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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.
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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
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Sunset
Mnonspt
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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.
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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.
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EDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1957
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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.
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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
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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.
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