Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, July 03, 1957, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text6 E (BOtflOOS B Sets Committee OK PURCHASING AGENT Richard V. Hogan. above, assumed duties Monday as purchasing agent for Medford. His chief func tion will be to establish a central agency, through which all city departments will submit orders and requisitions for supplies and equipment. The water department and the library will con tinue to operate independently. Later Hogan will be made air port superintendent, a job which is now being done by Gilbert Gutjahr, administrative assistant. Hells Canyon Foes Plan To Force Vote Washington Ml Oppon- that we want this matter dis ents of the federal Hells Can- J Pscd of next Wednesday," Mill yon dam served notice today ' frsa.id' "We hve Ytc to i Irill it niH -i r -in4 lira 11 ttl Unm that they intend to force a final vote on the measure before the full House Interior committee next Wednesday. Rep. A. L. Miller (Neb ), rank ing Republican on the commit tee, said "we have the votes to kill the project once and for all." Bill All But Killed The committee's Irrigation and Reclamation subcommittee all but killed the Senate passed bill Tuesday when it voted, 15 to 12, to strike out its enacting clause. Opponents of the federal pro ject are determined, however, to kill off any chance of reviving it. Democratic supporters had promised an all-out fight to keep it alive. Miller said the opponents would have insisted that the full committee vote on the mea sure at a meeting this morn ing. But he said he had made a "gentleman's agreement" with Chairman Clair Engle (D-Calif ), that no move would be made without at least four days' no tice. "The formal notification will be made Friday, but we're send ing out the advance word now Residents of CPRFPD Pass Levy Increase Central Point Residents of the Central Point Rural Fire Pro tection district voted two-to-one yesterday to increase the levy to five mills or S6.555.52. Fifty-eight votes were cast in favor of increasing the levy, and 27 votes were cast against It. Fire district officials said the voter turn-out yesterday was not considered as good as in other years. ' The levy increase was sought to offset loss of property in the district resulting from the recent annexation of the Berrydale area to the city of Medford. Weather FORFTAST: Fair nd warm thrnneh Thnrdav. I.nw ln nlfhl 48. Hich ThurvHv !". Temp. Hithrst Yestrrdas' . M Lowest this MnrntnR 47 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 4:39 m. Suntrt 1:5- p.m. loonsrt U:J9 P-m. First Quarter Thursday 4:09 a.m. PROMINENT STAR Antares. due south 9:49 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, sets 8:46 p.m. Mars, south of Venus. Jupiter, south of the Moon. Saturn, above Antares. Hugh Earle Appointed State Insurance Commissioner; Also To Be Fire Marshal Salem W Hugh H. Earle, veteran state and federal gov ernment official, was appointed stare insurance commissioner by Gov. Robert D. Holmes Tuesday. He had held the position pre viously for six years under two Oregon governors. Earle. a resident of Portland where he served five years as collector of internal revenue un der the Truman administration, will succeed Robert B. Taylor as head of the state's insurance su pervisory agency. Taylor's four year term expired June 30. v 1 ..om , sV,,, '.. ISem next Wednesday.' Positive of No Switch Miller said he is "positive" that none of the opponents will switch in the noxt week. He also said the Democrats have "lost all hope" of picking up any more votes for the measure. Miller said he intends to have full committee consider all three pending Hells Canyon bills. Two are by Reps. Gracie Pfost (D-Idaho) and Al Ullman (D-Ore.). The other is the Senate version passed a week ago. "We can take care of all three of them at the same time," he said. Third Man Arrested For Talent Robbery William Lloyd Johnston, 32, address unknown, was being re turned to Jackson county from Crescent City. Calif., today in connection with the robbery on Monday night of Grady Allen Conner, 724 Victory St., Med ford. Johnston and two other men were arrested after Conner re ported three men had robbed him at the point of a gun about 9 p.m., then kicked him out of a car on Suncrest rd., near Tal ent. Conner said the trio took between $300 and S700 in cash, a wallet, ring and wrist watch. Arrested about 11:40 p.m. Monday by Grants Pass city po lice were Glen Eugene Johnson, 36, Live Oak. Calif., and Willie Woodrow Wolfe, 37, Fresno, Calif. Johnson and Wolfe were lodged in the Jackson county jail and appeared in district court yesterday for arraignment on charges of assault and rob bery while not armed with a dangerous weapon. Their case was ordered con tinued until 10 a.m. today when they were to appear in district court with counsel. Their ap pearance was delayed, however, and District Attorney Thomas Reedcr was conferring with them this morning. Reeders aid the two men had not obtained attorneys. Johnston, who is being return ed by Deputy Sheriff Glenn Wright, is expected to arrive here later today. Salem 1P Attorney Gen eral Robert Y. Thornton said today it would not be proper for him to answer "persecution" charges regarding Mayor Terry Schrunk of Portland while in dictments remain before the cir cuit court in Portland. The new commissioner served in that post previously as an ap pointee of Democratic Gov. Charles H. Martin. He continued as commissioner for two years under Gov. Charles A. Sprague, a Republican. In .addition to his duties as in surance commissioner. Earle will also serve as state fire marshal. Earle, a native of Wisconsin where he was born March 6, 1879. came to Oregon in 1905. He went to work for the Inter nal Revenue department in 1920 PRAVDA HINTS AT MAJOR SHAKEUP INSIDE KREMLIN London (UP) Radio Moscow tonight an nounced the dismissal of Georgi Malenkov, Lazar Kaganovich and V. M. Molotov from the ruling body of the Soviet Communist party. Dmitri Shepilov was fired as a secretary of the party Central Committee, but remains on the Pre sidium, the ruling body of that group, the broadcast said. It accused all four men of "anti-party" policies. London UP) The Soviet Communist party newspaper, Pravda, hinted today that a major shakeup may have taken Secretary Named In Reorganization Of Tax Comission Salem W Reorganization of the Oregon State Tax commis sion was announced today in line with suggestions from Gov. Robert D. Holmes when he ap pointed commissioners Samuel B. Stewart and John Horn last month. Biggest cnange involves ap pointment of Richard Eymann Lane county representative, to the executive secretary post to relieve the commissioners of many administrative details. Rep. Eymann, Mohawk Demo crat, was vice-chairman of the House Taxation committee dur ing the 1957 session. Changes Policy The reorganizational change ends the policy by which each commissioner was responsible for one division, adds the execu tive secretary as a coordinator and raises three employees to director status. The division directors, all coming from inside the depart ment, will be W. E. Bass Jr. accounting division; Harry Log- gan, valuation division; and Thure Lindstrom, income divi sion. Both Bass and Loggan held similar posts under the old or ganization. Lindstrom had- pre viously been research director A fifth personnel change will see Dale Mallicoat, formerly of the valuation division, become administrative assistant in charge of education, information and publications. More Time for Appeals The change is designed to give the three appointed commission ers more time to consider tax payer appeals and to provide a continuity of organization. The three commissioners will admin- lsier all tnree divisions as a group through the secretary and division directors. Eymann will coordinate and compile information for the at tention of the commission, pre pare and estimate a single budg et for the commission and coor dinate internal administrative operations previously handled by the separate divisions. Registration to End For Swimming Classes Registration will end this week for the series of swimming classes at Hawthorne park pool which will start Monday. Darell Huson, city finance director, has reminded residents. Classes will start July 8. and are for children 8 years old or older as well as for adults. There will be 10 lessons in the two- week period. Bob Suthcrlin and Mrs. Don Bradshaw, life guards at the pool, will instruct. The lessons will be held dur ing the morning hours while the pool will be open to the public from 1 until 9 p.m., Huson said The hours will remain the same July 4, he said. Senate Passes Budget For Armed Forces Washington flPi The Sen ate has handed President Eisen hower a resounding budget vic tory by unanimously passing a $34,534. 229.000 to run the armed forces for the next year. The action would restore near ly all of the House cuts which the President had labeled a threat to national security. and served as division chief in Eugene until he resigned in 1923 to go into the insurance business in Eugene. He was appointed insurance commissioner by Gov. Martin in 1935. During World War II he bought and operated the Reeds port Fish Packing company which he sold at the end of the war. In 1948 he was appointed collector of internal revenue, a position he held until he retired five years later. place in the Kremlin leadership. The indication of trouble in Moscow came in a Pravda edi 52nd Year ME. United Press Full ' 16 Pages First Non-Military Use of New Armory Scheduled by Club The first r.on-military use of the Medford National Guard Armory has been planned for Aug. 22 through 25, according to Dr. Tom Anderson, publicity chairman of the Medford Kiwanis club. Dr. Anderson said the Kiwanis club would produce the first an nual Town and Country Holiday, which will run concurrently with the 4-H Future Farmers of America Fair at the Jackson countv fairgrounds south of Medford. The event will feature home and farm exhibits, daily-stage shows, rides and concessions, agricul ture and forestry displays and several special events, Dr. An derson said. Named as general chairman was Vic Milnes of Medford. He will be assisted by Bob Voegtly, vice chairman. The Armory was dedicated recently by state officials and representatives of the National Guard. The building houses two Medford Guard units, and re places the original Armory ex tensively damaged by fire Sept. 27, 1951. Fair.Yeather Seen For Fourth of July Fair weather is forecast for Independence day tomorrow and the state forestry department cautioned those planning holi day outings to be exceedingly careful of fire in forested areas. Weather bureau forecast is for fair and warmer weather Thurs day and for low humidity in the afternoon. Expected maximum temperature is 90 degrees. Most retail stores and state, federal and local public offices will close tomorrow. The Mail Tribune will publish a noon edi tion. Activities planned in the valley tomorrow include a fireworks display at the Medford High school stadium sponsored by the Medford YMCA. The display will get under way after dark fol lowing preliminary events which start at 7:45 p.m. A parade will be held in Ash land starting at 10 a.m. tomor row. It will be followed Dy a band concert. Floods, Tornadoes Plague Midwest Area By UNITED PRE5S Floodwaters raged across sec tions of Southern Nebraska, Kan sas and the St. Louis, Mo., area todav. forcing hundreds of per sons to flee and blocking roads to Fourth of July holiday travel ers. Tornado funnels swarmed across Southern Nebraska Tues day night, smashing several farm buildings near Curtis. utner twisters were sighted near Grand Island, Neb. The storms tore down com munications and inundated roadi in the Curtis area, and no re ports on damage or possible cas ualties were immediately avail able. Your Shore of National Debt Now Only $ 1 ,580.72 Washington IB The treas ury reported today that the gov ernment slashed more than two billion dollars from the public debt during the past fiscal year. When the fiscal year closed June 28, the debt averaged $1,580.72 for each man, woman and child in the country. This was S41.56 less than a year ago. The debt stood at S270.527,- 171.896.43, compared with $272, 750.813.649.32 at the same time last year. The dollar reduction was $2,223,641,752.89. torial which made a firm de mand for "unshakeable unity" among Soviet leaders. It particu larly referred to past errors Pre mier Georgi Malenkov and for mer Foreign Minister V. M. Mol otov, but it mentioned no names. Malenkov succeeded the late Josef Stalin as premier. Both he and Molotov have been advo cates of continuing the Stalin policies denounred by the Krem lin group led by Communist party boss Nikita Khrushchev and present Premier Nikolai Bul ganin. This week Bulganin and Khrushchev suddenly postponed a trip to Prague, Czechoslovakia, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1957 Ike O Vote on Civil "When Do You Think The Preliminaries Will Be Over?" Head-on Crash Near Ontario Kills Four Ontario (IPl A head-on colli - sion 20 miles north of here to day killed four persons outright and critically injured two oth ers. Two of the victims were iden tified as Charles M. Baker, dis trict supervisor of the Railway Express agency at Salt Lake City, and Olaf M. Berg, Seattle The other two victims were women, one of them believed to be Berg's wife. A woman about 20 years old was not identified immediately. The cars collided about 6 a.m. 2V2 miles north of Olds Ferry on Highway 30. Hospitalized with serious injuries were Alfred Johnson of Vancouver, B.C., and Richard Newlan, a Payette, Ida., bartender. Neither was able to ive details of the accident. There were two other fatali ties in separate accident on Highway 30 east of Boise, Ida., Tuesday night. Charles Head, 28, Boise, died from injuries suffered, when his car rolled over four times about 10 miles east of Boise. Police said that he was trying to pass a truck. Paul Hawkins, 14, Mayfield. was killed instantly when the car in which he was riding crashed head-on into one driven by Wayne Berger, 21, McCall. The accident occurred about eight miles east of Boise. Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 0 9 0 Cleveland 6 9 1 Maas. Aber (7) Lee (7). Slea ter (8) and Wilson; Mossi and Nixon. Boston 0 3 1 New York 10 10 0 Brewer. Susce(2)and White; Turley and Berra. NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis 5 12 2 Chicago 4 6 0 Jackson. Wilhelm (9) and Landrith, H. Smith (9); Pohol sky, Brosnan (4). Littlefield (9) and Nmidu. scheduled to start last Monday. It, now is supposed to begin July 8. A Moscow dispatch reporting the Pravda editorial underwent unusual delays at the hands of Soviet censors. The Moscow cen sor broke the connection when United Press in London at tempted to call the U. P. bureau in the Soviet capital. "There are not and there can not be individuals in the party who by virtue of their high posts would be protected from criti cism of their mistakes and in sufficiencies," Pravda said. "The Central Committee bold ly discusses and criticizes any f A T T pposed 1 Hawkins' mother, Mrs. Elsie McConnel, 36, was injured criti cally and her eight-year-old daughter, Sharon, was treated for minor injuries. Berger was listed in fair condition. Civil Rights Fight Due in Senate Monday Washington OPI The Senate cleared its decks today for one of the biggest civil rights fights of the century. Republicans and liberal 'Democrats are hopeful this time they will beat a south ern filibuster and pass a racial rights bill. With the big defense money bill passed, the Senate planned to recess tonight for the Fourth of July holiday. Its next business day will be Monday. That is the day the big battle is likely to begin. Britain, France Warn on Red China in Arms Pact London W British and French officials warned today the Soviets could build a hydro gen bomb stockpile in Commu nist China unless the Peiping regime is included in any first step disarmament proposals. Red China's exclusion from any such pact, they said, could provide Russia with a means of circumventing any East-West agreement on ending nuclear bomb production. Medford Man Is Fined In District Court Onie Dale Franks, 26, of 3154 Dark Hollow rd., Medford, was fined $105 in district court Tues day after pleading guilty to a charge of petty larceny. Franks and two otner men were arrested in connection with the theft May 29 of a tire and wheel from the trunk of a wrecked car. Franks was also given a suspended six month county jail sentence. Klamath Falls W A crowd of 3000 persons today watched the Air Force rededicate Klam ath Falls municipal airport as Kingsley field. leaders of the party and gov ernment regardless of who they are if they commit errors in their work. "And the Central Committee takes decisive measures against any individuals if their actions and deeds contradict the party's line." Western experts immediately interpreted the blast as a sign of acute differences in the Kremlin leadership and said it appeared a change is under way. Independent information from authoritative Communist sources in London said a major an nouncement was expected from Moscow shortly. Price. 10c Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire No. 89 To lights No Provision In Constitution For Referendum Washington W Presi dent Eisenhower today opposed a national referendum on his proposed civil rights program. Eisenhower told a news con ference that he does not know of any provision under the Con stitution for such a referendum. He also, said he presumes that the question submitted to the people would have to be the ex act language of the bill. Eisenhower said he did not think that would make a very good subject for a referendum. The idea of putting the admin istration s civil rights bill to s national refendum was advanc ed Tuesday by Sen. Richard B. Russell (D-Ga.), leader of the southern bloc opposing the bill. Open Nuclear Test Eisenhower noted that the Constitution places responsibil ities for enacting legislation into law on federal officials, obvi ously meaning Congress and the executive branch of the federal government. In other news conference highlights, Eisenhower: Proposed inviting all for eign countries, including Russia to send representatives to the next. U. S. nuclear test to find out with their own instruments the size of nuclear weapons this country is testing '. and how 'clean" they are. He said that we are trying to make small and "clean" (free of radio-active fall out) nuclear weapons. Said he would make public later today a statement about this government making avail able, both at home and abroad, considerably more U-235 for peaceful purposes. Said he does not have the exact detailed knowledge nec essary to make a judgment on whether the recent steel price increase of S6 a ton was fully warranted. But he repeated that the government alone cannot maintain a stable economy. He said it must have the aid of statesmen-like action by labor and management leaders on the wage-price increases. Fire Breaks Out Aboard Carrier Lake Champlain Marseilles, France W A huge fire broke out on the 40,-000-ton U.S. aircraft carrier Lake Champlain here today. Four persons, three of them crew members and one a French dock worker, were reported killed. 45 Million Cars Take To Highways For By UNITED PRESS A mass exodus of Americans began today with an estimated 45 million cars hitting the high ways for a long Fourth of July holiday week end of fun for some and, inevitably, pain and tragedy for others. Despite the best eltorts ot law enforcement agencies and safety- conscious motorists, at least 400 and possibly more than 500 hol iday travelers are marsea ior death on the highways. Other holiday celebrants will reach their destinations safely only to join the long fatality list in drownings at crowded beaches and resorts. Still more will be killed in airplane and miscellan eous accidents. Plan Governs Contributions, Expenditures Spending Limit Would Be on Vote Formula Washington W The Sen ate Rules committee approved today a "clean elections" bill which would rewrite laws gov erning political campaign con tributions and expenditures. Chairman Thomas C. Hen nings (D-Mo.), said the commit tee voted 7 to 2 for the bill. He said he personally regards it as "too weak in some respects" but that it is the best measure thai stands a chance of being approv ed. Would Repeal Limit The bill would: Repeal the $3 million limit now in effect on spending by each party in last fall's presi dential election. Provide similar "realistic" per-vote limits on spending by candidates for Congress. Require congressional can didates to publish a list of com mittees "authorized" to raise funds for them. Other commit tees would continue to operate but would have to report their financial activities and make public their lack of authoriza tion. Would Require Reports Require all campaign com mittees, national, state and lo cal, and congressional candidates to file financial reports with state authorities or the nearest federal district court, with the comptroller general and with the secretary of the Senate or clerk of the House. Extend the terms of the proposed law to federal primar ies, a proposal which has pro voked strong southern opposition. Funeral Services Set for GP Girl Grants Pass Funeral services will be held at 2 pjn. Friday in Hull and Hull chapel at Grants Pass for 5-year-old Cheryl Lee Johnston, whose body was re covered from the Rogue river yesterday. The girl, daughter of Mrs. Maxine Johnston, Grants Pass, and . Norman F. Johnston, Chula Vista, Calif., disappeared while playing near the river Saturday during a family outing at Matson state park. Nearly 1,500 volunteers parti cipated in the four-day search for the child, including skin divers, airplane pilots and boat men. Bloodhounds owned by Norman Wilson, Dallas, Ore., joined the search early Tuesday. The body was sighted early Tuesday afternoon by Dr. Frank A. Freeburger, Medford optome trist, who was an observer in a plane piloted by Max Terzen bach, also of Medford. The body was about two miles downstream from Matson state park. Virgil E. Huddle, Josephine county coroner, said it had been in the river since Saturday. 100 Attend Auction By Medford Police More than 100 persons at tended the city police auction Tuesday morning at the airport. Sold were hubcaps, two automo biles, and bicycles which had been found or turned in to the police department during the past several "years and had not been claimed. A total of $389 was made at the sale which was added to the city's general fund. Auction eers for the evert were Chief of Police Charles Champlain, Lt. Lyle Perkins, and Lt. Jack Mc Millan. The sale lasted for about three hours. Department officials said today that it is planned to sched ule an auction every six months fo avoid an accumulation of articles as in the past. Long Holiday Added to this will be the un counted toll of injured in traffic wrecks and the anticipated more than $1 million lost in property damage. One Wreck Every 20 Miles The National Safety Council estimates there will be one traf fic smashup for every 20 miles of highway travel during the four day week end. The 102 -hour holiday period begins at 6 p.m., local time, today and ends at midnight Sunday. The council figures these ac cidents will kill 535 persons, or 70 more than the 465 who would die in traffic during a non-holiday period of the same length in early July.