Repeal of State Anti-Pscketing Lav Discussed at Hearing
TRAGEDY BRINGS
DEMAND FOR AIR
TEST REGULATION
Pacoima, Calif. U.R) Irate
parents and congressmen de
manded today an end to test
flights over congested areas be
cause a collision in air sent a
luxury transport ripping through
a school playground, killing five
airmen and two children.
More than 50 boys were play
ing kickball Thursday when
suddenly a $1,950,000 Douglas
DC7B ploughed through ' the
playground after colliding near
ly 25.000 feet above with a
F89D Scorpion jet interceptor.
On Killed Instantly
One boy was killed instantly
and another di?d within minutes
of the crash that also brought
death to the transport's crew of
four and the pilot of the jet.
At least 71 children were in
jured in the crash. Of this num
ber, 23 still were hospitalized
this morning.
San Fernando valley hospitals
treated more than 40 youngsters
Hearing Scheduled
On Abolishing O&C
Area Restrictions
A public hearing on proposals
to abolish marketing area re
strictions on the sale and proc
essing of timber from revested
O and C l&.ids in western Ore
gon will be held in Portland
March 1, Secretary of Interior
Fred A. Seaton has announced.
The hearing, which will start
at 9 a.m. in the Interior building
auditorium, Portland, will be
conducted by James F. Boyle.
bureau of land management area
administrator.
Hearing Requested
The hearing was called by
BLM directt r, Edward Woozley,
in response to several recom
mendations from the lumber in
dustry, communities and county
governments in the 18 O and C
counties.
Twelve marketing areas were
established in 1946 and 1947
with regulations restricting the
primary manufacture of all O
and C timber to the area of
origin. More complete utiliza
tion of forest products within
each of the 12 areas was the
primary purpose, BLM officials
said.
Restrictions were modified
July 7, 1956, to permit the manu
facture of O and C salvage tim
ber regardless of origin of the
timber.
Written briefs, statements, or
documents intended for presen
tation at the hearing should be
submitted prior to March 1 to
the area administrator, bureau
of land management, 1001 NE
Lloyd blvd., Portland, Boyle
said.
Rescue Operations
Nearing Completion
Chama. N.M. -(U.R Weasels
and a helicopter movea out to
day to complete the hazardous
task of rescuing 49 train crew
men from atop 10,022-foot Cum
bres Pass where they hage been
snowbound for almost a week.
Two of the (Weasels, wide
tracked snow vehicles, broke
down Thursday after six of 39
trainmen had been brought here
from Coxo Station two miles
from the top of the pass.
Rescue conditions were de
scribed as excellent" today by
R. B. Norwood, assistant super
intendent for the Denver & Rio
Grande Western Railroad. He
said he expected all the men to
be brought down by tonight.
The helicopter flew five of the
21 train crewmen, "stranded atop
the pass in a sectiSh house since
Saturday, to Alamosa, Colo. One
of the five. Earl Gilbert, was re
ported to have symptoms of
pnuemonia.
Saud Always To Stand by America in
What is Right, He Pledges at Dinner
Washington (U.R) U. S. offic
ials took heart today from King
Saud's statement that he always
will stand with Asnerica "in
what is right and just for the
common good of humanity as a
whole."
The visiting king ofHjil-rich
Saudi Arabia made the pledge gt
a state dinner given in his honor
Saturday night by Secretary of
"tatc'John Foster Dulles.
Conferred Earlier
Saud. one of the Arab world's
top leaders, and Dulles had con
ferred earlier in the day in the
continuing effort to win Saud's
support of the anti-Communist
Eisenhower Doctrine for the Mid
dle East.
and others were attended to at
the scene for minor cuts and
shock ad released to their par
ents. Others of the injured were
taken care of by persona! physi
cians, including a six-year-old
boy who was struck by flying
debris while playing in front of
his house, and a man who suf
fered minor injuries at a church
which was hit by a piece of one
of the falling planes.
One Crew Member Survives
A radarman in the jet plane
managed to bail out shortly be
fore the twin-engined S990.000
interceptor crashed into a hill
side six miles away from the
school.
The big transport began fall
ing apart after the collision as it
streaked directly toward the
Pacoima Junior high school and
the adjacent Terra Bella Ele
mentary school. The crippled
plane struck the playground as
terr fied children attempted to
fief to safety.
James Mitchell, 13, said, "I
',aw the plane flying over. Then
I saw the plane heading toward
the school. I ran into sorftone
and fell and just kept rolling
Pieces of plane were flying
everywhere. There was a lot of
screaming. I got hit in the legs."
When asked how he managed
to get nis ciotncs otl alter Ihe
crash, Richard Berger, 12, said,
"I didn't take them off. They
were burned off."
Sick To Stomach
"I saw kids lying on the
ground, crying and screaming."
said Patrolman Harry T. Kowal
sky, who sped to the scene. "It
made me sick to my stomach."
Both planes were on test
flights. The transport was under
going a final test prior to de
livery to a major airline and the
jet crew was testing the plane1
radar equipment for Northrop
Aircraft.
Angry parents here immedi
ately launched a mass protest
against test flights over populat
ed areas. Mayor Norris Poulson
of nearby Los Angeles made a
direct appeal to President Eisen
hower asking that such tests
over populated areas be banned.
In Washington, President Eis
enhower asked Edward Curtis,
his special assistant for civil
aviation matters, to look into
every possible way So prevent
air collisions such as that over
Pacoima.
Three More Arrested
For Entering Cabin
Three more Shady Cove boys,
two 15 years old zrd one. 14,
have been arrested in connec
tion with a break and entry last
fall at a cabin on Indian creek
in Shady Cove, Sheriff Howard
Gault reported today.
The cabin is owned by John
J. Leaden who has been a pa
tient at the veterans' hospital in
Vancouver, Wash for several
months.
Four other teenage Shady
Cove boys were arrested earlier
in connection with the break
and etjjry. Six of the youths
have been charged with mali
cious destruction of property
and the seventh was charged
with trespassing.
According to the sheriff, the
cabin was thoroughly ransacked
and contents of drawers scat
tered over the rooms. Pictures
and other household items were
damaged and the youths admit
ted taking several items from
the building.
House Resolution Calls
For John Day Dam Funds
Salem (U.P.) The Oregon
House of Representatives unani
mously passed a resolution today
falling on "Congress to appro
priate funds for ths construction
of John Day dam on the main
stm of the Columbia river.
President Eisenhower planned
to neet with Saud again this
afternoon in a final conference
about the doctrine and other
Middle East problems.
Dulles indirectly referred to
the threat of Communism in the
Middle East when he toasted
Saud ffl orange juice at the bril
liant state dinner at the Pan
American Ujiion Building.
At Time of Crisis
The secretary said Saud came
to America "? a time of crisis"
when "turbulent vaves" that
have beat first upon one part of
the world and then another
"would seem to beat upon the
Arab lands.'!
In his answering toast. Saud
spoke of what he called the tra-O
Cabinet Members' Wives Disagree
Washington (U.P.) The wives
of two Cabinet members dis
agreed today with an opinion of
Mrs. Charles E. Wilson that many
Cabinet heads want to go home.
Mrs. Wilson defended, her hus
band, the secretary of defense,
against President Eisenhower
Thursday when she said Mr. Ei
senhower's statement on Wilson's
remark about the National Guard
was "uncalled for."
The President said the secre
Mansfield Takes
Issue With Ike on
Mid-East Doctrine
Washington (U.R) Senate
Democratic whip Mike Mansfield
today took issue with President
Eisenhower's statement that
Democratic critics of John Fos
ter Dulles have offered flo spe
cific proposals of their own for
keeping peace in the Middle i
East.
The Montana Democrat, a
member of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, said "I
don't want to get in an argu
ment with the President, but I
can't accept that suggestion."
Mr. Eisenhower said at his
press conference Wednesday that
the Democrats have not offered
"constructive alternatives" when
they criticized the secretary of
state and the administration on
foreign policy.
Specific Suggestions
Mansfield said his own pro
posed substitute for Mr. Eisen
hower's Middle East "doctrine"
resolution makes "specific sug
gestions." The combined Senate Foreign
Relations and Armed Services
Committee recalled Dulles to a
closed meeting today for a sixth
day of questioning on the Presi
dent's resolution.
The resolution already has I
passed the House, but key Dem
ocrats said they did not think
the Senate committee would fin
ish hearings on it before some
time next week and that it prob
ably will not be sent to the full
Senate until the middle of the
month, despite the President's
urgings for haste.
Committee Slashes
Drought Aid Request
Washington (U.P.) The
House Appropriations Committee
today slashed S26 million from
the administration's proposed $76
million emergency aid program
for farmers and ranchers in the
drought-ridden Great Plains
states.
The congressmen said in an
official report that S20 million
of the amount they cut is not
needed now. They said President
Eisenhower can get it later if
it is still needed.
The President's $76 million
program, based on findings dur
ing his recent tour of the
drought region, called for im
mediate soil conservation pro
grams and for rushing feed
grains to the stricken area.
Mothers Collect $4,357
For March of Dimes
The Mothers' March phase of
the March of Dimes campaign
collected $4,367.61 in Jackson
county last night, according to
Mrs. Lew Miles," county coordi
nator. Medford led county collec
tions with $3,383.68. Ashland
was next with $555. Others were
Eagle Point $156.23. Central
Point $143. Jacksonville $48.70.
Phoenix S44 and Butte Falls $27.
iRelative Responsibility
Repeal Up Before House
Salem (U.R) Sen. R. F.
Chapman of Coos Bay introduced
a bill yesterday which would re
peal the law requiring relatives
to cgntrigute to the support of
indigents receiving state public
welfare funds. The measure
would leave intact a prior claim
law which gives th state prior
claim to the estate of a deceased
welfare fund recipient.
ditional friendship between the
United States and Saudi Arabia.
He said this friendship was based
on frankness and a love of per
manent peace.
G o
Washington (U.R) A leg
brace and special shoes were be
ing prenared at a U.S. Army hos
pital today to correct the limp
whicS afflicts Prince Mashur
Ibn Saud, 3V2-year-old son of vis
iting King Saud of Saudi Arabia.
The young prince suffers from
a partial paralysis of the right
arm and leg. Doctors who ex
amined him Thursday at the re;
quest of President Eisenhower
believe the paralysis resulted
lrom brain damage, suffered at
Birth, it was report. ;d
tary of defense made "a very un
wise statement" in saying that
the National Guard had been a
haven for draft dodgers during
the Korean war.
''i know I shouldn't say any
thing," Mrs. Wilson said. "I'll
just get him in more hot water.
"I think you need a little pat
on the back once in a while. Mr.
Wilson has been trying to do a
good job and I think he has done
a good job," she said.
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Dragging Halted
Temporarily (or
Grants Pass Man
Dragging operations for the
(J)ody of Charles J. Howe, 60, of
Grants Pass, along the Rogue
river near Miller's gulch were
suspended temporarily today by
state police. ,
Howe is believed to have
diowned when the station wagon
he was driving went into the
river near the Miller's gulch
bridge Monday night. The ve
hicle, unoccupied, was recover
ed from the river late Tuesday
morning.
May Resume Dragging
State police said dragging op
erationsoprobably would resume
in a couPle J- During
the
three days of dragging, state
police, sheriff's deputies and
sporsment from along the river
concentrated their efforts be
tween Miller's gulch and the
bridge at Rogue River, with
some dragging extending some
distance downstream from the
Pbridge, police said.
Police noted that cold water
causes a body to remain near
the river bottom rather than
to rise . to the surface. Police
said dragging operations prob
ably will be more effective when
the body rises toward the sur
face. There are several compara
tively deep holes in the river
bottom in the area, police said,
and it is likely the body may be
in one of them. Dragging also
had been hampered vby ice along
the river bank and silt on the
bgttom, they said.
United Air Lines
Asks Fare Increase
Chicago U.R) United Air
Lines announced today that it
will seek approval of the Civil
Aeronautics Board for a fare in
crease of 6 per cent above exist
ing first class, coach and excur
sion rates.
Formal filing will be made
with the CAB at Washington
March 1, the company said.
W. A. Patterson, president of
United, said the rate increase
would affect both domestic and
Hawaiian operations and "is one
that we take wfth much reluc
tance but of necessity."
Patterson said higher wages
and costs made fhe requested
fare increase necessary. In
creases in the price of gasoline
will cost United $2.1 million this
year, he said, and "we have no
assurance that this is the end of
increased gasoline prices."
AFL-CIO Orders Unions.
To Kick Out Gangsters
Miami Beach (U.R) The
AFL-CIO today ordered its
unions to kick out suspected
gangsters or Communists with
out waiting for them to be
brought to trial. 0
The announcement was one
of the strongest pronouncements
by the powerful labor group
against racketeering in many
years.
Tugboat, Bargemen
Strike in New York
New York0 (U.R) A strike
of tugboat and barge crewmen
today crippled the bulk of traf
fic in New York harbor and
threatened to create a serious
shortage) of oil, coal and other
vital materials within a week.
A union pokesma3 said the
strike had spread to other major
U.S. ports, but a check failed to
bear out his claim.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock - averages: 30 indus
trials 477.22, off 1.94; 20 rail
roads 148.47, off 0.32; 15 utilities
71.31. up 0.38. and 65 stocks
169.61. off 0.30. Sales today
were about 1.680,000 shares com
pared with 1.920,000 shares
Thursday.
'I think the President should
have stood back of Mr. Wilson
instead of spending his time
commenting on how wonderful
Foster Dulles has been. I think
Foster Dulles is a good man, too,
but I don't think he hai done
any better than a lot of other
men."
Mrs. Wilson also said she
thinks her husband "has earned
the right to take it easy now"
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'As If Things Weren't Bad Enough"
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Past Presidents of
Chamber Recognized
Bronze plaques were present -
ed to past presidents of the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce at its annual round
up buffet last night.
Plaques were presented to
Karl Janouch, who was presi
dent in 1943 and 1945; C. A.
Hubbard, president in 1950 and
1951; Jennings Pierce, president
in 1953; and John Pletsch, 1955
president.
Wives who received plaques
for their husbands who were
unable to attend were Mrs.
Jorgen Jorgensen. Mrs. Walter
Garner and Mrs. Otto Ewaldsen.
Jorgensen was president in 1952,
Garner in 1954, and Lwaldsen
in 1956. Wives received a bou
quet of roses in recognition for
their assistance to their hus
bands while serving as president.
Unable To Attend o
Arrangements are being made
to present plaques to four other
past presidents or their sur
vivors, since 1941 who were
unable to atlend last night's
buffet. They are Glenn Jackson,
president from 1941 through
1949; Tom Wray, president in
1944; Herb Grey, president in
1946; and the late William H.
Ashland Men Fined, c
Sentenced in Court
Two inland men were fined
and given jail sentences in dis
trict court this morning after
pleading guilty to charges of as-.-m,h
ir,j HiaHorv prnwinff out
of an altercatidh at the Valley
View Inn north of Ashland Wed
nesday afternoon.
Philip Tecomseh Stewart. 58,
Ashland, was fined $205 and re
ceived a 30-day jail Sentence,
and Wilbert Michael Shiltz, 46,
Ashland, was fined $100 and $e-
: i . Air i -l -1 ctinlonrp
ceiveu a u-uoj j t,il . -. -
They wege charged with bejt
HarnlH Samuel Bixler. 47,
route 1, box 55, Ashland, the
complamtant in the case.
Weather
FORECAST: Mostly cloudy with .
showers tonitht. DecreaMm
cloiidine and showerj Sat
urday with precipitation oc
casionally rain and snow
mixed Saturday. Low tonlcnt
32-34. Hilh Saturday 3-1.
Temp.
Hichent Yesterday
. . fnrnlnr 3.1
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today
Our Skies Tonfght
Sunrise
7:26 a.m.
Moonset
First Quarter
, 7:37 p.m.
Feb. 7
aturn, low in southeast 4:57 a.m.
Venus and Mercury, low in
southeast at -sunrise. (These
two will return as evening stars
In the Sprint: Mercury In April
and Venu late in May)
Hubbies Want To Quit
although she said , she had not
asked him to resign.
"A good many of the Cabinet
feel the. sa,me way," she said.
"They think the time has come
to turn things over to others
now."
Mrs. Ezra T: Benson, wife of
the secretary of agriculture, told
the United Press that "as long as
the President wants my husband
to remain in Washington and
can be of service to the country
Y, FEBRUARY 1, 1957
1 Fluhrer, president in 1947.
Dwight Houghton, who served
undej- all the presidents since
1941, presented the recognition
plaques, briefly outlinging proj
ects started or continued by the
presidents during their tenure
of office.
Principal speaker at the buf
fet was Dr. Frank O. Mclntyre,
director of public relations for
the California Teachers associa
tion. His talk, "How To Build
a Better Mousetrap," centered
on the theme of maintaining
morale in a community through
pride for progressive action by
the Chamber and residents of
the city.
Pendleton-La Grande
Road Blocked by Snow
Pendleton (U.R) Traffic on
Highway 30 between Pendleton
and La Grande was disrupted
today by a heavy snowfall and
a stranded logging truck.
A highway department snow
ploHv was clea.ing away some
18 inches of snow on Emigrant
hill east of here and state police
advised motorists to stay off the
route. It was expected to be
cleared by early afternoon.
The logging truck turned
sideways in the highway at
Glovers crossing about 14 miles
west of La Grande at 11:30
p.m. yesterday.
Ashland Man Being Held
For Attempted Murder
San Francisco Dale Nicker
son, 27, of Ashland, Ore., and
Harvey Olson, 39, of Sacramen
to, Calif., have been arrested
here on charges of suspicion of
attempted murder. Both ere
lodged in the San Francisco city
jail.
Their arrest followed the
shooting of John Van Horn, 31,
San Francisco printer, eajjy
Wednesday. Van Horn was shot
in the back, but not seriously
hurt.
Available Jackson county3 di
rectories do not list a Dale
Nickcrson.
Road Crews Start Work
On Concrete Bridges
County road creOs have staff
ed work on five small cconcrete
bridges to replace wood bridges
over irrigation canals in the
vicinity of South Stage rd., ac
cording to Paul Rynning, county
engineer.
Rynning said the work started
about a week ago. The project is
expected to be finished in two
or three weeks.
I will be happy to stay here and
help him ig every way I can."
Mrs. Fred A. Seaton, wife of
the secretary of interior, said
she endorses "Mrs. Benson's
sentiment."
Mrs. Dulles declined to discuss
Mrs. Wilson's statements. Nor
would she answer any questions
about how long she and her hus
band plan to remain in Washing
ton. Price 10c
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No. 269
Virginia Third
Slate Declared
As Disaster Area
By UNITED PRSS
President Eisenhower today
declared a flood disaster in a
third state Virginia. Four other
states were suffering from rav
ages of the mid-winter floods.
Parts of Kentucky and West
Virginia were designated a dis
aster area Thursday.
The President -declared an
emergency in six southwestern
Virginia counties that are part
of a broad seven-state area where
the floods have spread death,
misery and destruction.
Deaths Reach 13
The death toll in the flood
lands rose to 13 and the home
less numbered high in the thous
ands. The toll stood at seven dead
in Kentucky, four in West Vir
ginia, one in Virginia, and one
in Tennessee.
A eighth state. South Caro
lina, received a warning of "mod
erate" flooding upstream on the
Saluda, Broad and Catawba
rivers.
The broadening lood belt
reached the Tennessee metrop
olis of Chattanooga this morn-
mg, forcing some evacuations.
In western North Carolina, evac
uation alerts were cancelled at
mid-morning for lowlying towns
when streams that had gushed
out of their banks during the
night began falling.
Tennessee Overflows
The Tennessee river, key
stream of the vast Tennessee
Valley Authority, sloshed over
into lowland areas at Chat
tanooga and rescue workers
began preparing for duty there.
A city relief crew evacuated
a family of nine from low
ground near Chattanooga. The
National guard sent three am
phibious trucks and 200 litters
from Nashville. The Red Cross
and some 100 volunteer national
guardsmen stood by In anticipa
tion of a possible flood crisis.
Families Evacuated
1 Water tumbling down moun
tain streams of the Great
Smokies forced the evacuation of
300 families from their homes at
Sevierville, on the edge of the
Smoky Mountain National Park.
Businesses were forced to close
and, for a while Thursday night,
the community was isolated.
Four Bandits Hold Up
Credit Union Office '
(Toledo, Ohio U.R) Four
bandits today robbed the Lib-bey-Owdens-Ford
Co. Credit
Union of $50,000.
Police Capt. Marion Davey
said all the robbers were armed.
He said they escaped in a two
tone green Chevrolet.
Davey said it was believed
police located the car four
blocks from the plant shortly
after the robbery.
Bill Proposed
School Bond
Jackson county's legislators
have introduced a measure de-(
signed to remove any possible
complication in the future .bond
ing capacity of the Medford
school district.
The bill is SB 6, by Sen. Philip
Lowry and Reps. Robert Duncan
and Al Littrell, and m entitled
"A bill for an act relating to tjie
validation of school district or
ganization and consolidation, and
acts and proceedings related
thereto; and declaring an emer
gency." The situation requiring the
legislation arose last spring after
the April 10 election at which
voters in the Medferd, Oak Grove
and West Side schools approved
consolidation, After the election,
it was discovered that there was
a minor technical flaw in the
prescribed dates for the notice
STATES
New Conciliation
Service Would
Be Established
Labor Committee
Discusses Proposal '
Salem (U.R) Labor bills pro
viding for repeal of the state'
anti-picketing" or "right to
work" bill and establishing a
new state conciliation service
were discussed at a hearing of
the House Committee on Labor
and Industry yesterday.
No action was taken on either
of the bills which are sponsored
by Rep. Don Willner, Portland
Democrat, and others.
Chief proponent of the labor
package was Don Richardson,
an attorney for the Oregon La
bor Council. He said the 1953
anti-picketing" law forbids or
ganizational picketing except
when authorized by a majority
of employees of an employer.
Richardson said the law had
added to state labor strife and
that it was expensive, unneces
sary and restrictive.
Section Ruled Void
The Oregon Supreme Court
ruled unconstitutional and void
section 17 of the law which
prohibited picketing by persons
unless they were certified by
the state labor examiner, the
National Labor Relations Board
or the employer.
Richardson said that section
16 of the law which provides,
that it shall be unlawful to
compel a person to join a union
also if restrictive.
He said his organization favor
ed returning to the Norris-La-
Girardia act which was in effect
before the 1953 picketing legis
lation and which prohibits in
junctions being issued in cases
of peaceful picketing. He said
court decisions under the Nor-
ris-LaGuardia act would allow
injunctions in cases of unlawful
or monopolistic picketing.
"The conciliation law would t
also be a forward step," Rich
ardson said.
Bill Called 'Incomplete'
Opponents of the bill repeal
ing the anti-picketing law were
led by Pat Blair of the Oregon
Sand and Gravel Association.
He argued that whether picket
ing was unconstitutional or not
depended on whether it was de
signed just to publicize condi
tions or to coerce employers or
employees into joining a union
He maintained that workers
in small operations not covered
by federal laws should have a
"free choice" as to whether they
would join a union.
Blair said he thought the pro
posed bill for a new conciliation
service was "incomplete." He
said provisions for a conciliation
service should be written into
the old law or a committee ap
pointed by the labor commis
sioner to draft a new law.
Committee Chairman Robert
Klemsen, St. Helens Democrat,
said further hearings would be
held on the subject.
Cold Front Carries
Moisture Overstate
By UNITED PRESS
A new cold front, this one
carrying moisture, bore down
on Oregon from the north today
bringing forecasts of snow mix
ed with rain.
The weather bureau said it
didn't expect te cold to last
long or come near that of the
past two weeks and added that
heavy precipitation wasn't like
ly. But much of the region's
one-day grace from freeziM
temperatures appeared to be
over temporarily.
Winds shifted" from west to
east once again in the icebox
known as the Columbia gorge.
Lows .down to zero in north
east Oregon and from 26 to 34
in western Oregon were expect
ed tonight. Snow was expected
east of the mountains and rain
and snow west of the Cascades,
with some clearing Saturday.
Baker was the cold spot in
Oregon last night with 12
above.
to Remove
Complications
of election. This would make no
difference in most instances,
school authorities report, but
they were advised by bonding
Attorney John Shuler of Port
land that it might prevent ap
proval of future bond issues.
Thjs bill carries the emergency
clause (which would make it ef
fective immediately upon pass
age) because it has become ap
parent to the school board that
it will be necessary to call a
bond issue election in the Med
ford school district soon. The
last school census has indicated
the need for two new elementary
schools in east Medford, and a
surprising increase in the high
school age population.
Architects have been retained
to make preliminary studies of
needs, costs and plans for the
proposed new schools.