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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.
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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.
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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:
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