Eisenhower
Mends
SMiieirfie
Mens
Ike's
52nd Year
Medford
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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
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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. '