supply firm to expand their operation because of loca tion in both zones. (See story on Page 1) Chessman Refused Stay of Execution By Federal Judge San Francisco (U.R) Fed eral Judge Louis E. Goodman, assailing "nickel in the slot jus tice," has turned down another plea for a stay of execution by convict-author Caryl Chessman. Judge Goodman rejected Chessman's plea for a stay and a writ of habeas corpus on the grounds the transcript of his or iginal trial was faulty. He ruled that other courts Tiad . already decided the issue. 'Round Robin' In Courts Asserting that Chessman's ap peal on this question has become a "round robin" in- the courts, Judge Goodman asked: "When does the wheel stop turning; what must the citizen think of our nickel-in-the-slot ad ministration of criminal jus tice?" Chessman's attorney indicat ed he still has a couple of more rounds to go. He said he will ask the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for a certificate of pos sible cause for appeal, and if re jected there, he will take the case back to the U. S. Supreme Court. Legal Maneuvers Judge Goodman pointed out that Chessman's legal maneuv ers to escape the gas chamber include one appeal and three applications for habeas corpus to the California Supreme court, five applications for habeas cor pus to the U. S. District court, one appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and five appli cations to the U. S.- Supreme court. Chessman, whose revealing autobiography "Cell 2455, Death Row," won him critical acclaim throughout the nation, is sched uled to die in the San Quentin prison gas chamber Jan.' 14 for kidnaping. Nexlt Week tVOairCis Secoondl AGfltweirsaiGy if Moirse's JKleave-IKl IFiroinrQ Assogweinifts. By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Correspondent Washington (U.R) Next week marks the second anniversary of an angry decision which today will deprive the Republi can party of 84th Congress Senate control and the accompanying political fat. It was on Jan. 13, 1953, that the Re publican Sen- . ate" leadership LyleC. Wilson of the 83rd Congress cast Spn. Wa of Oregon into what they believe was tne political darkness. The vote was 81 to 6, all but one Re publican and five Democrats be ing recorded in favor of depriv ing Morse of his seats on the im portant Armed Services and La bor committees. In the 1952 presidential cam paign. Morse had announced he no longer could stand for the program upon which ReDublican nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower was seeking the White House. In the words of Al Smith, the sen ator took a walk. Greater Senatorial Sins There had been greater sena torial sins. Senator old Bob La Follette, a Republican, teamed up in 1924 with Burton K. Wheeler, a Democratic senator from Montana, on a third party presidential ticket which tri umphantly carried the state of Wisconsin and the city of Cleve land, O. Senator young Bob also was a bolter. And of courser many a Republican member of Congress bolted the Republican ticket in 1912 to support Roose velt I. The late Sen. George H. Moses of New Hampshire burned the Lafollettes and associated irregu lars with a blistering phrase from the Bible. He called them "sons of wild jackass,' and that was that. You must go way back to the 1870s or 80s to find a Sen ate precedent for the sentence passed on Morse for his political heresy and all the other prece dents are on the other side. Morse's Vole is Margin This story would not be worth telling but for the fact that Morse's vote today is the mar gin by which the Democratic party will organize the new Sen ate, elect a president pro tem pore (a nice job providing a free automobile and chauffeur) and establish Democrats in all committee chairmanships. , There are 47 Republicans in the new Senate. If Morse voted with the Republicans the ensu ing tie would be broken In favor of the GOP by the vote of Vice President Richard M. Nixon. The senator from Oregon has been sitting on . the Democratic side of the chamber since Nov. 8. Four months after booting him off two major committees in 1953, the Republicans relented somewhat and permitted Morse to join up on the Public Works and District of Columbia Com mittees, a couple of dogs, com pared to the committees he had been on. This Republican half-way measure was an evidence of re gretful second guessing of the earlier brusque disposal of the Morse problem. But it did not soften the man from Oregon. Morse is a good hater and a great believer in himself and the righteousness of his own judgments. But neither did the senator hold it much against the Democrats that they voted al most unanimously with Republi cans to oust him in January, 195, from the Armed Services and Labor committees. Morse had little choice in the matter. Unless he signed on with the Democrats there was no place for him to go because the way of a real Independent in the Senate is very hard, indeed. The senator has two more years to serve of his present term. He plans to run again in 1956, prob ably as a Democrat. - Democrats will assign Morse and others soon to committee as signments for the new Congress. The senator figures to improve his lot considerably. TYPEWRITERS & ADDING MACHINES Repaired MEDFORD OFFICE EQUIPMENT COMPANY 41 S. Grape Phone 2-4100 Federal Court Asked To Hear Damage Suit Portland U.R) Doernbecher Manufacturing company has ask-1 ed Federal Court to hear a $66, 906 action filed in the death last October of Frank A. Crafton, 58, who was run over by a logging truck in the woods six miles north of Reedsport. v Complaint was brought against the company by the victim's widow, Estella, and eight-year-old son, Larry. It was first filed in Douglas County Circuit Court. If You Wish To DISCOUNT Your Mortgage or Contract MORTGAGE DISCOUNT CO. 230 Wert Main Order Barring Russian Travel Puzzles Some American Officials By UNITED PRESS Americans were a little puz zled today over a State Depart ment order declaring parts of the country off-limits to Rus sians. The ban kept Russians out of some pretty odd places, such as a South Dakota county which no longer exists. It would also force a Soviet citizen who wanted to sample some New Orleans night life to drop into the city by parachute. Even more puzzling, Civil De fense officials said, was why Russians were allowed to wan der in some highly industrialized and strategic areas, while vast stretches of prairie and farm land were ruled out of bounds. In Washington, State Depart ment .officials explained that the order covering parts of 39 states and about 27 per cent of the na tion was framed on a simple tit-f or-tat basis. Russia bars Americans from about 30 per cent of the Soviet, they said, but allows travel in such apparently strategic areas in Stalingrad, Kiev and Khar kov. Whether the purpose 6f the State department order was stra tegic or psychological, most of ficials in off-limits cities were willing to go along with it. There were a few murmurs of protest, however. . In off-limits Philadelphia, President Gaylord P. Harnewell tote you need fewer clotje!! tfj, a a fluff 'M tumble DRYE with exclusive Fully Automatic Reg $229.95, Less $40 Wiring Allowance NOW $ ONLY roi coy 3 u(2)y LEVI SI OH & APPLIANCES L 321 E. Sixth Medford PHONE 2-9824 Open Wednesday Evenings Til 9 p.m. of the University of Philadelphia said "it sounds just a bit child ish surely there could be no harm in having a few Russians visit Philadelphia." Calls It Far-Felched At Austin, Tex., Sheriff T. O. Lang said the idea of the ban seems "pretty far fetched" and he couldn't figure out how he could keep Russians out of ban ned territory. "They'd have to be under con stant surveillance, unless you just took them at their word on where they'll go," Lang said. Some areas greeted the ban with a tough local pride. Austin Bacon, Nebraska's dep uty civil defense director, said the restrictions on parts of the Cornhusker state shows that Ne braska "is not so remote as some people think." T. E. Davidson, director of the Iowa Development commission, said the banning of six south east counties demonstrates that Iowa, "though in the heart of the continent, is not isolated from world affairs." There were other cases where officials scratched their heads over how to enforce the order. Cities OK, Counties Not The, cities of New Orleans and San Francisco were both declar ed in bounds for the Russians, but the counties covering the id entical territory were officially taboo. 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