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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.
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No. 67
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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.
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"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."
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