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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON)
City Council Rezones
Land on Crater Lake
Ave. After Hearing
A strip of land 200 feet deep
along the east side of Crater
Lake ave. was rezoned from
"single family" to "limited com
mercial" by the city council after
public hearing last nigh
The strip extends from 150
feet north of Stevens st. to Buck
shot Hill rd.
After (Jwo other public hear
ings, the council approved pav
ing an alley in the Willeke addi
tion, and contuiued a hearing on
a sanitary sewer for Woodlawn
dr. The council did choose a
method of assessment to pay for
the sewer.
Property owners will pay on a
one-half square foot plus one
half connection charge basis. .
Exchange of Land
The exchange of city land on,insurance from West coast Life
Alabama Negroes
Fear KKK Attacks
Maplesville, Ala. (- Ne
groes of this small town lived in
terror today because of floggings
here and 100 miles to the south
by bands of robed and hooded
Ku Klux Klansmen.
A Klan attack on four negroes
including two ministers eight
days ago near the Florida line
came to light while Maplesville
authorities made a seemingly fu
tile investigation of a flogging
of six Negro men.
Mayor Henry Clary Nix said
three Negro families have fled
and there are indications that
others are preparing to leave in
fear of a return visit by a horde
of Klansmen who staged dem
onstrations last Friday night.
Other Negro families are living
behind locked doors, he said.
Sheriff James M. Brock of
Conecuh countjPmeanwhile dis
closed details of the attack the
previous night upon the Negro
motorisft who stumbled upon a
Klan highway rendezvous spot.
The Rev. Clifford Sheppard. a
Baptist minister, gdd he, anoth
er Negro preacher and a Negro
man and wife were chased down
and beaten after they stopped at
what they believed was an acci
dent sgp-ie to offer help.
Four Men Escape
As Boat Capfizes
Taft, Ore. (IP) Four Port
land, Ore., men escaped serious
injury O Thursday when their
fishing boat capsized aSout 100
yards from the mouth of the
Siletz river. All four of the men
were wearing life jaets and
cone was seriously injured.
The four men had been, fish
ing in the morning and were
returnifg shortly before noon
when the boat was caught in
some rough water and capsized.
They wtfte identifield as
Charles Krolft, 40; Dave Lans-
bery. 31; William Denlield, t3,and Cecil and Betty stirewait.
and his son f red Denfield, 35.
The men jwere in the water
about 20 rrllnues before Ricky
McKinney og Taft. an employee
of the Russ Baily Boat Moorage
at Taft, pu jed them from the
water. i
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the north side of Barneburg hill
for land at the crest of the hill
was approved by the council,
as requested by the city water
commission.
City land involved is a 130 by
180 foot tract fronting on Black
Oak dr. and Neito Way. It will
be conveyed to Mont Crest De
velopment company in exchange
for a 90 by 150 foot section at
the top of the hill.
The water commission ex
plained that crest land was need
ed for construction of a stand
pipe to provide water service to
Barneburg hill.
The city manager was author
ized to negotiate a city em
ployees' insurance plan.
Included are group term me
Insurance company; basic serv-
ice medical insurance irom
Rogue Valley Physicians serv
ice; and major medical insur
ance from Equitable Life Insur
ance company. Final contracts
are subject to council appruvai.
Employees Preference
Duff said a poll of city em
ployees indicated preference for
the three types of insurance ap
proved. Companies chosen sub
mitted lowest rates.
The council adopted plans and
specifications developed by the
engineering department for pav
ing Juanipero Way from Murphy
rd. to Mira Mar.
Stop signs both ways on Eighth
st. at the Holly st. intersection
were approved.
Five companies received the
right to bid on the city's storm
sewer project, by council ap
pral of prequalification state
ments. They are F. L. Somers,
M. C. Lininger and Sons, and
W. ft. Conrad Inc. all of Med
ford; Coast Construction and Ex
cavating company, Eugene; and
Salem Sand and Gravel com
pany, Salem.
Loading Zone Approved
A 75-foot loading zone on Fir
st., north of Fourth St., was ap
proved. A loading dock now on
the sidewalk will be removed by
the owners, Duff said.
The council acepted the, offer
of Jackson County Housing au
thority to dedicate Columbus
ave. from Jackson st. to Mc
.indrews rd. for street purposes.
The street will be part of Med
ford's arterial street program.
At Duffs suggestion, the coun
cil authorized installation of a
sprinkling system at the fair
grounds park, at a cost not to
exceed $1,500. The park is spon
sored by the Kiwanis club and
the coujnty.
Dispensers Licenses
A class A dispensers license
was approved for The Hi-Way,
12 North Riverside ave., owned
by Merrill E. and Cora E. Ostef
houdt, and James H. and Nora A.
Saulsbury.
Council approval was given a
request for class B dispensers li
cense for the Timber Room, 3
South Riverside ave., owned by
Gaylen H. and Alice D. Shaw,
Councilman James Dunlevy
asked that speed control signs be
installed on Barnett rd. from
Crestbrook rd. to Murphy rd.
Duff said he would request the
state speed control board to es
tablish speeds for the section.
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Rocket Withstands
Friction in Diving
Into Atmosphere
Washington HP) The Army
has scored an important techno
logical triumph in its race to
beat Russia to the punch in per
fecting long and intermediate
range ballistic missiles, it was
learned.
Informed sources said Thurs
day night an Army rocket fired
several hundred miles high
withstood tremendous friction
and did not disintegrate in strik
ing back into the earth's atmos
phere. It was reported that the nose
cone of the three-stage rocket,
which sped a distance of 1,200
miles, plunged into the Atlantic
ocean a mere 400 yards from its
target.
This performance was describ
ed as "phenomenal" for such
weapons, which can carry atomic
warheads.
Third Stage Recovered
The third stage of the rocket,
which one source reported trav
elled at a speed of 15,000 miles
an hour, was recovered.
Previous reported speeds for
test rockets were 9.000 to 12,000
miles an hour.
Reentry of a high speed rocket
into the atmosphere without dis
integrating has been one of the
most perplexing problems fac
ing scientists.
The temperature at which the
nose cone reentered the atmos
phere could have been as much
as 20,000 degrees, one source
said.
What the material was th?t
can withstand that kind of heat
was not revealed. The Army
refused to comment on the
rocket, fifth in a test series fired
at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla.
!s That So?
Much of the pleasure an out
doorsman gets is how his words
got their meanings words
such as blizzard, earthquake,
hippopotamus,' mercury, and
porcupine.
Even though btizzara seems
such an appropriate word it is
a new word as words go. A
hundred years ago it was sel
dom used and it did not become
widespread until great-grandfather's
days, in the 1880s.
There were several cold, hard
winters in the '80s, and the New
York Nation said: "The hard
weather has called into use a
word which promises to become
a national .Americanism, namely
'blizzard.' It designates a storm
of snow and wind which men
cannot resist away from shel
ter." Quite likely the word is relat
ed to the German 'blitz," mean
ing lightning.
As for earthquake, when we
are sick with chills and fever,
we shake. When the rock inside
the earth slides into a different
: position, the ground shakes
and there is an earthquake. Tlje
old English word for quake was
Cwacian; quite similar to the
Danish Kvakle, to German
quackeln, and to Dutch kwak
ken. Thank goodness, it didn't
become earth-kwakklelen!
Usually an earthquake is caus
ed by the perfectly normal
shifting of layers of rock along
what is called a fault a break
in the rock. Thousands of earth
quakes occur each year but us
ually in uninhabitated places
where little damage results.
. In the early days, the hippop
tamus was thought to be a horse
so the Greeks named him 'riv
er horse' from hippos, meaning
horse, and potamos, meaning
river. The Romans changed the
third o to u and made it hippopo
tamus. We use this Latin word
now although in earlier times
I it was called in the English lang
i uage hippotame, ipotayne, ypot-
ayne.
Same Names
Mercury and quicksilver are
the same names for a quick
moving metal once it is drop
ped. Mercury was a Roman god
who wore a winged cap and
sandals and was fast as quick
silver in delivering his messages.
Because of this the Romans gave
his name to a metal which they
also called argentum vivum, (liv
ing silver. When spilled it does
seem to have a life of its own
one cannot pick it up with
the fingers). In translating ar
gentum vivum into Anglo-Sax
on it was called cwicseolfor. In
modern English this is quick
silver.
Porcupines when left alone
are harmless and will not at
tack but in self-defense they
will strike with their tails and
that can be painful because the
loosely-attached spines may pen
etrate one s skin.
When disturbed, the porcupiiv
makes his long, sharp needles
Producer Tells of 'Blackmail'
Attempt by
Hollywood (W A Hollywood
producer testified today he was
"blackmailed" by agents of Con
fidential magazine who demand
ed $1,000 to prevent publication
of spicy stories about a wild
filmland party attended by Rob
ert Mitchum, Charles Laughton
and Elsa Lanchester.
The witness for the prosecu
tion in the criminal libel trial
of Confidential and Whisper
magazines was producer-director
Psul Gregory, of the stage-readings
"John Brown's Body" and
"Don Juan in Hell."
'Variable Annuity'
May Peg Pensions To
Dollar Buying Power
Washington OP) Retirement
conscious Americans soon may
be able to peg their pensions to
the buying power of the dollar.
The plan is called the "varia
ble annuity." Its merits have
split the conservative insurance
industry wide open.
Under the plan the payment
received each month by the pen
sioner would reflect the ups and
downs of the economy,, hence
the "variable" title.
Supporters of the plan are in
viting those interested in retire
ment to hitch their wagons tort
the rising economy, and at the
same time cushion themselves
against boom-born inflation.
The variable annuity works
like this:
A person desiring to set up
a retirement plan through regu
lar monthly payments would
put part of his payment into a
straight annuity. This would
give him a partly fixed income
By EUSENE BURNS
Ranger-Naturalist
stand on end which gives him
bushy look, as plump as a
hog. The nanrie actually means
spine hog"; in Middle English
it was porkepyn, and earlier
pork despyne; from Old French
pore espin which in turn came
from the Latin, porcus meaning
pig; and spina, a spine or
thorn.
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by Eugene Burns)
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Georgia Youth Wins
Tee-Age Driver Laurels
Washington HP) Charles
Earl Hopkins, 19, an Atlanta, Ga.,
youth picked as the top teen-age
driver in the nation, today ex
plained his formula for safety
on the road: Courtesy and no hot
rodding. The blond, crew-cut youngster
admitted, however, he may have
been a little lax in always fol
lowing his own advice. He con
ceded he has had "a lot of traffic
tickets."
Committee Approves
Columbia Dredging
Washington (IP) The Sen
ate Appropriations Committee
Thursday night approved an al
location of $475,000 for dredging
the Columbia river shipping
channel from Vancouver to The
Dalles to a depth of 27 feet.
Sen. Richard L. Neuberger
(D Ore.) said he was notified of
the Committee's approval of the
funds following his apeparance
to urge restoration of the item
which was deleted last week by a
conference committe from the
regular appropriation bill.
Virginia Shipyard To
Build Atomic Carrier
Washington (IP) The Navy
today assigned construction of
its first atomic-powered aircraft
carrier, an 8D,uuu-ion giani, to
Newport News, Va., Shipbuild
ing and Drydock Co.
The Navy said that the ship,
to be the largest ever built, was
awarded to Newport News with
out bids but the award is "sub
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Confidential Agent
He told the court that a wom
an he identified as Mrs. Mar
jorie Meade, one of the West
Coast agents for Confidential,
met with him in. 1955 and told
him he could "buy off' the con
tract of the writer of the article
and it would not be published.
Gregory said she told him the
article would be "scandalously
injurious" to Gregory and his
associates. He told her, he testi
fied, that "This was character
assassination and blackmail and
I intend to report it to the proper
authorities." He testified she re-
on retirement.
The rest of his payment, some
companies recommend one-half,
goes into a mutual investment
fund that buys blue chip com
mon stocks.
The result would be retire
ment payments made up in part
oi a fixed return from the
straight annuity, plus a varying
return from the mutual fund
based on how the economy is
doing.
Brokers and other securities
dealers resent the invasion into
the mutual fund field they long
have promoted. Many insurance
firms feel they have no business
in it and warn that the "varia
ble" part of the annuity could
sink to almost nothing in a de
pression. Behind the controversy are
two facts:
Insurance companies are con
cerned about dwindling returns
on their investments, largely be
cause they are sharply restricted
by law from participating more
fully in the booming market.
There also is a potent tax
angle. Each dollar paid in for a
fixed income annuity is a dol
lar earned by the insurance com
panies and is taxed that way.
But a firm selling variable an
nuities would only be taxed on
that portion of the pay-in that
went toward a fixed income.
Since it is investing the rest for
the annuity holder, it would not
be taxed on it.
Multnomah Grand Jury
Criticizes Portland Jail
Portland (IP) The Multno
mah county grand jury Thurs
day criticized the, city jail and
complimented the county jail in
its final report after a three-
month summer session.
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City jail facilities were said
to be "grossly inadequate and
overcrawded." The county jail
at Rocky Butte was described
as one of the best kept facil
ities of its type."
HARVEST CATASTROPHIC
Vienna (IP) The Czechoslo
vakia Agriculture Ministry today
described the Communist coun
try's harvest situation as "cata
strophic." Radio Prague saicl col
lective farms throughout the
country are far behind in their
harvest work. Night shifts will
be formed and volunteer work
ers will be brought to the farms
to assist, the broadcast said.
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plied that it was "not black
mail but that 'she was merely
trying to prevent publication of
an article injurious to me'."
Mitchum in the Nude
Gregory said no further con
tracts were made and he did
not see her again until he an
swered the prosecution subpoena
today and recognized Mrs.
Meade as one of the defendants
in the case.
Confidential subsequently pub
lished an article titled "Robert
Mitchum The Nude Who Came
to Dinner," an article about a
scandalous Hollywood party
which claimed Mitchum cavort
ed in the all-together.
Gregory was one of two
"bombshell" witnesses in court
today to refute or substantiate
the truth of articles in the two
scandal-mongering magazines. -
Gregory said later out of court
that the article Confidential
printed on Mitchum was not the I
same as the one he referred to
in testimony on the stand today.
He said he did not know wheth
er Confidential ever printed the
story about Laughton, Mitchum
and Miss Lanchester, who is
Laughton's wife.
Under cross-examination by
defense counsel Arthur Crowley,
Gregory said Mrs. Meade "did
not ask for money."
'She told me about the writ
er's commitment and that if that
were paid she was sure the
article would go by the way
side," Gregory testified.
Usher To Testify
On tap for the defense was
the usher at Grauman's Chinese
ineaier wno reportedly saw
Maureen O'Hara romancing a
boy friend in a theater seat.
The defense was ready to fol
low the end of the prosecution
case today by putting on James
Craig, an Irish national and part-
time bit. player in the movies.
Craig was an usher at Grauman's
Chinese Theater when Miss
O'Hara, according to a story in
Confidential, held a spooning
session in row 35 that was "so
hot it bothered the air condi
tioning."
Craig purportedly was the
man who shined the flashlight
on Miss O'Hara and her Latin
lover, and then wrote it all down
for Confidential.
The defense is seeking to prove
the magazine .printed the truth
about the alleged sexual activi
ties of filmland's stars,
Gregory said as he came into
court: "I am going to testify
that nothing in the Confidential
story about Robert Mitchum is
true. Mitchum sued Confiden
tial for one million dollars over
the article
Portland Man Held
Following Wife's Death
Portland (IP) Jack A.
Johnson, 32, today was arrested
and held on an open charge fol
lowing the death of -his wife,
Geraldine Johnson, 20.
Deputy Coroner Ross Wood
ward said the woman died after
a fight at the Johnson home.
Woodward said Johnson admitt
ed that he and his wife had
fought Thursday night. The bed
room and hall of their home was
spattered with blood.
Johnson and neighbors sum
moned a doctor early today but
the woman was dead by the time
the physician arrived.
GRANTS PASS
Johnny Deo Accused
Of Failure To File
Income Tax Return
New York HP! Income tax
evasion charges, the downfall of
many a top mobster, today add
ed to the woes of racketeer John
(Johnny Dio) Dioguardi, self
styled labor "consultant" whose
empire began to totter with the
acid blinding of labor columnist
Victor Riesel.
Filing of the tax charges
Thursday came on the heels of
Dio's recent conviction for sell
ing labor peace. And it followed
by a week the 43-year-old
racketeer's appearance before
the Senate Labor Rackets Com
mittee, during which he in
voked the Fifth Amendment 141
times in reply to questions about
Peddicord Accuses
Wife of Bombing .
Portland (IPl William
Peddicord, the blind man con
victed of bombing the Meier
& Frank department store here,
Thursday accused his wife of the
crime by contesting her divorce
suit against him.
Peddicord, who is serving a
20-year prison term for the
bombing, answered his wife's di
vorce action with a statement
saying "the plaintiff well knows
she is guilty of the charge for
the defendent is incarcerated.
He asked dismissal of the suit
and petitioned the court to deny
his wife custody of their five
children.
Previously, Mrs. Peddicord
had attempted twice to confess
the bombing but on both oceas
ions police had discounted the
confessions and Peddicord had
insisted that he and his wife's
younger sister were solely re
sponsible.
SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME
Chicago (IPl The University
of Illinois Business Review re
ported today that a move is be
ing made to brighten up the
barnyard. The Review said an
agricultural station has devel
oped a new and more efficient
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his labor activities.
Accused as Mastermind
Dio broke into the headlines
a year ago in the Riesel case. The
government accused Dio of be
ing the mastermind behind the
acid-blinding of the crusading
columnist. Subsequently, how-,
ever, his trial was postponed
when two convicted henchmen
refused to testify as prosecution
witnesses in fear of reprisals.
Then last month Dio was con
victed of conspiring to extort
$30,000 from two partners in an
electroplating firm. He is now
in jail awaiting sentencing on
the charge, for which he could
receive two years in prison and
a $1,000 fine.
In addition, Dio faces trial this
fall for allegedfy shaking down
two firms for $11,500 in his posi
tion as a labor "consultant." If
convicted as a second felony of
fender, he could be sent to prison
for 30 years. In 1937, Dio was
sentenced to a 3 to 5 year term
in Sing Sing prison for the same
crime.
Failure To Report
Otherwise, however, Dio,
aside from a 60-day jail term for
failing to file a state income tax
return, has managed to steer
clear of the law.
In the indictment opened
Thursday, Dio is charged with
failing to report at least $63,333
in income taxes in 1950, 1951
and 1952, and evading $20,168 in
taxes for those three years.
If convicted on the income tax
evasion charges, Dio could re
ceive up to 20 years in prison
and a $40,000 fine.
Multnomah County
GOP Chairman Resigns
Portland (IP) Francis I.
ISmith Thursday resigned as
chairman of the Multnomah
county Republican Central com
mittee. The resignation is ef
fective the last week ,in Sep
tember. He said his resignation
was dictated by press of private
business. Only announced can
didate for the Dost so far is
I Larry Landgraver, Portland at
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