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To Second' 1 SSDD Erast'eied; ta (DM J- Jfc ' , '"'tjnfXaPfW ft' " rffitrfLiiA ... ri Third Storm Shifts From Rogue Valley; 'Mop Up' Continues Orchardists, fire fighters, power and telephone linemen and residents of southern Ore gon heaved sighs-of relief last night when the weather bur eau's prediction didn't come true A severe electrical and wind storm was anticipated here last night, with force similar to the storms of Sunday and Monday rights which destroyed about $1.5 million dollars worth of Dears in Jackson county, touched off more than 100 small forest fires and downed countless pow er and telephone lines through out southern Oregon. . " Storm Move Weather observers said the storm, previously forecast for this area last night and tonight moved southwest over the Pa cific ocean. Fair weather with variable high cloudiness is the prediction for Wednesday and Thursday. Fruit growers considered loss from Monday's storm the worst experienced here in some time. D'Anjous were the hardest hit, though all varieties suffered to varying extents; Areas east ot Phoenix and the entire west side of the county apparently receiv ed the most damage. Overall crop loss in the county was esti mated at 8 to 10 per cent. Under Control S. T. Moore, fire control offic er for the Rogue River National Forest land, said all but one of the 49 fires set by the two elec trical storms on national forest land are now under control. Fire fighters have been unable to, get one fire, but it is "just smould rins and not spreading," he said. Curt Nesheim, southwest dis trict warden for the state for estry department, listed about 65 fires in the Rogue valley on state protected land in Jackson county. He said" crews are still working on a number of fires. but all are under control. About 70 men, most of them forest service personnel, battled fires on Rogue forest land and approximately 125 men worked ' on state protected land. Twenty men were brought in from Camp Aboretum at Corvallis and 15 from Hunter and Best Lumber company and Bennett Logging company to assist fire fighting crews. Moore and Nesheim agreed, "ail in all, the boys did a mighty fine job." Frank Benesh. district manag er of Copco, reported the last of the customers without electri city had service restored by 9 p.m. Tuesday, but further trou ble was reported at Phoenix, and repair crews worked in that area until midnight. He said for the next two or three days crews will be making permanent re pairs to lines where temporary repairs were made earlier in order to restore service. , Pacific Telephone and Tele graph, company officials said most of the telephone service knocked out by the storms was restored by 7 p.m. Tuesday. One cable at Central Point, serving about 60 customers, and another small one at Medford. serving about 20 customers, were still unrepaired this morning. They were expected to be repaired to day. Weather FORECAST: Fair with variable high rlaodlntM through , Thursday. Low tonight $1. Hlrb ThmMUy 95. Hirhr$t yntrilav 9! Lowfst this morning .. 58 Preripitation to 4:311 .m. today trace Our Skies Tonight Sunrise Sunset .. ,.7:02 p.m. m. , 7:16 pan. Moon rise Last Quarter Aug. 28 MARS, rising at 8:41 p.m. goes around the Sun every 687 days. Now about 128 million miles from the Sun. it la mnrh nearer the Earth. Heine les than 37 million miles from us tonight. 4&t in, A S M WIND DAMAGE Monday's el ectrical and wind storm in the Rogue valley left a trail of dam age, with fruit growers in Jack son county losing 8 to 10 per cent of their pear crop. About 1,000 pears were lying under tree in top photo. Trees were also- blown down all over the valley, knocking out power and telephone lines. Photo at right, taken by Mike Hartly, Civil Air Patrol cadet, shows a Medford Air Service plane upset by the storm. The storms on both Sun day and Monday were the most violent and damaging in recent years in the valley, both inside the city, where firemen an swered some 50 alarms in a half hour period, and throughout the agricultural areas and forests of the county. . iMHifflswpininHan Water Fluoridation To Go Before Voters The Medford city council last night voted to let the voters of Medfprd decide whether or not fluorides should be added to Medford city water as a dental health measure. . It passed two ordinances, one of which if approved by the voters would direct the water commission to add tiny amounts of fluoride to municipal water supplies. The other established a ballot title for the proposal, which will be presented to the voters at the Nov. 6 general elec tion. ' ' Vote Desired Both supporters of the pro posal and those against are on record as desiring a public vote on the matter. , , . The two ordinances were pre sented to the council last night by Dr. E. W. Sickels. 2608 Jack son dr.. Dr. John Brandenburg, Brookdale rd.. and H. Dewey Wilson, 945 Mt. Pitt ave. They were accompanied by petitions bearing 1,408 names asking that fluoridation be approved. Endorsements Shown The petitioners also presented a number of endorsements of fluoridation, passed by many local organizations, and support ting data listing the approval of a long list of medical and dental organizations. The issue of fluoridation has Two Drivers Fined In District Court Danial Jack Pruitt. Hollywood Orchards, and Clifford Albert Keeton, 1691 South Peach, plead ed guilty in district court to day to charges of driving while intoxicated. Both were sentenced by Dis trict Judge Rawles Moore to 30 days in jail, $255 fine, and driver's license suspended for 90 days. Bulletin London (U.PJ Egypt suddenly let it be known, to night that she is willing to ne gotiate the Suez Canal dis pute, but only if Britain and Franc call off their military buildup in the Middle East. (Sm Slot? Pag i ) .w. - i r r srs 4. V been involved in controversy In many cities across the United States. Medical and dental aui thorities are almost unanimous in approving it, saying it reduces the number of cavities in the teeth of children up to 65 per cent. Opponents have protested that the controlled experiments with fluoridation have not been conclusive, that it is therefore unproven and may be dangerous. Neuberger Rejects Ride at Pendleton Portland (U.R) Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) said today he had turned down an invita tion to ride in the annual West-ward-Ho parade at the Pendle ton Round-Up. Neuberger said. "I never have approved of the manner in which some political figures in our state attempt to make personal political capital out of such events as the Pendleton Round Up and the Portland Rose Fes tival." In a letter to Finis Kirkpat-' rick Round -Up president, he added "These historic and civic occasions should not be mixed with partisan politics. I would be less than honest if I partici pated in the Westward-Ho parade." I I fair Tyy t. - ?" f Two Rural Fire District Officers Quit in Protest Central Point David L. De- Armond and Lawrence Hull, di rectors of the Central Point Rural Fire Protection district, yesterday submitted their resig nations from the board, effective Aug. 31. In identical letters addressed to "Board Chairman Bert Smith, the directors said their action "is taken in protest to your continu ing opposition to every small de tail that the board takes action on as a whole. Also, you have seen fit to continuously bring in men who have little or no inter est in fire protection except to oppose any expenditures made. These taxpayers seem to know more about the operation of the fire department than the men who have been doine it for three fii four rears, and I petsoaa0irJisover said. Nixon Called To Father's Bedside; Condition Critical Engagements Cancelled At S. F. Convention Whittier, Calif. (U.R) Vice President Richard M. Nixon ar rived' here today to be at the bedside of his father who is in critical condition from an ar terial condition resulting in in ternal bleeding. Frank M. Nixon, 78, the vice president's father was stricken about 4 a.m. with what the fam ily doctor described as a "dissect ing aneurysm of the aorta" in the abdomen. Condition Critical "Mr. Nixon's condition is crit ical and actually is a splitting of the layers of the wall of an ar tery," said the physician, who did not wish his name to be used. "The patient suffers excruci ating pain as the blood is forced through thf layers of the vessels and nothing can be done to re lieve the damaged tissue, he said. "All we can do is pray," the doctor said. The elder Nixon was not hos pitalized at his own personal re quest. Vice President Nixon who talked with the doctor this morn ing asked that the family phy sician take complete charge as a "personal request. Cancels Engagements The emergency trip came sev eral hours before the GOP Con vention convened to select a vice presidential nominee. Nixon was considered certain to win the nomination again. Nixon cancelled all of his en gagements for the day. . , His office said it did not know when he would be able to return to the convention. Child Electrocuted Tuesday Afternoon Carolyn Mae Hedges, 3-year- old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin' Hedges, route 2, box 248, Medford, was apparently electrocuted about 2 p.m. Tues day, Deputy Coroner Joe R Hosick reported today . Hosick said two 10-year-old boys discovered the body lying near an electric irrigation pump at the Bernard Gunn residence, route 2, box 248-E, Medford. The boys, George B. Gunn Jr., 342 Berrydale rd., and Bernard Gunn Jr., ran to Bernard's mother and told her the girl had been hurt. The Gunns rushed her to a Medford physician's office, where she was pronounced dead on arrival. There were no wit nesses to the accident, Hosick said. i The coroner's office was called shortly after 4 p.m. and county and state police officer's were also notified. The child was born May 26, 1953. In addition to her parents, she is survived by two brothers, Teddy and Dale, and one sister, Deborah, all living at home. Funeral services are pending at Conger-Morris Funeral home. McAllister Mentioned To Succeed Latourette Salem (U.R) Several prom inent Oregon attorneys were be ing mentioned today as possibili ties to succeed Supreme Court Justice Earl Latourette whose funeral was held yesterday. Names included George Rho ten, Salem, state bar president; Eugene Marsh, McMinnville, for mer state senator; and William McAllister, Medford, former leg islator. Gov. Elmo Smith has indicated no appointment will be made un til he returns from the Repub lican national convention in San FraciscO. feel that if they want to, they can do it. Fife Chief J. R. Krupp Jr., and Assistant Chief Harry Tonn previously have resigned, also effective Aug. 31. following a dispute over policy and the chief's request for a contract with the district. Smith was not available imme diately for comment on the res ignations. The other two board members,-, Claude Hoover. White City, and Dr. Alvin Roberts, Central Point, had no comment to make "at this time." L. C." Lisenbee, who has been with the department for five years, takes over as chief on Fri day, when Krupp will go on va cation for a week before his res ignation becomes' effective, 51st Year Medford United Press Full jueased Wire 26 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1956 No. 131 Local Voters To Consider Major Improvement Plan S2,871,000PIan Contains Four Separate Elements Streets, Sewers, Parking Included A $2,871,000 capital improve ment program for Medford was approved by the city council last night. It will be submitted to the voters at the Nov. 6 general elec tion. There are four elements to the proposal, which will be submit ted as separate items to the vot ers. They are: (1) A $1,656,000 program for the development and improve ment of arterial streets; (2) A $380,000 program for ex tension of the city's storm sewer system; (3) A $114,000 program for ex tension and improvement of the The Medford city council, in one of its busiest sessions in recent months, last night: Approved and submitted to the voters a $2,871,000 capital improvement program for Medford, for arterial streets, storm and sanitary sewers and off-street parking; Referred to the voters the question of fluoridation of city water as a denial health measure; Appro y sd one small annexa tion for election Nov. 6; Contracted with a firm ef planning consultants for ad vice in city planning; Completed a long list of more routine business. Stories on these will be found elsewhere on Page 1, and on Page 10. city's sanitary sewer system, and (4) A $721,000 self-liquidating program for the acquisition and development of off-street park ing facilities in the- downtown area. Accept Report The council's action followed its acceptance of a report from the council finance committee which recommended a combina tion of short-term general obli gation and revenue bonds, con tinuing tax levies, and downtown property assessments to finance costruction. The finance commit tee had studied several other methods of paying for the pro gram before making its recom mendation. Under the program as adopted, general obligation bonds, for the street, sewer and parking pro posals would total $615,000. The continuing levy for the street program and the two sewer pro posals WOUld total ?1,B3D,UUU. Anticipation revenue from park ing meters, plus assessments, would provide the rest of the needed money, or $421,000. Break-Down Given This is how the financing pro posal breaks down on the four sections pf the overall program: Off-street parking: General ob ligation, bonds (10 years) which will be self-liquidating, u to $300,000; revenue bonds, up to $200,000; assessment of one- third of the cost of the program against- benefited downtown property. It would be adminis tered by a newly created city parking commission. . Arterial streets: General obli gation bonds, (10 years), up to $220,000; annual levy of $143, 000 for 10 years. Storm seers: General obliga tion bonds (six years), up to $95, 000; annual levy of $47,500 for six years. Sanitary sewers: Annual tax levy of $19,000 for six years. Details of the program have been worked out over a period of more than a year. Members of the council have stated that such a program offers Medford its best chance to meet the needs of a city whichr has grown remark ably during the past 20 years, and which is inadequately served at present. Continuing popula tion growth, both within and without the city limits make the program a virtual necessity, they Add About 10 Mills The entire program would add about 10 mills to the city's taxes, the finance committee report es timated, an amount which would decrease as the tax base broad ens. Th off-street parking proposal contemplates no addition to city j taxes taU,askiesetupto pay "Act Dignified Look Alert And Remember, We're All -Very, Very Proud Of Richard Nixon" Consultant Contract Approved The Medford city council last night accepted a planning com mission recommendation to en ter into contract with the.Hahn, Wise and Associates consulting service of . . Redwood. Calif., jointly with the planning com mision, for a six months period. The contract calls for $300 a month to be paid the firm, plus eight cents a mile travel ex penses to and from Medford. Duties Outlined The consulting service will assign a man to work four days a month on Medford planning Fair to Get Early Start Tomorrow The Jackson county 4-H and Future Farmers of America fair will get an early start Thursday morning with fat stock being weighed at 6 a.m., followed by swine judging and sheep show manship at 9 a.m., beef judging and sheep judging at 10:30 a.m., with swine showmanship in the evening at 7 o'clock. Tonight at 7 p.m. beef show manship champions will be shown. Besides the livestock division at the fair the home economics exhibits are also on display. A total of 231 exhibits in this di vision were judged yesterday. Attendance at the fair has been good, according to the fair officials, with a steady stream of visitors at the fairgrounds. Voters Consicferng Irrigation District : Polls will remain open until 5 p.m. today at the Talent Irriga tion District office m Talent for landowners in the TID to accept or reject a repayment contract between their district and the federal government. The contract provides that the district repay $5,800,000 to the government over a period of up to 60 years. This represents a lit tle more than one-quarter of the total cost of the Talent reclama tion project now underway, s Salem U.R) A sheriff can not be required to participate in the foreclosure of a chattel mortgage except as specifically provided by law, according to Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton. for itself out of meter revenues over a period of 10 or more years. In effect, the city lends its credit for the program, but will be reimbursed from reve nues without the necessity of ad ded taxes. ; Rates on 254 present down town parking meters, however, would be increased to 5 cents for 30 minutes, and an hour'would be added, beteen 5 and 6 p.m., to the time meter regulations are in effect. Details of the four-phase pro posal will be reported in full in the Mail Tribun prior to tht lection. , Price 5c Tribune United Press Full Leased Wir Service problems. Two of the our days the firm will meet with the city planning commission to make recommendations regarding or ganizational procedure and operation of the city planning commission, make field trips, draft property lines for planning purposes, maice a complete iana use inventory of the city and fringe area, review the street and highway plan and work to ward development of a public works program and recommend revisions in the subdivision or dinance. Ordinance Adopted Also on the recommendation of the planning commission, the council adopted an ordinance proposing a charter amendment and adopting ballot title for the annexation of blocks 7 and 10 and portions of streets of Siski you heights extension, now sur rounded by the city, to be sub mitted to Medford voters in the Nov. 6 general elections. Driver in Fatal Car Accident Due in Court Carl Wallace McMillan, 50, route 2, box 816, Central Point, will be tried before a district court jury tomorrow on a charge of driving while under the in fluence of intoxicating liquor, according to District Attorney Walter Nunley. ' McMillan was the driver of a car which struck a jeep contain ing members of the Arthur Han shew family, 211Vj North Co lumbus ave.. last July 21. Eight-week-old Michael Elmer Han shew was killed in the accident and others in the family suffered injuries. Crater Lake Area Crash Kills Doctor Klamath Falls (U.R) Dr. Xavier de Donate of Seattle was killed and his friend, Dr. Enza Marselli Sarto, also of Seattle, was. injured when their north bound car struck a truck, on Crater Lake junction today. The Seattle bound car, with Dr. Sarto at the wheel, was fol lowing a truck and crashed into it when it made a lefthand turn. The truck was driven by Wil liam Zumbrun, Fort Klamath rancher. Prestwick, Scotland U.R) A twin-engined aircraft with two men aboard was reported miss ing over the North Atlantic to day between Iceland and Scot land.. Salem-4U.R) Aug. 28 is the deadline for candidates to file arguments for the voters' pamphlet ' for the November election. BASEBALL AMERICAN Cleveland 2 S 2 New York 0 Wynn and Hegan; Sturdi vast aad Bexra, Surrender Comes After Conference ;N With President Stassen 'Convinced,' Eisenhower Declares San Francisco (U.R) Har old E. Stassen today abandoned his campaign to prevent Vice President Richard M. Nixon's re; nomination. Stassen went all the way right over to Nixon's side. He arranged to make a seconding speech at the Republican Na tional Convention today in be half of Nixon. Stassen's surrender was an nounced by President Eisenhow er at a special news conference. A story on Herbert Hoover's address at the Republican Nat i o n a 1 Convention, and a story by Robert Dickey, Med ford attorney who is an alternate delegate, ap pear on page 5. That made it unanimous for the Eisenhower-Nixon ticket. All that remained for the Republi can National Convention to do was to formalize the choice in a balloting session starting at 2:30 p.m. (PST). Throws In Towel Stassen, whose dump Nixon drive never got anywhere, threw in the towel at a 10-minute con ference with Mr. Eisenhower this morning. The President himself announced the surrender at a news conference called' with dra matic suddenness at his head quarters hotel. The 46-year-old Nixon was not on hand to witness Stassen's ac ceptance of defeat. Early today he received a telephone call that his ailing 77-year-old father, Frank, had taken a sudden turn for the worse and was in a crit ical condition, Nixon flew to' his father's bed side in suburban Los Angeles. It was not known whether he would be able to return to the convention for Thursday's ses sion at which he and Mr. Eisen hower were scheduled to make their acceptance speeches. Mr. Eisenhower's announce ment was the most dramatic event of this conventino. Stassen had doggedly stuck to his fight to get the Republicans to nomin ate Massachusetts Gov. Christ ian A. Herter for the ticket's No, 2 spot. Stassen Chastened He kept at it even though Herter refused to let his name go before the convention. He had hoped Mr. Eisenhower might do or say something after his flight here Tuesday night that would put some life into the dump Nixon drive. The president didn't do that. and this morning a chastened Stassen went before him to con fess error. Mr. Eisenhower said Stassen had become convinced that the mass of GOP delegates are for Nixon and that "the best service" Stassen can now per form is to support the obvious winner. It appeared certain that Con vention Chairman Joseph W. Martin Jr. will permit Stassen, not a delegate, to second Nixon's nomination this evening. The President explained that Stassen wants to do this "in order to get his own position clear" to the delegates. Stassen ficured, the President said, that this would be "the best way" he could show his "enthusiastic support for the ticket." Stassen's surrender left the convention with no trace of an organized attempt to get Nixon. A supporter of California Gov. Goodwin J. Knight had talked of putting him m nomination for Nixon's spot, but Knight said no. Wants GOP Congress Mr. Eisenhower also urged the election of a GOP Congress. "I believe that . . . our country will be best served when both the White House and Congress are run by men of the same, party. If there is a Republican President, then I think there should be a Republican Con gres." , As to attacks levelled against him at the Democratic National Convention last week, Mr. Eisen hower said "I don't believe that kind of attack will do anything but rebound on the people who make it." Mr. Eisenhower stressed that he and Nixon had wanted this to be an open convention with; no suggestion of a "freezeout." He said if any others had ex-, pressed a desire to be a candidate for the vice presidential nomina tion he "certainly" would have listened "to their case." Not being a delegate himself,' the President said, he wouldn't, express an opinion about Nixon "but I think Dick Nixon knows' what I think about him, and I think you know what I think about him.'' 1 A
