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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1957
No. 243
Med
NOREEM KELLY
New Municipal Judge
Appointments
Listed by Mayor
Mayor John Snider today announced his list of appointments
to unpaid city offices, and released a review of policies which he
and the city council have adopted to guide their operations during
the coming two years.
The appointees are all people not now serving on the unpaid
boards and commissions of the city, in line with the previously
announced plan to make no reappointments in an attempt to have
mora citizens actively engaged in city government.
Appointments subject to city council approval will be submit
ted to the council at the year's first council meeting at 7:30 p.m.
today. '
The one paid position subject to appointment is municipal
Judge, and the mayor announced that Miss Noreen Kelly will serve
In the post for a one-year term. She succeeds James Main.
Longtime city officials believe she is the first woman to hold
the position in Medford's history, and is one of very few women
in the state holding judicial office. Miss Kelly, an attorney, is in
practice here with her father. Edward C. Kelly, and resides at the
family home, 906 West Fourth st. The position, a part-time one,
pays S1.872 per year.
Paul Selby, who was defeated
by Snider in the mayoralty elec
tion, was named to a four-year
term on the planning commis
sion, as was Hugh Coleman, of
Crater Lake Motors. They suc
ceed Mrs. O. A. Eden and Henry
Fisher.
Joe Clark, 827 Park st., was
named to a six-year term on the
civil service commission, suc
ceeding Emerson Merrick.
Budgtt Committer
Three new members of the cit
izens' budget committee were
named to three-year terms. They
are Tony Manno, 646 South Hol
ly St., Howard Boyd, 431 Haven
t., and John Smith, 127 Keene
Way dr. Retiring members are
Darrell Miller. Jack Creager and
Floyd Watkins.
Two new members were
named to four-year terms on the
library board. They are Mrs. Le
land Mentzer, 703 West Second
St.. and Elliott Becken, 1211
Queen Anne ave. They succeed
Mrs. V. Ward Hammond and
Mrs. Una B. Inch.
Chester Hubbard, 2451 Lyman
ve., was named to a five-year
term on the water commission,
succeeding Eugene Thorndike.
The , Medford state athletic
commission, which supervises
boxing and wrestling contests
within the city, has five mem
bers, all serving one-year terms.
The new members are Ed Milne,
2004 Hillcrest; Bob Dickey, 53
Modoc ave.; Dick Jewett, 921
Winchester St.; Tony Boitano,
1710 East Main St., and Dr. Rus
sell Barnes. 2210 Hillcrest. Out
going members are George Por
ter. E. C. Jerome, Dr. W. G.
Bishop, Rudy Sleight and L. C.
Taylor.
Successful Transition
Mayor Snider's statement
pointed out that during the past
two years there has been a suc
cessful transition from the
mayor-council form of govern
ment to the city manager form,
as the result of a vote by Med
ford residents. He added:
"A point has now been reached
where the city council can and
will act as a board of directors in
setting policy, hiring the city
manager, and enacting required
legislation. The city manager
will be responsible to the city
council for the broad assignment
of carrying out council policy,
effective administration of city
business, and enforcement of all
ordinances.
On Committee
"As the new administration
commences, the mayor and coun
cil will function as one commit
tee, replacing the numerous con
mittees previously employed
when the council was required to
be administrative . . ."
A few council committees are
required by the charter, the
mayor said, and he appointed
them as follows:
Executive committee, all coun
cil members serving in rotation,
Councilmen Don Hansen and
Robert Van Sickle during January-
The mayor also serves as a
member of the executive com
mittee, which gives the city
manager advica on council think
ing between meetings.
Finance committee: Council
man Paul Meyers, as permanent
chairman. Other members will
serve in rotation. Serving during
the first council meeting period
will be Ed Hall and Al Bradford.
Streets, Roads '
Streets and roads committee:
Hanson will be chairman.
Councilman James Dunlevy
and Mayor Snider will form a
committee to plan for city par
ticipation in Student Govern
ment day.
Mayor Snider said that retir
ing councilman Harold Frye has
been asked to represent the city
council on the Civil Air Patrol
advisory board, and Councilman
Fred Robinson has been desig
nated to represent the council in
matters pertaining to the Med
ford Ministerial association.
Policy File
Mayor Snider added:
"The council, working with
the city manager, will prepare a
policy file to cover all situations
requiring routine handling. The
mayor and council will respect
and cooperate with the commit
tees, boards and commissions
regulated by the council. All
such agencies will be encouraged
to do a job of broad planning for
the betterment of the commun
ity. The same cooperation will
be extended to neighboring
cities, county offices and agen
cies, and state legislators and
other officials.
"The council, with the city
manager, will proceed at once to
make the improvements voted at
the last election. This includes
me arterial street program,
storm sewer program and sani
tary sewer program."
Meeting Tonight
In tonight's meeting, council
men will consider an ordinance
providing for the issuance of
parking meter hoods and special
permits for parking of service
trucks in alleys. They will also
consider calling a public hearing
on the construction of a water
main on Marie and Jackson sts.,
and on Madison place. The coun
cil committee held a noon meet
ing in the Medford hotel today to
make preliminary plans for to
night's session.
PT&T Granted Rate
Increase in State
Salem CU.PJ The Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph Com
panl has been granted rate in
creases to finance an expansion
program. State Public Utilities
Commissioner Charles Heltzel
said today.
Heltzel said two out of three
leiepnone users would set in
creases of 30 cents or less on
tneir mommy bill. Higher in
creases will be made for business
telephones, he said.
The new rates are designed to
provide S2.268.000 in additional
income and will bring the in
vestment return to 6.32 per cent.
The telephone company had
asked for $3,320,000, or 6.75 per
cent return-
New Record Set in
Number of Holiday
Deaths Reported
Overall Toll is 590;
41 1 Die on Highways
Br UNITED PRESS
The nation set a new record
for highway deaths during the
New Year's holiday today but.it
fell far short of the grim pre
dictions of safety experts.
It appeared the final toll for
the holiday would be about 420,
considered "normal" for a four
day week end at this time of
year. This compared with the
National Safety council's predic
tions of 490.
Ned H. Dearborn, president of
the council, said motorists and
law enforcement officers "team
ed up ,to make preholiday esti
mate way high."
New Record Set
Nevertheless, the death toll
topped the old mark for a four
day New Year's holiday. This
was 407, set in 1952-53.
A United Press tally at 10 a.m.
(PST) showed 411 deaths on the
highways from 6 p.m. Friday to
midnight Tuesday. Another 62
persons were killed in fires, 5
in plane crashes, and 112 in mis
cellaneous accidents, for an
overall holiday toll of 590.
California led the nation with
38 highway deaths, followed by
Texas with 34. Pennsylvania re
ported 24, Michigan 23, Illinois
22, Ohio 19, North Carolina 16
and New York 15.
Four states got through the
four day holiday without a sin
gle traffic fatality Nebraska,
Nevada, Utah and Vermont.
Dearborn credited the low
New Year's holiday traffic count
in part to the record Christmas
week end slaughter of 712 per
sons which helped shock the na
tion's motorists back into high
way sanity. j
Other factors were: law en
forcement across the nation
which saw police give up their
holiday leaves to stop traffic
deaths before they happened;
fewer cars on the highways than
during Christmas and the lack
of long, tiring "home for Christ
mas" trips; and generally fair
weather and clear roads over
much of the nation throughout
the holiday, in contrast to the
fog, snow and sleet during the
early part of the Christmas
week end.
Snow Flurries Due
At High Elevations
Light snow flurries are pre
dicted in high elevations to
night, but no snow is in sight
for the Medford area, according
to weather bureau officials at
the Medford airport.
A trace of snow fell here yest
erday and precipitation totaled
.05 inches. Light fog is predicted
for tonight and patches of fog
are expected tomorrow night.
Officials said a storm front is
approaching this area and show
ers are expected to replace the
fog either Friday night or Sat
urday. State police reported all high
ways are clear of snow but icy
spots were reported at Prospect,
Siskiyou pass and Green Springs.
A half-inch of new snow fell on
the Siskiyou pass last night and
roadside snow totals a half-inch.
Highway 99 from Redding. Cal.,
to the Oregon boundary line is
reported clear of snow but icy
in spots.
"There Must Be Some Way We Can
Forward March To The Rear"
juIOI
Filibuster Foes
Hope to Head Off
s
Most Members at Work
In Washington Now
Washington (U.P.) North
ern foes of Senate filibusters
sought today to head off an un
ruly civil rights wrangle in the
early hours of the new Congress.
The 85th Congress convenes
formally Thursday, but most
members already were on hand
and at work. Democrats have a
49-47 edge in the Senate and a
233-200 margin in the House.
House Democrats at a caucus
picked Sam Rayburn of Texas
as their choice for speaker, as
suring his election Thursday.
They also reelected Rep. John
W. McCormick of Massachusetts
as Democratic leader. Senate
Democrats are expected to pick
Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas as
their leader again, and Republi
cans in both chambers are ex
pected .to reelect their present
leaders.
Sen. Clinton P. Anderson (D
N.M.), announced after a strate
gy session of the bipartisan an
tifilibuster group that a six-member
subcommittee will meet with
Vice President Richard M. Nix
on and Senate Republican and
Democratic leaders.
Seek Short Delay
He said the subcommittee will
try to establish some parliamen
tary ground rules under which
the effort to change the rules
would not "interfere with the
orderly process" of organizing
the Senate.
Anderson said Senate debate
on the rules question might be
postponed, perhaps until Friday.
Such a delay as agreed upon in
1953 when a similar attack was
made on the filibuster rule. ,
Fourteen senators, eight Re
publicans and six Democrats, at
tended today s strategy huddle
in the office of Sen. Paul H.
Douglas (D-I1U. Anderson an
nounced that the group will meet
again later today.
Anderson said the six-man
group will try to get an agree
ment on parliamentary issues
such as what senator is to be
recognized and when "so that
there won't have to be wrang
ling." Powell Is ForgWen
The filibuster has been the
main weapon used by Southern
members to prevent passage of
civil rights legislation. Southern
senators scheduled an afternoon
meeting in the office of Sen.
Richard B. Russell (D-Ga.), to
plan a defense of unlimited de
bate. In the House, meanwhile. Rep.
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.. of
New York, who bolted the Dem
ocratic party in November, was
restored to good party standing
with no more than a verbal slap
on the wrist.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 496.03, off 3.44; 20 rail
roads 153.52, up 0.29; 15 utilities
68.33, off 0.21, and 65 stocks
173.35, off 0.74. Sales today were
about 1.960,000 shares compared
with 3,680,000 shares Monday.
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DEATH CAR This is what officers found yes
terday when they were summoned to Birds
eye Creek bridge three miles south of Rogue
River to investigate a fatal accident. The
body of Lewis Thomas Robinson, 61, box 393,
POLICE
President May Appear
At Joint Session to
Present New Doctrine
Washington XU.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower advised con
gressional leaders today that he
would like to appear personally
before a joint session of Con
gress Friday to outline the new
"Eisenhower doctrine" for the
Middle East.
At the same time. Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles
asked House leaders, members
of the Foreign Affairs commit
tee, and ranking members of
Armed Services and Appropria
tions committees to meet with
him on the Middle East situation
this afternoon.
Speaker Sam Rayburn said
that speaking for the House he
had agreed to the Friday date
for the President's message and
Ambuehl Trial Jury
Selection Begins
Selection of jurors for the
trial of Donald LaVerne Am
buehl, 31, of 1615 Crater Lake
ave., started this morning in cir
cuit court.
Ambuehl is charged with un
lawfully dealing in narcotics. He
was arrested by city and slate
police on July 18 after a reverse
gear auto chase. Officers halted
Ambuehl by ramming a state
police car into his vehicle. Two
of the officers suffered slight
injuries in the crash.
Presiding over Ambuchl's trial
is Circuit Judge Orval J. Mil
lard of Josephine county. Jack
son county's circuit judge, H. K.
Hanna, was disqualified from
hearing the case after Ambuehl
filed an affidavit of prejudice
against him. Edward Kelly, who
is representing the defendant,
also filed a motion requesting
that Judge Hanna be disquali
fied as the result of Ambuehl's
trial being rescheduled from
Jan. 8 to today.
District Attorney Walter D.
Nunley said the trial was re
scheduled so it could take place
before he leaves office Jan. 7.
Mrs. Lawson Released
On Own Recognizance
Mrs. June Ellen Lawson, 51
North Oakdale ave., Medford,
was released on her own recog
nizance this morning after ap
pearing in district court on
charges of driving while under
the influence of intoxicating
beverages.
Sentencing was continued for
two weeks. Mrs: Lawson was ar
rested by state police Dec. 19
after a 100-mile-per-hour chase,
which ended in a crash at Phoe
nix. She was represented by A.
E. Piazza, local attorney.
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CAPTAIN
that only approval by Senate
leaders was needed to make it
official.
Approval Forecast :
Meantime, there were grow
ing indications Congress will ap
prove the President's request for
standing authority to use money,
and troops if necessary, to head
off possible Soviet penetration
of the Middle East area.
Among key members endors
ing the plan was Chairman Carl
Vinson (D.-Ga.) of the House
Armed Services committee.
Vinson endorsed Jhe new
Eisenhower doctrine as the best
way to head off war in the Mid
dle East area.
He predicted the administra
tion resolution will be approved
by Congress. Failure to do so,
he said, would "weaken the
President's hands" not only in
the Mideast, "but everywhere."
Mr. Eisenhower put other
business aside today and con
ferred with staff members on de
tails of his special message to
Congress on the Mideast situa
tion. .
White House Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty said the actual
wording of the message still was
a matter for discussion by the
President, his staff and depart
ment heads.
Weather
FORECAST; For or ow
ratt in vall'v tonight and
Thursday. Partial rlfarin
Thursdav afternoon. Expected
low tonight 25-28, nigh to
morrow 38.
TEMPERATURE
Hiithct yesterday 33
Lowest this morning
,...32
Our Skies Tonight
Wednesday, January 2
Sunrise -m
Sunset 4:50 P .
Moonset 6:50 p.m.
First Quarter Jan. 8
PROMINENT STAR
Aldeoaran, high In
southeast ....8:25 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Mars, high in
southwest 8:15 p.m.
Jupiter, in southeast ....3:13 a.m.
Saturn, low In
southeast . 6:45 a.m.
Venus, rises 6:13 a.m.
March of Dimes Campaign
Today; Let's
Let's Finish the Job" is the
slogan of the March of Dimes
campaign which opened in Jack
son county today.
Jerry Gastineau, county chair
man of the drive to raise funds
to combat polio, pointed out that
the battle to stamp out the dis
ease has not been won, despite
development of Salk vaccine.
Several events and features
have been planned throughout
the county in January in an ef
fort to raise needed money.
Dick Knight, Medford chair
Rogue River, was found Inside the vehicle.
Officers said the car struck the bridge abut
ment, went over a bank and hit a tree. The ac
cident occurred some time after 11:30 p.m.
Monday. Robinson was alone In the vehicle.
JAIL
Benton Sheriff In
Hospital After
Alleged Attack
, Corvallis U.R) The Benton
county sheriff was in critical
condition at a local hospital to
day while a police captain was
being held in jail after he al
legedly attacked the county of
ficer. Doctors said the sheriff, C. N.
Lilly, may have suffered a heart
attack.
James A. Steadman, 28-year-
old captain on the Philomath po
lice force, was being held in the
Benton county jail on a drunk
charge while police investigated
circumstances of the reported
attack on the sheriff.
Front of Jail
Police said the altercation oc
curred in front of the Benton
county jail here in the early
morning hours of New Year's
day. Steadman was being
brought to the jail after being
picked up in a night club near
Philomath after the manage
ment had complained that he
was creating a disturbance.
Other officers said that when
Lilly arrived at- the jail with
the police captain in tow. Stead
man lunged at him, knocked him
to the ground and then fell on
top of him.
. Harold Avery, Philomath po
lice chief, and Joe Gray, a ser
geant on the Philomath force,
had gone with the 62-year-old
sheriff to take Steadman into
custody and were with him at
the time of the alleged attack
They managed to pull Steadman
from Lilly and lodged him in
the jail.
Steadman has been a member
of the Philomath police depart
ment for one year. Prior to that
he served a year and a half on
the Corvallis force.
Mrs. Lilly said that she had
noted considerable improvement
in the condition of her husband,
although he still remained on
the critical list.
Montreal '.U.R) Some 3,000
firemen on the Canadian Pacific
Railway were scheduled to go
on strike this afternoon.
Finish Job' Is Slogan
man, said the Junior Chamber of
Commerce will conduct the steer
"giveaway" on the city streets.
"Mile o' Dimes" will be held on
downtown sidewalks and the
Eagles lodge will conduct its
"Bottles of States" each Satur
day. "Blue Crutch Day" will be
held Jan. 12, sponsored by the
Medford 20-30 club.
Several organizations are plan
ning events during the month.
They have been asked to contact
Dr. Eugene Meyerding, special
Hungarian Police
Drive Trucks Into
Crowd of Shoppers
Department Store
Scene of Flash Riot
Vienna (U.R) Hungarian
police and militia crushed a flash
riot against Communist strong
arm methods today by driving
their trucks into a shouting.
jeering crowd of 2,000 shoppers
in Budapest.
The demonstration began in
iront of a state-run department
store which opened its doors for
the first time since the Hun
garian rebellion started in Octo
ber. It was broken up by power
ful police and militia forces
within a half hour.
Use Clubs
Police used their clubs, but
not their guns. The initial group
of policemen on the scene was
unable to cope with the anger of
the crowd. But when reinforce
ments arrived, they drove their
trucks straight into the ranks of
the demonstrators and scattered
them.
No serioui Injuries were re
ported.
Government announcement!
In the press and over Radio
Budapest had drawn some 1,500
persons to the Magyar Divat
scarnok, a famous department
store which had been destroyed
during the revolt and whose
goods had been transferred to
the shop which opened today.
A group at the head of the
shoppers' line was let into the
store at 12:55 p.m.
The long line of Bhoppers
surged forward. Nervous police
at the head of the line clutched
their weapons in front of their
chests and tried to shove back
the crowd. - - -
Crowd Blocks Street
This action apparently changed
the good natured mood into one
of anger. Within a matter of sec
onds, the crowd became a shout
ing, jeering mass.
An additional 500 persons sud
denly converged across Andrassy
st., and surged into the road,
blocking traffic and cutting off
the police.
Reinforcements arrived at 1:10
p.m. Their trucks carved a patch
along Andrassy st., splitting the
demonstrators Into two groups.
Another police wedge cut off the
tail end of the shoppers line and
moved through it dispersing the
crowd, composed largely of
women.
Reports from Budapest indi
cated Hungarians were nearing
the peaks of desperation, faced
with the prospects of unemploy
ment, hunger, cold and Com
munist oppression.
Nearly 250.000 Hungarians
automatically lost their jobs by
government decree New Years
Day. More than 200.000 indus
trial employees and 38,000 gov
ernment workers were fired as
part of the Janos Kadar regime's
economy drive.
Woman Suffers Slight
Injury in Accident
Ella Stark, 69, a resident at
the Holland hotel, suffered mi
nor abrasions on her leg yester
day when she was struck by an
automobile while crossing the
street at West Main and Ivy sts.,
according to city police.
She was taken by patrol car
to Rogue Valley hospital and
was released later the same day.
Officers said she was crossing
at the Ivy st. crosswalk when a
pickup truck, operated by Peter -John
Petko, Robinson hotel,
struck her. He was turning onto
Ivy st. from Main St., police
said.
Petko was cited for failure to
yield the right of way.
Opens in Area
events chairman, to avoid con
flicting dates.
The Mothers' March, set for
7 to 8 p.m. on Jan. 31, will cap
the month-long program. Mrs.
Gene Ncff is Medford chairman
and Mrs. Lew Miles is county
Mothers' March coordinator.
Counter coin collectors will be
distributed soon. Knight said,
and envelopes will be mailed
within a few days. Knight urged
those receiving the mailing
pieces to fill them and return,
them as soon as possible.