Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, September 27, 1955, Image 1

Historic Oregon Newspapers

Medford mail tribune., September 27, 1955, Image 1

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 27, 1955)

Page of 22 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (4.2 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Page of 22 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page TextEisenhower Spends Most of Morning e Ou! of Oxygen Ten! Progress Reported To Be Satisfactory Denver (U.R) President Eisenhower today remained out of his oxfcgen tent for "a large part of the morning," and his doctors said he "continues to progress satisfactorily without complications." It was the first time since the President was admitted to Fritz- simons Army hospital Saturday with a heart attack that he had been allowed to remain out of the glassine tent for any length of time. Mr. Eisenhower was described in a 12:15 p.m. (MST) medical bulletin as "comfortable and cheeful." After taking the sixth electro . cardiogram since the President was admitted, his doctors said he continues "to progress satis- . factorily without complications "he bulletin said the Presi dents temperature was normal and his blood pressure and pulse "stable and satisfactory." Substantial Breakfast For the second straight day the chief executive enjoyed substantial breakfast. The doc tors, i Maj. Gen. Howard Mcc. Snyder of the White House and Col. Byron E. Pollock of Fitz simons, said the "morning card iogram continues to show the ex pected evolution." Meantime, the President's son, Maj. John Eisenhower, made plans to fly back tomorrow to his post at Ft. Belvoir, Va., aft er a two-day visit with his fath er. ; , ' The president, who is inclined forward , at times to eat his Oieals in the hospital bed, was visited twice this morning by Mrs. Eisenhower, who has been staying at the hospital near him steadily since Saturday .- Press Secretary James C. Hag- gerty said government business, because of the time of year, is in a status where many matters that eventually will come before the President are in the prepa ration stage and normally would not reach him for decision until possibly December. Two-Month Rett v - The press secretary reaffirmed that the President probably will have to remain in the hospital for about a month and undergo another month of convalescence after that. He said there are "no plans yet" on where the President will go for the convalescent period. Speculation that the president might be able to do some form of light official duties such as perhaps receive official visitors within the next few days was knocked down by Hagerty. He said, "I know of no visitors through next week." (See stories on pagas 7-14) Beaverton Parents Refuse Signature Beaverton (U.R) Charles Remington, foster father of 10-month-old boy over whom a cus tody dispute has occurred, said today parents of the child had refused to sign adoption papers. A mutual agreement was re ported last Friday between Rem ington and the child's father, Arnold Casteel, under which the Remingtons were to receive cus tody of the child. Remington said that a repre sentative of his attorney called on Mr. and Mrs. Casteel at their Aloha home late yesterday for them to sign adoption papers but that they refused and gave no reason. The Casteels were not immed iately available for comment. Remington said the refusal may mean that a court hearing toGsettle the dispute, scheduled for sometime in October, will be held. Boxcar Shortage May Close Double Dee Lumber Co. Officials of Double Dee Lum ber Company, Inc., Tolo, reveal ed today that their firm may have to shut down after tonight's snif t because of the railroad box car shortage. They said this morning they had tentatively determined the company would have to shut down tonight However, South ern Pacific railroad officials in formed them they were sched uled to receive two cars today. "If we do, we will follow through tonight, but beyond that it looks very, very black," a Double Dee spokesman said. Double Dee ordinarily needs 8 or 9 cars a day, but has re ceived only five cars since Sept. 22. The fact that Doubl Dm NIXON CARRIES ON Vice President Richard Nixon scheduled a White House meeting with Administration of ficials to make plans for carrying on government functions during President Eisenhower's illness. He is shown here talking to newsmen. NewMedford-KF Road Via Lake of Woods Appears Step N ea rer Construction of a new road between Medford and Klamath Falls by-way" of Eagle Point, McAllister Soda springs and Lake of the Woods appeared a step nearer today. The state highway commission last week gave tentative approval for a cooperative plan to do the job, it was learned here. Under' the proposed agree ment, which has already receiv- $18,309 Collected In UMC Campaign A total of $18,309.90, out of a goal of $109,000 has so far been collected in the month-long United Medford Crusade, it was reported at the first of a series of weekly meetings yesterday noon. , The report "luncheon, at thd YMCA building, was told that . the professional division, under the chairmanship of Bob Duncan, was high during the first week of the campaign, having raised $3,346 of its $7,965 goal. The lawyers were honored with a "gold plated paperweight" made of gilded plywood yesterday for being the first group to report 100 per cent participation. Tracy Crum received the token for the group. The low division was the "Lancelot" group, with Tom Shepard as chairman. This group has collected $269 out of a goal of $8,816. Starting next Monday at the regular report luncheon, work ers in the division which is low for the week will eat at a separ ate table in the corner, and will be served only cold beans and hardtack, a UMC spokesman re ported. The luncheon yesterday was sponsored by the Rotary club and served by Circle 2 of the Methodist church. ' 1 Elk District Voters Approve Bond Issue Financing'of a water distribu tion system in the Elk City Wa ter district between Medford and Central Point was overwhel mingly approved by ' voters of the district yesterday. ; Issuance of $187,000 worth of bonds was approved 61 to 7, and a tax levy to retire the bonds was approved 54 to 13. The district is located on both sides of Highway 99, and in cludes both industrial and resi dential property. A 20-inch main is planned to service the area. Construction will be started as soon as possible. . was able to get truck shipments today allowed the company to continue production. The Tolo firm has a total crew of about 130 men, working on two complete shifts. Unless boxcars become available, the entire operation will be closed down. Double Dee has missed staggered shifts in the past be cause of car shortage. Several other firms, includ ing some of the largest in the Medford area, reported yester day that they were experiencing extreme difficulty in getting boxcars, and in some cases were getting none.. . Most of those hit by the short age have been able to keep in production by slowing down of their operations. 0 , ST n ed the approval of the county courts of Jackson and Klamath counties, the counties would build the road with federal and state money, after the two coun ties had secured the necessary rights of way. The counties, at least for the present, would also' be responsible for maintenance of the proposed all-weather route. ' The road would generally fol low the alignment of the exist ing road from Eagle Point through Brownsboro, Lake Creek and Soda Springs to Fish lake and Lake of the Woodsand the Klamath county road east of there. Much of this road is not maintained, and at present 'is impassable most of the year. It would be designated as. a federal secondary county road, and would be eligible Jor fed eral construction funds on a matching 60 per cent basis with the- state-paying theT Other . 40 per cent.. Total estimated cost would be some $1,474,000. R. H. Baldock, state highway engineer, has reported the com mission does not feel justified in paying for the entire project as a state highway, but that if traffic over the. route increases markedly within- five years, it would be taken ove? as a state highway. The low - level, easy - grade route has long been .hoped for by road enthusiasts here as a supplement to the Green Springs highway and they have pointed out it would tap great quantities of timber which are in need of harvesting. . JH5 Enrollment Up By 23.3 Per Cent Enrollment in Medford Junior High, schools has v increased 23 per cent over enrollment at 'the same time, last year, according to city school officials. Total enrollment, now considered per manent, is 2,640 compared to 2,4,38 in 1954. ; Enrollment in city elementary schools has jumped from 2,438 last year to 2,640, an increase of 8.3 per cent. Junior high and elementary schools, taken to gether, show an increase of 12.5 per cent. Permanent enrollment fig ures for all city schools, includ ing senior high, are expected to show a 10 per cent increase. Navy'sleTFighter' Buying Investigated Washington U.R) A congres sional investigation was ordered today, into reports that the Navy spent millions of dollars buying jet fighter planes i'that won't fly" and in which two test pilots were killed. Chairman Chet Holifield (D Calif.) directed the staff of the House Military Operations Sub committee to check into charges that the Navy accepted delivery of about 50 of the planes before finding them unsuitable. "If there is a substantial ques tion of faulty procurement by navy officials, our subcommittee will want to pin down the re sponsibility," Holifield said in a statement issued by subcommit tee aides. Truman Will' Deliver Three Speeches on Coast Washington U.R) Former President Harry S. Truman will make three speeches on the West Coast in November for the benefit of the Truman Library, a library spokesman announced today. MEDF United Press Full Leased Win 50th Year 22 Pages Coon Challenges; Accuracy of Foe In Power Debate Neuberger Regrets Nature of Remarks Hood River, Ore. 4U.R) Ore g o n ' s feuding Congressmen opened their "great debate" on the public power issue here last night with Rep. Sam Coon, Re publican, challenging the accu racy of some of his opponent's statements and with Sen. Rich ard Neuberger, Democrat, de ploring the personal nature of Coon's remarks. Coon accused his colleague of "misleading" the crowd -of about 900 persons in the Hood River high school auditorium. And he asserted that "Senator Neuber ger would rather see Oregon be come a desert than have power produced by either public or pri vate agencies." Neuberger said he regretted the remark made by Coon and that he had "tried personally to keep the debate on a high level." The two will carry their argu ments to nine other, eastern Ore gon cities in the next two weeks. Tonight they will appear in The Dalles. Costs Disputed Coon first challenged Neuber ger's accuracy on a comparison of kilowatt costs between fed eral and partnership dams. Neu berger said Bonneville can pro duce power for. 2.3 mills per kilowatt but that power from dams built with private money would cost 4.2 mills per kilo watt. Coon then read a letter from Army Engineers in which they said they had quoted those fig ures to Sen. Neuberger at his re quest' that the cdSt be computed on the basis of six per cent in terest . .charged ive ;. p. r ivate money.' coon; asserted ine pri vate agencies could get money at 4V4 per cent interest. " The debate is centered on whether Coon's 1954 John Day dam bill is in the public inter est. It calls for financing by lo cal and private agencies. Neuberger said "by delaying the bill a year, Sen. Wayne Morse and I forced them to hike their qffer by $109,000,000. What wilk they offer in 1956?" Early Construction Possible Coon first replied that Neu berger was not in7 the Senate in 1954 and then added that the 1954 bill and the 1955 bill both would have called for participat ing agencies to put up the same amount of money but that fi nancing would have been over a longer term in the 1954 bill. The Baker Republican said his bill would mean early con struction of John Day dam on the Columbia, He said the North west needs oower in a hurry and the only way to get it is to build dams. Waiting for all-out federal financing would create undue delays, he said. His Portland opponent coun tered that federal development had brought cheap power to the region and that power was short simply because it was cheap. He told the audience that North west farmers were using more than twice as much power as they formerly used. - The Hells Canyon dam ques tion was injected into the debate so frequently that one spectator interrupted to ask the principals to stick to the subject and "let's get out of Hells Canyon." ' Neuberger said the power is sue was nJt a partisan one with him but a question of preserving the tradition of cheap federal power inaugurated by the late Sen. Charles McNary; a Repub lican, and President Franklin Roosevelt. Coon's counter claim was that the equivalent of a new Bonne ville dam a year would be re quired to meet the Northwest's power needs and that there was not that much federal money forthcoming. HOUSE FIRE Medford firemen were called to the home of Irving B. Thomp son, 410 North Ivy st., at about 11:25 a.m. today. They reported an electric lamp fell onto a bed, starting a fire which extended to a wall and a rugv Smoke dam age occurred throughout the house. Yeather FORECAST: Partly cloudy to night and Wednesday. Cooler daytime temperatures. Low tonight 42, high Wednesday 72. Temp. Highest Yesterday : 1 Lowest this Morning 38 cj o pi ij 3 Of Project Recreational Use For Future Seen More Important Rogue River Area Also Included By A. ROBERT SMITH - Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington Secretary of In terior Douglas JMcKay has every hope of being able to block fed eral approval of a hydroelectric project proposed for construc tion in the scenic upper Mc Kenzie' river area of the Cas cades. : "The McKenzie and the Rogue rivers should be protected and maintained for recreation for the future population of Ore gon," McKay said. The secretary hopes to pre vent approval of a 50-year . li cense for the Beaver Marsh dam project, which Eugene Water and Electric Board wants to build on the upper McKenzie near Clear lake. The Federal Power Commission is now con sidering the project. Of Mora Value in Future In . a letter to FPC Chairman Jerome Kuykendall, McKay re cently declared: "I believe that the McKenzie should be kept in as near its natural condition as possible as it would be of much more value to future generations, a' recrea tional stream than the amount of power that could be generated by this project." BeaverMarsh" "would generate 35,000 kilowatts for the Eugene utility. McKay said he hopes his opin ion will prevail when Kuyken dall and his four colleagues on the five-man power commission render their decision in the case. An FPC examiner who held hearings on the matter is now preparing his initial decision in the matter. McKay has even got Herbert Hoover on his side of the argu ment. - "Hoover resents this Beaver Marsh project very much," de clared McKay. Four Named by Ik Of the five power commission ers whose decision will be final in the case, four were appoint ed by President Eisenhower. The fifth is a holdover appointee of ex-President Hoover. If the FPC decides against the project, it will be going con trary to the opinion of its own staff which has come out in fav or of building the dam. In its legal brief, the staff contended that Beaver Marsh dam "is best adapted to a comprehensive plan for the improvement and utiliza tion of water-power develop ment, and for other beneficial public uses, including recrea tional purposes." Joseph E. Hayden, staff coun sel, pointed out that the Eugene utility said it would provide "substantial facilities," including a park with picnic tables and fireplaces where today there is none. Hayden claimed the scenic values of the upper McKenzie are outstanding but "do not meet the test of 'unique and most spec ial type' recreational resources which should be preserved in their natural state." McKay, however, takes this attitude: "When I take a packhorse into the McKenzie, I don't want to see pipes running down the hill spoiling the natural beauty. That's not what I go out there for. I think it is terrible." Washington (U.R) Th Civil Aeronautics Board today granted Southwest Airways. Inc., permanent authorization to serve 16 cities in Califor nia and Medford, Or. Peron Expected To So7 Into Exile Buenos Aires U.R)-Juan D. Peron is expected to ' sail into exile today aboard a 25-year-old Paraguayan gunboat where he has hidden for eight days from the revolutionary leaders who ended his decade of iron-fisted rule. -. Bulletin JlSiTRIBUNE IEGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1955 y Hopes To Halt on McKenzie River ' SERVICES FRIDAY Funeral services for Charles Henry Her man, well-known Medford lum berman who died Sunday, will be held Friday at 1 p.m. at Conger - Morris funeral home. The remains will lie in state at the Corfger-Morris Green room. Mr. Herman, a vice-president and director of Timber Products company had been a resident of Medford since 1921. Office of U. S. Deputy Marshal Closes Sept. 30 The U.S. deputy marshal's of fice in Medford,. which has been here for more than '40 years, will be closed on Sept. 30, it was announced today by Deputy Marshal Paul Hanlin. . He said the order for the closure of the office came from S. A. Andretta, administrative assistant to the attorney general, Earlier .announcement of the closure' said that it was for econ omy reasons. The closing was delayed until the end of Sep tember, according to Sen. Rich ard L. Neuberger, to permit time for additional investiga tion of the need for the office. Mov Protested The move has been protested by a number of groups in south ern Oregon, including the lo cal Bar association, union groups, and others. iianiin said he will move to Portland tq continue work there as a deputy marshal. He has been with the office here since May 1, 1937. The Medford office has served a large area of southern Oregon and northern California, but re cently U. S. Marshal Harold Sexton. Portland, said that .the amount of business done here has not justified the expense of maintaining a second office in Oregon. Big Three Ministers Lay Conference Plans New York (U.R) Foreign ministers of the Western Big Three powers meet today to lay plans, for' next month's confer ence with Soviet Foreign Minis ter Vyacheslav M. Molotov at Geneva. They will be joined Wednes day, by West German Foreign Minister Heinrich von Bretano who 'was due here from Bonn today. Two secret sessions were scheduled at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles as host. Dulles planned a diplomatic dinner tonight for British For eign Secretary Harold MacMil lan and French Foreign Minis ter Antoine Pinay. Molotov, who will not take part in the secret talks, will attend the dinner. Sheriff Takes Three Men to State Prison Sheriff Howard Gault took three men to the Oregon State penitentiary at Salem this morn ing. - : ! ' ' ' ' ' They were: Floyd Harold Gar man, 31, route 2, box 192, Med ford, sentenced to one year for forgery; Charles Edgar Howell, 31, Medlin, Ore., sentenced to two years for burglary, and Har old Ray Hudson, 34, Springfield, sentenced to 11 months for non support v United Press roll Leased Wire . Price 5c No. 160 Approval Security Ruling On Ladejinsky Said Unnecessary Benson Admits To Inexperience Washington (U.R) Secre tary of Agriculture Ezra T. Ben son conceded today that it was "gratuitous and . unnecessary" for his department to label land reform expert. Wolf L. Ladejin sky a security risk. , ; He told "Senate investigators Ladejinsky could have been re moved as the U. S. agricultural attache in Tekyo for lack of technical background . rather than because of a security prob lem. "As we look back on it now," he said, "it probably would have been best if the security issue had not been injected." The Ladejinsky case kicked up a national furor earlier this year and Benson said the depart ment s employee security pro gram was partly overhauled as a result. " ."We have made great progress in the last few months," he tes tified. "We are in a much bet ter position to do the job. Cer tainly I was inexperienced at that time and some of my staff were also."'; ' . Benson made the statements before a Senate Civil Services subcommittee , which . is investi gating the administration's con troversial employee security pro gram. ' Seattle U.R) The Coast Guard icebreaker Northwind was due - to arrive here today from the Arctic. . J. HUGH Astronomer's - I, r ' I n f PT i J. Hugh Pruett, Astronomy Authority, Dies at Eugene Eugene (U.R) J. Hugh Pruett, one of the best known astronomers in the west, died at his home here late Sunday. He was 69 years old. . Pruett was a retired member of the University of Oregon fac ulty and had been astronomer with the extension division of the Oregon higher educational system. He was a well known writer on scientific and profes sional subjects. Pruett attended Linfield Col lege arfd did graduate work at Chicago University. He taught at high schools in Newberg, Mc- Air-Sea Search o For Missing Craft Launched by Navy Eleven Volunteer! Presumed Aboard Sfa Miami (U.R) The Navy launched an all out air-sea search today for a missing hurricane 0 hunter airplane which carried a crew of courageous volunteers into the roaring midst of Hurri cane Janet. Eleven men were presumed to be aboard the twin-engined Navy Neptune patrol plane, the' first craft to be missing in the history of the hurricane hunter squad-, ron. The plane failed to return Monday: from a scouting flight0 into the 110-mile-an-hour storm which already has claimed an estimated 200 lives in the Wind ward Islands. - . Navy officials at Guantanamo" naval base in Cuba sent out "everything : we can .lay our hands on" in the way of air' ( and sea craft at dawn today. Search Begun Mondaty The plane was last heard from' by radio as it prepared to enter the eye of Hurricane Janet at 7:15 a:m. (PST) Monday. The search was begun late Monday and continued today. It center ed on a point in the Caribbean midway between Guantanamo Bay and Panama. ' - . The murderous hurricane was reported roaring to the westn early today on a course lying just off the Nicaraguan Penin sula. - Extreme northeastern Nicara gua and northeastern Honduras were alerted for dangerous winds and high tides and seas this afternoon and tonight. Swan Island was expected to get high winds this afternoon. Refuse To Abandon Hop Navy officials refused to aban don hope for the crew Of the missing plane although its fuel supply was known exhausted. Lt. Cmdr. O. B. Adams said, "We're hoping they cleared the area of violent wind before they had to- ditch, but of course we were'nt sure tey.even had a chance to ditch." 1 ' . - Salem U.R) Lt, J. Eric Tucker is being promoted to cap tain and will repIaA the late Capt. H. W. Hovrd as head of the state police arson investiga tion division, Superintendent H. G. Maison said. PRUETT Pn Stillvd Minnville and Forest Grove and became assistant professor of physics at the University of Oregon in 1920. ' In 1932 he was named Pacific director of the American me teor society. He served in World War I with a machine gun company and later was in charge of the meteorological station near Paris.. . A weekly newspaper article on astronomy by J. Hugh Pruett? who died at his home in Eugene Sunday, has been a feature of the Mail Tribune for several yean.