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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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. ,
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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.''
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