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Newspaper Page TextHarvey Answers Questions About Sanitary Measure (Editor's Not: Many ques tions concerning Senate Bill 434, commonly known as the "Mstropolitan Sanitary Dis trict Bill.? hays arisen since its passage during this year's session of the Oregon state legislature. In an effort to answer these questions, A. D. Harvey, Medford engineer who originated the plan, has pre pared a series of three articles for the Mail Tribune concern ing the bill. This is the first in the series.) By A. D. HARVEY The "Metropolitan Sanitary District Bill" passed at the last session of the Oregon state legis lat.ure allows establishment of a board or authority exactly like the Medford City Water com mission. However, in this instance, the board would be set up to dis- pose of the water instead of se curing and distributing it, and instead of being a city affair, it vumld be representative of the eZtire Bear creek watershed of the Rogue valley, receiving its financial backing from that area. A pertinent question is this What might the situation be here now, if, so many years ago, the city of Medford had not been progressive enough and inter ested enough to pledge its credit and acquire our water source and transmission system? There would not be nearly so many people living comfortably in the valley, with a good water supply, nor would we have the industries and prospects of in dustries to provide employment if this water were not available. All of these have been pro vided with a very minimum of taxation because it has been op erated as a business, on a largely self-supporting basis. The city of Medford again, three years ago, had to lend its credit to the water commission for the purpose of providing funds for construction of the new pipe line from Butte Falls. The necessity for such action was at least in part created by the desire of the commission, representing the people of the community, to serve not only Medford but also the surround ing communities of Eagle Point, "Jacksonville and Central Point, as well as some of the outlying area- not' yet incorporated iritg towns. This was for the benefit of the whole valley. We are now faced with exact ly the same problem of financing as we were a number of years ago. However, this time the fi nancing is for the purpose of disposing of our sanitary wastes instead of providing the water to create them. Valley-Wide Problem Since this is a valley-wide problem instead of an individual community problem, it seems logical that the entire valley should participate in it. The le gal machinery to permit just that action is what is provided for by the passage of this legis lation. As is the case with every new venture, it costs money to get it started, and any business, if it i3 to be successful, has to be ade quately financed. Thus, a sanitary authority or commmission, to be set up here, would have to have funds for initial operation and general ad ministrative expense. The course of these funds could only come to start with from taxation. But, the support of the opera tion after it once is started would have to be by the people who would be benefitted direct ly. After the first organization expense, the municipal corpora tion could be self-supporting so far as the general public is con cerned. However, it appears that even then some minute taxation should be imposed on the entire valley, whether areas are direct ly benefitted or not, for these people are affected by and inter Portland U.R) New pres ident of the Oregon Society of Certified Public Accountants is James M. Gilman Jr., succeed ing Norman . Swanson. Key Government Officials Capital Wednesday in Big Washington (U.R) The President and other key officials will flee the capital this week, for the first time since British troops burned Washington in the War of 1812. , The wail of air raid sirens at 12:05 p.m. (EDT) Wednes day will send Mr. Eisenhower and some 15,000 other essential personnel scurrying to refuge in secret emergency relocation cen ters from which they will con duct the government's business for the next two days. Siggest Civil Test The sirens will signal the start of the biggest civil defense test ever undertaken, a stimulated atomic attack on Washington and 49 other American cities named "Operation Alert, 1955." The purpose is to test the civ ested in the general overall san itary situation in the commun ity. Such areas would then be helping in two ways. They would be loaning a portion of their capital valuation to make it possible to obtain funds for construction, and this would cost them nothing. And they would be paying a little amount per year on their taxes to help keep the general organization going, for their own health and pros perity. (Tomorrow: Should Medford Join?) Scelba Survives Struggle To Hold Italy Premiership Rome (U.R) Premier MariB Scelba tonight won the first ma jor round of his struggle to stay in power. The victory came when the parliamentary group of the dis sension wracked Christian Dem ocratic party voted almost unan imously for continuation of the four-party governing coalition. Only one .deputy voted against the "order of the day" which formally recognized the efforts made and the results attained by the Scelba government. Counter-Motion Missing The 150-strong anti-Scelba group failed to come up with an anticipated counter motion which would have called for liquidation of the coalition and its replacement by an all-Christian Democratic government. Such a government would have had to depend on the sup port either of the rightwing Monarchists or the pro-Communists Socialists led by Stalin Peace Prize winner Pietro Nenni. Attack Led by Foe The attack was led by former Premier Giuseppe Pella who criticized Scelba's pro-American regime as inadequate and de manded that he resign. The dec laration of war within the party Teduced Scelba's chances of sur vival almost to zero. , - Frealt Wind Storm Damages Airplanes Phoenix (U.R) Damage was estimated today at approximate ly $200,000 from a freak cyclone type wind which destroyed or damaged 30 private planes on the ground at Sky Harbor Air port here. Gusts of 70 to 100 miles per hour were reported during the unusual storm yesterday, al though the Weather Bureau sta tion, located about one-half mile away, recorded wind of only 38 miles per hour. Airport Manager William Ral son said more than half the planes involved were damaged beyond repair. He said the wind, which had characteristics similar to those of a small cyclone, hurl ed some small aircraft 30 feet in the air and blew doors and roofing from hangers. No injuries were reported, nor was there damage to commercial planes. More Donors Needed For Blood Collection Only 60 appointments to do nate blood at tomorrow's visit of the Bloodmobile collection unit had been made through this morning, according to Red Cross officials. A total of 250 donors are need ed if the quota of 200 pints of blood is to be met, they stated. Appointments may be made by telephoning Medford 3-3813. Drop-in donors are welcome dur ing collection hours. The unit will operate from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Medford Elks temple. il defense warning network, and to give government officials from President Eisenhower on down some experience in carry ing on war-essential functions in case the real thing ever comes. Public participation will vary from city to city, depending on local civil defense plans. No actual aircraft movements will be involved. Workers To Leave Desks ' In Washington, all of the more than 227,000 employees of the federal government will leave their desks when the alarm is sounded. Most of them will go no farther than adjacent park ing lots. Then they go back to work, or to lunch. But for Mr. Eisenhower and selected personnel of 31 de partments and agencies, the re MEDFORD United Press hull Uixsed Wire 50th Year General Motors, Union Agree on Guaranteed Wage 550,000 Now Assured Pay Checks on Layoffs Detroit (U.R) General Mo tors Corp., signed guaranteed wage contracts with two CIO unions today pushing to 550,000 the number of workers assured of pay checks during 26 weeks of layoffs. The company reached agree ment on the guaranteed wage contract with the CIO United Auto Workers shortly after mid night (PST) and concluded a sim ilar pact with the CIO Electrical Workers Union several hours la ter. Pacts Cover 410,000 The two pacts add 410,000 GM employees to the 140,500 Ford employees who were granted the guaranteed wage a week ago. The UAW contract with GM cov ers another 35,000. Both of the" new contracts were scheduled to run for three years. The UAW settlement came four hours after the first wor kers walked off their jobs in GM plants when the strike dead line passed at 8 p.m. (PST) with out settlement. GM said workers in 28 plants employing 103,600 workers were hit by strikes before the settlement was announced. Local Disputes Remain Some of the workers remain ed off the job even after the settlement in protest of disputes over local issues. More than 5000 employees of GM's Ternstedt division plant at Trenton, N. J., walked off the job after local grievance nego tiations collapsed. A union spokesman said the strike would continue despite the nationwide settlement. - CIO President Walter Reuther won the same provisions for General Motors workers in guar anteed layoff pay, wage boosts, higher ... pensions,, bigger health benefits, and other factors as he did in the Ford contract. Under the guaranteed wage plan, workers will receive 60 to 65 per. cent of their normal take home pay for as long as 26 weeks in the event of layoff. GM Fund Bigger But where the program will be supported by a $55,000,000 fund for the 140,500. Ford wor kers, General Motors will build up a $150,000,000 fund to guar antee these payments. Reuther said the 20-cent pack age for General Motors workers would cost the corporation $600,000,000 in the next three years. Reuther told General Motors workers last week his strategy had been to "win the principle" from Ford and "get the money" from General Motors. Two Lake County Prisoners Escape Lakeview (U.R) Two young prisoners escaped from the Lake county jail here sometime last night or early today, Sheriff Tom Elliott reported. The escapees were identified as Raymond Leroy Short, 22, who was serving 18 months for contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and Kenneth Earl Bond, 18, serving a term for ob taining money under false pre tenses. Eugene, Ore. (U.R) Leo Hibbt, 78, of Blue River, miss ing since Thursday in the Mc Kensie pass area east of here, has been found alive, state police said, early this after noon. To Evacuate Defense Test alistic test will continue through Friday. Traveling mostly by pri vate automobiles, they will scat ter from Washington to 31 pre viously chosen emergency cen ters scattered over a radius of 30 to 300 miles from Washing ton. President Participates A special communications sys tem, including a closed circuit television, will keep President Eisenhower's hideaway in touch with the other relocation centers. The President will participate personally in parts of the exer cise which will involve surveys of the simulated "damage" and the quick transmission of orders designed to get the country back on 'its feet after the assumed crushing atomic blow. Hull Earl H. Imhausen Fatally Injured In Auto Accident Two Others Hurt As Cars Leave Road One man was killed and two were injured in one-car automo bile t accidents over the week end in the Medford area, accord ing to state police. Dead was Earl Herman Im hausen, 25, of route 3, box 180, Medford. Car Strikes Pole Imhausen was fatally injured at about 9 p.m. Saturday when the car in which he was a pas senger missed a curve on Valley View rd. The vehicle struck a power pole. Injured in the same accident was J. C. Skaggs, 38. of route 2, box 376D, Medford, driver of the car. He was taken to Sacred Heart hospital where his injuries were not considered to be se rious. He was treated and re leased. Second Accident The second accident occurred at about 3 a.m. Sunday when a car driven by Robert Lee Gam aehlich, 18, of 1696 Minear rd., went into a ditch on South Stage rd. near Kings highway. Gamaehlich told investigating officers he went to sleep while driving. He was taken by a pass ing motorist to Community hos pital, where he received treat ment for head ' cuts and chest bruises. His condition this morn ing was listed as fair. Five Hearings on Five public hearings are on an 11-item agenda for the Med ford Planning commission meet ing at 7:30 p.m. today. , Hearings will be held on changing East Jackson st. be tween Hawthorne st. to Genessee st. to business district, on vaca tion of north-south alley in the Edward Place subdivision, re zoning several lots in Queen Anne addition from single to two family dwellings, and rezon ing property north of the YMCA and on East Main st. between Genessee st. to Crater Lake ave. from multiple family to com mercial. . Also on the agenda are re ports on Ben's Acre plat, a tenta tive plat for Douglas addition No. 1, a zone change on East Jackson st. between Hawthorne and Genessee st., and changing a set-back for Homer J. Pringle. The commission also will con sider a letter requesting rezon ing several lots in Oak Park and Narregan additions. Conviction of Five Communists Upheld Philadelphia (U.R) The Third U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld the conviction of Steve Nelson . and four other Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia Communist leaders sen tenced to five-year prison terms for conspiring to advocate vio lent overthrow of the govern ment. The conviction was sustained by a 5 to 2 decision of the appel late court. The opinion was handed down in the case argued June 9, 1954, appealing the convictions of Nel son, William Albertson, a Com munist party secretary; Benja min L. Carreathers, party treas urer; James Hulse Dolsen, party writer, and Irving Weissman, former West Virginia party leader. Matusow Married to Wisconsin Artist New York (U.R) Harvey Matusow, 28, the tournabout Communist witness was married today in a private 'ceremony to Miss Ellen Raskin, 27, an artist of Milwaukee, Wis. Weather FORECAST: Continued fair and mild through Tuesday. Low to night 48. High Tuesday 82. Temp. Highest yesterday 68 Lowest this morning 48 i v.. I Agenaa MEDFORD, C .JDAYJUNE 13, 1955 x- '.r ssig) I ,jkts Mmt A if jrsDfftl Iff; '' EX-POW VISITS HERE Werner Baecker (second from left) is shown above Saturday noon as he lunched with a small group of Medford people at the Rogue Valley Coun try club, and discussed international affairs, and relived wartime experiences. He was a prisoner of war at Camp White 11 years ago, and revisited Medford while on a tour of the United States. He is a well-known radio newsman and commentator in Germany, Adenauer Views West Partnership As Best Peace Bet Washington -4U.R) West German Chancellor Konrad Ade nauer arrived today and said he is convinced "a close and loyal partnership" with the Uni ted States and the free world is the best way to maintain peace. The 79-year-old German lead er landed at National Airport and received an enthusiastic and cordiaL.w.elcome from State De partment and diplomatic offi cials. He will confer Tuesday with President Eisenhower and Sec retary of State John Foster Dul les about two closely - related problems: Russia's invitation to Adenauer to come to Moscow for "friendship" negotiations; and the coming Big Four summit meeting at which the Soviet Union may propose neutralizing Germany as the price for re unifying the country. Adenauer is expected to give Mr. Eisenhower and Dulles a firm promise that West Ger many will stick by its new allies in the North Atlantic Organiza tion. At the same time, how ever, he doubtless will warn them that West German public opinion is strong for reunifica tion, and won't be satisfied with merely brushing off the Soviet proposals. The New York Times quoted Dr. Adenauer today as saying his positive reaction to the Sov iet invitation could in no way be interpreted as a change in the attitude of the Bonn govern ment. In answering a set of ques tions submitted by the Times' Washington corespondent, James Reston, the chancellor said the neutralization of Germany would threaten the security of Europe. The chancellor's solution, which he will press upon Mr. Eisenhower and Dulles, is for the West to make a dramatic and constructive counter - proposal for easing international tensions through controlled disarmament. Lanza Ordered To Pay For Damage To House Hollywood (U.R) Singer Mario Lanza today was ordered to pay $40,361.66 for damage to a luxurious estate in which he lived for 28 months. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Kaiser, owners of the $200,000 estate near the Los Angeles Country club, won by default in Santa Monica from Superior Judge Orlando H. Rhodes. He issued the decree after brief testimony from the plain tiffs. Lanza did not defend the action. Mrs. Kaiser testified that when the portly tenor terminat ed his lease last Jan. 14 she found the home littered with "debris, dirt, filth and desecre ation." "Damage was everywhere," she told the judge. "Only the ceilings were intact." Eugene (U.R) Sinclair Oil company officials here said the company will drill an explora tory oil well northeast of Maple- ton next month. Peron, Cabinet in Special Session To Buenos Aires U.R) Presi dent Juan D. Peron and his Cabinet met for 90 minutes to day in a special session to re view the week end Catholic riots in which at least 22 per sons were shot or otherwise in jured and more than 400 persons were arrested. It was announced that Peron -will-make a broadcast to the.jia- tion tonight on the events of the week end. In addition to the injuries and arrests, the repeated clashes be tween Catholics and supporters of the Perqn regime left a vast train of broken windows and tar-smeared public monuments and buildings through this capi tal city. The disturbances caused in ternational incidents involving Yugoslavia, Peru and Israel. It was announced officially that police arrested 428 men when they entered the Curia Eclesiastica, adjoining the cathe dral in the Plaza Mayo. Other Arrests Made Most of those arrested were said to have been under 25 years of age. They are being held at the Central Police Department. It was reported that other ar rests might bring the total to as many as 600 persons. Peron called Parliament into special session to take new rep resentative measures against Catholics accused of destroying the national flag. Minister of , Interior Angel Borlenghi today prohibited all future street processions and other outdoor Catholic Church Settlement Hoped In British Strike London (U.R) Hopes for set tlement of Britain's disastrous 16-day-old railway strike bright ened abruptly today. Minister of Labor. Sir Walter Monckton called leaders of the non-striking National Union of Railwaymen to an evening meet ing. This was interpreted as a clear indication that progress has been made in negotiations between the striking Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen and the British Trans port Commission which runs Britain's nationalized railroads. The non-striking NUR has asked to be filled in on any gains made by the ASLEF so that it can lay its plans to keep wages of NUR members in line with the rival union's wage scale. Annual Field Day Scheduled Tuesday The eighth annual Southern Oregon Branch Experimental Station's field day will start at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow at the sta tion west of the Talent-Highway 99 junction. Some 30 farm crops will be visited by business representa tives and farmers from Grants Pass, Medford and Ashland areas in an all-day event. living in Hamubrg. . Shown with him, left to right, are Elliott Becken, assistant superinten dent of schools who was an officer in the American Army in North Africa at about the time Baecker was taken prisoner; John Del lenback, and Mark Goldy, who as chairman of the World Affairs Council of Southern Ore gon was host to the visiting German news man. (Brainerd photo.) Church Riots ceremonies anywhere In Argen tina until further notice. Newspapers today indicated that official anger is concen trated on the burning of the Ar gentine flag near the Congress Saturday night. Allegiance To Flag Homage to the nation's flag was the theme of scheduled of ficial ( rempnies; Today , the Senator Chamber" of Deputies and all Army units and schools were to renew their allegiance to the national banner. The des ecration of the flag also is ex pected to be the main point of Peron s address tonight. Blaze Destroys Contents of Home Interior of the Phillip B. Miles residence, 1223 East 11th st., was totally involved in flames and contents of the house were a to tal loss last night, firemen re ported. They said that the blase ap parently started from an oil stove. No one was home at the small four-room home at the time. A neighbor noticed the fire and turned in the alarm at about 10:50 p.m. Two trucks were dispatched. Trucks were sent out to ex tinguish three trash blazes and one grass fire during the week end. One was called to stand by at the airport for an emgency plane landing. Aaron Gentry Fined, Sentenced to Jail - Aaron Francis Gentry, 24, of 57 Vista street, Ashland, plead ed guilty to a charge of petty larceny in district court, Sat urday. He received a $15 fine and 20 days suspended jail sen tence on good behavior. The charge involved theft of a $75 alarm clock from the Co lumbia hotel, Ashland. Neuberger Attacks Hoover Commission's Power Plan Washington (U.R) Senator Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) said yesterday the Pacific North west will lose its "entire compe titive advantage" in the sale of public power if recommenda tions of the Hoover Commission are carried out." The commission, headed by former President Herbert Hoo ver, has recommended that pub lic power projects be forced to charge the same rates for elec tricity as those charged by pri vate utilities. Columbia Power Cheapest Such a law, Neuberger said in a statement, would reduce the Pacific Northwest to "an eco nomic channel house." "Power can be produced more cheaply on the Columbia river than anywhere else in the na tion," he said. "In this one water shed is 42 per cent of all our undeveloped bydroelectricity. United Presa Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 72 Tpi(g Moscow Accepts Geneva as Site Starting July 18 Communist Discussion Ruled Out of Agenda Moscow (U.R) Russia today accepted the Western proposal for a top level Big Four confer ence in Geneva beginning July 18. But the Soviets bluntly re jected the suggestion of Secre tary of State John Foster Dulles that the conference consider the problems of satellite East Eu rope. The Russians also ruled out any discussion of "international Communism." Announced in Notes Acceptance of the Western proposals of time and place was announced in notes sent by the Foreign Office to the embassies of the Western Big Three in Mot cow. The rejection of discussions of international Communist activi ties and the Soviet satellite states was stated .later in a dispatch of the official government agency Tass. The Soviet statement said that Dulles, by raising such ques tions, "was not making the work of the conference easier, but cre ating a complicated situation be fore the conference and creating difficulties for the conference' Dulles suggested inclusion of the satellite states and interna tional Communist activities for the conference agenda on Jus X Counter-Suggestion The Soviets accepted both the time and place suggested by the United States, Britain and France. The Tfett previously had tug f ested Lausanne, Switzerland, he Soviets had suggested Vien na. The West counter-suggested Geneva, and a starting date of July 18. Today the Soviets agreed. Western diplomatic circles pressed no surprise at the favor able Soviet answer. Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov had indi cated in Paris last week end that Russia had no objections to the time and place suggested by the West. Molotov stopped off in Park en route to the United States where he will attend the June 20 observances of the United Na tions' 10th anniversary in San Francisco. Polls Open Until 8 In 6C Budget Vote Central Point Polls will be open between 2 and 8 p.m. today in two places in School District 6C for an election on a $252,- 996.48 levy over the 6 per cent limitation for the district bud get for fiscal year 1955-56. Polling places are in gymna siums at . Central Point Junior High school and Gold Hill Ele mentary school. The election is necessary be cause of an inadequate base and additional expenses, which in cludes five new teachers. The budget committee ap proved a $600,841 budget, an in crease of $402 over last year which is deemed necessary to maintain good schools at a rea sonable cost. "Yet we did not get really cheap power for industry, we did not even electrify our dams until the great dams were built at Bonneville and Grand Coulee in the 1930s. Those dams created a yardstick to force down rates. "If the Hoover Commission can destroy this yardstick," Neu berger said, "the northwest no longer will be able to offer low cost power to attract new pay rolls." 'False Impression' He also charged that the com mission is circulating the "false impression" that taxpayers are financing public power in the Pacific Northwest." "Actually," Neuberger said, "the Bonneville Power adminis tration is $65,000,000 ahead of schedule in paying for itself" and "vast new taxpaying indus tries have been established in the Northwest to burn cheap pub lic power for fuel."