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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY '24, 1957
No. 288
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Crater Students Say
Information on Bond
Election Misleading
Forty-two Crater High school
students, including most of the
top student leaders, last week
protested what they said was
the distribution of misleading in
formation in a recent school
bond election.
Two bond .issues, totaling
$235,000. were defeated by a
heavy vote in a School District
i 6C election test Monday. The
election was preceded by a
mailing to voters in the district
of a letter from Jhe "Jackson
County Tax Payers League,"
and the students, in a letter ad
dreaded to the editor of the Mail
Tribune, protested its contents.
The letter aid:
"Extensive Survey'
"First, we would like to ask
We Jackson County Tax Payers
League, when was your exten
sive survey of Crater- High
School made? To our knowledge,
and we have looked into this,
i we know of no such extensive
survey carried out by this or
ganization in Crater High school.
If they had taken such a sur
vey, we feel they would not
have taken such a stand against
the much needed bonds. They
would have seen close to 600
students trying to get an educa-
4 ion with facilities made for 500.
'hey would have seen three
0 teachers who do not have rooms
of their own, a speech class held
in a band room with no desks,
overcrowded class rooms with
tl teachers teaching 30 to 50
students in one class, two sub
standard rooms in the north
balcony.
"Had they gone to the boy's
dressing room they would have
found four walls wth one show
er having six shower heads and
one little 'office" which not
more than two people can get
a in at a time. Just think of 40 or
50 P.E. boys trying to get dressed
9t the same time.
Halls t0o Small
"Had they walked down the
ha!4 between classes we're afraid
they would not have made it to
where they were going, for you
often get pushed somewhere
else: the halls, just aren't big
enough to hold us all!
"These are the conditions now!
1 What we are asking the Jack
son County Tax Payers League
is what are we going to do next
year with the incoming fresh
man class much bigger than the
outgoing senior class, and no
place to put them?
"We would like the gentlemen
in the Tax Payers League to
come to some of the home foot
ball games next year: if we have
any. Football supports the other
sports, but in a stadium that
holds about 350 people it can't
do much supporting. With the
new' stadium we could have
enough money to get the equip
ment for the other sports. With
sports we will have a school
with a much smaller discipline
problem than a school without
sports.
"This organization stated that
Crater High school was eligible
for State and Federal aid when
the bills are passed. This is not
true because Crater High school
has not yet reachd its limit in
bonded indebtedness, in fact it
has come no place close to it.
True Statement
"In looking over the letter
that this organization sent out
we find that only one statement
is true that the taxes will be
raised. However, we Crater High
students would like to ask our
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I parents and friends if $10 to $20
I over a period of 20 years is going
to break you? (You will give
your children more money than
that over 20 years for less im
portant things than an educa
tion:) "In conclusion we would like
to make a plea a plea to our
parents and friends to please look
up the facts and to be careful
of the propaganda that comes
their way before putting a mark
on the ballot sheet of any elec
tion. "One other thing, we would
like to extend an invitation to
the Jackson County Tax Pay
ers League to come out, and we
will give you a complete tour of
Crater High school. If you don't
accept our invitation we will be
assured that your propaganda
was false."
The letter was written by Bob
Lichti, Louise Pendleton and
Phyllis Taylor, and among those
signing it were Ron Harrison,
student body president: and the
presidents of the freshman,
junior and senior classes, Char
ley Warren, Randy Campbell
and John Greb. respectively.
As a post script, the students
declared that the letter was done
by them alone, and that "we
had no backing from any faculty
member or any other adult."
The bond issue was intended
to provide funds for new class
rooms at Crater High school,
and for completion of the ath
letic stadium and facilities. The
first was for $150,000, the other
for $85,000. Both were decisively
defeated.
Door-fo-Door Drive
For Heart Fund Today
About 300 local volunteers
and members of the Medford
Heart association will conduct a
door-to-door campaign in Med
ford today tc highlight the lo
cal month long 1957 Heart Fund
drive.
The annual one-day door-to-door
drive will start at 2 p.mT
Goal for the Heart Sunday cam
paign is $3,000, according to
heart association members. Last
year $2,000 was collected.
Volunteers will carry supplies
of envelopes in which contrib
utors may seal donations. Resi
dents need not disclose size of
their contributions, members
said. Funcjs collected will be
used to finance various pro
grams of the Heart association,
it was reported.
Three Boys Entombed When
Collapses Near
Anaheim, Calif. (U.R)
Three boys enjoying a school
holiday met death Friday when
a cave they were playfully dig
ging in an embankment collap
sed and entombed then under
tons of dirt in a freeway con
struction project.
The bodies of William David
Barron. 7. Steven Wayne Jones.
10. and Larry Joseph Scherer.
13. all of Anaheim, were found
at the bottom of the embank
ment. The victims along with a
fourth boy, Billy Hushman, 11.
set out shortly before noon to
dig the cave with shovels near
a partially built underpass for
the tfreeway. Billy was spared
Search Hampered
Fori? Servicemen
Missing on Plane
Globemaster Crashes
On River Sandbar
Seoul, Korea (U.R) A surg
ing tide hampered a search Sat
urday for 17 American service
men still missing following the
fiery crash of a giant U.S. Air
Force Globemaster on a Han riv
er sandbar.
The known death toll stood at
five. But fears mounted that the
17 others missing also had died
in Friday night's crash of the
"Vacation Special" plane carry
ing 159 persons most of them
bound for rest leaves in Japan.
Twenty-five injured were still
hospitalized and 112 others were
released from hospitals and air
stations after treatment for min
or injuries.
A 19-foot tide of icy water
swept into the estuary of the
Han river Saturday, forcing sus
pension of search operations. The
rescue operations were resumed
for a few hours early in the eve
ning before they were called off
by darkness.
Raise Bow Portion
An army salvage boat and div
ers dispatched from Inchon will
try to -raise the submerged bow
portion of the plane' Sunday. It
was believed likely that the sec
tion contained some or all of the
missing men.
The Globemaster crash-landed
and burned on the tiny sandspit
near Seoul just minutes after
taking off from Kimpo airport.
Crash survivors told of an
explosion" in one of the planes
engines that sent metal frag
ments frashing through the fuse
lage just before the plane made
its plunge. Air Force officials
said the plane caught fire on im
pact with the island and was
completely destroyed except for
the tail section.
A survivor, MSgt. Howard
Tucker, of Danbury, Cann, said
that "something" slammed
through the side of the C-124
transport just a few seconds be
fore the crash.
Three High School
Seniors Picked
Three Medford High school
seniors have been commended by
the National Merit Scholarship
corporation for distinguished
performance in the corporation's
nationwide search for students
of unusual ability, according to
Principal Lester Harris.
The students honored are Wil
liam H. Frake, son of Mr. and
Mrs. William Frake; Sallie K.
Greaser, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ben F. Greaser; and Timo
thy G. Hillerman, son of the Rev.
and Mrs. G. H. Hillerman.
They have also been named
Oregon state runners-up in the
1957 merit scholarship competi
tion. As state runners-up, the
local students will be sent let
ters of ' recommendation by
NMSC'for use in applying to col
leges, Harris said.
NMSC was established in 1955
through grants of $20.5 million
from the Ford Foundation and
the Carnegie Corporation of New
York. More than 40 business and
industrial firms offer four-year
college scholarships through its
facilities.
Jacque Colton and James Boyd
were previously selected as fin
alists in the 1957 merit scholar
ship competition!
Russian Rule Change
Protested by Army
Berlin ;U.R) The U. S.
Army protested Saturday that
the Russians suddenly changed
their rules on travel through
Communist Germany and re
fused to let six U. S. State De
partment representatives drive
through the Soviet zone to iso
lated Berlin.
Construction
death when he went home to'
get another shovel.
"I came back but Bill. Steve
and Larry weren't around."
Billy told police. "I couldn't
even find where we had been
digging . . . dirt was all around
. . . it all looked the same.
"So I thought they had cov
eted up the cave and left."
It wasn't until 5 p.m. that
Billy learned his playmates were
missing. He told his mother
about the cave and along with
police returned to the freeway
project and pointed to where he
believed his playmates had been
digging. .
Scores of volunteer workers,
police and firemen began dig
Officials See Mew Mo ' o Break
Deadlock In Mid-Hast Situation
Arab 'Big Fourr
Assemble in Cairo
For Conference
Doctrine, Israel
On Leaders' Agenda
Cairo (U.R) The Arab "big
four" chiefs of state began as
sembling here Saturday for a
summit conference on the Eisen
hower doctrine and Israel's re-
fusual to withdraw from Egyp
tian territory.
Syrian President Shukri El
Kuwatly arrived at Almaza Mili
tary airport and was greeted by
Egyptian President Gamal Ab-
del Nasser as he stepped from
the Syrian Air Force transport.
The two allies embraced' and
Nasser escorted Kuwatly and his
party to Koubben Palace.
Saudi Arabain King Saud and
Jordan's King Hussein are sched
uled to arrive today for the
conference which will open
formally on Monday.
Saud will hold the key to the
talks.
He received a throrough brief
ing on the Eisenhower doctrine
and American feeling about the
Middle East during his two-week
visit to the United States in
January.
He also has been sounding
out Arab leaders in Morocco,
Tunis and Libya en route to the
Cairo conference.
What happens at the four-
power conference opening Mon
day may determine the success
or failure of the Eisenhower
doctrine and the future of the
neutral Arab alliance.
The Egyptian and Syrian press
have denounced the doctrine.
but there has been considerable
support for President Eisen
hower as a result of his insist
ence that Israel withdraw from
the Gaza Strip and the Gulf of
Aqaba territory of Egypt.
Saud has publicly praised the
Eisenhower doctrine.
Both Arab western officials
have predicted that the four
power conference will adopt a
wait and see" attitude towards
the plan while the United States
develops it.
The immediate problem hang
ing over the four leaders is the
Israeli refusal to withdraw from
Gaza and Aqaba until it gets
guarantees of free Gulf navi
gation and a promise that the
Gaza Strip never again will be
used as an Egyptian military
base.
Diplomats here agreed that
the United States sand on the
issue4 is certain to affect the
ultimate Arab decision on the
Eisenhower doctrine.
Ashland Proprietors
To Face OLCC Charges
Proprietors of two Ashland
Grocery stores will appear be
fore Oregon Liquor Control
Commission representatives to
face charges of OLCC license
violations at hearings Monday
afternoon in the courthouse audi
torium. -
The OLCC has- charged li
censees at the White House Mar
ket, 372 East Main St., Ashland,
and the Ashland Groceteria, 300
East Main St., Ashland, with con
tributing funds to the Jackson
County Republican central com
mittee. Oregon law prohibits an
OLCC licensee from making con
tributions to the campaign of a
political party or to a candidate
for public office.
Hearing for licensee of the
White House Market will be
held at 3:30 p.m., and hearing
for licensee of the Ashland Gro
ceteria will be at 4 p.m.
Embankment
Project
ging in the area. Hundreds of
onlookers were on the top of
the embankment when the body
of the first victim, young Sher
er, was recovered about an hour
after the rescue operations be
gan. His mother, who had rush
ed to the scene, cried, "Oh, my
God." and collapsed in hysteria.
The two other bodies were
found about 20 minutes later
huddled together in what was
their small cave.
"One of the boys had his hands
clasped over his eyes when we
found him." officer Henry Bry
ant said. "They didn't have a
chance when that dirt started to
crash down."
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RETIREMENT HOME PLANNED Shown
above is the architect's drawing of the new
$5,000,000 retirement home, Rogue Valley
Manor, which will be constructed in Medford
this year. It is scheduled to be opened for
occupancy in the late summer of 1958. Spon
sored by a non-profit corporation composed of
southern Oregon religious, business, profes
sional and civic leaders, the Manor has been
planned to take advantage of the experiences
in design, operation and financing gained by
other Manors and Retirement Homes all over
the United States. The 10-story building will
have 284 apartments housing approximately
GUNMAN
Eugene Man
Wounds Deputy
In Two-Hour Fray
Eugene U.R) A blazing gun
battle between police and an
elderly man barricaded in his
home here Friday night result
ed in the death of a state police
officer, the wounding of a
deputy sheriff and injury to the
berserk gunman.
Fatally wounded in the two
hour fray was Charles Sanders.
Deputy Sheriff David Heffner
was critically wounded in the
battle and rushed to a hospital.
Police were first summoned
to the home of 66-year-old Al
bert achsmuth on quiet Park
ave., in the River road section
northwest of Eugene by Mrs.
Wachsmuth.
She ran to a neighbor's home
and phoned police that her hus
band had become violent after
a family quarrel. She said he
had threatened to kill her and
himself.
Sanders died on the back
porch of the Wachsmuth home
where he lay fatally wounded
while other officers waited for a
pall of tear gas smoke to clear
so that they could reach him.
Dozens of the tear gas shells
had been lobbed into the house
in an effort to force Wachsmuth
into the open.
Trying For Door
Other officers said Sanders
had been attempting to reach
the rear door of the house when
he was felled by the bullet from
the elderly man's blazing gun.
Officers and Wachsmuth ex
changed fire intermittently for
nearly two hours before police
finally managed to lay down a
heavy barrage of fire into one
corner of the house where they
thought Wachsmuth was barri
caded and stormed the home.
They found Sanders dead on
the porch and Wachsmuth lying
wounded in the driveway.
It was 7:40 p.m. when offic
ers finally managed to reach
Sanders, 'two hours after the
shooting broke out.
Mrs. Wachsmuth told police
her husband had beaten her be
fore she fled the house and she
thought she had hidden the only
gun in the home.
French Premier Arrives
In Washington Monday
Washington U.R) French
Premier Guy Mollet comes to
Washington Monday for talks
which could ease strained rela
tions between the United States,
France and Britain.
He will be welcomed at Na
tional Airport by a 19-gun sa
lute, Vice President Richard M.
Nixon. Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles, and Gen. Max
well D. Taylor, Army Chief of
Staff.
350 people, and will be situated on a 15-acre
site on Barneburg Hill in Medford, with
scenic views in all directions. Methodist,
' Episcopal and Presbyterian ministers through
out the entire Northwest are being provided
with information on the completely inter
denominational retirement manor. Prelimin
ary arrangements for financing have been
completed, and memberships are now being
accepted. Four-color brochures giving details
of the Manor have been prepared and are
available at the Rogue Valley Manor office in
the First Methodist church in Medford.
kills policeman
State Legislators
Discuss Vets Bonus
Salem (U.R) An $11 million
bonus for Korean war veterans
that could pay up to $600 was
discussed by Oregon legislators
here Saturday.
First hearings on House joint
resolution No. 7 which would
amend the Oregon .constitution
to provide the bonus was con
ducted by the House Military
Affairs committee here Friday.
Sponsors of the resolution are
Reps. Norman Howard and Wil.
liam Grenfell Jr., Portland
Democrats.
' The bonus would be financed
by bonds and the constitutional
amendment would have to be
voted on at the next regular
general election.
Support Bonus
Support for the bonus was
voiced at the hearing by Arch
L Brewster, Salem, former com
mander of the American Legion
in Oregon;' Al Dembowski,
Dallas, legislative representa
tive of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars; and William W. Camp
bell, legislative representative
of the Veterans of World War I.
H. C. Hub Saalfeld, state di
rector of veterans affairs, said
average payment under the
bonus would be roughly $275.
Saalfeld said national figures
indicated there were some 40,-
000 Korean veterans in Oregon
who would be entitled to a
bonus. But he warned the com
mittee that experience in other
states indicated the figures were
too low.
Sets Eligibility
The resolution provides that
anyone who served at least 90
days in the armed forces be
tween June 25, 1950, and July
Sports Bulletins
Central Point Butle Falls
defeated Talent, 38-27, here
last night to win lbe Jackson
county sub-division basketball
crown in district SB. Talent
led 20-19 at half time. ,
Brookings 56. Glendalt SO
(sub-district 6 A-2 coniolalion).
Illinois ValUy 60. Henley
46 (sub-district 6A2 third
place).
Klamath Falls Klamath
Falls High school defeated
Ashland here last night in a
Southern Oregon conference
basketball game. The Pelicans
also led t. half time, 19-17.
Grants Pass 53, Crater 44.
Mutual fo Omaha, Med
ford, 59. Hawkinson Tire 55
(AAU district tournament.
Grants Pass).
Phoenix High won the dis
trict 6 A-2 southern division
basketball championship last
night by defeating Eagle
Point 50-48.
27, 1953, and was honorably
discharged from service would
be eligible. .
Any veteran, present service
man or retired person who
served during the period would
be paid at the rate of $10 per
month of domestic service and
$15 per month of foreign service
whether in Korea or not.
An alternative payment plan
calling for $15 per month for
holders of the Korean service
ribbon, $10 a month for over
seas service and $15 a month for
domestic service was suggested
to the committee but no action
was taken.
Vaccine Available
At Elks Club' Monday
Residents under 20 years of
age who have not yet received
free Salk anti-polio vaccine may
obtain shots Monday from 7 to
9 p.m., in the basement of the
Medford Elks temple.
Local physicians and nurses.
working on a volunteer basis,
will give the shots to those who
were unable to receive them at
the various county schools dur
ing the past two weeks. Those
who received their first shots
last month may obtain their sec
ond in the three-shot series Mon
day night. Those who have not
received their first shots may ob
tain them Monday night and re
ceive their second shots at the
health department clinic next
month.
The vaccine is being offered
as part of the current county-
wide campaign which started in
January.
Washington (U.R) Rep.
Henderson Lanham (D-Ga.) said
Saturday the Georgia legisla
ture's move to impeach six U.S.
Supreme Court Justices "has no
earthly chance" of congressional
approval.
'Muster1 Activities Will
Conclude at Armory Today
Operation Muster" activties
will be climaxed today by a
two-hour drill assembly by both
Medford units of the Oregon
National Guard, according to
First Lt. Levi G. Monroe, of
Headquarters company, and Sec
ond Lt. Jack C. Phillips, of
Campany A.
Parents and youths interested
in. the Guard have been invited
to visit the Armory, at Third
and Bartlett sts., Medford. Ac
tivities are in connection with
"National Muster Day."
The drill session will begin
at 8 p.m. today. After the two-
hour training period Guardsmen
Leaders Invited to
Conference; Dulles
Meets With Eban
Israeli Position
Not Much Changed
Washington 0J.R) Secre
tary of State John Foster Dulles
Saturday invited some congres
sional leaders to conference to
day on the Mid-East crisis. High
administration officials said
meantime that the situation still
is serious but they voiced new
hope of breaking the Israeli
deadlock.
The legislative conference is
intended to follow a meeting
between Dulles with Israeli Am
bassador Abba Eban who is fly
ing here from Jerusalem with
new proposals for breaking
the Mid-East impasse.
It was not immediately clear
which congressional leaders had
been invited, but it appeared to
involve senators only.
Not Much Change
Administration officials said,
there has not been "much
change" in the Israeli position
of refusing to pull out of Egypt
without firmer guarantees
against renewed Egyptian ag
gression and shipping restric
tions. But these officials expressed
confidence that "a solution can
be worked out" following Eban's
negotiations with Dulles.
The officials said the congres
sional leaders had been invited
to the unusual Sunday meeting
because the leaders were very
busy and today will Vje the only
chance to inform them on late
developments before the United
Nations General assembly meet
ing Monday to consider puni
tive steps against Israel.
Egypt Agrees
UN Secretary General Dag
Hammarskjold announced Fri
day that Egypt has agreed to
permit UN troops to enter the
Gaza Strip upon withdrawal of
Israeli soldiers.
In addition Egypt is under
stood to have given Hammar
skjold other indications, if not
flat assurances, that she will not
bar Israel ships from passing
through the straits of Tiran into
the Gulf of Aqaba.
Gaza and the Gulf of Aqaba
have been the two stumbling
blocks in the way of Israeli
withdrawal. The Israelis have
demanded guarantees against re
newed Egyptian raids from the
Gaza Strip and against renewal
of Egypt's blocking of Israeli
shipping in the Gulf of Aqaba.o
The President and Dulles also
were reported heartened by Is
raeli Premier David Ben-Gur-ion's
friendly language in bis
latest message to Mr. Eisenhow
er. The White House revealed
Saturday that the president re
ceived a "personal" message
from Ben-Gurion Friday.
New Delhi U.R) Voting
in the- Indian general election
will begin today in the states of
Orissa and Punjab.
Weather
FORFCAST: Cloudy and m.ltf
with occasional lieht rain to
day: showery Monday. Htch
both days 55-58, low tonight
40-42.
Highest Yesterday fit
Lowest Yesterday T. .... 51
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise .,, C:5.1a.m.
Sunset , 5:5.1 p.m.
Moonrfse Monday ... 4:29 a.m.
PROMINENT STARS
Reculus, In the east at fi:5fi p.m.
will be In the west at moon rise.
Alphard. In southeast at 8:44
p.m., will be in the southwest
I:5 a.m.
Strlus. In the southeast at. tun
U will be in the southwest
11:35 p.m.
will conduct a house-to-house
canvass designed to inform
youths and parents of advant
ages of the Guard.
Regimental commander. Col.
Robert L. Irving, will discuss
the Guard with parents and
youths interested in the Guard
Sunday morning. Saturday even
ing Irving spoke to Medford
residents during an open house
at the armory.
Activities at the Armory to
day will include training and
equipment displays. National
Guard personnel will be avail
able all day to answer questions
by interested residents.