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0 m8" WtSi and reeme m 22 Page MEDFORD, DECEIVE DIPLOMAS Otto Ewaldsen, chairman of the Medford school board, (right, bark to camera) with Lester Harris, high whool principal (left) presents a diploma to Norman Callacci during graduation ceremo 284 Medford High Seniors Graduate Two hundred eighty-four Med Snri High school seniors were jra'Juated at the school 64th annual commencement ceremony lield in the auditorium of Hed rirk Junior High school Thurs day evening. Cliff Robinson, director of secondary education from the crc;on state department of edu cation in Salem, gave the., uriii-. cipal address. Robinson stated that in spite1 of th unrejt in various parts of the world today, the future has prver looked so promising for a generation of young people. He tht world peace is bound to become a reality and the "bet is yet to come'' for every one. He was introduced by Leonard 8 Mayfield, superintendent of iledtord public schools. Valedictorian of the class was William Fralce. John Reeder was axlutatorian. Among the awards announced was the naming of Patricia Leek outstanding senior f.rl and Richard McLaughlin, outstanding senior boy. Awards Presented Lester D. Harris, principal of Medford High school, announced the awards. The many scholar ship and other award winners wore announced during the pro gram. Diplomas were presented by Otto Ewaldsen, chairman of the board of education. " The invocation and bene diction were given by the Rev. Raymond W. Hurn, pastor of the First Church of the Nazarene. The Senior Singers, under the direction of Lynn Sjolund. sang "Great Day" and the high school hnnri. directed by 1. A. Murick, Hopes for Missing Portlander Dimmed Portland HP Hopes that M.irk Francklin, 79. of Portland, is still alive in the rugged moun tain area east of Molalla. Ore., have all but been snuffed out. Francklin has been missing since May 31. Bloodhounds and searchers have searched the dcrise area without any trace. Chances of picking up Franck lin s trail were dimmed Wednes day when a thunderstorm hit the area washing out any tracks' er st ents that searchers or blood- j hounds might pick up. City Council Supports Water Mayor John Snider last night yas authorized by the Medford survey and report now being ci;y council to sign an applica-1 made by the U. S. Army corps of tion on U'half of the city of Med-; engineers. He noted "that the lord supporting a Bear creek wa-1 Jackson county court and the tershed development program, j city of Ashland also are sup proposed by the Jackson county I porting the program, c'napirr nt the Izaak Walton ; The watershed development len;-.ie. j would not duplicate the Talent The application seeks plan- irrigation project, according to n;;-g and "financial assistance Izaak Walton league members. frm the federal tovernmcnt but rather wo:;ld supplement it trn;:ch the C S. department of to the advantage of the entire agriculture under the Watershed Trotcctior. and Flood Prevention Act rf 1P54. It will be forwarded to the state engineer and state c.uiservaiionist, Salem. No Conflict 3 City Manager Robert Duff said the watershed program, spon-s'-'d bv tbe RoEwe Soil conser vs'ion district, would not con- "1LA IT OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 1 played the processional and re cessional and Finlandia." The members of the senior class sang 'Alma Mater" accompanied by the band. (See story Page 1. second section) Public Said Kepi in Dark on Tax Wrifc-Off Washington iip Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tcnn.) charged to day that government officials en gaged in "all kinds of manipula tion" to keep the public from knowing in advance that the Idaho Power Co. had been granted fast tax write-off bene its. He accused James Farrell, an Office of Defense Mobilization employee, of refusing deliber ately to tell a representative of an electric consumers committee whether the write-off certificates had been granted. Kefauver claims officials in the know "conspired" to keep knowledge of the decision from the public until "preferred indi viduals" could "make a killing" on the stock market. W. E. Ruck Appointed To Planning Group William E. Ruck. Medford High school social science teach er, was appointed by the city council last night to succeed A. D. Harvey as a member of the city planning commission. Harvey resigned from the po sition earlier this year. Ruck will serve until Dec. 31, when Harvey's term would have ex pired. Ruck, who resides at 1201 Winchester St., Medford. is the first representative of Medford's west side to serve on the plan ning commission in several Portland npi Federal Judge Gus Solomon announced in court here today that the gov ernment had presented suffici ent evidence to justify sending fiaud charges against all seven defendants in the Mount Hood Plywood Cooperative case to the jury. Tacoma HP Delegates at the Pacific Northwest Conference of the Methodist Church have voted to set the salaries of mar ried ministers at 53.200 a year and of single ministers at $2,800. fhet with the Rogue River Flood vatershed. The Talent flood con trol aspects cover only about 10 per cent of the Bear creek water shed, they said. Aims Reported Aims of the watershed pro gram are: (1) Elimination of floods, with their resultant damage to soil and improvements. 7, 1957 No. 67 fc " v. nies for 284 . Medford high school seniors Thursday night. Awaiting turn in long line of students behind Callacci are Bob Martin, Jay Mullen and Bill Mongrain. Preliminary Plans For Berrydale Sewer to Begin The city council last night di rected City Manager Robert Duff to prepare preliminary plans for a sewer system in the recently annexed Berrydale area. Action was taken on the mat ter after Nick Gier. chairman of the Berrydale Sanitation com- jmittee which originally proposed the annexation, submitted to the council petitions requesting the sewer. The petitions contained signatures of 383 Berrydale resi dents representing 242 property owners. More Petitioners Gier told the council the peti tions included names far exceed ing the 51 per cent needed for council action on the sewer. He added that committee members are still canvassing Berrydale for additional petitioners. tamer, tne council called a public hearing June 27 to con sider separation and withdrawal of parts of five special districts annexed to the city in the Berry dale election. Levies Explained If not withdrawn, according to Duff, the annexed area will become subject not only to the proportionate debt service of the district but to all other levies of the district which might accrue in the future due to its operaion and mainenance. Special district involved in the Berrydale annexation are the Central Point Rural Fire dist rict, Medford Rural Fire Protec tion district. Elk City Water dist rict, Midway Water district and Berrydale Sanitary district. Oregon City Crash Hurts Five People Oregon City ori A two-car collision near here Thursday night injured five young per sons, hospitalizing all of them. The five injured were John Anchorsmith, 16. Lake Grove, Ore., who was believed to be the driver of one of the cars: Janet Wilson, 16, Lake Grove, believed to be a passenger of the same car; Bob Farmer, 22. Dan Harris, 2fi, and Mary Lou Maulson, 22, all of Portland. State police had no immediate details of the accident. Shed Development Program (2) Improvement of range i rranagement and woodland I methods to reduce soil erosion, increase soil fertility and the I value of agricultural commod- itks. (3) Storage of water for irri gation in areas where needed. (4) Elimination of health haz i arris caused by floods or lark of I required minimum water flow. (5) Improvement of recrea I tional resources of the water shed. (6) BeautLfication of the streams and their surroundings within the watershed. Costs Explained All costs in connection with flood prevention and control, ac cording to the act, are to be borne by the federal government. Other costs, such as irrigation Local With Dave Beck Den; Permit To Attt.. Meeting in Paris Judge Overrules Permission by Jury Tacoma api Federal Judge George H. Boldt today denied Teamsters President Dave Beck permission to leave the country to attend an international labor meeting in Paris. Beck, who is under indict ment in Boldt's U.S. District Court on two counts of income tax evasion, had petitioned for permission so he could attend a meeting of the- International Transportation Federation June 17. Granted by Grand Jury Beck, represented by Seattle attorney William Wesselhoeft, had asked permission to leave the country from June 9 to July 7. Such permission had been granted by the King County Grand Jury which is investigat ing financial activities of Beck and other teamster leaders in Seattle. But King County Prosecutor Charles O. Carroll said that be cause of Boldt's decision Beck would be expected to appear be fore the county grand jury on June 17 as originally scheduled. "Beck should receive the same treatment as anyone else," Judge Boldt said, pointing out that "in the long history" of his court only one defendant has been given permission to leave the country and that petition was not opposed. Opposed by McClellan Beck's petition was opposed by Chairman John L. McClellan of the Senate Rackets Commit tee and U.S. Attorney General Herbert Brownell. "Permission to leave jurisdic tion is a matter of grace and discretion on the part of the jud;e." Boldt said. Boldt did give the labor lead ed permission to attend a meet ing in Los Anzeles of another international labor organization July 1. Deadline for Filing Petitions Monday Deadline for filing school di rector candidacy petitions is Monday, June 10, school offi cials have reminded residents. Election of directors in all dist ricts will be held Monday, June 17, the dale of the annual school board meetings. One vacancy in each school district will be filled this year for a term of five years. In the Medford school district, two candidates have filed for the single vacancy on the board of directors. They are the present board chairman, Otto A. Ewald sen, whose term expires this year, and Francis Cheney. Mayor To Acknowledge Receipt of Notice The city council last night authorized Mayor John Snider to acknowledge receipt of a Public Utilities commissioner's notice that the California-Pacific Utili ties company has petitioned for a rate increase. No indication was given by the notice that the PUC would either approve or disapprove the rate increase request. Amount of the proposed rate in crease was not stated in the notice. Vienna, Austria IIP Com munist Hungary today released two 20-year-old American stu dents who crossed the Iron Cur tain frontier from Austria May 26 and were seized by Red secret police. and range management, are to be absorbed by the people bene fiting from thed evelopment. The federal contribution to con struction cannot exceed $250, 000. Eefore the watershed program is approved by the government, a field examination of the water shed will be made by technicians and the state azency. which re sults in approval or disapproval of the petition. If approved, the application is forwarded to Washington with the recommendation for review by the Soil Conservation Service administrator. The state conser vationist will inform the local organization if and when the watershed is authorized for planning help. jO c "Left Council Annexes Sears Property Construction of a new Sears Roebuck and company store on a 28.3-acre site north of Jackson st. and east of Biddle rd. moved a step closer last night when the Medford city council annexed to the city a 12.6-acre portion of the proposed store site. The council vote was unanimous. The annexed area joins 15.7 acres of property now inside the city. The entire area, owned by Dr. I. D. Phipps, would be used for the proposed new store, in cluding parking facilities. It is under purchase option to But trees and McClellan, Los An geles contracting and architec tural firm. ' Public Hearing Later, confusion developed over when a public hearing should be held to consider re zoning the area from "single, family" to "limited commercial" to permit construction of the store. The original resolution set the hearing for June 20. Mayor John Snider played the key role in rescheduling the hearing to July 5, when he twice used an opportunity to break a tie council vote, the first time he has voted since becoming mayor in January. He first broke a tie in voting in favor of a proposal by Coun cilman Donald Hansen that the hearing be postponed, until such time as advice on rezoning the area from Hahn, Wise and Asso ciates, planning consultants of Redwood City, Calif. The firm was retained by the city for sev eral months until its contract expired in April. Again Brcke Deadlock Soon afterwards the mayor again broke a council deadlock by voting in favor of a sugges tion by Councilman Stanley Jones that the zone change near- George Meony Would Kick Beck Out 'Now' Washington (IP AFL-CIO President George Meany said to day "Dave Beck has no right to be in the trade union move ment" and should be kicked out "now." Meany's public call for Beck's complete ouster came in a lunch meeting of the first annual In dustrial Relations Conference of the AFL-CIO. Premature Quintuplets Die in Mozambique Villa de Joao Belo, Mozam bique HP Quintuplets born prematurely Thursday to a na tive woman all died "today, a spokesman for. the regional hos pital said. ' Weather FORECAST: Considerable Hon di ne, mild temperature. Ihrnngh Saturday. S I i f h t rhanr of isolated lichl show er Saturday afternoon nd eteninr. Low tonight 50. High Saturday near SO. Temp. Hithemt Vterdav . jll Lowest this Morning si Sunrise :3S a.m. Stmet 7 4R p.m. Mnnnt. Saturday 7.1 p.m. Full Moon June 12 PROMINENT STAR Spira. close to 4he Moon. VISIBLE PLANETS Saturn, low in south east .. p.m. Venus. $t 8:24 p.m. Jupiter, hich in south west -S pm. Mars, sets 9:40 p.m. !e Charged a are Fraud Face It" ins be held July 5. Jones said a definite date should be set for the hearing so its progress would not be "indefinitely boseed down in procedural de tail." Last month the planning com mission unanimously recom mended to the council that the 28.3-acre area be rezoned from "single family" and "two fam ily" to a "limited commercial" zone. Scars Roebuck and company now owns a location between Central and. Riverside aves.. at about 10th st., but it has been indicated the site is inadequate in size for the store being built. Subcommittee Dodges Jke's Postal Request Washington (TP) A House Ap propriation Subcommittee de clined to consider today Presi dent Eisenhower's request for $149,500,000 in extra funds he called necessary to avert postal service cuts July 1. Chairman J. Vaughan Gary (D Va.) said Postmaster General Ar thur E. Summerfield was not prepared to answer subcommit tee questions on just what re ductions in service he planned in event the extra money is not provided. The subcommittee, over pro tests of the one Republican mem ber present, voted to adjourn the closed hearing, send Summer field back for more information and to meet again to consider the request next Tuesday. Bakers Union Said 'Goon Squad' Users Washington w A former employee of the Baker's Union testified today it maintained "goon squad" whose exploits in cluded beating up a 14-year-old boy, Albert Barclay of Redondo Beach, Calif., former office man gare of Baker's Local 37 in Los Angeles, testified that John D. Nelson, assistant trustee of the local, took $35 a week to finance operations of the "goon squad" and other "unethical practices." TrumanGrandsonNamed Clifton Truman Daniel New York W The two-day old grandson of former Presi dent Truman today held the name of Clifton Truman Daniel. Selection of the name was an nounced Thursday night by the father, Clifton Daniel, a member of the news staff of the New York Times. The child, he said, was named for his two grand father, E. Clifton Daniel of Ze bulon, N.C., and the former President. Russian Leaders Lay Wreath on Finnish Grave Helsinki, Finland OP Visit ing Soviet leaders Premier Niko lai Bulganin and Communist Party Chief Nikita Khrushchev laid a wreath on the grave of the late Finnish President J. K. Paasikivi today, and then start ed talks with Finnish officials. Subject discussed during the hour-long talks were not ' re vealed, but it was believed they centered on increased trade be- tween the two countries. Janitor, Wife Get $6,000 Unlawfully, Reports Indicate Marriage License Application Starts Probe Clarence Johnson and his wife Nola, 78H Beatty st., Medford were returned to the county jail this morning following appear ance in district court on a charge of unlawfully obtaining public assistance. The couple was arrested by sheriff's deputies yesterday after investigation indicated they had been receiving full assistance from the Jackson county wel fare department while both were working as janitors at the Medford Mail Tribune. Bail was set at $1,500 each. They were given until 10 a.m. Monday to obtain counsel. Made SB.000 Records showed that Johnson, 63, and his wife, 49, made ap proximately $6,000 plus medi cal expenses the past year, depu ties said. They had worked for the paper under different nam es than those used to draw wel fare aid. They have three children, aged 6, 9 and 13 years. The in vestigation reportedly began sfter the 13-year-old daughter attempted to secure a marriage license and county clerk's license and county clerk's depu ties suspected her age was not accurately given. Mrs. Johnson also is said to have six grown children by an earlier marriage. Johnson worked at the Trib une under the first name of Charles, received assistance un der the name of Clarence John son, and used the name of Clyde Johnson with his creditors, ac cording to deputies. Purchasing Property ' Investigation so far indicates they were purchasing a neigh boring house, as well as their own home, and it is believed Ihey own an automobile and other real estate, according to deputies. Names on a number of social security cards also are believed to have been changed and used by the couple, officers said. The family moved to Medford from Lane county in about 1953, and have drawn welfare assist ance the past four years. Maximum penalty for convic tion on a charge of unlawfully obtaining public assistance is one year in the county jail or $1,000 fine, or both, or three years in the state penitentiary. Navy Show for Ike Cancelled by Search Aboard U.S.S. Saratoga TH A gaint airsea search for two downed pilots cancelled today much of the impressive Navy training exercises being staged for President Eisenhower and three Cabinet officers. Sixteen of the 19 warships es corting this huge supercarrier and presidential flagship pulled out of the task force to scour Atlantic coastal waters in the partially successful rescue mis sion. One of the pilots was spotted shortly after dawn floating on a life raft off the Georgia coast. He was picked up almost imme diately by a helicopter dispatch ed by the aircraft carrier Valley Forge. Spingfield OP) State police organized a search today for Haskell Dowdy, 49, Springfield, missing on a fishing trip on the McKenzie river east of here. Sawyer's Bar To Get Look at Big City Sawver's Bar, Siskiyou Coun ty, Calif. W All seven school aged children in this rugged mountain community have a big adventure planned for Sunday a trip to a big city. Even though the youngsters most of them children of U.S. Forest Service personnel live in country regarded as Califor nia's most beautiful, they would rather see San Francisco. They're Looking Forward Only two of the children, for mer residents of San Francisco, have ever seen a city much larger than Sawyer's Bar, popu lation 80. So they are looking forward to railroads, escalators, hotels, cable cars, Fisherman's Wharf, "and the zoo, of course." The children will be accom panied by their teacher. William Battershell, and four adult resi Farm Products, Mine Machinery Included in Pact Export-Import Bank To Loan $30 Million Washington dpi The United States and Communist Poland today signed an agreement prom ising $48,900,000 in American agricultural products and mining machinery to the independence seeking Gomulka regime. The agreement marked the first extension of U. S. aid to a Communist nation since last fall's Satellite revolts in Facte Europe. American officials hoped it wouia neip premier Wladislaw Gomulka hold to his policy of greater independence from Mos cow. O Wheat. Cotton Pledged The United Stale s also pledged an additional shipment of $46, 100.000 worth of surnhis wheat and cotton, boosting the total t-oiisn aid ligure to 535 million as Soon as Congress nasce n. abling legislation. Today s initial agreement calls for an ExDort-Imnort Rank loan of $30 million largely for use in buying mining machinery. The United States also will sell Poland, for Polish currency, $18. 900.000 worth of cotton, fats, and oils. To Be Used la P.larJ The United States will use the zlotys (Polish currency) receivaA from this sale for emhaccv an4 other expenses in Poland. After live years, foland will pay dol lars for any zlotvs the liniln States has not spent. The agreement, which sorrt conressmen criticized ia ad vance, resulted from thror months of negotiations. The Polish delegation originally sought $300 million orth of U. S. aid. Anothe- $13,308,000 .ill be provided to oav transatlantif and other transportatioh costs. Forks of Salmon O Residents to Visit Medford Saturday A car caravan of about 20 stu dents and adults from the Forks of Salmon area will arrive in Medford Saturday morning, June 8. according to Ken Young, director of curriculum of the Siskiyou county school system. The visit will be a second step in a series of programs between the Chambers of Commejce to exchange information of the two areas, Jackson county and Sis kiyou county. California. The group will appear on television at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in a pro gram titled "Hands across the Siskiyou." Informal Luncheon The greeters committee of the Jackson county Chamber of Commerce will host at an Infor mal luncheon for the Forks of Salmon group after their tele vision appearance. Arrangements are being han dled by the Chamber of Com merce office, aid anyone inter ested in attending the luncheon may call the chamber office, SP 2-6293, for information. PreTious Visit Two years ago a group of Forks of the Salmon students visited in Medford. They were given elevator rides, shown stop lights, trains, dial telephones and other "big city" devices. It was the first time many of them had been outside the Isolated mountain community in which they lived. About a year ago, 20 members of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce greeters commit tee and other residents traveled to Forks of the Salmon for a return visit. Residents there en tertained the Jackson county delegation with a banquet and other events. Youngsters dents Mr. and Mrs. Dave Rus sell, Mrs. Erlene McBroom and Mrs. Ella Wallace. The trip is the payoff to a civic dream dating back to Jan uary, when the adult population began staging box dinners, and amateur theatrical productions. These projects raised S500, and the small fry gathered at least $20 from their savings. Travelers Identified Makin; the trip will be Glenn McBroom, 7: Nancy Edwards. 7; Caroline Thornton, 7; Mike Thorton. 9: Frances Gibson, 9; Bobbie Wallace, 10; Jimmie Ed wards, 11; Betty Black, 10; Chuck Black. 9: Ruth Sorenson, 8; and Maxine Sorenson, 9. Jimmy and N?ncy Edwards are the former San Franciscans, Battershell said. "But they're about as excited M the others." O
