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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1956)
Mt last I trite -J C3 CO a S janS Communist Troop ti&f EEiZff' ' 'Of b-s 'CV- TAX STATEMENTS The mated 33.578 Jackson county tax statements for the 1956-57 fiscal year were expected to be in the mail yesterday. Shown preparing the statements for mailing are, left to right, Mrs. Delpha Offcnbacher, county court secre- Chamber of Commerce Board Recommends Bear Creek Line The board of directors of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce this morning voted to recommend to the highway commission the Bear Creek route for a new Highway 99 freeway in this area. Only one member dissented. The vote came on adoption of the chamber's highway commit tee report and recommendation favoring the Bear Creek route over the other three suggested routes those on the West Side; on the East Side in the Hillcresl area; and along the Gennessce st. -Cottage st. line in east Med ford. The highway committee's re port, as adopted, said that less residential property would be disturbed by the Bear Creek route than by the others, that fewer acres of producing orch ards would be eliminated, and that the other types of agricul- tural land disturbed by a Bear Creek location are of lesser value than those which would be harmed by the other loca tions. Flooding Menace The report discounted the menace of flooding of the Bear Creek route, saying straighten ing and channeling of the creek, as part of the highway construc tion, would alleviate this dan ger. The route would do less damage by diagonal separation of existing properties, the report said. The report also declared the Bear Creek route (in which the four-lane freeway would be built at about high-water level along the east side of the creek and the west side of Hawthorne park) would create less of a "barrier" to cast-west traffic than would the Gennesse route. Either the Hillcrest or West Side routes would make neces sary added costs to the city in constructing streets and roads giving access to the freeway, the report said, and it added that the Hillcrest route would prove damaging to the new Rogue Valley hospital now un der construction on Barnctt rd. It also pointed out the West ''Side route would be an esti mated $4 million more expen sive than any of the other three. The committee report also recommended to the commis sion, if the Bear Creek route is finally selected, that homes and businesses along Hawthorne street bordering the present park be purchased and convert ed to park use to compensate for the park area used by the freeway. Report Presented The report was presented to the board by Paul Rynning. chairman of the highway com mittee and county engineer. Construction City Sewer System Starts Phoenix Construction start ed this week on the Phoenix sewer system, according to may or Dan Adams. The work is being done at the Coleman creek crossing, at the north end of town, where Phoe nix will connect with the South Bear creek system, and where a master meter will be installed. The south Bear creek system ' is complete except for the sy phon at Barnett rd. When the work is finished at Coleman creek crossing the trenching will begin for the 24. 834 feet of six to 12 inch pipe to be installed throughout the city. There will be approxi mately 300 connections made as the line is put in and plans call for 70 manholes in the system. The cement pipe being used last of an esti- tary, Mrs. Joan Support was voiced for the rec ommendation by the Retail Merchants association, and by the irrigation districts of the area. Sole dissent to the Bear Creek recommendation was made by Eric Allen Jr., who stated that I any of the four routes will cause hardship to some people, but that the Bear Creek route, I four lanes wide, would inevit ably create a division in the city, providing a hindrance to proper urban development in the future, both inside and out side the present city limits. Allen said it would prevent Bear Creek from eventually be ing developed as a park strip through the city. He also de clared he believed that tourists on the Hillcrest route would SENATOR CHAVES Public Works Committee Ivy i M v1- i A One-Day Hearing on Flood Control Friday A one-day senate interior and public works committee hearing will be held in the federal court room in the Medford postoffice building at 10 a.m. tomorrow. The hearing, which is on flood control of Rogue River, will be conducted by Sen. James Mur ray (D-Mont.), chairman- of the interior committee, and Sen. Dennis Chaves (D-N.M.). chair man of the public works com mittee. Today the joint committee is conducting a hearing in Klam ath Falls relating to the end of federal control over the Klam ath Indians. The hearing here of Phoenix is a new type, especially design ed for sewer use. and features rubber sealer rings. It will be furnished by a local company as it is needed. Total cost of the system, in cluding engineering, construc tion and supervision will be about $90,000. according to Har vey and Watkins, construction engineers. Property owners will be as sessed S3. 65 per front foot, and will be able to either pay the amount in a lump sum. or over a period of 10 years. Trunk lines in the city will be financed by bonds issued to the city of Phoe nix. No estimate could be made as to when the Phoenix system would be ready to use, Mayor Adams said. Bailey, Mrs. Ilene Bogcner and Miss Delia Mast, tax department em ployees. The four have been working on the project since Monday. To be eligible for the 3 per cent discount, residents must pay their taxes on or before Nov. 15. find it, and therefore the city, more attractive, and would be more apt to stop in Medford if that route is used, than if the freeway were to cut right through town, presenting a view only of business property or the sub-standard type of develop ment which historically grows up adjacent to major highway routes. . After adopting the committee report, the board voted to have representation at the highway commission hearing on the mat ter next Thursday. It was sched uled for 10 a.m. at the county courthouse auditorium, but Mayor Earl Miller made ar rangements today to have the hearing at the Cratcrian thea ter to better accommodate the large crowd expected to attend. SENATOR MURRAY Interior Committee was requested jointly by Sen ators Wayne Morse and Richard Neuberger. Senator Neuberger is a member of both commit tees. Officers to Testify Three interior department of ficers have been designated to testify at the hearing here. They are Arthur M. Piper, U. S. Geological Survey staff scientist and chairman of the Rogue river task force survey group; O. M. Browne, bureau of recla mation, Boise, Idaho, regional project development engineer, and Doren E. Woodward, fish and wildlife service, supervisors of river basin studies for the regional office in Portland. Sev eral other witnesses are sched uled to give testimony. The bureau of reclamation, in 1950, outlined a comprehensive plan for irrigation, power and flood control development of Rogue river. When sports groups and other recreationists protest ed, the plan was shelved, and only last year a non-controversial portion of it. the Talent project, was started. Bulletin Vice President Richard Nix-' on will spend the night of Fri day, Oct. 26. in Medford, it was learned this afternoon Plans are being made for a Re publican rally and a speech by the vice president, and ten tative arrangements have been made to use the auditorium at Hedrick Junior High school. 51st Year Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 28 Pages Korean War Medal Of Honor Winner Broken lo Private Sergeant Sentenced on Charges of Disrespect Parris Island, S.C. U.R) A Korean War Congressional Med al of Honor winner was broken to private, fined and sentenced lo three months of hard labor Wednesday for drunkenness, dis respect to an officer and being AWOL. T-Sgt. Alfred Lee McLaugh lin, 28, of Leeds, Ala., holder of the nation's highest award for bravery under fire, personally presented by President Eisen hower, was tried by a four-member court-martial board. McLaughlin, credited with killing 150 enemy-soldiers' and wounding SO at Bunker Hill in Korea, pleaded guilty to two charges and was found guilty of two others. His fine was placed at $120. His bravery in firing two ma chine guns at his post despite severe wounds and blistered hands in defending the lonely outpost in Korea on the night of Sept. 4-5, 1952, won him the nation's top military honor a year later. President Eisenhower made the presentation at the White House on Oct. 27, 1953. The charges grew out of an incident last March while Mc Laughlin was stationed with a Marine Corps reserve unit at Rome, Ga. He was a member of the inspector - instructor, 4th Rifle Company. The Marine pleaded guilty of the charge of drunkenness and absence from his organization without proper authority, and he-was found guilty of disrespect to his commanding officer and a" superior non-commissioned officer. Neuberger to Speak At Esquire Tonight Sen. Richard L. Neuberger will speak In behalf of Sen. Wayne Morse at 8 p.m. today at Democratic headquarters in the Esquire theater here. Senator Neuberger, who visit ed in Ashland yesterday, is at tending a senate interior com mittee hearing, today in Klam ath Falls concerning problems relating to the end of federal control ver the Klamath In dians. He plans to return to Medford late this afternoon. Tonight's speech is open to the public. Senator and Mrs. Neuberger will be guests at a reception following his talk. Tomorrow, Senator Neuberger will attend a joint interior and public works committee hearing here concerning Rogue River basin flood control. He will give the principle ad dress at a no-host dinner at 6 p.m. tomorrow at the Medford hotel. Following the dinner. Sen ator Neuberger will go to the northern part of the state. Porter Schedules Coffee Hours in Area Charles O. Porter, Democratic candidate for congressman from the fourth district, will be in Jackson county Friday, Oct. 19, and Saturday, Oct. 20. Several coffee hours have been planned for Porter. Friday coffee hours include one at 10 a.m. at the home of Mrs. M. E. Norton in Phoenix: at 12:30 p.m., Mrs. Richard Kane, Talent: 1:30 p.m. Mrs. Al Miller, 160 Scenic dr., Ashland. Between 3 and 5 p.m. Friday, Porter will be at the home of Mrs. Edward Kelly. Mrs. Maur ine Neuberger also will be a guest of Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Kelly while Senator Richard L. Neuberger is attending a sen ate interior committee hearing in Medford. Coffee hours Saturday, Oct. 20, will be held at the home of Mrs. Ray Claflin. Phoenix, at 10 a m.: and at the home of Mrs. Mark Balfour, Medford, at 1 p.m. The coffee hours for Porter will be open to the public. Jerusalem. Israeli Sector (U.P.I Officials in Amman said the first two of a group of British Hawker Hunter jet fighters ar rived in Jordan today to strengthen British military forc es In that desert kingdom. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1956 Eisenhower Sets Campaign Speech Tonight in Portland Diplomatic Circles Predict Reshuffle In British Ministry Observers Say Failure to Strike After Suez Cause London (U.P.) Britain's 'ina bility to strike at once when the Suez crisis first broke will lead to a drastic shakeup in the Defense Ministry, political observers said today. Diplomatic circles said Britain fully intended to use force dur ing the opening days of the Suez crisis last summer but found it had no troops to do the job. Although officials deny this, increasing and apparently auth oritative reports of an impend ing reshuffle in the Defense Ministry lent strength to the reports. Added credence to the reports came Wednesday in a speech by the new chief of the British navy, who said emphasis on atomic warfare had . left Britain weak in conventional weapons. Press reports said youthful War Minister Antony Head may soon replace 65-year-old Sir Walter Monckton, who has been defense minister for only 10 months. Monckton to Step Down The London Daily Mail added today that Monckton will step down on the ground of illness and take over as paymaster general, vacant advisory post without portfolio in the cabinet. Diplomatic quarters sincerely believe that Prime Minister An thony Eden's cabinet was on the brink of ordering armed inter vention within hours after Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal. Ac cording to this theory, the idea was abandoned because of an insufficient number of troops, ships and planes within striking distance. Britain fell back, instead, on a diplomatic offensive and start ed a belated military buildup. Deer Hunter Reported Missing in County James Kennedy, about 70, has been reported three-days overdue from a deer hunting trip in the vicinity of his home near Copper about four miles south of the McKee bridge. The sheriff's office reported about noon today they had re ceived a call from a neighbor of the missing hunter, stating Kennedy left home at 2 p.m. Tuesday and has not yet re turned. State police, sheriff's deputies and forest rangers from the Star ranger station began a search early this afternoon in the vicin ity of Kennedy's home. This is the first time this sea son that a hunter has been re ported missing in Jackson county. County Republicans Visit in Portland Seven. Jackson county Repub licans are in Portland today to meet President and Mrs. Eisenhower during his campaign visit there. The delegation is headed by Mrs. Frank Bash, Medford central committee chairman, and Ben Lombard, vice chairman of the commit tee. Others are Mrs. William E. Frake, Mrs. Ernst Ruegger and Donald B. Whalin, Medford; Mrs. Lester Adams, Applegate, and E. E. Bolt, Gold Hill. The group attended a workers' rally this afternoon and had an opportunty to meet the Eisen howers. They also will attend tonight's meeting at the Civic auditorium. MEETING SLATED An open meeting of the Farm ers Home administration's farm loans will be held in room 202 in the Medford post office build ing at 10 a.m. Friday. Oct. 19, E. M. Denney, county FHA super visor has announced. The meet ing will be to acquaint farm lenders, agricultural leaders and others interested with the FHA program. PRESIDENT EISENHOWER Plugging in Oregon Seven Appearances Made This Morning In Circuit Court Seven people appeared in cir cuit court this morning to enter pleas to charges and receive sen tences. Donald LaVerne Ambuehl, 31, of 1615 Crater Lake highway. Medford, pleaded innocent to a charge of unlawful possession of narcotics. He is represented by Edward Kelly. Mrs. Bernice Phillips. 32. of 532 Pennsylvania- ave., Medford entered a plea of innocent to an indictment charging posses sion of stolen property. She is represented by A. Eugene Piazza. Lawrence Robert Stanton, 35 Portland, was sentenced to one year in the Multnomah county jail. Rocky Butte, after pleading guilty to a charge of receiving and concealing stolen property. He was represented by Robert Boyer. Suspended Sentence C. M. Northrup, 28, Vancou ver, Wash., received a suspended one -year penitentiary sentence after pleading guilty to a charge of larceny by bailee. The charge involved sale of a mortgaged range and refrigerator owned by Leonard Electric company. Cases were continued pending receipt of FBI records on Wil liam Raymond Pickett, 28, of 233 South Riverside ave., Med ford, and Ralph Amos Rodkey, 33, Kokomo, Ind. Pickett plead ed guilty to obtaining money under false pretenses, and Rod- key pleaded guilty to a charge of making a false "check to Ryan's Cleaners in Medford. Rodkey also is wanted on a fugitive warrant from Indiana, concerning another check charge. Prentice Kenneth Cox, 30, Wichita Falls, Tex., appeared for resentencing on a charge of lewd cohabitation. He was originally sentenced to one year in the Multnomah county jail. The sen tence was changed this morning to six months in the Multnomah county jail after it was found the crime carried a sentence of only six months. Ad Valorem Tax May Be Under '55 Figure Ad valorem tax on real estate in Jackson county for the 1956 57 fiscal year is expected to be 5272,636.98 under the 1955-56 figure, and total of taxes and liens is expected to be $259, 775.31 less than last year's fig ure. According to Mrs. Eva Jen nings, county assessor, last year's ad valorem tax on real estate to taled 55,110,880.47 as compared with S4.838.243.49 for 1956-57. Last year's total of taxes and liens was $5,413,239.45 as com pared with $5,153,464.14 for 1956-57. Tax funds for the 1956-57 year will be distributed through county agencies as follows: Cities. S665.867.72; water dis tricts, S34.093.95; sanitary dis tricts. S4.007.76; rural fire dis tricts. S84.041.83; county fund, $31,867.93; and schools, $2,613, 419.41. ( Price 10c fllBUNE United Press Full Leased Wira No. 179 Chief Executive, First Lady Stop En Route to L. A. GOP Expect Overflow Crowds at Auditorium By UNITED PRESS The political spotlight was again on Oregon today as the Re publican faithful awaited Pres ident Eisenhower's major cam paign spech tonight at the Port and Civic Auditorium to be televised nationally. The chief executive and Mrs. Eisenhower were due in at the Portland International Airport at 2:05 p.m. today after a speech last night at the Seattle Civic Auditorium and a visit and over night stay with the family of his brother, Edgar Eisenhower, in Tacoma. Republicans looked for large crowds in Portland. The Audi torium was expected to be crammed and arrangements were made to put up a screen outside the structure so thous ands more in the overflow crowd could see and hear the president. Overnight Stay The president and the first lady were to travel in a motor cade from the airport to down town Portland and then through the streets of the downtown area. President and Mrs.' Eisen hower will stay over night in Portland before flying to Los Angeles and elaborate plans have been made for their com fortable stay in the presidential suite at the Multnomah hotel. (See Story on Page 8) 15, County Youths To Attend PIL Show Fifteen Jackson county 4-H club members will leave Med ford at 9:30 a.m. Friday to at tend the Pacific International Livestock show in Portland, Oct. 20-27. Livestock to be entered in the show will leave Medford at 6:30 a.m. tomorrow. The judging team will return on Sunday, Oct. 21, and other exhibitors will return Wednesday, Oct. 2. The group will be accompa nied by Miss Marjorie Hattan and Glenn Klein, county 4-H agents. Americans, German Share Nobel Prize Stockholm. Sweden (U.R) A German doctor who discovered a new method of diagnosing heart and pulmonary ailments and two American physicians who brought the method to a high state of perfection were jointly awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize for Medicine today. Prof. Dickinson W. Richardson, 60-year-old professor of medi cine at Columbia University, French-born Dr. Andre Cournand, 61, his associate for 25 years at Columbia, and Germany's 52-year-old Dr. Werner Forssman, shared the S38.633 prize. Their method involves catheterization of the heart the slipping into the heart of a tube which permits study of the internal conditions and enhances the value of diagnosis. The medical profession has called it a milestone of medical progress. Rn AM A LHP I Lv? i Berlin Newspapers Report Unrest In City of Magdeburg Red Spokesman Denies ' Disturbance in Factory Berlin (U.PJ East German Communists have rushed troops to the city of Magdeburg to meet labor unrest and strikes, re ports reaching West Berlin said today. The reports were given by the West Berlin newspaper Der Tag and by the West Berlin organiz ation known as the Free Jurists Investigating Committee. , But the reports of strikes were vague and contradictory, and they were doubted by the major ity of West Berlin organizations with underground links to the Soviet Zone. Workers Object to Work Der Tag said 2,000 members of the Communist Police Army were rushed from East Berlin to Magdeburg Wednesday after workers objected to new work quotas that called for higher production at less pay. The newspaper said produc tion at Megdeburg's Karl Marx heavy machinery factory had come almost to a standstill. Po lice and soldiers were patrolling the plant. Both Der Tag and the Free Jurists said the protests were caused by the industrial speed up. It was just such a speedup that led to the Poznan riots in Poland last June 28 and the re volt in East Germany on June 17, 1953. Plant Cut Off The Free Jurists, considered . reliable group with excellent in telligence sources, said "strong units'' of Red people's police were at not only the Karl Marx factory but also the Thaelmann plant in Magdeburg. It said the Thaelmann factory was cut off completely from the outside world. The United Press reached spokesman for the Works Coun cil for the Karl Marx factory by telephone in Magdeburg. "We have seen the report in Der Tag and is is completely in correct," he said. "There Is ab solutely no unrest in our factory, and the report that troops ere being rushed to quell disturb ances in Magdeburg is certainly untrue." Weather FORECAST: Clearing tonight. Becoming foggy early Friday, clearing by nitdmorning. In cr canine cloudiness Friday afternoon. Rain late Friday or earlv -Saturday. Low to night 38-40. High Fndav 2. Temp. Highest Yesterday 78 Lowest this Mornfnc 51 Our Skies Tonight Prw, to 10 a-m. Today JZ Sunrise a-m. Sunset 5:24 p.m. The nearly Full Moon riei 4:43 p.m. and makes things noticeably brighter tonight. Yet the Earth on a clear day receive at much heat and light from the Sun In ibout 13 seconds ai It does .'rom the Moon in an entire year.
