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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1957)
Huge Mock Project Kb Swift at Must A Little More Subdivision Bill Is Approved by Planners A proposed subdivision ordi nance was approved and referred to the county court last night by the Jackson county planning commission. Following the resolution, Ho- bart O. Pritchard, planning con sultant, said the normal pro cedure is for the county court to study the ordinance and re fer it to the district attorney for legal study. The court then will hold a public hearing. If snproved by the county court the ordinance becomes effective in 30 days. Last night's meeting was to hrive been a public hearing, but nc one but commission mem bers attended. Letters had been sent to cities throughout the county inviting them to send representatives to make sugges tions on the proposed ordinance. Each letter was accompanied by a copy of the ordinance, it was reported. Objective Listed Objective- of the uniform regulations were listed in the ordinance as (1) to create better living conditions within the new subdivision; (2) only those areas which can be economically serv iced and maintained will be de veloped; (3) land descriptions will be simplified and made more certain; (4) necessary city streets, utilities and public areas may be extended without expen sive labor purchases: (5) prop erty values will be enhanced and secured in the subdivision and adjacent lands; (6) purchasers will be protected from unex pected assessments. Under the proposed ordinance, it would be unlawful for anyone to sell or contract to sell any subdivision until all the require ments listed in the ordinance are complied with. The ordinance also provides that the Jackson county planning commission shall act as an advisory agency to the county court regarding subdivisions. The planning com mission is also authorized to pass on preliminary and final maps. Copies of the preliminary map of proposed subdivision must be filed with the commission along with a statement. Copies of the map will be referred to the county engineer, health de partment, irrigation district and any incorporated city near the subdivision. The commission has 39 days to approve in full, conditionally Sailor Bound Over To Grand Jury Lucien Heber LeBaron, 18-year-old sailor charged with as sault with a deadly weapon, was bound over to the grand jury yesterday afternoon. LeBaron waived an attorney and a preliminary hearing yes terday. Bail has been set at SI. 500. He was apprehended with two companions at a drive in near Medford early Sunday morning by state police after threatening a waitress with a butcher knife. Action Called To Recover Excess Profits From GM in Airplane Contract Washington 'IP House inves tigators called today for action to recover some of the allegedly excess profits General Motors made building 599 F84 jet fight ers for the Air Force. Disciplinary Action Demanded Chairman F. Edward Hebert (L-La.) of an armed services in vestigating subcommittee de manded also that disciplinary action be taken by the Air Force puainst employees who approv ed the GM contract. The Hebert subcommittee made public Monday a General Accounting Office report on Watering Down' approve or disapprove the sub division. The commission may suggest advisability of dedicating suit able areas for parks, play grounds and schools and other public building sites. The sub divider may be required also to set aside areas for school sites for purchase within three years. The subdivider is required to file a certificate with the county clerk showing there are no liens against the subdivision for un paid taxes. Final approval is required from the county surveyor, plan ning commission and county court. Following final approval the subdivider files an agree ment between himself and the county stating time when the improvement work will be com pleted. During this time inspec tions are to be made by the county engineer. A bond must also be filed cov ering cost of improvements, en gineering, inspection and inci dental expenses. The proposed ordinance also lists the general regulations and design of streets and highways, service roads and off-street park ing, alleys, easements, lots, walk ways, and water courses. PUC Taking Survey Of Railroad Crossing An "origin-destination" survey to study use of the 11th st. rail road crossing is being conducted today by the public utilities commission. Representatives from the PUC office in Salem and a Medford city policeman are giving PUC addressed cards to all motorists passing the crossing. The cards seek information as to where drivers started and where they are going. Space is included for tracing the route. The study, which as been underway in Salem for some time, is aimed "to reduce rail road accidents and hazards, and train and vehicle conflicts," ac cording to the card. Train movements also are be ing studied. The 11th st. cross ing has been the scene of numer ous traffic mishaps during the years. Traffic Engineer Vernon Thorpe said. Weather FORECAST: Fair tnnicht and Wednesday. Low tonight 44; high Wednesday 90. Temp. Highest Yesterday 90- Lowest this .Morning 51 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise ..4:35 a.m. Sunset 7:40 p.m. The Moon rises Wednes day 2:19 a.m. and rides high. New Moon July 28 PROMINENT STAR Allair. high in southeast 9:S8.p.m. will he high in south west 1:46 a.m. Rrighest star of the constella tion. Aquila. Altair is IS1- light years from the Eartli. what the uAU called unrea sonably high prices" paid GM under the contract. The report said GM chalked up a profit cf $32,940,500 on a $208,998,000 portion of the $375,848,000 con tract whereas a profit of only $15,481,300 had been "contem plated." Auditors Allegedly Barred The GAO, sometimes called the Congress' "Watchdog of the Treasury," said GM refused to let government auditors see its books in incompleted defense contracts. Hebert has offered to issue a subpoena to let the GAO 52nd Year Medfop United Press Full 16 Pages Morse Object. Limiting Measure On Civil Rights Senator Opposes 'Installment Plan' Washington TP The Sen ate rejected today a proposal that the President, rather than his attorney general, be given the main responsibility for federal intervention in a wide variety of civil rights cases. The proposal was contained in a civil rights bill amend ment by Sen. John W. Bricker (R-Ohio). The roll call vote was 61 to 29. Washington ilP) Sen. Wayne L. Morse (D-Ore.), in a speech prepared for Senate debate on the civil rights bill, today ob jected to limiting the bill to vot ing rights and to proposed amendments to guarantee trial by jury. We have no right to author ize legislatively an installment plan system of civil rights to the American Negro," he said in de claring his opposition to the mendment to kill part III. That is the section which would give the attorney general power to seek injunctions to halt viola tions of a broad range of civil rights. Violation of such injunc tions would lead to contempt charges which could be tried without juries. He said citizenship does not come in such divisible pack ages" that Congress can provide protection for half or a third of citizens' rights. Advocates of amendments to provide a jury trial in contempt of court cases In which the gov ernment is a party, he said, are asking "for what has never beerL," "As a lawyer, I would not say thaf juries are without value," he said. "But to enshrine the in stitution of the jury as the indis pensable handmaiden of justice, the palladium of human rights, the watchdog against tyranny is to indulge in legal fantasy." Morse called the pending measure a "minimum" bill and said: "I can think of nothing more important than to stand our ground and see that this bill passes without so-called compro mises. If these so-called compro mises succeed and the bill is passed, the administration and the majority voting for such a compromised bill woulH perpe trate a fraud upon the people." Tavern Operators Arrested by Police George William Smith, 67, and his wife, Elsie M. Smith, 56, operators of Smitty's tavern. North Pacific highway, were ar rested by city police today under provisions of a recently enacted city ordinance affecting liquor sales. The couple posted S300 bail each, $50 for each of six counts, a id are to appear in municipal court Wednesday morning. They are charged with fur nishing and serving alcoholic beverages to minors and allow ing minors to loiter on the tavern premises the evening of July 19. Similar cases in the past have been taken to district court, po lice said. House-Senate Conferees Agree on Defense Money Washington itPl House-Sen ate conferees agreed Monday on a compromise $33,759,850,000 appropriations bill to finance the nation's huge defense establish ment for the new fiscal year. The total was $197,125,000 above the amount voted by the House and $774,379,000 less than the $34,534,229,000 the Senate approved. auditors see the books. General Motors, in a state ment issued Monday night, de nied any wrong-doing and said it has completed the contract "to the satisfaction of the Air Force over two years ago." Said Reasonable Rate It said its profits on the con tract was 11.3 per cent of sales before taxes and 5.4 per cent cfter taxes. "This," it said, "is a reasonable rate of profit and substantially below the rate . . . realized by GM in its commer- Icial business." D, haNDER Salem Ml State Treasurer Sig Unander today advocated using some of the state's general fund surplus to provide tax re lief for Oregon citizens. Unander told the State Board of Control that a special session ot the state Legislature prob ably would be necessary to ap prove using the money for tax relief purposes. Request to Rezone Land Near Park Is Submitted to City A petition to rezone a city block facing an area recently re- zoned to allow construction of shopping center was presented to the city planning commission last night. The commission called a pub lic hearing on the request for Aug. 12. The petition involves the block bounded on the north by Jackson st., on the east by Gen- essee st., on the south by Sher man st., and on the west by Hawthorne st. The petition asks that the block be chanced from "multi- Die family "dwelling" zone to "limited commercial." East of Park The property is directly east of Hawthorne park and south of the 28.3-acre lot on part of the Dr. I. D. Phipps farm which was rezoned last Thursday by the city council to open the way for construction of a plannea Scars, Roebuck ' and company store, Safeway store, and otner establishments. The petition was submitted by Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Sneed, ZZS North Keene way dr.;. Ernestine Hicks, '208 Hawthorne ave.; and Hale Wheeler, 303 Genessee st. Mrs. Sneed said that Stand ard Oil company had made an offer to buy a lot, 100 by 125 feet, on the northwest corner oi the block to build a service sta tion. Public Hearings In two public hearings last night, the commission recom mended to the city council that a variance De grantee, aismyuu Memorial park for the construc tion of necessary buildings, and that Crater Lake ave. from Stev ens st. to Buckshot rd. be re zoned from "single family dwell ing" to "limited commercial. The action affects land up to 200 feet east of Crater Lake ave. The commission agreed to recommend to the council that about an acre of land on the southwest corner of Stewart ave. ana earnett ra. De hhhcacu to the city. The property ad joins the fairgrounds. Annexa tion is being requested by the Medford Irrigation district. A Dreliminary plat of a 55-acre area outside the city on the road to Roxy Ann was also approved. The land is south of Climax rd. at the intersection of Hillcrest rd.. and is to be known as The Highlands." The plat was made for Byron Coleman. Sheriff's Deputies Apprehend Local Man Lowel Allen Bish, 23, escapee from the state hospital at Salem, was apprehended by Jackson county sheriff's officers last night. Sheriff's officers said they were watenmg nis pareius home on Springbrook rd. when Bish rode up on a bicycle. Bish did not resist arrest, the officers said. Bish's absence was noted Sun day when he failed to show up for "the usual check." He was arrested June 17 after state police and sheriffs depu ties fired 12 shots at his auto tires. The Medford man was later committed to the state hos pital. The original charge was assault with a dangerous weap on. . Sepfemfaer Draft Call Will Be 8,000 Men Washington W) The Defense Department today dropped the draft call to 8.000 men for Sep tember but served notice it does not intend to eliminate conscrip ton "in the near future." The September call was 3,000 below the number called for Au gust and was the lowest monthly quota since April, 1956, when 6,000 men were drafted. - Xg-N -... ' OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY ADVOCATES TAX RELIEF Gov. Robert D. Holmes did not commit himself to the pro posal but said it should be in vestigated. . Secretary of State Mark Hat field reported last week the state had a general fund surplus of about $48 million. The surplus was more than anticipated, due chiefly to higher income tax receipts. e-..-fe. ?-l-.C ' 3 3fr. i. aBsaTOKssalafcaVwi aWwianaMwwiii DISCUSS HELICOPTER USE District rang ers and firs control assistants from the Rogue River National forest, who will have a heli . copter available for- use in fighting forest fires in this area this summer, attended a training tession on the use of the machine at the Medford Airport this morning. Above Pilot Bruce P orester and Mechanic Bob Work ington, standing on the ship's cargo rack, lecture and answer questions asked by the Seven Convicted In Clinton Case Knoxville, Tenn. HP Out sider John Kasper and six of 10 Clinton residents charged with contempt of court for violating a federal court integration order were convicted today. Four Clinton residents were acquitted of the same charges. The jury of 10 men and two women returned guilty verdicts against Kasper, Lawrence Brant ley, William Brakebill, Alonzo Bullock, Clyde Cook, Mrs. Mary Nell Currier and W. H. Till. The case was regarded as the first major test of whether the federal sovernment could en force its orders to obey the 1954 U. S. Supreme Court school de segregation decision. The jury was out three hours and 50 minutes, plus an hour re cess for lunch. Acquitted were Henson Nel son, his brother. Virgil Cleo Nel son, Raymond Woods, and Clif ford Carter. Pedestrian Struck By Car This Morning A 71-old pedestrian, Katherine Elizabeth Bossier, 15 South Orange st., was taken to Sacred Heart hospital this morning for treatment of injuries when she was struck by a car, city police reported. Investigating officers said she was struck by a car driven by Duane Ray Denney. 18, of 3017 Barnett rd., while she was cross ing West Main st. at Mistletoe st. Extent of her injuries were not fulley determined at noon, they said. Denney was cited for failure to yield the right of way to a pedestrian, police said. . Israeli Ship Moving Through Suez Canal . Jerusalem, Israel (in The Israeli-chartered Danish freight er Bngitte rott was reported moving through the Suez Canal today. Efforts by the Israeli-char tered freighter Brigitte Toft to use the Suez Canal with a cargo of rice bound for the Israeli port of Haifa had been seen as a mild attempt to test Egypt's deter mination to block the canal to all Israeli use. Tribune 23, 1957 "I see no reason why so large an amount of money should lie idle," Unander told the board. Unander's proposal was not on the board's agenda and neither was a proposal by State Finance Director John Richardson that he be allowed to review improve ments and allot money for state institutions. The board decided to ask the Eastern Oregon Grass Fires Under Control By UNITED PRESS' Range fires in eastern Oregon were reported generally under control today, and smokejumpers were shifted to Washington state where a lightning storm struck late Monday. New fires were reported in the Okanogan and Wenatchee national forests of Washington in the northern Cascades. 5700 Acres Burned John Hunt, Oregon fire con trol officer for the Bureau of Land Management, said 5700 acres of range land were cov ered by 14 lightning-set blazes in grass and underbrush in the Vale, Baker and Burns districts of eastern Oregon. Lightning also set 20 fires in the Wallowa-Whitman and Mal heur national forests and other storm-set blazes were reported in Klamath county. An experiment in fighting range fires with a crop-dusting airplane carrying water proved effective around Baker, Hunt said. Guy Johnson, regional dis patcher for the Forest Service, said four smoke jumpers were sent to the Okanogan national forest Monday and that seven more would be sent from La Grande. Atmosphere Smoky Atmosphere in the Vale area was reported smoky from nu merous blazes in western Idaho and eastern Oregon. Local Boys Are Turned Over To Juvenile Office Two Medford boys were turn ed over to juvenile authorities today following their arrest Monday on charges of shoplift ing, according to city police. The youngsters allegedly took articles from Hubbard Brothers, the Big Y market, Sims Cycle hop and Dunhams during the pest week, police said. Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE New York 0 4 2 Chicago 4 8 1 Moniant, Miller (4). Worth ington (6), McCormick (8) and Katt, Weitrum (8); Drott and Neamaxu Price 10c United Preaa Full Leaded Win No. 106 attorney general whether Rich ardson had the power to review plans for state institutions which are the responsibility of the Board of Control. Preliminary plans for a $115, 000 pre-school unit for children dl the state deaf school here about which Richardson had some questions were approved by the board. group. Instruction was on special hazards involved in transporting men and supplies to fire locations and operating limitations of the helicopter. Also pictured are Tenny Moore, fire control officer of the Rogue River Na tional forest, far left, and Carroll Brown, for est rupervisor. The helicopter, pilot and mechanic have been contracted by the forest service for the summer. They are based at the sinokejumper station at Cave Junction. Lightning storms Sunday set off 14 small fires in the Fre mont National forest. Jack Groom, fire control officer for the forest, said today. . Eight of the fires were discov ered Sunday night and the oth ers Monday afternoon. Each was brought under control after burning less than an acre. A grass fire on a hillside east of Lakeview, believed to have been caused by children playing with matches, also was brought under control after burning two acres. Bids Opened on New County Road Roller Two Portland firms submitted the lowest bids on an eight-ton road roller to be purchased by the county. Six bids were opened this morning by the Jackson county court. Nelson Equipment company, Portland, bid $7,103 with a torque drive as designated in the bid specifications. Balzer Machinery company, Portland, bid $6,725, offering a roller with fluid-drive. The bids will be studied to day and tomorrow before award ing the contract, the court said. Bulganin Seeks Macmillan's Help in Easing London (IP Soviet Premier Nikolai A. Bulganin urgently appealed to Prime Minister Har oid A. Macmillan in a still secret letter to work on a relaxation of international tension, diplo matic sources said today. But the letter showed no soft ening of the Soviet attitude on German reunification or the East European satellites and se verely .criticized Britain's atti tude m the five-power London disarmament talks. New Contacts Suggested The letter, first major Soviet diplomatic message to the West since the recent shakeup in the Kremlin, reviewed in great length a wide field of Anglo Scviet relations. It suggested new social and cultural contacts as the first step toward easing East-West tension. Official British government Pair Contemplating Work To Remove Overhanging Rock Dead Men Carried 50 Feet by Slide Battle Ground, Wash. TO Two men were swept to their deaths in a huge rock slide early today at the Swift hydroelectric project about 44 miles northeast of here in Skamania county. Two others were injured. Deputy Coroner Harvey John son identified the dead as John N. Luker, 37, Cougar, Wash, and Joe Hutchinson, 45, Port land, Ore. Officials of Pacific Power & Light company in Port land said they understood both were survived by a widow and four children. Carried 50 Feet Officials said the two dead men were carried about 50 feet by the slide which occurred about 12:25 a.m. as they were nearing completion of drilling to blow off some overhanging rock. Luker was a scaler and Hutch inson a driller. Injured were R. P. Wilford, who suffered a fractured wrist, and Rufus Moore, who had a slight head injury. PP&L of ficials said that the slide appar ently passed the two injured men while those who were killed were carried to the bottom when steel pins holding them were swept away. Truck Smashed The engineer at the dam said about 1,500 tons of large rock were swept down a steep 50 foot bluff. The rock crushed a large dump truck but the driver managed to get clear. PP&L officials said the four men were anchored on the aide of the cut at the time of the ac cident and that Hutchinson had just started to unbuckle his strap to move away. Two others working in the area, Louis Maravilla, shift fore man, and Chet Brigner, escaped injury, Johnson said. Strike Continues Against Medco; No New Developments The strike of about 130 woods and railroad employees against the Medford Corporation con- unuea without ments today. new develop- The strike began Monday, and was called, with members' ap proval, following failure to agree on wage and other negoti ations which have been under way since April. The union is Local 6-221, International Wood workers of America, AFL-CIO. The Medco mill is operating with members of a different union, who have passed the pick et lines set up by the striking workers. The woods operation and railroad are shut down. In Medford H. E. Geiger, president of Klamath basin district council No. 6, IWA, was in Medford yes terday in connection with the' strike. He said the union is seek ing a 15 cent per hour wage increase, as well as other bene fits, and cited other recent set tlements between lumber con cerns and unions in British Co lumbia and elsewhere in the northwest, where wage raises were more generous than the current demand. He said Medco to date has made no offer to the union. B. L. (Bud) Nutting, Medco manager, earlier stated the com pany feels that no cost increase is justified in vie of the current lumber market slump. Salem (in Jack W. Olds, cer tified public accountant, has . been appointed to the State Board of Accountancy by Gov. Robert D. Holmes. Tensions Sources confirmed that the note was delivered to Macmillan Mon day by Soviet Ambassador Jacob Malik. Its emphasis was on dis armament differences, but it also answered questions raised by Macmillan in his letter to Bulganin June 15. Essential Factor Macmillan, in his 3,000-word note to Moscow, said a first stage partial disarmament agree ment would be an essential fac tor in paving the way toward relaxation of East-West tension. Bulganin in his answer to Macmillan was reported to have accused Britain of delaying a disarmament accord. The Soviet message also was introduced to suggest that the five-power dis armament talks in London should be shifted elsewhere.' preferably to New York.
