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Jacksonville Plans To Seek U.S. Aid for Sewer Survey Jacksonville The city coun cil at Jacksonville last week ap proved . a motion to apply for federal aid to finance a planning survey for a city sewer system. City Recorder B. J. Christian son reported that if a federal agreement were approved, the city would have to repay the survey cost only if the system were installed. The same method was employed under the water system improvement, with the survey cost repaid by the bond issue. Surrey Team Approved The Corvallis firm of Cornell, ' Howland, Hayes and Merrif ield was approved by the council to do the survey engineering. City Attorney Ervin Hogan told the council that the U, S. hotel deed to the city was now written to give the city clear title, for use of the property for rental or other purpose to help pay for its maintenance. New city officers were sworn In at the meeting. Included were Mayor John Keaveny, Council- men Arthur Davies, Everett Ra- venor and Ray Wilson. Christ- ianson was reappointed city re corder and Anna Coleman, trea surer. Outgoing Mayor A. C. Van Galder expressed his appreci ation to the council and city officers for cooperation during his term of office. Van Galder was appointed mayor in Sep tember, 1953, when Albert Hack ert resigned to become city su perintendent. Fire Chief Louis Applebaker recommended to the council that the old Bartley residence be con demned as a residence. A four- member committee was named to inspect the premises and re port back at the next regular meeting. Recommendation Of U.S.-Philippines Treaty Scheduled Washington U.R) A bi lateral Filipino-American treaty on atomic matters will be recom mended this month by the Joint Congressional committee on at omic energy, it was learned Sat urday. ''-."' ----- -' The accord with the Philip pines would be one of JO such interlocking, bilateral agree ments designed to accelerate peaceful applications of atomic energy, Rep.' ,J a m e s E. van Zandt (R-PatoldtheUnited Press. - . - The others recommended, he said, would be with Australia, New Zealand, Thailand,; India, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey. Greece and Spain. - ' Van Zandt was a member of congressional atomic subcommit tee which recently tourea tne ten ations. They conferred in Manila with President Ramon Magsaysay and other top Phil ippine leaders.-- Van Zandt said that the pro posed treaties would govern the exchange of atomic information, trainees and materials. . . Three out of four. traffic, acci-i dents occur, in clear " weather and on dry pavement, reports the Automobile Club of New York. t ttfy- r1k CBtiW'l Just Received 1000 yds. Imported Irish Linen Crease resistant finish. Washable fast colors In gorgeous assortment of beautiful pastel colors and white. A $1.59 yard value. 36 in. wide. Sixth and Central Attorney for Ooe-Musf-Go' Club Plans To Start Appeal Madison, Wis. (U.R) An attorney who has been retained as a counsel for the "Joe Must Go" club said Saturday the club will seek to reverse its convic tion on charges of violating Wis consin's election laws "within four or five days.' The club unsuccessfully tried to recall Sen. Joseph McCarthy last year, Attorney Willard S. Stanton said the anti-McCarthy group will either seek a re-hearing of its conviction of a week ago or appeal directly to" the state su preme -court. R. Tresham Named Council President At Eagle Point Eagle ' Point Councilman Ray Tresham was unanimously named ' president of . the Eagle Point city council at the first 1955 meeting of the group last week. Mayor Don Ashpole, who be gan his first elected term, ap pointed the following officers: Minnie G. Hinson, recorder treasurer; Sam F. Coy, muni cipal judge; Harold Ottosen, police chief; Dave Kahl, fire chief: B. Kent Blackhurst, city attorney; Oliver McNeel, build ing inspector; Dr. A. Erin Mer- kel, health officer, and Art Besaw, Civil Defense. . Council committee appoint ments included the following chairmen: . fire, Jake Olsen; water, A. C. Kent; streets, Ray Barrow; parks, Kent; garbage, Fred Arens; police, Olsen; ju venile problems, Shy Callaghan; Boy Scouts and teenage, Olsen, and the mayor, personnel. City ' building permits report ed were" four $6,000 new resi dences, constructed by Sandy Clave at ,13 West "F" st. and 202, 204 and 206 West "E" sts. Ralph Keeslar, 841 South "C" st $500, erect flue and workshop, and Ethel Leopard, 301 South B st, $100, enclose porch with glass. Municipal . court records re ported were: Monte L. Riddell, parked, onwrong side of street, $z.ao ana $1 costs; Kenneth A. Edwards, 16, of 104 Division rd., Camp White, reckless driving, $25 and $4.50 costs, and failure to report an accident, $10; Ralph E." Osborne, parked in no park ing zone, $2.50 and $1 costs, and Ralph Leon Hackney, failure to stop at stop sign, $5 and $1 costs. Policy on Courtroom Photos Gets Study Portland (U.PJ Courtroom hews photography drew the at tention of Oregon district judg es at the annual association con vention here Friday, but the jur ists did not take a final stand. Both sides of the controversial subject were presented by dis trict judges during a discussion of Canon ' 35 of the American Bar association, which prohibits picture-taking in court sessions, The judges : also considered donning robes for court appear ances, but left the choice up to individual courts. The associa tion resolved to seek enabling legislation to extend parole board services to district courts in misdemeanor cases. Medford's Bargain Corner LeRoy Gore, a Sauk City, Wis., newspaper editor who founded the club, indicated earl ier he would go to the high court. Circuit Judge Bruce Beilfuss found the club guilty on 21 counts of violating the state corrupt practices act, which bans political contributions by cor porations. He fined the club $4,200. Following the ruling at Bara- boo, Wis., Gore and four other leaders were charged with sim ilar offenses. They pleaded in nocent in Baraboo justice court and face preliminary hearing Feb. 4. O&C Advisors to Propose Changes In Rules for Roads Portland The O and C advisory board of the Bureau of Land . Management has rec ommended to the BLM director and Interior Secretary Douglas McKay that the controversial O and C land road rules be re examined and revamped. Hart On Team The action was taken by an 8 to 4 vote and supported the stand of the special McKay sur vey team of a year ago. Floyd Hart, Medford, headed the spe cial team and is a newly-reap-pointed board member. Proposed changes would not give up the reasonable access action to BLM timber that would curtail competition. The majority, report resulted from a year-long' study by a sub committee headed by Frank Se ver. Opposition to the overturn ing came from the head of the CIO Woodworkers and the Wes tern Forest Industries - associa tion's executive vice-president. They contended that the "present regulations were okay. Attack Regulations Certain timber groups have attacked BLM's right-of-way regulations for about five years as too restrictive and complica ted; whereas, others have sup ported them as assurance that O and C timber will be open to competitive bidding because of unimpaired access. The board reelected Charles A. Sprague, Salem publisher, as its chairman. Gold Hill Council Reelects Lester; Officials Sworn In Gold Hill Fred Lester was reelected president of. the Gold Hill citycouncil at an organiza tional meeting last week. . . New officials were sworn In and Mayor Harry Smith named the following council committee chairmen: finance, Floyd G. Lance; water and lights, Fred Lewis; sanitation, Milton Stein metz; .fire, Lewis; nuisances, Charles B. Bell; police, Lester; streets, sidewalks and drainage, Lester, and equipment (new com mittee), Carl G. Whitford. Start First Terms Lance; Bell and Whitford are newly-elected councilmeh, and Smith is starting his first term as mayor. Outgoing-Mayor O. W. Newland opened the session and expressed his appreciation for cooperation daring his two terms of office. " v Department appointments will he made at the next regular meeting by the new mayor. The council voted to advertize for bids on purchase of a com munitor for the sewage plant, as soon as specifications can be drawn up. The group also approved estab lishment of several valves on the city's water mains to allow work on portions of' the mains, without shutting off all the city's water supply. Flying Finn Twins Must Go To Prison ' San Francisco (U.R) The Ninth IT. S. Court of Appeals has upheld the one-year sent ences giving the famed flying Finn twins, Charles and George, who were convicted of interfer ing with 'a federal officer. ' The court said it was "an out rage to the dignity of the United States" when the -40-year-old twins handcuffed U. S. Attorney Laughlin E. Waters in front of the Biltmore Hotel in Los An geles last Jan. 21. i In upholding the one year sentence Friday, the court said, "persons are net to be lightly permitted to reduce the majesty of the U. S. government, Whose officer Waters was, to the level i of a carnival." "It should be said that dur ing the outrage, which it was, the U. S. attorney comported himself with dignity," the court said. YOUNGSTER DIES John Day (U.R) Five-year-old Debbie Sue Moore died Fri day night in a John Day hospit al of burns suffered when her nightgown caught fire when she got too close to a cook stove in her home at Seneca. Judge Approves Trip To Funeral For Dr. Sheppard Cleveland, O. (U.R) - For the third time in six months. Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard on Monday afternoon will visit the funeral bier of a member of his family. Permission to attend the final rites for his mother, Mrs. Ethel Niles Sheppard, -64, who com mitted suicide Friday, was granted yesterday by common pleas Judge "Harry A. Hanna. He told the sheriff to take "such precautionary measures as were necessary" to transport Dr. Sam, the convicted wife-murder, to and from his cell at Cuyahoga county jail. The last time the 31-year-old esteopathic brain-surgeon- visit ed the outside world was also to view one of his family in. death. That was on the night of Oct. 27, when he was whisked by depu ties to an East side funeral home where the body of his wife's grandfather, Harry Far sons Blake, lay at rest. Attended Wife's Funeral And on July 7, Dr. Sam left his hospital bed to 'attend the funeral of his wife, Marilyn, who had been murdered in her bed three days earlier. He ulti mately was indicted for the crime, and on Dec. 21 was found guilty of second-degree murder. The request to attend his mo ther's funeral was made by Wil liam J. Corrigan, Dr. Sheppard's chief attorney. - "It was all right with me," Judge Hanna said, "providing the sheriff did not think there was any danger in the move." Sheriff Joseph M. Sweeney gave his full approval, and said Dr. Sheppard would be hand cuffed to a deputy the full time he is away from his cell. r Judge Hanna, presiding over the current session of common pleas court, said the prisoner A Great Discovery Is About to Be The hand you see here is about to turn the ignition key in a new 1955 Cadillac , , It is the hand of a man who has never driven a Cadillac before but who finally decided to see for himself if all the wonder ful things he's heard about the car are true. Well, he's about to make an important discovery! He's about to learn that, in 1955,' Cadillac actually surpasses its own great teputation! . JleTl sense it the instant he turns the key and hears the eager answer of that 250-horsepower Cadillac engine. He'll sense it again when he touches his foot to the accelerator and brings that dynamic engine into action. It will set him instantly in motion and will carry him High School By BARBARA ROACH After the whirl of activities during Christmas vacation, back to school on Monday meant a i welcome rest i.u -iiiuafc stu dents. Three bus loads oi weary band members arrived back at the school 1 a.m., Monday from their ex cursion to San Francisco and the East-West Shrine game. Though groggy, they managed to appear at school Monday morn ing full of stories of their visits to the Shrine hospital, Fleisch aker zoo, Playland, and a ferry ride to Oakland. The group stayed in the Whitcomb hotel and witnessed New Year's eve cele brations on Market st. Ed.Manley, MHS senior and honor student, has been awarded the Bausch-Lomb honorary sci ence award. Ed is president of the History, Economics and Civ ics association, vice-president of the Phy-Chem club, and assistant editor of the annual. Actual award of the medal will be made at graduation. Last year's award went "to Jerry Peterson, who is now studying engineering at Ore gon State college. Mrs. Nancy Howell has been added to the office force to re place Mrs. Mildred Bigham as assistant office secretary. Mrs. Howell is formerly of New Jer sey and moved here in June. - would be allowed to attend both the services at the suburban Lakewood Saxton funeral home and at the graveside in Sunset Memorial park. Fourteen U. S. National Guardsmen won the Medal of Honor , during World War II. .... - 1 r M 1 43 SOUTH RIVERSIDE MEDFORD Sunday, January 8, XSS5 News Notes Sophomore journalism stu dents began eagerly this week their work on the cub edition of Hi-Times. Production of. the pa per is considered a major part of their semester grade. The four page edition, under the editor ship of Juday Lobdell, will be issued Jan. 21. Other editors are Denise Bruning, assistant editor; Carol Dyke, feature editor; Chuck DeLorme, sports editor; Lois Kelly, exchange editor; Nancy Eck, photograph editor; Ruth Hunter, society editor; Katharine Stewart and Pat Rice, copy editors; Dennis Wyatt and Harold O'Connors, assistant ad vertising managers. Milton Guyman,. representa tive of the Oregon Game com mission, presented , an assembly Wednesday morning in the audi torium. His talk on "How to Pre serve Waterfowl" was followed by a movie showing the habits and travels of waterfowl in North America. Robert Stedman's seventh per iod drama class is preparing to present the frivolous all-girl com edy "On to Washington," to the Girls' League next week. Cast members are Vona Mae Ruther ford, Beverly Newbry, Lorraine Croucher, My ma Schevinius, Judy Finegan, Donna Heide mann, : Joanne Martin, Eleanor Martin, and Barbara Roach.. The class will also produce at a later date "Augie Evans, Private Eye," Earl Knight taking the title roil. ' Jan. 21 has been proclaimed by the student council March of Dimes day. Money-raising activ ities and donations that day will be sponsored by Order of M, Pep club and Girls' and Boys' league. Mike DeVore, Kathy Guiley and Melissa Jennings , are general committee , members. v As a spirit booster for the Grants Pass games, Friday was "color day" at Medford high. forward with a surge of power that is a revelation all in itself. And then out on the" open road the full proof of Cadillac's greatness will begin to unfold itself! r He'll discover its incredible ease of steer- -ing and handling so marvelous that the car seems almost to read his mind. He'll discover its amazing levelness of ride so great that even the road's roughest spots are difficult to perceive. He'll discover its marvelous balance on the curves and. corners its incredible quietness of operation its extraordinary agility in the traffic lanes and the reassur-. ing action of its big, powerful brakes. And. so it will go mile after mile and MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN Students (most of them) donned patriotic red and black dress for the occasion. Jerry Couch, basketball man ager, showed up at school Friday ALL STOCK WALLPAPER . .'. FOR ONE WEEK ONLY! revelation after revelation until the. dis covery is complete . . . and the drive is ended. And even then, one final, confirming fact will await him. For -he will find that his travel has scarcely moved the needle on the fuel indicator! . Yes, the evidence will be abundant and the verdict without question: This is the greatest motor car performance of. all time! If you haven't as yet taken a drive in a 1955 Cadillac,- you ough$ to do so sooa ' It's an education in all the things a motor car should be and do and you owe it to yourself to get the report firsthand. Stop in soon, won't yon? We'll be most happy to give you the keys any time! PHONE 2-6264 morning with his ears cut. long and his hair cut especially short. The team had turned barber at the Thursday night practice, to enforce their proclamation. "Med ford highers have crew cuts!" FRAKE fir SMITH 315 E. Main Phone 2-4564 Made !
