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BLOODY L md IU1 A On PO (US i. i "Uh Tell You What Chamber Board Favors Program With Parking Ths board of directors of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce yesterday voted to endorse and support a bond issue for an arterial stfeet program in Medford. provided the pro posal includes a specific plan for the development of off-street parking. By implication, the board Indi cated it would oppose the arterial street proposal unless the need for additional off-street parking is recognized and included.. The action was taken at the request of the Retail Merchants association of the chamber, which passed the proposal at a morning meeting and then asked the board's approval at noon. A second resolution passed by the merchants' group was pre sented for board approval. It voiced objection to the proposed eity budget for 1956-57 because it does not include funds for off street parking purposes. The board, in a voice vote, declined to endorse it. C. O. Lovejoy, chairman of the Merchants association, gave the board a history of the attempts to obtain an off-street parking program. In recent months, he said, there have been two plans: 1. The city would budget $20,000 annually from meter revenues, merchanta would vol untarily agree to a revised li cense fee to bring in another $20,000 annually, and property owners would agree to a license fee for an additional $20,000, for a total of $60,000 per year for 10 years. This would provide funds for a city parking authority or commission to set up a syste matic program of off-street park ing development. Revenues from the parking lots would increase over the years, possibly off netting some of the other rev enue sources. 2. A bond issue for $600,000, to be Included in a proposed city development program of arterial streets and sewers, total ing about $2,000,000. The $600, 000 could either be made avail able immediately, or a portion each year, for off-street parking. Lovejoy, and Otto Ewaldsen, president of the chamber who has been a member of the may or's committee investigating off street parkins, both criticized the city council for what they termed its lack of initiative and leadership in obtaining a park ing program. Ewaldsen gave a brief history of the efforts of the business and professional group to obtain council cooperation in instituting a program, and declared that General Route Freeway Location Laid Out The general route being sur veyed as possible for a west side location for the proposed freeway highway by-pass of Medford has been laid out by highway commission engineers. Much of it has been marked by red and white posus, as have the two other routes under con sideration. Near Blackw.U Hill The west side route starts in the north near the top of Black well hill, leaving, the present section of new highway which goes on to Seven Oaki corner. From there it goes in a south easterly direction, through sec tions 30. 32. a corner of 5, and 4. just west of Central Point, cross ing Willow Springs rd. and Sce nic ave. on the way. There is an interchange in section 9, for Central Point, just after it crosses Taylor rd. It then crosses Beall lane, toorhnt Lb earner of faction 1-6 I'll Settle for Half" while couneilmen individually have agreed as to its need, col lectively they have declined to take any action whatsoever. Importance of Program Lovejoy gave his group's rea sons for believing in the impor tance of such a program, includ ing the development of large parking areas at out-of-town shopping centers, the gradual elimination of street and off- street parking in the downtown area, and the subsequent threat to business activity in the city. He declared that historically when a downtown area degen erates, the city's tax burden in increasing measure falls on sur rounding residential property, and that for this reason all the citizens, not just downtown busi ness people, have a real stake in providing efficient facilities. Lovejoy said the council has. in effect, turned down the first plan, but has tentatively agreed to include the parking proposal in the overall development pro gram which it is planned to sub mit to the voters this fall. Eagle Point Voters Approve Tax Levy Eagle Point Forty-six voters of the Eagle Point school district Wednesday approved a $12,500 tax levy for completion of two new school buildings and pur chase of furniture and equip ment. There were no votes cast against the proposal. The buildings being completed are a gymnasium, cafeteria and auditorium structure and a voca tional agriculture building. School patrons previously voted $150,000 for the projects. The money has been used for con struction, purchase of land for the agriculture building, legal and architectural fees and for issuing the bonds. Construction is expected to be completed by Aug. 1 and the buildings are expected to be placed in use when school starts in September. The school board has called for bids for a 73 to 79 passenger school bus. Bids will be opened at 8 p.m. July 18 in the office of School Superintendent Glenn D. Hale. Specifications are avail able at the superintendent's office. Portland U.PJ The Oregon Bean Growers association has set a picking price of 2Vi cents a pound with a quarter-cent bo nus or an alternative of 2?i cents through the season. Being Surveyed as Possible West Side and goes diagonally through sec tion 15, crossing the Jacksonville-Central Point rd. about half-way between Ross lane and Beall lane, and then Ross lane in section 22.' It crosses the Jacksonville Medford highway in the vicinity of Oak Grove rd., where there is an interchange to give access to the highway from the city. The alignment then cuts diagon ally across Lozier lane. Cherry st., Dixie lar."! and South Colum bus ave., continues southeast about a third of a mile to the southwest of ths new Jefferson school between Kings highway and Voorhies rd. Parallels Highway It crosses Carpenter Hill rd. just west of its intersection with Voorhies rd., and parallels the present highway west of Phoe nix. It is near this point that alternative routes branch out. ooe eroMiog Is) tha east to Join Hospital Directors Plan to Award Bid For Construction Negotiations Held With Portland Firm Rogue Valley Memorial hos pital board of directors today announced plans to award the construction contract for the proposed new hospital to A. V. Peterson company of Portland, subject to approval by the U.S public health service. Peterson submitted low over-all bid of ,82,040,404. The board said through negotiations with Peterson a price of $1,938,- 000 has been established, a re duction of $102,000 through changes in certain original speci fications. Will Not Detract The Rt. Rev. Benjamin Dag well, bishop of the Episcopal dio cese of Oregon and chairman of the hospital board, said the re duction in price will not detract from the excellence of the struc ture. "What has been elimi nated." he said, "are items deem ed desirable, but not essential and which we feel can be pro vided more economically with out sacrificing either efficiency or excellence. The over-all cost of the hos pital, to be built at Barnett rd. and Murphy lane, has been esti mated at $2,555,218. Board members, who have gone over the plans and specifi cations in detail before and after bids were submitted, have agreed they should not be re duced in essentials, despite the fact that the bids were higher than originally estimated. More than $2,000,000 k al ready available. Funds came from two individual donations totaling $580,000; a Ford Foun dation grant of $26,300; funds pledged by county residents during a campaign last winter totaling $883,544, and a federal contribution under the Hill-Burton act totaling $564,000. Conferences Held The total on hand is about a half-million dollars short of the estimated total expenditure, but in conferences between board members and a few individuals assurances have been given that the prospective deficit will be covered by additional substan tial contributions. The contributors, who wish to remain anonymous, have de clared they would rather do this than lower high standards of construction which have been established. The low bidder, Peterson, told the board last week that the architect's plans and specifica tions are among the highest-qual ity and most complete he has ever seen for a comparable job. Rogers and Butler, New York City, is the architectural firm which has handled the work. A. D. Harvey of Watkins and Harvey has been employed as the local representative and to do the engineering work. High Standards Bishop Da gwell stated the board is pleased with the suc cess of the negotiations with the prospective contractor. He said the board all along has in sisted on the highest possible standards of construction to make the hospital an outstand ing medical center for southern Oregon and northern California. "It is a demonstration of what public-spirited people the con tributors, both large and small can do for the ultimate wel fare of a community," the bishop said. APPLICATION FILED Portland (U.R) Portland Gen eral Electric today filed an appli cation with the Oregon Hydro electric Commission for a state license to build the North Fork Faraday power development on the Clackamas river. by Commission Engineers the proposed east-side align ments, the other passing Talent on the west before crossing Bear Creek. The west side route is being laid out, and tentative and pre liminary cost figures are being compiled, in advance of a pub lic hearing on a freeway route which the commission will hold in Medford before a final deci sion is made. One hearing was scheduled to be held here May 24, but was postponed after active opposition to both the then-proposed routes was made known, and demands for data on the west side loca tion. The two routes under active consideration at that time were the Hillcrest line, east of town, and the Genessee line, through the lower east side of Medford. Still earlier, the commission had told plans to run the freeway down the west bank of Bear creek, but that iu abtarkmrru Medford United Presa full Leued Wire 51st Year 24 Pages Administration's Defense Plans Adequate, Wilson Tells Senators Atomic Punch Of US Air Power Said 'Fantastic' Ballistic Missiles Said Relatively Near Washington (U.R) De fense Secretary Charles E. Wil son asserted today that the ad ministrations defense program is adequate. "It would be a ser ious disservice to our country and the morale of the free world to belittle it," he said. In hard-hitting testimony be fore the Senate Air Power Sub committee, Wilson used such terms as "fantastic" and "defies the imagination" to describe the atomic punch of American air power. He said the nation can expect to have intercontinental ballistic missiles in the "relatively near future. Wilson appeared before the subcommittee on the heels of claims from Air Force com manders that America may lose its air power leadership to Rus sia in a few years. Vote More Mony Democrats have contended ad ministration policies are fritter ing away the nation's air leader ship. Only Thursday Senate- House conferees agreed to boost the Air Force budget by $900,- 000.000 despite the administra tion's claim that its original $15,- 600.000 request was adequate. Wilson, .said that evury claim the committee-heard from advo cates of more air power was carefully studied before the new defense budget was presented to Coneress last January- We deplore efforts to belittle the capacity and resolve of this government to be prepared to meet any recognized threat,' Wilson said. 'We do not need or Vnish to flaunt" American military power, he said, "But it would be a serious disservice to our country and the morale of the Free World to belittle it." Confers With Eisenhower Wilson's testimony followed a 45-minute conference with Presi dent Eisenhower Thursday dur ing which, the White House said, the President told his defense chief to "lay it on the line" at today's hearing.. Wilson testified as both houses prepared to complete action on the $34,600,000,000 defense bud get for the year starting July 1 which includes the extra $900,- 000.000 for the Air Force. The introduction of a wide variety of nuclear weapons in both strategic and tactical air forces has made the growth of air power "even more signifi cant" than has the improvement in airplanes themselves, Wilson said. . RAIL STRIKE POSSIBLE Pocatello U.R) C. W. Cor- bett, a railroad union official, said here today a strike of 500 Union Pacific railroad conduc tors and brakemen may be au thorized as a result of a break down in a dispute mediation session in Portland yesterday. after protests by residents, mem bers of Garden clubs, and others, claiming it would damage val ues at Hawthorne park. As far as can be learned from the high way department, it has not since been reconsidered. Hearing Required The commission is required by federal law to hold a hearing prior to make formal decision as to the route, since it will be constructed largely with federal funds, particularly sijice the passage of the new federal high way bill, which presumably will bring about its construction sev eral years sooner than otherwise would have been possible. No date for the hearing has yet been set. The commission has said it will set a date after alignment and cost data on the west side have been compiled. Earlier, they said the west side route was not under considera tion because of higher cost estimate. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1956 Deaths 'Into Millions' Visioned in Nuclear War Washington U.R) Chair man Clinton P. Anderson (D. N.M.) of the Congressional Atomic Energy committee said today that four hydrogen bombs exploded on the U.S. East coast would cause "deaths up into the millions." Anderson's comment followed a disclosure that the Defense de partment estimates an all-out atomic attack on Russia would cause "several hundred million deaths." The deaths would occur not only in Russia but also in Detention Afternoon Session Of County Budget Hearing Scheduled The morning session of the Jackson county budget hearing appeared relatively free of strong protest today, but lengthy discussion of the proposed juve nile detention home necessitated calling an after-lunch session. Confusion over the detention home appeared to center around the administrative wing pro posed ior the home. It was point ed out by a few attending that the public had approved $65,000 for construction of the home The proposed administrative wing, estimated to cost about $25,000, was not included in the public approved funds, it was noted. Further confusion centered on the status of the administrative portion of the building in rela tion to the rest of the building. Some were under the impression the administrative facilities would be housed in a separate structure. ine budget committee ex plained the plan called for in corporating the administrative section into the same building Speaking on behalf of th? Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, Frank VanDyke said the chamber group's legislative committee was opposed to build ing a separate administrative structure out of funds from this year's budget. He added, how ever, that the committee had not understood it was to be com bined with the detention home building. Members of the county court. who recently traveled through the state viewing similar deten tion facilities, said an adminis trative section in the same build ing was vital. Jackson County Chamber of Commerce representatives made several recommendations, among them were: 1. That the county court and budget committee give serious consideration to having ade quate personnel on duty at all hours at the county jail to per mit attorneys to contact prison ers. 2. That the budgeted item for the constable be opposed and that the constable's office be combined with the sheriff's of fice. 3. That a typist pool be con sidered for use in county of fices. The group also commended the budget committee for con solidating the general road fund with the market road fund and gave, commendation to super visors of the Jackson county farm home. The budget committee agreed to eliminate a $100 item in the district attorney's budget for tax foreclosure and to cut the budget for the board of equalization from $2,000 to $1,000. County Commissioner Chester Wendt, a member of the budget committee, proposed increased salaries for several sheriff's of fice personnel. They included increases from $4,200 to $4,620 for the first deputy, $3,960 to $4,284 for second and third deputies, $3,960 to $4,164 for fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth deputies and $3,720 to $3,960 ior ninth. lOti and 11th deputies. Allied nations surrounding the Soviet Union nations which would be subject to wind-borne radioactive fallout, a depart ment official disclosed. The release of the testimony by the Defense department brought some criticism in the Senate. Critics said it would have an adverse psychological effect internationally and tend to force foreign nations toward neutralism. Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D. Wash.) a member of both the Home Discussed Steel Truce Try Falters Ner York (U.R) A last ditch negotiating session be tween the United Steelworkers Union and the big three steel producers broke up today with no apparent progress just 36 hours before a strike deadline. Negotiators met for more than an hour. They left the meeting with grim faces. They reported "no comment" to questions on progress in over coming a deadlock on a new contract for the steel industry. Some hope was pinned on a union move to meet with the industry's ."summit" leaders and on continued 11th hour negotiating sessions. Ike Will Spend 2 Weeks at Farm Washington U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower plans to leave the hospital Saturday morning and spend "at least two weeks" convalescing at his Gettysburg, Pa., farm, the White House an nounced today. White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said so far as he knows the President "will not make a statement" when he leaves the Army's Walter Reed Medical Center about 8:30 a.m. (EDT). Reporters had asked Hagerty about a statement, on the possi bility that the President might have something to say about his second term intentions. The President entered the hos pital June 8 and underwent major surgery the following day for an intestinal block. Mrs. Eisenhower will accom pany the President to the farm. Maj. Gen. Howard McC. Sny. der, the President's personal physician, will accompany Mr. Eisenhower to Gettysburg and remain there with him. , Democratic Central Committee Meets Today The Jackson County Demo cratic Central committee will meet at 8 p.m. today at the La bor Temple, 241 South Grape st., for its biennial reorganiza tion. Bob Boyer is chairman of the committee. Members of the committee are those precinct committeemen and women who were elected in the May primary election. They have been notified of the meet ing by mail, Boyer said. Weather FORECAST: Fair U6 mild through Katurdiv.- Low to night 45. High Saturday 1. Temp. Rifheit Yesterday Lowest thif Morning - 41 Our Skies Tonight iu&rtse 447 m-i. Sunset , T:5J p.m. MoonrlM 11W pre. Last Quarter' July 1 PROMINENT CONSTELLATION Scorpio. In the jo nth 10:25 pJn. VISIBLE PLANETS Saturn, to the right of the Scorpion Jupiter, set - l:9t pjt, Man. tn loutaeut 243 turn. 'NE Price 5c No. 86 Atomic and Armed Service com mittees, said release of the testi mony was a "blunder" and "is going to hurt us all over the world. Anderson told reporters that destruction of life on such a magnitude is "technicologically possible" with the revolution in warfare caused by the H-bomb and radioactive fallout. And both the United States and Rus sia have "plenty of bombs" to cause such carnage, he said. Humane Society Members Discuss Dissolution Here The Southern Oregon Humane Society board of trustees has called a meeting of society mem bers for 10 a.m. Thursday, July 12, in the Jackson county court house auditorium to consider dissolution of the society and for providing settlements of business and disposing of prop erty. Trustees said the action is be ing considered because of in creased financial problems. Car of Animals The society, originally the Jackson County Humane So ciety, was organized in 1928 as a non-profit corporation for pro tection and care of animals. Financial support for the organi zation at first came from the state, county and the city 'of Medford, as well as fund-raising drives, individual contributions and small society income. Present financial problems trustees said, have resulted from gradual curtailment and finally the withdrawal of all financial support by the state, county and city. The problem has been further complicated, trustees said, since the formation of the United Med ford Crusade, which makes it difficult for the humane society to conduct an independent fund- raising campaign. Although the society has applied for member ship in the Crusade, trustees said, the application has been rejected and contributions from the crusade' are only those which are specifically designated for the humane society. Insufficient Income Trustees noted the society must depend upon its own in come, earned through boarding dogs and performance of similar services, plus contributions from a small group of individuals. In come from the sources, they said, is not sufficient to meet ex penses, and there is no relief in sight. Trustees concluded there is no alternative but to discontinue the operation and dissolve the society. If members concur with trustees, assets of the society will be sold, and after payment of expenses and liabilities, re maining funds will be dis tributed to some other charitable organization. ,. July 4 Celebration Tickets Available Tickets are available from YMCA members and several Medford businesses for the $1,200 fireworks display at the Medford High school stadium July 4. The eHsplay, sponsored by the YMCA to raise money for the YMCA camp, has been approved by state and city fire marshals. Featured in the show will be Niagara Falls, witch on a broom. swimming fish, the battle of Guam and other displays. Prior to the display the Med ford fire department will hold demonstration, followed by a tug-of-war between the fire de- partateni ao4 sokes ifrtr,r Order Returns Slowly in City Raked by Rioters 38 Persons Killed, Government Reports Poznan, Poland -flJ.R) Gun fire crackled in the streets of Poznan until morning to.Jay but the Polish Army slowly restored order and crushed anti-government riots which caused more than 300 casualties. The rest of the country was quiet. Police imposed a curfew from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. to keep the streets of Poznan clear of resi dents. Members of the armed forces and the militia crowded the thoroughfares. The government reported 38 persons killed and 270 wounded, including rioters. Communist of ficials and troops in the uprising that started Thursday morning with a strike. Outbreak Crushed Order returned slowly. Shops that had closed because of strikes and disorders were be ginning to reopen. Troops crushed the major part of the outbreak late Thursday night after daylong clashes. But shots continued to sound through the streets of the indus trial city after midnight, finally ceasing this morning. The' gunfire took the major toll in casualties. t Thirteen more persons died than in the last major uprising in Eastern Europe, the East Ber-, lin workers' rebellion June 17, 1953. Officials in both Washington and London doubted that the uprising was anything more than a demonstration. They said they did not expect a full seal re volt Other Revolts Reported Earlier dispatches received in Berlin quoted eyewitnesses as saying the disorders had spread. The Communist press and ra dio reported the incident Mos cow radio broke a night long si lence on the Poznan troubles calling them a "hostile provoca tion committed by imperialist agents." . The broadcast was heard in London. In Berlin, it was reported that anti - Communist demonstrations .also had occurred in the Soviet occupied Baltic states of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania. Anti- Communist uprisings also were reported in Tibet The Poznan uprising began as a general strike by workers. It spread like a prairie fire across the city. Tens of thousands of Poles surged through the city, tore down Communist flags, at tacked Communist headquarters and government buildings, and shouted for the Russians to get out of Poland. National Guardsmen To Return Saturday About 200 Medford National Guardsmen from Headquarters and Headquarters company and Company A, both of the 1st bat talion, 186th infantry regiment of the 41st division, are expected to return from two weeks sum mer encampment at Ft. Lewis, Wash, about 12:30 p.m. Satur day. Guardsmen left for the annual encampment June 16 by special train. They will return by spe cial train from the northeast sec tion of Ft Lewis. Training included weapon fami liarization, marksmanship, map reading, combat techniques and other basic skills in addition to a field exercise. Highlighting the training was the annual Gover nor's day review parade honor ing governors of both Washing ton and Oregon. Uranium Prospector Pilches Tent on Main Klamath Falls Street Klamath Falls .U.R) A de termined unanium prospector who has staked a claim at' Klamath Falls' main down town intersection ioday de fied threats of police to evict him from his tent pitched at Ninth and Main sts., here. Miner Earl Sheridan stood guard at his tent flaps with a doubU-barreUd shotgun and police kept their distance. Sheridan said bs believes there are valuable uranium deposits under ih intersec tion and he clainis mineral rights as an heir of George Num. founder of Linkville, which later became Klamath Falls. A certificate from the county derk's office for a claim file is posted ia front of Sheri dan's downtown tent. - SUPPORT CLAIMED Washington (U.R) Sens. KtM sell B. Long claimed substantial support in both parties today for one more major effort to make a whopping cut in the Senate's: MJ ULios Jofftig aid failL 1
