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Eisenhower Mends SMiieirfie Mens Ike's 52nd Year Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 24 Pages Election May 22 On Annexing Area North of Medford Action Follows Public Hearing on Proposal Residents in the Berrydale area will vote May 22 on a pro posal to annex to the city of Medford. The election will be the second annexation proposal considered by the area in six months. The Medford city council last night called the election after hearing arguments from two An Interview with three ' men involved in the discus sion over the Berrydale an nexation proposal will be broadcait over radio ' station KYJC this evening, following lfie baseball game which starts . at 8 p.m. Those making state ments will include Nick Gier, chairman of the Berrydale Sanitation committee, who has led the fight for annexation; James Redden, attorney repre senting some opponents, and William Doernbach. a leading djjponent io annexation. Medford attorney! and one Berrydale resident representing grous in Berry dale opposing t annexation. ' fc'etk Gier, chairman of the 88"rydle Sanitation committee, represented Berrydale residents . favoring annexation. Hie council indicated a public hearing would be held May 9 to give Medford residents an op portunity to voice an opinion on the proposed annexation. Boundaries Voted Boundaries of the proposed (jmtexation area run roughly nortl from the Big Y junction alcsjg Highway 99 to Gore st., we to Lvnn st.. then parallel to tin Pacific highway to a point ngrt of Mace rd., east and soutn acriss the Crater Lake highway, the west to the highway again, aie- stuth along Riverside ave. to SffcAndrews rd. Annexation of a larger area in tig? Serrydale district was de feats! last November. Since that time, the Berrydale Sani tattes committee has conducted a riEs of public meetings, and its newibers believe that an neaBtara is the only possible ay Main sanitary facilities ecs ledden, attorney repre 2SitieH3 several residents living o JtaMiman rd. who oppose an ta.ua"'. ld the council that "rsaswte in the Berrydale area itfc aspitation problem should be ajievei to correct the situa tiraa tteirrselves." 'CtjSrByweadering' qgerftew said the planning com missi had used "gerrymander ing" im revising the annexation bounties so a "yes-vote" "would be assured. He suggested such a "vote-trade" could result (Continued on Page 15) Ashland Man Invite Queen An invitation to Queen Eliza beth f England to attend the annual Oregon Shakespearean Festival in Ashland in August has keen proposed by Franklin Girard, 1070 Emma St., Ash land. Girard suggested the invita tion im a letter to Sen. Richard L- Jleuberger, who forwarded a copy of the letter to Robert C. Hill, assistant secretary of state for congressional relations, for rnnsiripration. Senator Neuberger noted th.ifrj BERRyDaLE he thought the idea excellent, ' but I do not know, of course, what plans the Queen may al ready have made." In a. letter to Hill. Senator Neuberger said he was "sure that the Queen of England would thoroughly enjoy her vis it to Ashland and would be charmed by an attendance at one of the plays." "I have seen reports that If MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1957 'Look At It This Way Egyptians Blamed for New Commando Raids By UNITED PRESS Israeli security forces accused Egypt today of instigating new Arab commando attacks from Jordan, Syria -and Lebanon to complicate the situation in Jor- Mrs.A.P.KIomhaus Resigns from Post The Jackson County Public Welfare commission accepted the resignation of Mrs. A. P. Klomhaus, Rogue River, Tues day, according to H. D. Chrisen sen, chairman. The vacancy will be filled by an appointment by Gov. Robert Holmes. Unconfirmed . reports indicated that Mrs. Paul Thomp son of Gold Hill had been recommended for the appoint ment. Mrs. Klomhaus has been a member of the commission for about five years. Dr. and Mrs. Klomhaus will leave from San Francisco May 13 for New Guinea where they will serve as ledical mission aries for the Lutheran church, Missouri Synod. They were commissioned by the Lutheran church at services in Aurora, 111., March 17 and will be honored at consecration services at St. Peter's Evangeli cal Lutheran church April 28. The Klomhauses will be in charge of a 180-bed hospital at Mambisandi which was recently completed by the Lutheran church. Proposes to to Festival the Queen is planning to visit our country this year, he added. Enclosed in the letter to HiU was a brochure published by the Oregon Shakespearean Festival association. The senator noted that the plays are "staged in an exa.-t replica of a Shakespearean-Elizabethan theater," nd that the National Broadcasting company, as in the past seven years, plans to present a selection of scenes from one of the plays on the coast-to-coast network. Angus L. Bowmer, professor of drama at Southern Oregon college, and founder of the festi val, James Sandoe of the Uni versity of Colorado, and Robert B. Loper, staff director of the Stanford university drama de partment, will direct plays this year. Senator Neuberger added that Ashland could provide "suffic ient hotel, accommodations for the Queen and her party." Hans 0 0 n You're Getting Off Easy" dan where King Hussein has won a precarious political vic tory. Dispatches from Israel, Jor dan and Egypt emphasized that Jordan's political troubles were far from over. A Jordan source said in Cairo the new cabinet would be short-lived; the same prediction came from Amman. Israeli officials said Jordan's pro-Western and pro-Communist elements would not work to gether. , . In Damascus President Shu kri El Kuwatly denounced American policy and said Syria leans toward Russia because the Soviets did not ask for political or military concessions. Western Powers Suspected "We allied our country with the Soviets when we saw they were riot asking any political or military concessions and aft er they gave evidence of sup porting our national cause," he said at -the annual parade cele brating the evacuation of for eign troops from Syria. "We had always suspedted the big Western powers,"' he said,. An Israeli military spokes man reported a new series of Fedayeen suicide commando attacks in Israel from the Dead sea along the Jordan border to the Syrian and Lebanese fron tiers during the past 24 hours. Seek Normal Conditions A high-ranking official said all efforts were being made to bring border conditions back to normal so as not to dissuade tourists from visiting the Holy Land during Easter week. The tourists would provide a wel come financial boost for hard pressed Jordan. Some sources predicted Jor dan may have to accept the Eisenhower doctrine and American aid whether the left wing elements want to or not. However, Jordan's new defense minister. Fawzi El Mulki. told United Press in Cairo his coun try would not accept U.S. aid. Weather FORECAST: Clondy with a few light showers this evening. Partlv clondv tonight and Thursday with widely scaU tered light showers. Low to night 36. High Thursday about CO. Temp. Highest Yesterday 1 Lowest this Moriling J7 Pree. to 4:38 a.m. Today. Trace Our Skies Tonight Sunrise - S:2S a m. Sunset :S5 p.m. The Moon rises at 10:46 p.m. near the planet. Saturn, and to the right of them is Antares. The light of - these three reaches the Earth tonight in the following times: Moon less than Z seconds Saturn 79 minutes Antares 320 years VOTE Price 10c Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire No. 23 CALLED Most Cutbacks Of Postal Service Ordered Restored Saturday Deliveries To Again Be Made Washington (U.R) Govern ment cuts in postal service weie partly revoked today. But the public won't see much effect until Saturday when mail will be delivered again and post of fices will open as usual. , Post office windows were kepi on their reduced 8V.-hour daily schedule except that regional postal officials were given lee way to make some upward ad justments in hours if local need could be shown. The reduction in business area deliveries from three to two a day also was kept in ef fect. ' Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield ordered restora tion of Saturday service and re vocation of pending orders to halt third class mail and postal money order sales Tuesday night, moments after President Eisenhower signed an emer gency- $41-raillion postal appro priation. . . The $4L,miUion..was just $6 million short of the $47 million Summerfield told Congress he needed to run the postal service until the end of the current fis cal year June 30. He had order led the cutbacks when Congress did not provide the money promptly enough. Council Schedules Thursday Meetings, Policies Changed The Medford city council will hold its meetings the first and third Thursday of each month rather than on Tuesdays, the council announced last night. The change will become effec tive starting in May. The change was part of an ordinance adopted by the coun cil providing for a revised set of council rules of procedures. Mayor John Snider said the council will meet Thursdays to give council members more time to consider items on the agenda. The agenda is usually prepared for councilmen early in the week. City Attorney E. R. Bashaw said the new ordinance supplies corrections that were omitted by the previous ordinance. The new ordinance stipulates that five or more attending councilmen will constitute a quorum at meetings. The ordi nance also clarifies procedure by which the council can adopt an ordinance. According to the ordinance the council will be restricted at meetings to consider only those items that appear on the agenda. The ordinance provides that the council can suspend the rule in an emergency by a two-thirds voae. Bashaw said a significant pro vision in the ordinance is, one prohibiting the council from con cluding action on a proposal at the same meeting at which it is introduced. Norton Appointment Withdrawn by Holmes Salem ttl.R) Gov. Robert D. Holmes announced today that he had withdrawn the appoint ment of M. E. Norton of Phoe nix, Jackson county, to the State Game Commission for "geographical reasons." The law provides that at least two of the five members of the State Game Commission be from east of the Cascades. Norton' was name'' to succeed the late Elmer H. Balsiger of Klamath Falls. Alter Norton's appointment was announced, it was found that only one member of the commission would then be from east of the Cascades, Delbert Gildersleeve of Baker. gudgrt Criticism From Edgar Not New, . President Says Can't Understand Why Approval Given Washington 'tU.R) Presi dent Eisenhower today turned aside criticism of his policies by his brother, Edgar, with this smiling comment: "Edgar has been criticizing me since I was five years old." That was all the President had to say on the subject of his brother. The President, at his weekly news conference, seemed . com pletely unperturbed by brother Edgar's criticism of the chief ex ecutive's record peacetime buS get. Edgar, a Tacoma, Wash., law-: yer, voiced the criticism Tues day night in an interview with newsmen. The first question fired at President Eisenhower at today's news conference was how he felt about that public blast from his older brother. No Further Questions The President apparently was expecting the question. A slow smile of apparent resignation played over his face. Standing with both hands in his pockets he turned to the questioner and made the remark about Edgar having criticized him since he was a child. The President's remark brought a roar of laughter from reporters. Eisenhower respond ed with a broad grin and a little chuckle of his own. No further questions were asked and the President made no fur ther comment on the incident. Edgar attacked the $71,800, 000,000 budget as "too big," and said he "can't understand" why the President approved it. - "His campaign promises, and speeches were for decreased gov ernment spending," Edgar told newsmen Tuesday night. "I'd like to discover what influences are at work." But Edgar denied one pub lished report that he said his brother, Milton, president of Johns Hopkins university. Presi dential .Assistant Sherman Adams and Paul G. Hoffman, former foreign aid chief and an original Eisenhower supporter, influenced the President toward more liberal spending. Although the President dis missed Edgar's criticism with his brief news conference comment, the two could have a chance to discuss their differences on the budget and other government policies tonight when Edgar goes to the White House for a stag dinner. Another of the Eisenhower boys got into the family squab ble over the budget today. Earl, a younger brother, de fended Edgar's right to criticize the budget. . Earl said at La Grange, 111., that "I won't say that I agree with him, but Ed gar had a right to say what, he pleases." D.R.WoodTValley Orchardist, Dies David R. Wood, 77, well known resident who lived in the area for the past 50 years, died Tuesday afternoon at his home, 545 Pierce rd., Medford. Mr. Wood was born in Edin burgh, Scotland, June 17, 1873. He arrived in Medford in 1907. He was married to the former Miss Inez A- McCray in July, 1910. Mr. Wood was a promin ent orchardist in the valley for many years, and served as assist ant manager to W. A. Sumner of the Palmer corporation. He succeeded Sumner as man ager in 1919. He also was active on various pear industry com mittees, and was chairman of the Medford Winter Pear com mittee and of the Medford Bosc committee. Mr. Wood served one year as president of the Oregon Horti cultural society and two years as president of the Rogue Va'-j ley Golf club. He retired from the Palmer corporation in 194.1, when the properties were sold, and retired actively in 1946. He is survived by his wife, Inez Alice Wood of Medford Perl Funeral home is in charge of arrangements. Suez Problem Not Going Before United Nations Washington (U.R) The United State decided suddenly today against placing the Suez Canal program before the United Na tions Security Council at this time. GETS WINGS W. E. Bullock, 92-year-old Medford resident, was awarded his skywatchers wings recently for 30 hours vol unteer service with the Ground Observer Corps. Above, MSgt. Clifford Paulson, Ground Ogserver Corps sector sergeant, is shown pinning on the award. The occasion was also Bullock's birthday. Bullock came. to Medford from Iowa in 1900 and was custodian in the Medford public schools from 1910 to 1937. His daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Karl J. Kuntson, super visor and assistant supervisor of the Medford Ground Observer Corps, both got their 500 hour pins Saturday. Bullock is be lieved to be the oldest skywatcher in the 9,000 square mile Medford sector. Action on Rezoning Proposal Deferred A report which later proved to be unfounded last night re sulted in the Medford city coun cil deferring action on a pro posal to rezone five acres near the new Rogue Valley Memor ial hospital for limited com mercial purposes. The $2 million hospital at 2825 Barnett rd. is now under con struction on a 20-acre site. A public hearing on the mat ter was continued when the council was told - there was a possibility .- $340,000 in - federal funds allocated for the hospital would be withdrawn if the area near the hospital was rezoned for commercial purposes. This later was denied. Proposed for rezoning was a five-acre site in the vicinity of Black Oak drive and Barnett rd. from single family (class IA) to limited commercial (class IIIA). Frank Van Dyke, Medford at torney representing a group op posed to the zone change, said it was brought to his attention that federal provisions might stipu late that funds could not be al-' located for the hospital if ajoin ing property was used for com mercial purposes. The Rev. George R. Bolster, vice president of the Rogue Val ley hospital committee, and Otto Frohnmayer, the committee's at torney, said after the meeting that the federal funds allocated for the hospital would not be af fected by zoning adjacent prop erty for commercial purposes. Mr. Bolster added he would not object to restrained com mercial development of area near the new hospital, as long as an unpleasant atmosphere was not created. The rezoning proposal was con tinued after Councilmen Stan' Jones and Jimmy Dunlevy pointed out the council should first hear representatives of the Rogue Valley hospital board be fore taking action on the rmat ter.vThe council, will reconsider the proposal at its May 9 meet ing. 1 Van Dyke later identified the source of his information as a woman who had business inter ests in an area on Barnett rd. which was rezoned from single family to limited commercial earlier in the meeting. Van Dyke said he had no way of knowing if the statement was true but that it was in the "pub lic interest' 'that it be made. An argument f avoring the zone change was presented by Robert E. Mclntyre, - of the Rogue Valley Land company. He is one of the developers of the five acres as well as a larger area in southeast Medford plan ned for about 1,100 single fam ily dwellings. Mclntyre told the council ine acreage he was subdividing,- de scribed as about one-half mile from the Rogue Valley hospital. would increase the area's popula tion by about 4,000. He said that these added residents must have a place to trade other than in downtown Medford. Earlier in the meeting the council adopted an ordinance re zoning the area in the vicinity of Ellendale drive and Barnett rd. from single family to limited commercial. The area is one- seventh of a mile from the area proposed by Mclntyre for lim ited commercial. A. E. Piazza, Medford attorney representing petitionersfor the zone change, said the area was not now suitable for residential development because sub-standard dwellings there have detract ed from the area's property val ue, that the adjacent area is "heavily industrial," the pro posed Highway 99 freeway will be constructed through the area and that there are three estab lishments now non - conforming in the area. Only opposition to the pro posal was from Councilman D6n ald Hansen.iHe said he based his no vote on an earlier recom mendation by the planning com mission that the request be de nied and that H. O. Pritchard, of mnn, wise and Associates, plan ning consultants, also had op posed it. Hansen said if this area was rezoned to limited commercial it would be in competition with, and limit the growth of, the area proposed for limited commercial by Mclntyre, which the planning commission has recommended. The council also adopted an ordinance to amend the city zon ing ordinance regarding parking requirements to provide four square feet of parking area to each square foot of gross build ing area in limited commercial districts. Mclntyre said he thought the amendment was "discrimina tory" against southeast Medford limited commercial land. , City Manager- Robert Duff said the amendment was a stop gap measure and that a compre hensive zoning plan for all dis tricts would be proposed to the council in about a year. I he amendment will not af fect existing structures, but will affect any constructed after adoption of - the amendment. Structures being remodeled also would be affected. (See Council Stories Page 11) MEETING SCHEDULED A special meeting of the Roosevelt Memorial dinner com-" mittee will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the home -of Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Kelly, 906 West Fourth st., Medford-, ac cording "to Larry Sheehan, county Democratic chairman. 40 Lumber Representatives Attending Foremen's Class About 40' mill' and 'logging representatives from about 20 lumber operators in southern Oregon registered for a basic course for fire foremen today at the southwest district head quarters of the state department of forestry on Table Rock rd- The first session of a two-day event started at 8 a.m. with large fire organizatiton plans and . radio procedures for com munication on the fire lines cov ered in the morning session. The school is sponsored joint ly by the Southern Oregon Con servation and Tree Farm associ ation, the state forestry depart ment, the forest service and the bureau of land management Tt was originated in the southwest district last year, and since has included most other' sections of the state. The school was organized af ter a survey of the serious fire situation in 1955, when it wss determined that there was a lack of adequately trained personnel Lack of Sufficient Funds by Congress Blamed for Steps Postmaster General Had Complete Approval Washington (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower today strongly defended Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield's action curtailing mail service last week end. Eisenhower said Summerfield had to do it because Congress had not provided the Post Office with enough money. "Eisenhower Tuesday signed a bill giving the Post Office an additional $41 million. Sum' merfield announced that most services would be restored as rapidly as possible. The President was asked at his news conference today what he thought of the feeling in some sections of Congress that the week end slowdown of mail service was an effort by Sum merfield to coerce Congress. Ei senhower agreed and said Sum merfield acted with his com plete approval. Supports Gas Bill Other news highlights at Ei senhower's conference todav with 227 reporters: He supported the general principle of the new O'Hara Harris natural gas bill, saying he believed there had to be such legislation. He said reports he has been given on this particular bill indicated that it agreed in general with the criteria he an nounced when he vetoed a gas bill last year. The President said he was against billboards that mar the scenery along the highways of the nation but he did not know what the federal government could do about it. Wants Money Restored He came out again for re storation of House cuts in the appropriation for the United States Information Agency, say ing that he thought cutting dol lars uselessly in this instance would be the worst kind of economy. He said . this government was still . hopeful, of - successful negotiations with. Egypt on re suming operations through the Suez Canal. The President said it was possible that the issue might have to go ultimately to the United Nations, but that the U. S. had not given up hope that negotiations would produce sat- isfactory results. Racketeering Studied He said the Labor Depart ment is studying the current Senate investigation of rack eteering in labor unions to de termine whether there might be a need for federal legisla tion to protect union funds. He said his disarmament ad viser, Harold E. Sfassen, had re ported from the current London Disarmament Conference that he felt that atmosphere of this meeting was improved and more likely to produce results than previous conference in which the Russians have been involved. Eisenhower, in a generally jovial mood, covered a broad range of subjects in his meeting with reporters but produced no major news stories. County Receives Share Of Vehicle Tax Money County Treasurer Karl Jan- ouch today received a check for $112,437.41 as Jackson coun ty's 'share of state motor vehicle tax money. The amount is based on the number of vehicles registered in the county in 1956. There were 37,521 registered in Jackson county, the fifth largest registra tion in the state. Total vehicle registrations in the state was 829,343. to act as foremen and in other supervisory capacities. - Demonstrations this after noon were scheduled in fire be havior, proper use of water, timekeeping procedures and safety practices. . Don Whalen, president of the Southern Oregon Conservation and Tree , Farm association, opened today's school, and orien tation was handled jointly by Jack Wood, supervisor of Rogue River National forest; Eugene Peterson, district forester for the bureau of ' land manage ment; and Curt Nesheim, district warden, state forestry depart ment. A advanced - course will be held at a field site tomorrow, according to L. L. (Doc) Simp son, secretary - manager of SOCTFA. The course is for per sonnel who attended last year's basic course and will include demonstrations in fire line con struction by hand and with bull dozers. Another basic course will be held in Grants Pass Fri day. '
