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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.