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TWO-UNIT APARTMENT Above is an art
Isfs sketch of a two-unit apartment to be
constructed at Crater Lake National park
headquarters. Bids were invited today on the
building an on a three-story four unit apart
Bids Are Called
For Construction
Of Park Buildings
Invitations to bid on con
structing six employee resi-
dential units at Crater Lake Na
tional park and several sections
of park roads were issued today,
Tom Williams, park superinten
dent announced.
The projects are part of the
10-year Mission 66 program. The
program, scheduled for comple
tion in 1966 to coincide with the
Golden Anniversary of the park
service, is to restore facilities of
the park system and expand
them to provide services for an
increase in park visitors.
. Bids will be -opened at 3-p.m.
June 11, in park offices at the
post office building, Medford, on
one four-unit apartment and one
two - unit apartment building
with an alternate bid for two
additional two-unit buildings in
lieu of the four-unit buildings,
Williams said.
Lower Portions
Lower portions of the two
story duplex residence and the
three-story four-unit apartment
building will consist of masonry
block and the upper stories of
wood frame. They also will in
clude plumbing, heating and
electrical facilities.
Total area of both buildings
is about 12,000 square feet, Wil
liams said. Completion date of
the project is 180 days.
Total area of both buildings
is about 12,000 square feet, Wil
liams said. Completion date of
the project is 180 days.
Bids will be opened June 10
at the park office on a project
to crush 18,000 tons of stone and
the construction of several short
sections of road. Alternate bids
will be for 91 tons of asphalt
for road surfacing, Williams
said.
The projects, along with the
sewer and water installation
contract awarded last week to
Coast Construction company,
Eugene, are among several proj
ects which will be offered for
bids later this year, according to
Williams.
Defense Spending Cut
By $2,596,775,000
Washington W The House
Appropriations Committee cut
a whopping $2,586,775,000 off
President Eisenhower's request
for new defense funds today
and called for a general belt
tightening in the military.
But committee members con
ceded that half the cut repre
sented bookkeeping or paper
savings. They said it is question
able whether any big part of the
slash will show up in enforced
spending cuts in the new fiscal
year starting July 1.
Couples Go On
After Exchange of Mates
Reno. Nev. HP1 Two Mill
brae, Calif., couples who ex
changed partners, families and
homes in a hectic race from one
Nevada court house to another
were honeymooning today in se
clusion. To Take Over Families
When Dr. Frank E. Schwartz,
38-year-old eye specialist, returns
t Millbrae with his new bride,
Betty, 35. he will take over the
responsibilities of her home and
her four children.
Betty's former husband, J.
Martin Brooks, 35-year-old own
Berrydale Residents
To Vote Tomorrow
Registered voters living in the
Berrydale area can vote be
tween 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. tomor
row on a proposal to annex to
the city of Medford.' The elec
tion will be held at Howard
school.
Boundaries of the annexation
area run generally north from
the Big Y junction along High
way 99 to Gore st., west to Lynn
st., then parallel to the Pacific
highway to a point north of
Mace rd., east and south across
the Crater Lake highway, then
west to the highway again, and
Redwood Highway
Wreck Kills Two
Grants Pass (IB Two men
were killed Monday evening
when a car plunged into a tree
about 18 miles south of here on
the Redwood highway and a
third man was hospitalized after
wandering around in a daze for
several hours following the ac
cident. Killed were Fredrick Nathan
Robertson, 38, Grants Pass, and
Floyd Maurice Reese, 43, Cave
Junction.-
Hospitalized here was Ted
Medden, about 22, Kerby.
Deputy Sheriff Lester Tyth-
cott said at Cave Junction that
Madden was found about mid
night at his home in Kerby. He
said Medden apparently suffer
ed a concussion and traveled in
a daze about eight miles through
the woods to his home. He said
Madden did not remember the
accident.
Tythcott said Madden's cloth
ing was badly torn.
The accident occurred about
4:30 p.m. Search parties hunted
Madden in the woods after find
ing tracks.
Thornton Denies
'Whitewash' Attempt
Portland (IP) Attorney Gen
eral Robert Y. Thornton today
struck back at assertions he had
"whitewashed" the grand jury
investigation of Mayor Terry
Schrunk and denied that he had
ever attempted to prevent
Schrunk's indictment.
The attorney general said
there had been "several one
sided and unfair statements in
the press recently concerning
the Multnomah county vice
probe." "
Army in Haiti Seizes
Control of Country
Port Au Prince, Ham HP)
Censored The army seized con-
martial law and set a dusk to
dawn curfew today.
Honeymoon
er of a prosperous garden supply
firm, will return home as the
husband of the former Mrs. Betty
Jean Schwartz, 33, and the pro
vider of her two children.
Close Friends. '
The couples were close friends
for more than two , years after
becoming acquainted through
church, PTA and Cub Scout ac
tivities. Schwartz said the switch
in affections was something that
"just gradually evolved," and
they came to a mutual agreement
on the exchange last Christmas.
ment, also to be constructed at park head
quarters. Bids will be opened June 11 on the
projects in park offices in the post office
building here. The work is part of the 10-year
Mission 66 program.
south along Riverside ave, to
McAndrews rd.
Last week the council repre
senting Medford voters, approv
ed the annexation proposal fol
lowing a public hearing.
Service Provided
Members of the Berrydale
Sanitation committee will pro
vide transportation and baby sit
ting service for Berrydale resi
dents who could not otherwise
vote, according to Nick Gier,
chairman. .
Those needing baby service
are asked to telephone either SP
3-2804 or SP 2-2985, Gier said.
Transportation to Howard
school -befere-4-p.nl-.--will be pro
vided for those telephoning eith
er SP 3-2804, SP 2-2985, SP 2
6411, SP 3-1509, or SP 2-8957.
. Berrydale residents can ob
tain transportation after 4 p.m.
by telephoning either SP 3-1063,
SP 1275, SP 3-4209 or SP 3
4203. Gier said.
Tomorrow's election climaxes
a long and occasionally bitter
argument between supporters
and opponents of annexation as
to how best to obtain sanitary
facilities for the area. The pro
posed annexation area is smaller
and more compact than the area
in which annexation was defeat
ed at last November's election.
Ashland District
Approves Budget
Ashland Ashland school dis
trict's proposed $913,801.86
budget for 1957-58 won by a
margin of 90 votes at an elec
tion yesterday.
A total of 750 votes were cast,
420 in favor and 330 against the
budget. School officials said the
voter . turn-out yesterday was
"pretty good for Ashland."
The total 1957-58 budget is
$100,27786 more than last
year's budget. Total operating
budget is estimated at $816,
801.68. Levy for the coming
year is estimated at 55.5 mills,
compared with 51.1 for the cur
rent year.
Officials of the school district
said the budget increase for
1957-58 is largely due to antici
pated enrollment increases and
need for added facilities and
equipment.
Til Speak
Left in Shambles;
Soldiers on Patrol
230 Persons Injured;
Fear More Killed
Kansas City, Mo. (IP) A sav
age tornado, the worst of the
year, roared out of Kansas and
into two suburban Kansas City
subdivisions Monday night,
spreading death and destruction.
The twister left at least 35
dead, many of them still uniden
tified today, and 230 injured.
Martial law was declared
and soldiers patrolled the. rav
aged areas, looking for more
bodies. Police said that with the
great amount of destruction,
there could be "many more"
bodies still in the wreckage.
The tornado cut a 75-mile
swath across Kansas, killing six
in the state, before it hopped
over the state line and boiled
into Hickman Mills and Ruskin
Heights, two adjoining subdivi
sions just south and east of Kan
sas City. The death toll in those
areas was 28. Another man died
at Martin City, a small town
south and west of Kansas City
on- the Kansas border.
Worst of Year
Heavy equipment 'moved in
today to clear the wreckage of
an almost new shopping center,
high school and church that
were demolished at Ruskin
Heights. In the meantime, the
Weather Bureau issued new
warnings of possible tornadoes
for extreme Southeast Missouri
and Northeastern Arkansas.
The tornado was by far the
worst of many that have plagued
the Midwest and Southwest this
year. A tornado that ripped
Dallas, Tex., April 2 killed 10.
Another tornado killed 19 per
sons last Wednesday at Silver-
ton, Tex.
United Press photographer
Jerry McNeill of Dallas, who
witnessed the tornado there and
flew here Monday night to pho
tograph the one here, said the
Dallas tornado "was merely a
baby compared io this."
"The -Dalhrstornado skipped
through - sparsely populated
areas," McNeill said. ' "This one
was more thorough. And while
the path was only five miles
long, this tornado caused much
more destruction.".
Seek Missing Persons
Police and Red Cross officials
estimated 500 homes destroyed,
families were separated and ef
forts were being made to set up
an emergency clearance head
quarters to find the missing, and
to unite families.
Fears that many persons were
trapped when the new brick
Presbyterian church collapsed
were dispelled by Harry Bren
ner, an elder of the church, who
said a group of about 60 persons
huddled in the basement, and
were saved when the floor kept
the falling bricks from crushing
them.
xne area or destruction in
Ruskin Heights, in the southern
portion of Kansas City, includ
ed several hundred new homes,
a church and a shopping center
where 100 cars were parked. A
four-story school was levelled
and large quonset type stores
were shredded to skeletons.
Medford Police Called
Check Object Near Creek
Medford city police were sum
moned Monday when an object
which appeared to be a human
body was seen off a sand bar in
Bear creek behind Medford Muf
fler company, 1130 North River
side ave.
Officers said that the object
turned out to be a large rubber
doll. With one arm torn off, the
doll looked like' the body of a
baby, police reported.
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TAKING SHAPE Construction of the new Rogue Valley
Memorial hospital at Barnett and Murphy rds., Medford, is
shown in another progressing stage in the above picture. The
front of the hospital, which is estimated to cost a total of about
Dike Cutis Foreign Aid
Senate Struggles
For Adjournment
Sometime Tonight
Salem HP) The Oregon Sen
ate, still struggling toward an
attempted session adjournment
tonight, .passed six measures on
its heavy calendar, then adjourn
ed at noon until 1 p.m. with 30
measures on the calendar still
up for final action.
The Senate passed House bill
566 providing $95 basic school
aid per census child instead of
the current $80, then sent the
bill back to the House for con
currence in Senate amendments.
Bill Provides Suspension
Also passed was Senate bill
319 providing for suspension of
a district attorney or deputy dis
trict attorney who has been in
dicted for incompetency, cor
ruption, misfeasance, or a crime
involving moral turpitude.
The Senate . reconsidered and
then passed, 16-14, House bill
382 requiring that appraisers
must take a state civil service
examination before they ' are
hired by county assessors..
Residents Reminded
Of Board Vacancies
Alf B. Mekvold, county school
superintendent, reminded resi
dents today that two vacancies
exist on the Jackson county non
high school board. -
Nomination petitions must be
submitted to the county school
superintendent's office by June
1. The vacancies are from zone
3, which represents Howard
school district, and from zone
4, which consists of Applegate,
Ruch and Griffin Creek school
districts.
A. E. Brockway of zone 3 has
become ipeligible for member
ship on the board since he re
side in the Oak , Grbve area,
which is no longer in the non
high district because of recent
consolidation. Brockway has
served 24 years as a jnember of
the Jackson county non-high
board.
The term of Edmund Ramsey,
zone 4, expires this year.
Mekvold stated that nominat
ing petitions for the non-high
board may be obtained from the
Jackson county school superin
tendent's office prior to June 1.
Washington API President
Eisenhower has proclaimed May
30 as Memorial Day.
Weather
FORECAST: clearing tonitbt.
Partly cloudy Wednesday.
Lnw tonight 31, high Wednes
day 75.
- Temp.
tfiehut Vertrdv SI
Lowest this Morning 4(
Our Skies Tonight
The Sun rises ..... 4:45 a.m.
and sets 7:32 p.m.
The nnseen stars in its back
ground are now those of Taurus.
The Moon, at its greatest dis
tance from the Earth for the
month (in Apogee), r i se I
Wednesday at ...12:59 a.m.
The dim stars in its background
are now those of Aquarius.
MEDFORD, OREGON,
Radio-TV Appeal
To Public Tonight
Washington (IP) President
Eisenhower today formally cut
his foreign aid budget to $3,865,
000,000 and warned Congress
that, any further big Reduction
would be a "foolhardy" gamble
with American lives. J ' "
In a fighting defense' of his
foreign aid proposals, the Pres
ident warned Congress that re-
Radio-TV Highlights
President Eisenhower will
make public appeal in de
fense of his budget over radio
and television tonight. It will
be heard locally over radio
station KWIN (1400 kc) at S
p.m., over KMED (1440 kc) at
5:30 p.m. and again at 8:30
p.m KYJC (1230 kc) at 6:30
p.m., and KBES-TV at 6:30
p.m.
duced aid spending would mean
increased United States defense
costs, heavier draft calls and re
newed Communist gains abroad.
Special Message
He stated his case in a special
foreign aid message to Congress.
Tonight he will, follow it up
with a radio-TV- appeal to the
nation, seeking public support to
check the congressional drive to
slash his record peacetime
spending plans.
Key support for the President
came on the eve of his message.
House Democratic Leader John
McCormick of Massachusetts,
gave his unqualified-support to
the full foreign aid request.
"Whatever calculated risk we
should take with our security
should be taken on the side of
strength and not weakness," Mc
Cormack said.
Some Savings Mad . .
Eisenhower asked congress fof
$535 million less than he esti
mated would be needed for the
program in his January budget
message. The savings, he said,
were made possible by improv
ed administration, better plan
ning with America's allies, and
experience indicating less need
for military spare parts.
However, he said $500 mil
lion in foreign aid spending
Reappraisals Ordered
By Equalization Board
The Jackson county board of
equalization has ordered reap
praisals on real property owned
by several residents and will
study the new appraisals at a
meeting Monday.
The meeting will be held at
10:30 a.m. in the county clerk's
office. ,
Members of the board have re
ceived petitions for correction of
assessed value of real property
from 10 landowners in the coun
ty. These petitions were re
viewed at a meeting yesterday.
The new appraisals wil be made
by personnel in the county as
sessor's office. Y
TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1957
$2,555,218 when complete, is in the center of the wings at
the left of the picture. Construction on building, which is being
financed through contributions, gifts, and some federal Hill
Burton funds, started about a year ago.
originally anticipated for the
current fiscal year ending June
30 would have to be carried over
to the new fiscal year.
If Congress cuts the aid pro
gram deeper, he warned, "It
would risk not only the ultimate
attainment of -tremendous mili
tary-savings to which we all
aspire; by encouraging aggres
sion and ' discouraging . our
friends, it would also risk for
cing our own defense spending
to a level far higher than it is to
day. "In this kind of gamble, Ameri
can lives are just as much in the
balance as American dollars."
Gold Hill Man Hurt
In Highway Accident
George Edward Crump, 30, of
route 1, box 428, Gold Hill, was
taken to Grants Pass General
hospital about 3:20 a.m. today
for treatment of injuries re
ceived when his car went out of
control on old Highway 99 about
a mile north of Rocky Point
bridge, according to state police.
He was taken to the hospital
by Medford Ambulance service.
Police said they believed his in
juries were not major.
Police said Crump; was trav
eling north when the car left
the highway, went 150 feet along
tho east shoulder ditch; went
back onto the shoulder for 95
feet; crossed the highway to
the opposite ditch; went back
onto the highway, where the car
turned over; continued another
90 feet and turned over again,
and went another 50 feet before
turning back onto its wheels. '
-The car came to rest about 470
feet from the point ' where it
first left the highway, police
said.
Raymond Refer Successful
Bidder on Leverette Land
Raymond Reter, of Reter Fruit
company, Medford, was success
ful bidder on the Leverette prop
erties auctioned by the federal
government this morning to pay
back federal taxes owed by Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Leverette.
The properties, valued at more
than $1,250,000, included the
Leverette building in dowtown
Medford, Orchard Park farms,
Table Top ranch and other hold
ings. They sold for $350,000.
Bidding against Reter was H.
R. Fisher, a Seattle investor. Bid
ding started at less than $100,
000, and though more than a
hundred persons were present,
few bid. Reter said that $350,000
would have been his top figure.
Reter has had the properties
under lease since January, 1951,
and he' said that there would
be no change in the operation
of the ranches at the present
time.
Auctioneer was Irving Damitz,
Internal Revenue department
collectiqn officer from Portland,
who has been her since March
Tribune
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No. 52
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Residents in Rural
School Districts
Approve Budget
Voters in county rural school
districts yesterday approved by
a margin of more than 2 to 1 a
budget totaling $1,844,777.55 for
fiscal year 1957-58. The unof
ficial total vote was 830 in fa
vor and 379 against exceeding
the 6 per ' cent limitation by
$1,086,814.64.
The vote by districts was
Jacksonville 169 yes, 19 no; Grif
fin Creek, 112 yes, 43 no; Ruch,
36 yes, 23 no; Lone Pine, 45 yes,
26 no; Talent, 59 yes,. 8 no;
Rogue River, 148 yes, 121 no;
Applegate, 11 yes, 19 no; Elk
Trail, 41 yes, 6 no; Prospect, 11
yes, 6 no; Evans Valley 21 yes,
65 no; Shady Cove 81 yes, 13
no; Butte Falls 22 yes, none no;
Pinehurst 12 yes, 2 no; and How
ard, 62 yes, 28 no.
The rural school board tenta
tively is scheduled to meet
Saturday to canvass the vote.
Total operating budget is $1,-
523,366.55, the rural operating
and emergency fund is $47,961
and the non-high tuition and
transportation operating and
emergency fund is $273,450.
Estimated income is $544,359.54,
leaving a total of $1,300,418.01
to be raised by taxes. Of that
to be raised by taxes, $213,-
603.37 is within the 6 per cent
limitation. .
Total estimated increase in
mills is from 54.7 to 68.4 for
1957-58.
Portland (IP) Stockhold
ers -of Portland Gas and Coke
company have voted to approve
a split of stock 2-for-l and to au
thorize issue of 50,000 shares of
preferred stock.
Washington W The govern
ment rested its contempt of Con
gress case against playwright
Arthur Miller today.
12, when the properties were
seized by the government. With
him were collection officers Rob
ert V. Rushford of Portland and
Virgil Olson and L. C. Thur
mond, of Eugene. . . . ,
The seizure of the properties
of Walter H. and Evalyn Lever
ette was the largest ever execut
ed by the federal government
in the Northwest Total land
involved was 3,100 acres.
? The sale was originally sched
uled for 10 p.m., April 23, but
was postponed until today to
allow time to straighten out
some details of the transaction.
The sale was held at Orchard
Park farms office near Voorheis
crossing. Terms were 20 per cent
cash, and the balance within
30 days, internal revenue de
partment officers said.
The sale is subject to other
debts against the property,
which unofficially were report
ed to total some $430,000. It is
understood that the total of the
government's claim against the
Leverettes was more than a half
million dollars.