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24 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1957 No. 262
NEW DETENTION HOME Above is the architect's sketch of
the proposed $90,000 Jackson County Juvenile Detention
home, scheduled for construction in March. Bids for con
struction will be opened at 10 a.m. Feb. 15, according to
William H. Seibert, architect. Plans call for a combined
detention home and administrative wing on a location at the
county fairgrounds near the new National Guard armory. The
detention portion will accommodate eight boys and four girls.
The building also will include a juvenile court and juvenile
department offices, living quarters for an attendant, kitchen
and dining facilities, and a recreation room for prisoners.
The building will be on concrete slab. The detention portion
will be reinforced concrete construction and will have a
Court Awards Bids
For Gas, Diesel
Fuel for County
The Jackson county court yes
terday awarded contracts for
gas, diesel fuels and grader
blades for county road depart
ment equipment, and oil for
county furnaces and stoves from
Feb. 1, 1957, to Jan. 31, 1958.
Tidewater Oil company, with
a bid of $55,173.20, was awarded
the contract for furnishing gas
and diesel fuels.
Other bids considered were
from L. G. McLaren, Shell Oil
company, $55,689.20; Standard
Oil company of California, $55.
940: and Union Oil company of
California, $59,065. Other bids
were received but not consider
ed because all specifications
were not included, it was re
ported. Furnish Grader
Cal-Ore Machinery company,
with a net bid of $5,003.88, was
awarded the contract to furnish
grader blades for county road
equipment.
Other bidders were Balzer
Machinery company, $5,274.50;
Rogue Equipment Sales,
$5,555.50 Contractors Equipment
Corp., $5,857; Clyde Equipment
company. $5,274; Columbia
Equipment company, $5,797;
Haupert Tractor company.
$5,270; Electric Steel Foundry,
$7,226; Loggers and Contractors
Machinery company, $5,385;
Howard Cooper Corp., $5,048;
and Crater Lake Machinery com
pany, 5,125.
Contract for furnishing furn
ace and stove oil to the county
went to Faber's Farmers Supply
company, who submitted a bid
of S872.
Also submitting bids were L.
G. McLaren, Shell Oil company.
$887: Union Oil Company of
California. $898.50: Richfield Oil
Corp., $926: and Medford Fuel
company, $976. Five thousand
gallons of furnace oil and 500
gallons of stove oil will be furnished.
Polio Fund Drive Lagging,
County Chairman Declares
The current March of Dimes
drive in Jackson county to raise
funds to combat polio is about 50
per cent behind the same time
last year, according to Jerry
Gastineau, county drive chair
man. "Last year large contributors
played a big part in the overall
campaign while this year money
from that source amounted to
only a trickle." he said. The
chairman also pointed out that
card mailers have been unusual
ly slow in coming back and many
of those that have been returned
are far from full.
"At the present rate, Jackson
county may not be able to fully
care for the patients already on
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York iU.R) Dow
Jones final stock averages: 30
industrials 481.30, up 1.37; 20
railroads 150.19, up 0.02; 15 ut
ilities 70.35. up 0.06, and 65
stocks 170.43 up 0.31. Sales to
dav were about 1.910.000 shares
compared with 1,920,000 shares
"Wednesday.
Inch of Snow Falls
In Medford Vicinity
The Medford viqinity had its Traces of snow fell during the
heaviest snowfall of the month 1 night but the heavy portion of
this morning when the weather
station at the airport reported
a fall of "a little over one inch."
One inch was the greatest
snow depth on the ground.
6,301 Children Get
Salk Vaccine Shots
Total of Jackson county
youngsters receiving Salk vac
cine in the current county-wide
campaign climbed to 6,301 yes
terday when 881 youths received
the anti-polio vaccine at Jack-
VACCINE SCHEDULE
Friday, Jan. 25, 9 a.m. to
noon: Rogue River Academy.
Pinehurit school, Oakgrove
ichool, Bellview school. Inocu
lations also available at the
health department in the coun
ty courthoust from 1 p.m. to
5 p.m.
sonville. Lone Pine, Prospect,
Lincoln and Briscoe schools, ac
cording to Dr. A. Erin Mcrkel.
public health physician.
At Jacksonville school, 222
were vaccinated, including 91
students and 31 others: Lone
Pine, 124, including 98 students
and 26 others: Lincoln school in
Medford, 159. including 136 stu
dents and 23 others; Prospect.
175, including 146 students and
25 others; and Briscoe school in
Ashland, 201, including 128 stu
dents1 and 73 others.
A polio vaccine station will
be set up in the basement room
of the Elks club. North Central
ave., and Fifth St., Monday, Jan.
28. and Feb. 25, from 7 to 9 p.m.
for those who have been unable
to get it at the schools during
the regular program.
Only those under 20 years of
age will be eligibly at the Elks
station, it was reported.
its rolls," Gastineau said
"We can expect more cases
during the coming polio season
in spite of the availability of
the Salk vaccine. More money
also is needed to perfect the vac
cine, now 75 to 80 per cent ef
fective," he declared. 'Then
there is the need to educate the
public to use the vaccine and to
finance vaccinations for those
people unable to afford them."
He pointed out that across the
nation there are some 80.000
polio victims for whom the vac
cine came too late and the Na
tional Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis has budgeted $16,000,
000 for their care.
The National Foundation plans
to build five new respirator cen
ters across the nation during the
next year to care for old patients
as well as new ones, he said.
"If the Lions club's TV auc
tion Monday night and the
Mothers' March on Jan. 31 go
over the top, we still have a
chance to come up with the bad-
ly needed money,
Gastineau
said.
metal roof deck, metal joists and a built-up roof. The living
quarters portion will have concrete block exterior walls with
wood joist and sheathing and built-up roofing. The non
detention portion will have wood stud and plaster interior
with some plywood paneling. Separate contracts will cover
jail and kitchen equipment except that steel kitchen cabinets
are included. Accoustical tile will be used in the recreation
and office areas and plaster elsewhere. Radiant floor heat is
planned. Lighting is about evenly divided between incan
descent and fluorescent. Prison-type plumbing fixtures will
be used in the detention area and conventional fixtures else
where. Chain link fencing will enclose a yard area.
the storm went through, this
area about 6 a.m.
Some snow is forecast for to
night and Friday but not so
heavy a fall as recorded this
morning. The forecast is for
partly cloudy weather with a
few snow flurries.
Previous Snowfall
Heaviest previous snowfall
this month occurred on Jan. 7
and 8. One-half inch was record
ed during the two days.-
Chains were required or ad
vised on most mountain passes
leading from the valley, and
state police reported snow fall
ing at all passes.
Two inches of snow on the
Siskiyous brought the roadside
total to 28 inches, and state po
lice advised carrying chains al
though highway department
plows were plowing.
Carrying chains was advised
on the Greet) Springs, where one
inch of new snow brought the
roadside total to 17 inches.
Snow was falling in Cave
Junction, Grants Pass, Prospect,
on Oregon and Sexton moun
tains,, and throughout Siskiyou
county in California, police said.
Plows Operating
Prospect reported six inches
of new snow with 10 inches
roadside. Plows were operating,
but chains were required, police
said. Three inches was reported
at the quarantine station near
Oregon mountain and chains
were required.
Chains also were required on
Sexton mountain, where five
inches of new snow was report
ed. Plows were operating and
the highway was covered with
packed snow, police said.
Ten inches of new snow was
reported at Crater Lake Na
tional park during the past 24
hours bringing the total depth
to 76 inches. Last year at this
time there were 129 inches on
the ground and two years ago
today there were 66 inches.
Park service plows were oper
ating on the south and west
roads, and chains were advised.
Chains were required from
Annie Springs to park head
quarters, and the road closed
from headquarters to the rim.
Holmes Presides Over
Control Board Meet
Salem (U.R) Gov. Robert D.
Holmes presided today over his
first meeting of the State Board
of Control, an agency he would
like to abolish.
However, he told his fellow
board members. State Treasurer
Sig Unander and Secretary of
State Mark Hatfield. that he
hoped they would work well to
gether, and do the best possible
job for the state.
Hatfield assured the governor
it was his wish that the board
could work in harmony and
Unander suggested the three
members jointly inspect various
state institutions. "
P. J. Squier, new superintend
ent of the state's correctional in
stitution, told board members
that working plans for the first
two phases of the institution
were virtually complete.
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Porter, Neuberger
Ask Investigation
In Case of Airman
Washington '.U.R) An Ore
gon senator and a representative
today asked the State Depart
ment to investigate what they
believe may have been a politically-motivated
"cover-up" slay
ing of a former Eugene man.
Gerald Lester Murphy, a Do
minican airline pilot, vanished
Dec. 3. His parents are Mr. and
Action Demanded
Sen. Wayne Morse and Rep.
Charles O. Porter, both Oregon
Democrats from Eugene, de
mand that Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles order imme
diate action to solve the "puz
zling and tragic case." They said
a cloak of secrecy had suddenly
been thrown about the case.
Porter said he had reason to
believe that Murphy had been
slain because he suspected that
a fellow pilot had been involved
in the mystery disappearance
last March of a Columbia Uni
versity professor in New York.
Gl Housing Interest
Rate Boost Debated
.. Washington (U.R) President
Eisenhower's agency chiefs be
gan trying today to talk a dubi
ous Congress into boosting mort
gage interest rates to 5 per cent
on GI housing.
The Administration's drive col
lided with demands from Demo
crats that Congress, instead,
pump up to $1 billion in govern
ment funds into the GI mort
gage market to help hold the
interest rate at 4.5 per cent.
The House Veterans Affairs
Committee set the stage for a
clash over the government
"tight money, high interest"
policy by opening six days of ex
ploratory hearings on the GI
housing program.
Youth Gets 15 Years
For Police Car Theft
Roseburg, Ore. (U.R) Harvey
Lee Eubanks, 18, of Bragg City,
Mo., today was sentenced by
Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly
here to 15 years in the state
penitentiary.
Eubanks was charged with
burglary and armed robbery in
connection with the robbery of
a state policeman's car at gun
point and the burglary of a Tri
City school.
Weather
FORECAST: Tartly rloudr with
a few snow flurriei tonight
and Fridav. Continued cold.
Low tonight 20-25. Hish Fri
day 40.
T?mp.
HiRhnt Yesterday Ah
Lowest this Morning 3t
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today .09
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 7:33 a.m.
Sunset 5:14 p.m.
The Moon rises Friday 3:28 a.m.
and forms a triangle with the
star. n tares, and the planet,
Saturn. Saturn, on the left, is
now about 9fi9 million miles
away. It will trow brighter this
Winter and Spring as it moves
nearer the Earth en its orbit
around the Sun.;
Statute Violations
21 Tavern Owners
From County Take
Stand in Hearings
OLCC Examiner to
Make Recommendation
Lloyd Keller, owner of The
Tavern, Medford, Wednesday
told an Oregon Liquor Control
commission' examiner he gave
no money last October to Chris
tian Schempp, proprietor of the
Union Club, in Medford, for any
type of campaign.
Keller is one of 21 local tav
ern owners charged by the
OLCC with contributing money
for the Jackson county general
election campaign in violation
of Oregon statutes. He testified
at an OLCC administrative hear
ing held here Tuesday and Wed
nesday. Receipt Book
Don C. Church, lieutenant in
the commission's enforcement
division, stated a receipt book
he had obtained from Schempp
showed Keller had contributed
S25 to a political campaign. Kel
ler said Schempp had approach
ed him and asked for a $25 con
tribution, but he refused to give
Schempp any money.
Schempp was called to the
witness stand and said it was
possible Keller had not made the
contribution despite the receipt,
that had been made out. Keller
was not represented by an attor
ney at the hearing.
Although the other 20 tavern
owners admitted giving varying
amounts of money to Schempp
when he called on them last
October, they pleaded innocent
of the statute violation during
the two-day hearings. They de
nied definite knowledge pi how
the "money was finally used,
though nearly all said they were
under the impression the money
was to be used in some sort of
political campaign. Some indi
cated they thought it was to be
used in support of District Attor
ney Thomas Reeder. How the
money was finally used was not
established during the hearing
Gives Money
Schempp testified he collect
ed approximately $980 for Reed
er's campaign but gave the
money to Attorney. Paul Havi
lrnd without telling him how
it was to be used. Haviland said
he gave it to two other attor
neys whom he did not identify.
Names of the two attorneys were
not asked during the hearing,
though Examiner Henry J. Det
loff requested affidavits be ob
tained from them showing final
disposition of the funds.
Several representatives from
both political parties testified
they had no personal knowledge
of money being accepted from
any OLCC licensee On behalf
of any candidate.
Lieutenant Church said he
had been assigned to investigate
reports to the OLCC that licen
sees here had made contribu
tions to Reeder's campaign. He
declined to reveal the source of
the original report, but said the
commission had received some
correspondence on the matter
from Reeder's election oppon
ent, Walter D. Nunley, former
district attorney.
Nunley Testifies
Nunley testified he had call
ed the matter to the attention of
the commission as an "investi
gative lead." He said he had re
fused to give money to Schempp
when Schempp contacted him
and asked for a contribution for
Reeder's campaign.
The hearing also revealed
letter soliciting money for Nun
ley's campaign had been sent to
Alvin C. Leighton. proprietor of
Brown's cafe in Medford. John
Dellenback, chairman of the
Nunley for District Attorney
committee, identified the letter
as one of several sent on Nun
ley's behalf. He stated, however,
he was not aware of willful at
tempts on the part of Nunley's
campaign workers to solicit
funds from OLCC licensees.
Admit Contributing
Two local licensees admitted
contributing money for a write
in campaign to draft O. H.
Bengtson as district attorney.
They were Kenneth G. Hamner,
owner of the Holland hotel, and
Hugh Lappin manager of Colony
Restaurants, Inc., doing business
as Tabu Dinner House in Med
ford. Lappin, who was represent
ed by Bengtson, a Medford
attorney, said he had given $10
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BANQUET SPEAKER Mark
Hatfield, secretary of state, will
speak at the Medford Junior
Chamber of Commerce distin
guished service award banquet
Friday at the Rogue Valley
Country club. The distinguished
service award will be presented
to one of six finalists selected.
The award is presented to the
man between 21 and 35 years
of age who has been outstand
ing in community leadership and
service. See story on page 10.
Leilani Owner's
President To Probe
Report of Unrest
San Francisco U.R Elmer
J. Martin, president of the Ha
waiian Steamship Co., flew to
Acapulco, Mexico, today to
board the cruise ship Leilani and
investigate reports that many
passengers were disgruntled
with the voyage.
Forty-four of the nearly 600
passengers left the ship' at the
Panama Canal, complaining
about overcrowding, unsanitary
conditions and insolence of crew
members.
In addition, 17 other passeng
ers suffered food poisoning and
were treated at a hospital. The
18,500-ton Leilani, scheduled to
enter West Coast-Hawaii tourist
service next month, was quaran
tined for several hours at Balboa
while health officers investigat
ed sanitary conditions. -
"We are shocked to think that
any passenger has not received
full satisfaction from his voy
age," Martin said before his de
parture this morning.
"I intend to talk personally
with every passenger aboard and
determine just how serious the
situation has been."
Egypt May Disrupt
Suez Salvage Work
United Nations (U.R) West
ern observers speculated today
on the possibility Egypt would
react to Israel's refusal to give
up the Gaza Strip and Aqaba
Gulf by halting salvage oper
ations in the Suez Canal.
It was recalled Cairo news
papers have voiced warnings
Egypt will stop UN clearance of
the 101-mile waterway unless
Israeli forces are withdrawn
completely from the territories
they seized in the October in
vasion. 1
UN resolution gave Israel un
til Thursday midnight to com
plete the evacuation.
Medford Man Fined on
Driving Charge Today
Eino Edwin Kangas, 47, of 525
Palm St., Medford, was fined
$255 in district Court today after
he pleaded guilty to charges of
driving while intoxicated.
His driver's license was sus
pended for 90 days and he re
ceived a suspended 30-day jail
sentence. Kangas was. arrested
Tuesday on Highway 62 by state
police. . ,
Weed Control Meeting
Scheduled Friday
A public meeting, on weed
control will be held at 1:15 p.m.
Friday in the courthouse audi
torium, Earle Jossyr county ag
riculture agent, reminded resi
dents today.
Speaker will be Rex Warren,
Oregon State college farm crops
specialist. New weed control
chemicals and their use will be
1 discussed at the meeting.
Denied
Doctrine Involves
Open War 'Risk'
Gruenther Asserts
Resolution Would
Make Position Clear
Washington (U.R) Gen. Al
fred M. Gruenther has told
Congress that President Eisen
hower's doctrine for the Middle
East involves the "risk" of open
war with Russia. .
But Gruenther, recently re
tired allied supreme commander
in Europe, said the dangers to
world peace are greater if Con
gress fails to give the President
power to use U.S. military forces
if necessary to block Communist
aggression in the Middle East.
Would Make Position Clear
Such a congressional resolu
tion, Gruenther said, would
make clear the U.S. position
arid perhaps prevent Russia
from miscalculating how this
country would react to Commu
nist aggression in the Middle
East.
Gruenther gave the testimony
in closed session last Thursday
before the House Foreign Af
fairs Committee. The committee
made the testimony public to
day. ,
. Gruenther told the committee
"we must bear in mind that
the Soviets are liable to mis
calculate." But, he continued.
"they would lose a war if they
started it now."
Heavily Censored
The committee made the testi
mony public as it went into
another secret session to vote
on the President's proposed Mid
dle East resolution.
. Gruenther' testimony was
heavily censored to delete se
curity matter.
The four-star general, who
now is head of the American
Red Cross, also urged the com
mittee to give Mr. Eisenhower
authority to spend up to $200
million more in economic aid j
to bolster Middle East econ
omies "Of course, $200 million is
a lot of money but it may re
quire a lot of money to meet
this challenge," he said. "And
we must meet it. Compared with
the possible dangers, $200 mil-
ion is not a high price."
(See Story en Page 16)
Snider Expresses
Confidence in Police
Mayor John Snider, speaking
as a representative of the city
council, last night expressed,
complete confidence in the Med
ford police department and its
officers.
Appearing briefly at a regu
lar meeting of departmental per
sonnel, the mayor complimented
Chief Charles Champlin and his
men for maintaining a high level
of law enforcement in the city,
and caHed for continued efforts
to provide impartial, efficient
and consistent police services.
He said 'the city council is
solidly behind the department
in its efforts, and would remain
so as long as the department
continued to function as "one
of the best police departments in
the state."
"No More Tranquilizers?"
Members To Vote
On Secret Ballot
Plan for Solution
Proposition Made
Order of Business
Salem U.R) The Oregon
Senate made it a special order
of business at 2 p.m. today to
vote on a proposal by Sen. War
wen Gill, Lebanon Republican,
to taKe a preferential secret bal
lot for president, to break the
11-day-old deadlock for the post.
Under Sen. Gill's proposal,
the senators would take a secret
ballot, then be bound by its re
sults when the' voice voting ac
tually came to the Senate floor.
To Mark Choicas
He proposed that each senator
mark his first, second and third
choices for president. Each first
choice would get three points;
each second choice, two points,
and each third choice, one point.
The candidate getting the larg
est aggregate number of points
would be the one the senators
would then agree to elect.
After Sen. Gill made his pro
posal late yesterday, his motion
was laid on the table temporar
ily when Sen. Harry D. Uoivin
of Klamath Fails one of three
Democrats the Republicans have
been supporting for president
said the proposal was new to
him and he would like to study
it overnight.
Order of Business
Shortly after the Senate con
vened at 10 a.m. today, the mo
tion was taken off the table and
made a special order of business
for 2 pjn. at which time Sen.
Andrew J. Naterlin, Newport
Democrat who was absent for
the morning session, was ex
pected to be present.
Earlier, the Democrats had
switched their tactics and of
fered the name of Sen. Jean
Lewis, Portland Democrat, for
president in the hopes of luring
at least one Republican vote to
produce the 16 necessary for
election. Previously the Demo
crats had been voting for their
original choice. Sen. Walter J.
Pearson of Portland.
Republicans Agreed
But the Republicans continued
to vote in turn for Democratic
Sens. Ward Cook and Phil
Brady of Portland; Sen. Boivin,
and Gill, their original choice.
Gill, in proposing the prefer
ential vote, said the Republicans
had agreed that a Democrat
should be president.
Jefferson School
Entered Last Night
About J75 cents in -change,
some ice cream and milk were
taken from the Jefferson Grade
school Tuesday and Wednesday
nights, according to police.
Medford police said entry
Tuesday night was made
through a door leading to an
open fuel bin used for storing
sawdust. Money was taken from
a vending machine and pry
marks indicated an attempt was
made to enter the cafeteria, po
lice said.
Police said muddy footprints
were evident in several parts
of the building.
Police reported today the
building was entered again last
night. Entry to the building has
not been determined, police
said, but entry to the school
cafeteria was made through a
window. Several ice cream bars
and two small cartons of milk
were reported taken.
Robert Steven Rukovina, plant
superintendent at Rogue' River
Packing corporation, reported to
police today someone attempted
to enter the plant. Pry marks
were visible on a door leading
into an office, according to
police.