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District 6C Calls
Elections Feb. 18
On Two Bond Issues
Central Point Elections will 1 has reached about 600, and a
be held in school district 6C
Feb. 18 on two bonds issues to
build and equip a classroom
wing on Crater High school, and
and to complete the athletic
field there, the school board an
nounced this week.
The bond Issue for the class
room addition is for $150,000.
The bond issue for completing
the athletic field, which will in
clude installation of lights, a
fence and a grandstand, is for
$85,000. There. will be separate
ballots for the issues, district
officials said.
Authorization Mad
Authorization of the bond is
sues was made after meetings
with a representative citizen
group and the board, at which
conditions at the high school
and the need for completing the
athletic field were discussed.
School officials pointed out
that enrollment at Crater High
Public Hearings
Scheduled by OLCC
Here NexfWeek
The Oregon Liquor Control
commission will hold public
hearings in the Jackson county
courthouse auditorium starting
at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. $2.
They are to determine if ac
tion is warranted against 21
county tavern owners on
charges of violating state laws
banning political contributions
by OLCC licensees.
' Bruce Williams. Salem, chair
man of the OLCC, said reports
of alleged violations, connected
with the general election cam
paign in Jackson county, had
been made to the commission.
First Reports
After the first report's of vio
lations were made to the com
mission, the enforcement div
ision conducted an investigation
which resulted in calling the
hearing, Williams said.
Findings of the hearings will
be reviewed by the commission,
which will then take "any action
it deems necessary." he said.
Under Oregon law, the commis
sion has broad powers to deny,
suspend or revoke liquor licens
es for cause.
The hearing is scheduled to
continue Wednesday, Jan. 23,
Henry J. Detloff. commission ex
aminer, probably will conduct
the hearings here.
Berrydale Committee
Schedules Meeting
Kenneth Tolenaar. executive
secretary of the legislative inter
im committee on local govern
ment will speak at Howard
school next Monday evening, it
has been announced.
Nick Gier. 'chairman of the
Berrydale Sanitation committee,
said he has received confirma
tion from Tolenaar that he will
be here to speak on legislation
available for fringe areas with
sanitary problems. The commit
tee he serves has completed a
two-year study of similar prob
lems throughout Oregon.
The other speaker at the 7:30
pm. meeting Monday will be
Robert Duff. Medford city man
ager, discussing taxes and con
struction costs, Gier said. The
committee was formed to seek
ways of obtaining sanitary facil
ities after annexation of the area
was voted down last November,
Kiwanis, Lions
Wheelbarrow
Medford Kiwanis club and
Medford Lions club will vie Sat
urday in a wheelbarrow race
which will bring $1 for the
March of Dimes for every foot
covered by each club.
Lions yesterday accepted the
Kiwanis challenge for the con
test. Twenty-five Kiwanians .will
oppose "any number" of Lions
from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the
race from Main to Sixth st. on
Central ave. Service club teams
will be stationed on either side
of $he street, each with a wheel-
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1957
continued growth is anticipated.
There are 130 seniors at Crater
now, and there are 180 students
in the eighth grade class who
next year will move into the
high school building.
Present capacity of Crater
High is set at 500 The" proposed
classroom wing will be suifi
cient to bring capacity to 700.
Temporary classrooms are be
ing used in the gymnasium and
several teachers are at present
without permanent rooms. The
classroom addition of eight
rooms will be built at the east
end of the present building.
Original plans provided for the
extension when needed.
Field Delayed
Completion of the athletic
field has been delayed because
of the necessity of adding class
rooms both at the elementary
and high school levels. At pres
ent, the football field and track
have been practically completed.
Needed to put the field into full
use are lights, a grandstand and
a fence. 1
For the past six years, the
Junior high . school field has
been used for all games by the
eighth grade, freshmen, junior
varsity and varsity. Seating at
the junior high field is in
adequate, and because of the
small size, it is not possible to
add much more seating, district
officials pointed out.
Education Activities
Because the field is used for
all physical education activities
in addition to competitive
sports, it has been almost impos
sible to keep the field in satis
factory shape, officials said.
Twenty-year bonds are con
templated for the issues. Based
on a possible interest rate of 4
per cent and using the present
district assessed valuation, the
average annual millage for the
term of bonds would be 1.4 mills
for the classroom addition, and
.7 of a mill for the athletic field,
district officials said.
Voting places will be open
between 2 and 8 p.m. at the
Hanby school gymnasium in
Gold Hill,- the Sams Valley
school and in the music room at
Crater High school.
Driver Fined $255 in
District Court
Mrs. June Ellen Lawson, 31,
of 51 North Oakdale ave., Med
ford, was fined $255 and given
a 30-day suspended jail sentence
jn circuit court yesterday after
pleading guilty to a charge of
driving while intoxicated.
Her driver s license was sus
pended for 90 days. She was ar
rested in Phoenix on Dec. 19 by
state police after a 100-mile-per-
hour chase that ended when Mrs.
Lawson's car crashed in Phoe-
Portland U.R Yakima In
dians have won approval of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs office
in Portland of a $150 per capita
payment.
Weather
FORECAST: Filr throush fri
4ir except lor fnf patches in
lower TJillevs Friday nrnrn
tng Low tonight 24. Hth
Friday 41.
Temp.
Hi chest Vmtrday 5
Lowest this Morning 24
Our Skies Tonight
ftunrfec 1 1:37 a.m.
Sunset : P "
The Moon rises at 7:32 p.m.
nd appears near the star.
Reeulus. The loon circle the
Earth everv 29'- days and is
seen near Regulus eaeh month.
Actually the sUr is many bil
lions of miles away in the
Moon's background.
Last Quarter 22
Club Members to Stage
Race for March of Dimes
J barrow carrying a large con-
tainer. A team will advance one
foot for each dollar it collects
for the fight against polio.
On the finish of the contest
the captain of the winning team
is to be wheeled by the captain
of the losing team to the United
States National bank where the
funds will be deposited for the
March of Dimes.
Two members of the Medford
High school coaching staff
dressed in football officials' garb
will referee the race.
Teams of the two clubs will
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WALKER F. QUISENBERRY
Resident Here Since 1909
W. F. Quisenberry,
Long-Time Medford
Resident. Dies
Walker F. Quisenberry, 73, of
800 South Oakdale ave., Med
ford, died in a local hospital this
morning following an illness of
two year's.
He was born in St. Joseph,
Mo., and moved to Medford in
1909. He had lived here since.
Prior to moving to. Medford,
Mr. and Mrs. Quisenberry were
affiliated with an opera com
pany, and were active in musi
cal and opera productions in
Medford. Mr. Quisenberry was
active in the Medford Elks lodge
and participated in musical pro
ductions by the Elks.
In 1924. he was employed by
the California Oregon ' Power
company, and when he retired
July 4, 1950. he was assistant in
the general office operating de
partment. :
He started in the accounting
department with Copco, was
credit manager for several years
and also warked in the business
and sales department.
After his retirement from
Copco, he organized the Walker
F. Quisenberry company, an in
vestment firm. He was active in
that until he became ill about
two years ago.
Survivors include his wife,
Stella, whom he married in 1904.
in Minnesota; his twin brother,
Wallace Quisenberry, who has
been living in Medford the past
two years; two daughters. Mrs.
H. S. Deuel, Medford, and Mrs.
n! C. Hampton. Eugene; and one
son, Philip Quisenberry, Lake
view. Perl Funeral home is in
charge of arrangements.
'Stassen' Wire Raps
'NixonsrKnowlands'
Washington ill.R) Rep. B.
Carroll Reece (R-Tenn.) said to
day he received a telegram this
morning signed by "Harold E.
Stassen" denouncing the "Nix
ons and Knowlands" in the Re
publican party.
Harold E. Stassen, President
Eisenhower's disarmament ad
viser, said in New York he had
no knowledge of the telegram.
He also telephoned Reece to
deny its authorship.
"I have no reason to doubt
his word." Reece told a reporter.
The telegram, sent from Stam
ford. Conn., called for election
of H. Meade Alcorn Jr., GOP
national committeeman from
Connecticut, as the new chair
man of the Republican National
Committee. Reece is a member
of the committee which meets
Saturday to begin selection of
a new chairman.
be instructed to collect the mon
ey by salesmanship or coercion
from passersby, m any amount.
Dr. Billy Blackstone, Kiwanis
director, issued the challenge to
Lions Tuesday for Dr. Abner
Clark. Kiwanis president. Dr.
Lee Mellish. Lions tail twister,
announced the acceptance at the
Kiwanis luncheon yesterday for
his president, Herb Seitz.
Bill Singler will be Kiwanis
team captain and Alan'Jewett
will head the Lion contingent.
Kiwanians got a one-foot head
start on the Lions yesterday
when Clark fined Melli.
Price 10c
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No. 256
Pearson Claims
To Be Elected as
Senate President
Not To Accept Now
In Interest of Harmony
Salem (U.PJ Sen. Walter J.
Pearson, Portland Democrat, de
clared today that he had been
elected president of the Oregon
Senate, then said that in interest
of harmony he would not accept
tile election "on a parliamentary
maneuver."
The Democrats had claimed
that Pearson was elected yester
day by a 15-to-14 vote while Sen.
Rudie Wilhelm, Portland Repub
lican, was back in his home city
on business. The Republicans
contended that "ground rules"
decided upon in the Sunday
night caucus still held and it
would take 16. votes to elect. Sen.
Howard Belton of Canby, tem
porary chairman, so ruled.
Gill Has Comment
Sen. Pearson told the Senate
today: "With these things in
mind interests of harmony and
proceedng with the governor's
legislative program "I have de
cided that I cannot accept this
election under these conditions
and will not do so."
Sen. Warren Gill of Lebanon,
Republican nominee for presi
dent of the Senate which has 15
Democrats and 15 Republicans,
rose to remark:
"When I was a small boy I
grabbed a jackass by the tail and
I let go of it, too."
On motion of Sen. Wilhelm,
the Senate took a "cooling off"
recess before voting on a . mo
tion by Sen. Monroe Sweetland,
Milwaukie Democrat, to adopt
formally a rule that it would
take 16 votes to elect the presi
dent. It was Sen.. Sweetland
who first claimed yesterday that
Pearson had been elected presi-1
derit by the 15-14 vote.
After the Senate reconvened,
the motion was rephrased and
unanimously adopted. Then the
Senate recessed until 2 p.m.
Yesterday Sweetland contend
ed that since the Senate had been
organized Monday so that its
members could attend the inau
guration of Gov.' Robert D.
Holmes, it should proceed under
the rule of majority vote.
$429,200 Sought
For Crater Lake
President Eisenhower's bud
get message yesterday included
request for $429,200 for Cra
ter Lake National park.
The budget calls for about $4,-
235,000 to be expended in na
tional parks in the northwest.
The overall park service budget
asked for more than $(8 mil
lion. Invitations of bids for con
struction of residences at the
park village are expected to be
called about Feb. 1. The resi
dences are included in the pres
ent budget, and more living
quarters are planned in the next
budget period.
Mission -66 is a 10-year im
provement program to increase
facilities at national parks to
meet the expected increase in at
tendance by 1966, the 50th anni
versary of the park service.
Included in the budget re
quest are funds for regular op
etating expenses.
"However, We've Been Pretty. Successful In
Keeping American Newspapermen Out Of China"
: i,r V W M III J' IIP'
HOT TIMES IN COLD TOWNS Chicago fireman (left) pauses to play a little "hot
Eiano" on this front bitten instrument after battling a fire in Chicago. The weather
ureau said the cold wave which is plaguing Chicago is expected to drop the mercury
to between zero and 10 below. At right, Vincent Burke finds the heavy snow blanket
making it difficult to put his coin in the parking meter in Buffalo, N. Y. Burke must
have been traveling by dog sled, an auto couldn't have gotten near that thing.
Cold Continues In East
Winters Worst
Snow Storm Hits
New England Area
By UNITED PRESS
Winter's bitterest weather
maintained its devastating seige
across the eastern half of the
nation today, claiming an ever
mounting toll of lives.
In the East, residents from
New England to the mid-Atlantic
states dug out from the worst
snowstorm of the winter. The
storm Wednesday, borne on icy
winds, dumped up to eight
inches of snow in Virginia and
a foot or more in sections of
New England.
': A below zero cold wave grip-
nfii th nation's midlands over-
ni htj ht wgiithnrmrn rrwlv1
brief "warmup" was on its
way from, of all places, Canada.
Forecasters said cold air
drained from Canada is being
replaced with, warmer Pacific
air that will boost temperatures
from below zero into the 20s in
the Midwest. However, they
warned a fresh onslaught of cold
air is expected to invade the
area by Friday. . .'.
Haavy Death Toll
; A United Press count showed
at least 51 deaths blamed on the
weather since the start of the
cold wave Monday. There were
nine in Indiana, eight in New
York, six in Illinois, three each
in "West Virginia, Pennsylvania,
Virginia, ' North Carolina and
Michigan, two in New England,
two in Iowa and one each in
Mississippi and the District of
Calumbia.
Chicago shivered in a 4 below
reading and it was 3 below at
Milwaukee. Other early morning
readings included 17 at Fort
Worth and 18 at Dallas.
Some other . early morning
readings included Boston 16,
Washington 15, St. Louis 10,
Minneapolis 2, Bismarck 17, New
Orleans 32, Denver 19, Seattle
31 and Los Angeles 55.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (U.F) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 484.01, off 1.04: 20 rail
roads 152.89, off 0.87: 15 util
ities 69.62, off 0.07; and 65 stocks
171.33, off 0.47. Sales today were
about 2,140,000 shares compared
with 2,210,000 shares Wednes
day.
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Miscellaneous County
Receipts Show Rise
In 1st Six Months
Miscellaneous, county receipts
were 27.9 per cent greater on
Dec. 31, 1956, than on Dec. 31,
1955, according to Karl Janouch,
county treasurer.
He said the increase was main
ly due to a 30.6 per cent climb
in O and C, forest reserve and
motor license payments. The
combined total of the three pay
ments was $2,280,986.32.
A 12 per cent drop was noted
this year in district and justice
court costs, fines and fees com
pared with last year. Janouch
said records indicate the drop is
partly due to fewer traffic law
vi6latioris""by loggers" He added
that considerably less interest on
3,000 Children
Receive Vaccine
More than 3,000 Jackson coun
ty residents under 20 years of
age were expected to have re
ceived Salk anti-polio vaccine by
Vaccine Schedule
Friday Jan. 18, 9 a.m. until
noon: Westside school, St.
Mary's school, Lincoln school
in Ashland. Health department
in courthous from 1 p.m. to
5 p.m. -
noon today, according to Dr. A.
Erin Merkel, county health offi
cer. -
Inoculations were being given
today at Ruch school, Evans Val
ley school, Roosevelt grade
school in Medford, Walker grade
school in Ashland and Elk-Trail
school.
A total of 878 inoculations
were, administered yesterday at
Eagle Point, Griffin Creek, Hed-
rick Junior high - and Ashland
Junior high schools.
At Eagle Point, 402 received
shots including 315 students and
87 others: Griffin creek, 94, in
cluding 80 students and 14 oth
ers; Hedrick Junior high, 210
including 185 students and 25
others; and Ashland Junior high,
172, including 158 students and
14 others.
. The inoculation program be
gan here Monday and by Wednes
day approximately 2,791 youths
had received the vaccine.
Macmillan Completes
New Government
London U.R) Prime Min
ister Harold Macmillan complet
ed formation of his new con
servative government today, con
centrating on a shakeup in the
armed forces as the prelude to
expected sharp cuts in defense
spending.
Macmillan'j second list of min
isters, who serve those under
the regular cabinet, included a
coal miner who will act as sup
ply minister and a bomber pilot
as air secretary.
The new first lord .of the. ad
miralty (secretary of the navy),
the Earl of Selkirk, got his only
military experience in the army.
The new military appointees
include the 50-year-old Selkirk
as first lord of the admiralty;
John Hare, 45, war secretary;
George Ward, 49, air secretary,
and Aubrey Jones, 45, minister
of supply in charge of procurement.
the treasurer's aime deposit ac
counts was collected because
most long term time deposits
mature in the second half of the
fiscal year.
Uncollected Intarest
On Dec. 31, 1956, county
treasurer accounts showed more
than $20,000 credit in uncollect
ed interest. This is more than 50
per cent greater than collected
interest on Dec. 31, 1955
Janouch said.
The treasurer's financial state
ment for the first half of fiscal
year 1957 follows, with figures
for the first half of fiscal year
1956 in parenthesis:
July 1 balances, $2,908,779.43
($3,302,064.63): receipts from
taxes, $2,670,458.46 ($1,975,
325.82); miscellaneous receipts,
$4,111,164.27 (S3.331.101.75); to
tal receipts, $6,781,622.73 ($5,
306,427.57); disbursements, $4,
370,205.08 ($4,651,289.58); Dec.
31 balances, $4,650,197.08 ($3,
957,202.62). Porter to Inquire
On Talent Project
Congressman Charles O. Por
ter of the fourth Oregon district
said today he is going to make
inquiries why the President's
budget included $6,041,000 for
the Talent project, or $1 mil
lion lefs than what he said was
originally requested by the bu
reau of reclamation.
He said he has reason to be
lieve that the bureau requested
an appropriation of $7,041,000
to carry forward construction on
the big irrigation and reclama
tion project in southern Jack
son county, and, if just $1 mil
lion had been sliced from the
requested appropriation in the
President's budget, "It looks like
an arbitrary cut, without real
justification."
The congressman said he will
continue checking to see what is
needed for rapid development of
the Talent project, and to see
what can be done to restore the
additional million dollars if it
appears it could be used this
year to advantage.
. Porter also reported that the
sum of $101,000 included in the
budget for fiscal year 1958 for
fish screens on Savage: Rapids
dam is a "carry-over" item from
the $208,000 appropriated last
year, and that it requires no
new appropriation. The money
is to complete work on the trav
elling screen, part of the fish
protective facilities now being
installed in the dam.
Public Asked
For Mystery
Washington (U.R) A new sci
entific organization has asked
the public to be on the lookout
for "unidentified flying objects"
apparently piloted by "intelli
gent beings" entering the earth's
atmosphere. .
Urged lo Send Reports
Rear Adm. Delmer S. Fahrney
(Ret.) urged the public to send
reports on unidentified flying
objects to a new organization
known as the National Investi
gations Committee on Aerial
Phenomena. Fahrney Is chair
man of the group.
He said Wednesday the ob
jects move at speeds which can
Premiers Call (or
Greater Vigilance
To Combat Plan
Japanese-Peiping
Relations Suggested
Moscow (U.P.) The pre
miers of Communist China and
the Soviet Union today blasted
the Eisenhower doctrine today
as an American attempt to take
over control of the Middle East.
Chinese Premier Chou En-lai,
just back from a tour of Po
land and Hungary, joined with
Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulgan- -
in calling for greater vigi
lance to combat the American
Mid-East plan:
They spoke to ' some 8.500
Muscovites in a "friendship
meeting" in the Supreme Soviet
Chamber of the Kremlin.
Backs Plea for UN Seat
Bulganin- warmly supported
Red China's plea for a seat in
the United Nations and for the
'liberation" of Formosa.
. The Soviet Premier also sug
gested, that Japan establish dip
lomatic relations with Peiping
as has been done with the Sov
iet Union.
Bulganin said that talks
which Soviet government and
party officials had with Chou
and his delegation showed "an
absolute identity of views on
current international problems."
Speeches Broadcast .
Chou, in his speech, agreed.
But he added that "at times not
everything went well" in the re
lations of the socialist countries.
'but all has been settled amic
ably."
The Kremlin meeting started
only a few hours after Chou
arrived from Budapest in a So
viet TU104 jet airliner.
American correspondents
were barred from the meeting,
a move for which the press de
partment of the Foreign Minis
try declined to offer any explan
ation. But speeches by Bulganin
and Chou were broadcast by
Moscow radio.
. Also present at the "friend
ship meeting" were Soviet Com
munist party chief Nikita Khru
shchev, First Deputy Premier
Anastas Mikoyan, Former For
eign Minister Vyacheslav Molo
tov, former Premier Georgi
Malenkov and other Soviet lead
ers. Blast United States
Before leaving Budapest Chou
and Hungarian Premier Janos
Kadar said in a joint statement
that the United States is the
"main ringleader of the imper
ialists." The statement declared
that President Eisenhower's pol
icy is to extend the U. S. zone
of power, subjugate the peoples
of the Near East, stir up rebel
lion and resume the cold war.
It also said "American imper
ialists" were still trying to in
terefere in Hungarian affairs and
backed the Kadar government
its earlier condemnation of
a UN proposal to seno. a nvc
member investigating commis
sion . to study the situation m
Hungary.
Ike's 61 Housing
Proposal Conflicts
Washington U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower's proposal to
increase interest rates on GI
housing loans collided today
with a congressional drive to
bring veteran home buyers in
stead under a liberalized FHA
program.
There was no immediate move
in the House to raise the GI
loan rate from 4V4 to 5 per cent
as President Eisenhower request
ed in his budget message
Wednesday. No early action
seemed likely. -
Instead, the House Veterans
Committee, which would handle
such legislation, was considering
proposals to lower down pay
ments under the FHA home loan
program so that veterans, along
with others, can get adequate
home financing there.
Committee Chairman ' O 11 n
Teague (D-Tex.) has introduced
a bill to lower required down
payments under the FHA from 5
to 2 per cent
To Look Out
Flying Objects
not be duplicated by the United
States and Russia.
Fahrney is a pioneer in the
development of controlled air
craft and guided missiles for the
Navy. He has been commended
for his work by the Bureau of
Aeronautics.
To Encourage Clubs ....
Fahrney said the committee,"
an independent non-profit or
ganization, would encourage
formation of flying saucer clubs
across the nation to supply train
ed observers. Reports from
them, he said, would be ana
lyzed by the committee with ccm
operation of leading scientists!
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