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nn Jl n MS, o Negotiations Nay m Total Cos! 01 Detention Home County Court, Others Start Conferences Negotiations which may lead to a lower total cost for the county's juvenile detention home started this week, accord ing to County Judge Rodney Keating. Members of the county court conferred Monday, and will again Friday, with representa tives of Bessonette and Craff, the Medford contracting firm - which offered the low bid for the home, and William Sicbert, O the architect. It is hoped that by elminiation of some features of the structure the cost cn be brought down. The county has allocated a to tal of $90,000 for the structure, which is designed accordinf to national standards as a place to hold juvenile offenders pend ing legal settlement of their cas es. It was approved by a 5 to 1 vote of county residents in 1954. ' Basie Cost q The basic cost of $65,000 was approved in that election, and later the co'urt added $25,000 to the total, when after inspecting other detention 'hofges they de cided to incorporate an admin istrative wing. Low bid for the home was $92,868. exclusive of architect's fees. Members of the court have indicated they want to get this figure down to within the funds available, if possible, and not go ove? the originate stimates unless necessary. Any total fig ures over $90,0u0 would have to have the approval of the citi zens budget committee, as well as the court, it was Explained Judge Keating said he is hope ful that by selected deletions from the building plans the cost can be brought down to $80,000 or $85,000. He said the relative ly high cost of the structure is due to a nunfter of factors, in cluding fire marshal's require ments for a public detention fa cility, plus security features that are not necessary on other types of buildings. At present juveniles are eith er held in the county jail, con trary to state law aii the rec ommendations of juvenile auth orities, or are referred to parents or to "foster homes," none of which are satisfactory means of handling them, according to the juvenile department. During the 1954 campaign for the home, members of the Jack son County Juveile Court Advis ory committee and others sup porting the plan pointed out that the facility would in no sense of the word be a "jail." but would serve to house, with both a more or-less "homelike" at mosphere and detention secur ity, disturbed and rebellious ju veniles. It would eliminate the dangers of keeping them in the jail, and the risks involved in unsupervised custody, they stat ed. Sufficient funds from the con tiuing tax levy approved by the voters are on hand to begin construction immediately, pro vided the cost can be brought down to the staged limits, ac cording to members of the court A county-ownecP site near the fairgrounds is available for the proposed home. The building as planned would include a juven ile court room and office, living quarters for the attendants, kitchen and dining facilities, and a relocation room for the occu pants, as well as their sleeping quarters. Pancahm gcrc Won Oney, England Liberal. Kan. iU.R) Lib tal lost its pancake race to Olty. England, today when O Miss Mar) Collingwood ran the 415-yard. S-shaped course in 1:1& eight seconds under the record time set seven hours earlier by Miss Sandra Sibley in England. Nixon Urged To Investigate Racial Situation in South Accra. Gold Coast (U.PJ An American Negro leader met Vice President Richard M. Nix on in this African city today and urged him to make a first hand investigation of the racial situation- in southern United States. The appeal was made by the Kcv. Martin Luther King, lead er of the bus boycott in Mont gomery. Ala. Met Unexpectedly Nixon and King met unexpect edly at a convocation of Accra University college where the Vice President presented an Am erican scholarship to the only higher educational institute in this corner of the Dark Contin ent. Both Nixon and King are of "Good Work By The Way, Did You Find Anyone On The Roof Garden?" Annexation Proposal Open for Statements Petitions, reports and written statements for and against an nexation for the Bcrrydale dist rict will be received until Thurs day at the city hall, the Medford planning commission announced last night. The commission held a special meeting to consider boundaries proposed last week for annexa tion of the Berrydale area. But the planners were confronted with several surprises. Approximately 50 people, most of them residents of the Berrydale area, attended the meeting. Some wanted to be ex cluded from the proposed annex ation, some wanted to be includ ed and nearly all of them wanted to voice either support or oppo sition to the annexation pro posal. Another surprise for the com mission came when Nick Gicr, chairman of the Berrydale com mittee, proposed that a triangu lar area east of Merriman rd.. west of Biddle rd., southwest of Hilton rd. and south of Garden Acres be removed from the pro posed annexation boundaries. Boundaries agreed upon last week ran roughly north of Mc Andrews rd.. Gore st. and Lynn St., east of the Pacific highway, norjh of Mace rd., across Table Rock rd north of the Crater Lake highway to Biddle rd., then south across the Crater Lake highway to McAndrews rd. Gier acted as spokesman for many of the annexation propon ents and emphasized the need Two More Fined for Part in Card Game Francis Wilson Kirk, 48, of 226 North Front St.. was fined $100 in district court yesterday and James Willmar Hokanson, 53, of 1007 West Ninth St., Med ford. was fined $105 after both pleaded guilty to charges grow ing out of a police raid Saturday night at the Whistle Stop res taurant, 226 North Front st. Kirk was charged with per mitting gambling on the prem ises and Hokanson was charged with dealing a forbidden game. Eight other men received fines of S25 plus $5 court costs yester day on charges of playing a for bidden game. District Judge Rawles Moore reported the Medford city police confiscated $55.51 in cash, num erous chairs, tables, cards, chips and other items from the room where the alleged gambling was in progress at the time of the raid. The items have been turned over to the sheriff s office, it was reported. ficials guests to the independ ence day celebrations transfor ming this British Gold Coast col ony into the free nation of Ghana. Nixon is here as the rep resentative of the United States while King was invited as a lead er of American Negroes. Report To Eisenhower King told newsmen he wanted Nixon to see conditions first hand in the South and make a personal report to President Eis enhower. "We are not sure the Presi dent knows all the violence and desperation in the situation." King said. King led the boycott in the Alabama capital in pro test against segregated seating in buses. for sanitation in the Berrydale area. He noted that in order to obtain sanitation it would be necessary for the area to annex to the city of Medford. James Redden, Medford at torney, represented a group of annexation opponents east of Merriman rd. and north of Mid way rd. He stated that residents of that area were 90 per cent op posed to annexation and asked that they be excluded from any annexation move. The planning commission at tempted several times to halt open debate of the issue, point ing out that the meeting was not a public hearing. They also stated the planning commission could only act in a recommend ing capacity and could make no decision for or against annexa tion. Arguments persisted and the commission finally retreated to a back room for an "executive session". Outlines Functions Fifteen minutes laier, the commission returned to the meeting and A. D. Harvey out lined to the people the function of the planning group. He em phasized, "It is our function to consider the proposed area and whether or not the city can handle it, than make recommen dations to the council on the basis of our findings." Harvey reprimanded Berrydale area residents saying, .. You re dealing with the problem too much as individuals and not as a community . . . Many resi dents wants their property left out of the annexation boundar ies . . . You can't zig-zag around like that in installing a sewer. It's impossible to engineer." He added, "We'd like to see you folks quit fighting about it." Harvey noted that some resi dents of the district claim they don't want sewage benefits from annexation, "But the flies don't stay at home and a hazard is created for neighbors in the dist rict and for the city of Medford." File Open Commissioner Paul Selby moved that the commission leave the file open for statements pro or con on the issue and the mo tion was passed. Tom Wray, planning commission chair man, told the Berrydale group. "It's very obvious we can't spend time listening to every- one's-position. If anyone wants to register a complaint, he can do it in writing. Contribtuions for the file may be brought to the city hall or mailed to the city manager's of fice in the city hall, Wray said. Information in the file will be considered at the next regular planning commission meeting Monday, March 11, at 7:30 p.m. Two petitions were submitted for the file last night. One was signed by 148 people in the How ard district east of Merriman rd. and the other by 49 people in the area north of McAndrews rd., between North Riverside ave. and Crater Lake highway on the west and Bear creek on the east. Majority of signers on each petition opposed the annex ation. Other Business Only other item of business considered at the meeting last night was a proposed change of zone for property on the cast side of Crater Lake highway from Delta Waters rd. south one fourth mile. A. H. Birch of Builders Service, requested the area be changed from residential (I A) to conditional business classification (III A . Commissioner Don Root and Mark Goldy were appointed to ?tudy the matter and report la ter to the planning commission. ' Demonstrations By Opposition Leaders Feared Vote of Confidence Chances Appear Dim By UNITED PRESS Premier David Ben-Curlon tonight demanded a vote of confidence from the Isaeli par liament on his order for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Egypt. Hs was expected to win the vote of confidence. By UNITED PRESS A worsening cabinet crisis to day threatened Premier David Ben-Gurion's decision to with draw Israeli troops from Egypt. Bcn-Gurion postponed for three hours a showdown parlia ment session in the face of the split in his own government and a threat by the opposition Herut, Freedom, party to stage major anti-withdrawal demonstrations in the streets. Violence Feared Tension mounted in the an cient city as time for the Herut demonstration approached. In formed sources said they feared violence, and police were alerted for riot action. Col. Nehemia Brosh, the Is raeli Army spokesman, an nounced five Arab Fedayeen commandos killed in two clashes Monday and said Israeli and Jordanian soldiers traded shots in a border incident that began when Jordanians opened fire on an Israeli patrol. Hope of Approval Dims Ben-Gurion had hoped to win approval of his policies in a series of votes of confidence to day, but the hope dimmed when two political parties in his cabi net announced they would vote with the opposition on a motion of no confidence. A vote of no confidence would force Ben-Gurion's resignation. Party leaders quoted him as saying that if the Egyptians re turn to Gaza we have it in our power to send them back into their territory in one day." But even this assurance apparently failed, and Bcn-Gurion was forced into last minute negotia tions. Would Weaken Plans It also was believed the last minute change of schedule would weaken plans by the Herut Nationalist Party to stage a mass demonstration against the withdrawal and a march on the Knesset, a move almost cer tain to bring on street fighting. The movement of U.N. troops to positions from which they could move quickly into Gaza began Monday. Details of the staggered Israeli withdrawal were still not available but mili tary experts said it would take two or three weeks. Sheriffs Deputies Arrest Four Youths Two Talent boys, ages 14 and 12. were arrested by sheriff's deputies Monday and charged with larceny and malicious de struction of property at the home of Mrs. Richard Ditsworth, route 1. box 1536, Talent, sher iff's deputies reported. The youths admitted entering the unlocked Ditsworth house Saturday, stealing an air pistol. rifle, and baseball bat, shooting windows, and light bulbs with a BB gun and causing other damage to the premises. Deputies said the rifle had been hidden in a wooded area and the air pistol and bat were both found in a garage. The youths were released to school officials and will appear later in juvenile court. A 13-year-old Talent boy and a 13-year-old Ashland boy were arrested by sheriff's deputies on Monday and charged with theft of $10 from a purse m the un locked home of Mrs. Harold Ma son. route 1, box 142, Talent. The theft was reported on February 23. Mrs. Mason said $9 was left in the purse. The youths were released to the cus- todv of their parents and will appear later in juvenile court. Weather FORECAST: Cloudy with occa sional light rain tonicht turn ine to steady rain early Wednesday. Showers Wednes day afternoon. Low tonight 40.' high Wednesday 50. Temp. Hi chest Yetrdav 5ft Lowest this Mornini - 43 Our Skies Tonight unrie Sunset Mnonspt 6:41 a.m. fi:06 p.m. ..10:2S p.m. First Quarter Matfb 9 PROMl.NfcNI 1AK Reeulus, high in south east 9:36 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Mars, in the west at S:03 p.m. is now about as bright as Regu lus. Saturn, low In southeast 2:59 a.m. lupiter. bight in south west 3:22 a.m. 51st Year H JT V A ivcHCUcrtiomi OecosoBu Democrats Suggest $265 Million as Biennium Budget Goal $5 Million Above Smith Proposal Salem (U.P.) Democratic leg islative leaders today suggested "in the neighborhood of S265 million" as the goal for the next biennium's budget to carry on Salem (U.R) Gov. Rob ert Holmes declared today that a budget figure of $265 mil lion released today by Dem ocratic legislative leaders as a ceiling for the next biennium was not a repudiation of hit own budget. The Governor admitted that the ceiling would junk most of hit request for a $40 million increase in basic school sup port funds. He laid it appears he will "have to settle for something less." essential state activities, provide property tax relief and start new programs without an unreason able tax burden on the people. The S265 million goal was only $5 million' above former Gov. Elmo Smith's proposed budget. It also represented S51 million less than budget requests now before the state Legislature. Announcement of the goal came after a meeting of several Senate and House Democratic members of the Taxation and Ways and Means Cdmmittees, in cluding Senate President Boyd Overhulse and House Speaker Pat Dooley. "We are faced with budget requests which now total $316 million and are going higher every day," the Democrats said. "Most of the programs in these requests, including many of those outlined by Gov. Robert D. Holmes and former Gov. Elmo Smith, represent desirable goals for the state, but we do not be lieve that all the expenditures or programs are possible at this time," they continued. "Democratic members of the Tax Committee believe that at least S265 million can be raised after repeal of the surtax with out resorting to any state levy on real property and without any depressing effect upon the economy of the state, or its posi tive development." The Democrats indicated that a $265 million budget would pro vide essential : services of the state, some measures of local property tax relief and also al low appropriations for essential new programs. "We believe that money must be made available to increase basic school support, and for other needed new programs. To do this, it is obvious that we must substantially cut back the $260 million Smith budget, which was S38 million more than the 1955-57 budget," the Demo cratic leaders concluded. Council to Consider Title Changes Today The Medford city council will consider a proposed reorganiza tional plan to amend the city's personnel ordinance changing titles of several officers in the police department at 7:30 p.m. today in the city hall. A public hearing also will be held on assessing benefiting property owners a portion of the cost of a trunk water main for lateral use on South Grape st. from Monroe st. to a point 896 feet north of the street. A proposal to annex property owned by Wesley Coffeen, 103 Stewart ave., Medford, west of Holly st. and 330 feet south on Stewart ave. will be considered. DOW JONES AVERAGES New York U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 472.8T. up 1.40; 20 rail roads 144.14, up 1.09; 15 utilities 71.28. un 0.31. and 65 stocks 167.54. up 0.72. Sales today were about 1.860.000 shares compared with 1,860,000 shares Monday. TV EDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1957 Hoods Dsraei i'rf i JIMMY DUNLEVY New Club Manager Harrington Resigns For Arizona Position ' Jimmy Dunlevy. manager of radio station KYJC, will assume duties as manager of Rogue Valley Country club April 1, succeed ing George Harrington, who has resigned to take a similar position at the Arizona Country club at Phoenix. Harrington has been manager of the country club here for 11 years, starting in July, 1946. He is one of Oregon's-top-flight amateur golfer. Dunlevy has been connected with KYJC for seven years, and prior to that was with radio station KMED, Medford. He is a councilman from ward IV, and has been active in many civic organizations and projects. Under Harrington's leadership, the Southern Oregon Golf tourney developed into one of the major attractions in the Pacific northwest. He was a star athlete at Linfield college in McMinn ville, and was the Oregon medal play champion in 1955. Ike Asks Expansion Of Drought Washington (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower asked Con gress today to approve an ex panded drought relief program with states required to pay 25 per cent of the cost. Under the President's pro- Patterson Linked In Rackets Story Washington (U.R) A talk ative racketeer charged today that the late Gov. Paul Patter son of Oregon "performed" for the Teamsters Union by reinstat ing a suspended liquor commis sion official. James B. Elkins, Portland, star witness at Senate Labor Rackets committee hearings that started last week, testified that the teamsters supported Patter son, a Republican. The witness quoted a high teamster official as saying, "We had just as well find out if we bought a pig' in a poke or if he'll perform for us." The upshot, Elkins said, was that the suspended liquor com mission official was reinstated. Elkins also testified that he made tape recordings of conver sations between the liquor of ficial and a teamsters- backed district attorney in which they discussed "whitewashing"an in vestgiation of the liquor com mission. Suspensions May Be Effective Next Week Portland (U.R) Officials of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission said yesetrday that the seven-day license suspension invoked against 21 Jackson county liquor outlets probably will become effective March 11. A spokesman said the suspen sions will not be staggered but will be effective pt one time. Starting date will hinge on de livery of official notification to each of the outlets, expected to be accomplished next Monday. The suspensions were meted out after the establishments were found guilty by the OLCC of violating regulations by mak ing political contributions. '::.fflSgJfii GEORGE HARRINGTON Takes Phoenix Position Relief Aid gram, states also would be re sponsible for administering dis aster relief to provide "neces sary local guidance and super vision." Asks Expansion Authority In a special message to Con gress, Mr. Eisenhower asked for authority to expand existing drought and other disaster re lief programs. The President gave no new estimate of the cost of the new program, either to the federal government or to the states. Accompanying his message was a letter to the President from Agriculture Secretary Ezra T. Benson proposing new drought and other disaster relief measures, based on the report of the special drought conference at Wichita, Kan., Jan. 14-16. The report also was included. Mr. Eisenhower "strongly" urged "prompt consideration and adoption" of Benson's legislative proposals. Benson's letter said federal legislation will be offered "re quiring a minimum of 25 per cent state contribution in certain future emergency agricultural programs for disaster relief." Such state participation would apply particularly to the gov ernment emergency feed grain and hay programs. Under these, the federal government now pays $7.50 a ton toward the cost of hay and $1.50 a hundred lbs. toward the cost of feed grain for disaster stricken farmers. The states now pay 1 per cent or less of the cost of these relief programs. State Unemployment Drops; More Seeking Work Here Salem (U.R) Unemploy ment in Oregon dropped 8,500 during February but remained slightly above the year-ago fig ure of 51,900. Fewer Than Previous Month Estimates by the State Un employment Compensation com mission based on reports from 26 local offices showed 55.300 persons actively seeking jobs March 1, compared with 63,800 at the winter's peak a month be fore. More settled weather in the past few week was given cred Price 10c Tribune United Press full Leased Wti No. 296 Move Seen Step To More Tranquil Mid-East Situation Egypt Said Dragging On Reopening Suez Washington (U.P.) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles today hailed Israel's decision to with draw troops from the Gaza and Aqaba areas as a move toward a "more stable, more tranquil," Middle East. Dulles also said Egypt appears to have been dragging its feet on reopening the Suez Canal until it was assured Israeli troops ac tually would pull out of the Gaza and Aqaba areas. He said he hopes the Egyptian foot-dragging will end. Expeditious Withdrawal Dulles declined to say how soon he expects the last Israeli soldier to .be out of Egypt. But he said information available to him shows Israel is undertaking a reasonably expeditious with drawal. He said he believes the Suez Canal can be reopened to ship ping in about 10 days if clearance wirk is now pressed vigorously. .: He said a schedule for carry ing out the withdrawal has been worked out with Gen. E. L. M. Burns, commander of the U.N. Emergency Forces. Dulles said the United States has no reason to believe that there will be any discrimination against Israeli, British or French ships which try to go through the Suez Canal once it is opened. 'As for the Straits of Tiran which lie between Egypt and Saudi Arabia and lead into the Gulf of Aqaba, Dulles said he believes Egypt has no right to close the straits to any vessel. He said if Egypt contests this, a ruling should come from the In ternational Court of Justice and Egypt should leave the straits open until the court rules the right of free access does not apply. Hawaii Said Safe Dulles also: Said the United States is sat isfied that British nuclear tests at Christmas Islands in the Pa cific will not endanger the Ha waiian Islands. Disclosed that the administra tion is searching for a way to let reporters gp to Red China with out dropping an overall U.S. ban against American travel on the Communist Chinese main land. So far, a formula has not been worked out. Said the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization nations are concerned about Indonesia which is dropping Western-stvle democracy in favor of a "guided democracy." But so far, he said, he does not think the concern is tinged by fear that the area will fall under Communist domina tion. Firemen Called on Genera Alarm Monday Three pumpers and the aerial ladder responded to a general alarm about 2 p.m. yesterday at Pinnacle packing company plant at 11th and Front sts. Wiring to an electric heater in the floor of the lunchroom shorted out, firemen said, and burned a hole in the floor. A total of 33 men responded to the alarm. it for calls back to construction and lumbering jobs although five offices reported more idle workers and some found condi tions almost unchanged. Medford Notes More Toledo, Medford, La Grande, Lakeview, and Ontario noted ad ditional jobseekers, while Bak er, Eugene, Klamath Falls and North Bend remained about the same. . Shorter work-weeks, partic ularly in lumber and logging operations, were reported from several areas. O
