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Closed Circuit TV Proposed Locally Oregon - California Theaters, Inc., has made application to the city of Medford for a franchise to operate a closed-circuit tele vision system here, it was re vealed today. Robert L. Lippert president of the company which operates Medford theaters and a number In California, said in a letter to the mayor and city council that it is hoped to "bring di rectly into the home entertain ment that it not now available except to mass audiences." Mayor John Snider said the application "is still another ev idence of faith in the future of our community by investors who are growing with it." . The mayor promised speedy city action in investigating the implications of the application. There are legal questions to be answered because, of the new ness of this type of franchise," the mayor said. He added "The city council, after receiving a complete report from the city manager and city attorney, will take early action on the appli cation. "The whole program of closed- circuit television is an exciting thing a 'piece of tomorrow' today and Medford and vi cinity are fortunate to be con sidered as one of the first on the Pacific Coast," the mayor stat ed. Lippert's letter did not reveal which type of operation is con templated, and Robert Corbin, Oregon-California manager in this area, said tha'. detailed plans for operation have not yet been set up. ' Basically, there are three types of closed-circuit TV oper ation which could be used. One would be through existing wires of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company, where a subscriber would call and order a certain film "piped in" to his 'TV set, and the charges would be made monthly on the tele phone bill; another would be by a new system of wires, sending out "scrambled", audio and vis ual signals which would be "un scrambled by insertion of a coin in a meter-box on the TV set; and the third would use a system similar to the "scramb led" wire-system, only the sig nals would be broadcast. The latter is the only one needing prior approval of the Federal Communications commission. w Corbin emphasized that the closed-circuit TV plan would in no way interfere with existing television reception, since an other channel would be used. He said it is planned to carry no advertising or commercials, ex cept for notices of coming attrac tions. Corbin also said it would be possible to bring many major sports and other special attrac tions for uninterrupted viewing. He stated that the major leagues move to the West Coast undoubt edly is a factor stimulating such plans. , TV reception when the signal comes by wire would be "pure" with no static or other types Glenn Jackson Named To Advisory Group ' Salem (IB An eleven man committee to advise the new Planning and Development De partment was named today by Gov. Robert D. Holmes. The committee will assist the Governor in efforts to stimulate present and prospective new in dustry throughout the state. Named were: Sidney Wood bury. Portland businessman; Ehrman Guistina, Eugene lum berman; Glenn L. Jackson, Medford utility executive; Ira Kellpr, Albany manufacturer; C. B. Stephensen, Portland, banker; Jerry Frank, Salem de partment store executive; Geor,?e Brown, Portland glabor leader? Lawrence Harvey, The Dallra light metal executive; W. W. Wc-ssinger, Portland brewery man; James Hill, Pendleton erain -ixecutive; and T. J. San- doz. Astoria fish packer. Woojbury was named chair man of the committee and called a meeting here Aug. 29 prior to the Governor's development tour which starts Sept. 3. The tour will include stops at sixteen key cities and sup port towns. Sawed Tree Traps Two On Roxy A"n Saturday Citv police reported Sunday that a young couple had been trapped on Koxy Ann mountain Saturday night when someone sawed a tree down to cover the narrow road. Thp poudIc who said they had been looking at the signs, found the road blocked about half way to the top when they attemptea to return around midnight. Po lino investiaatine the event said a power saw had been used to nake a quick ana eraciem juu Medford Stores Will of broadcast failure, he declar ed. Text of Lippert's letter fol lows: "The undersigned hereby makes application for a fran chise to operate a closed-circuit television system throughout your city limits. "We are experienced heater operators with adequate finan cial means and the know-how to operate such a jystem . "We have been operating theaters in your area for many years, employing local person nel and doing business with lef cal businessmen. "Although the closed-circuit televiAm system is a new me dium basically it is the same type of business we have con ducted for years but in another form. This system would bring directly into the home enter tainment that is not now avail able except to mass audiences. We therefore feel that our or ganization is the logical agency for the operation of such a fran chise." No estimate of the investment necessary to put the plan into operation was available today, but it was believed to be sub stantial. Kiwanians Vole Town and Country Show Second Year The Kiwanis Town and Coun. try Holiday show will be staged against next year, according to a decision by the Medford Kiwa nis club board of directors. Approximately 10,000 people attended the show from Thurs day through Sunday, Bob Voegt ly, show vice chairman, esti mated today. "The Kiwanis club board of directors has voted to stage the show again, lookiijg for broad er community participation," Voegtly said. "A majority of ex hibitors have expressed interest already in reserving space for next year's show. We hope also that the show will establish a precedent for a community fair." A meeting was scheduled for noon today with County Com missioner Chester Wendt, 4-H agent Glenn Klein, public rela tions man Russ Jamison and other show officials. The 4-H and FFA organizations seemed pleased with the coordination and contributing publicity to the county fair. Highlight of the show was the talent search with 25 -performers taking part in the stage show. Banjo artist Eddie Peabody was rated as a great crowd pleaser and star attraction of the four day event. Exhibits numbered approxi mately 60 including commercial and non-commercial. Approxi mately a third of these weje in the non-commercial class and in cluded those from such organi zations a3 the National Guard, Medford police department, 4-H, Pomona Grange, Central Point Garden club. The faulty acoustics, which was considered as the one bad featur? of the show, probably will be fixed some time this week, it was reported. The show concluded Sunday with considerable activity cen tered on one of the displays. The live and daily decorate cow in the Bunycrest dairy exhibit started to wander home while her exhibit was being disman tled. Following a dragnet with city, state pice and sheriff's officers participating she was discovered by city police just off East Barnett rd. near the new memorial hospital. She was easily identified by her gilded horns and large green ribbon. House-Senate Hazards of Continued Weapons Tests Washington (IB The House-Senate Atomic Energy Committee warns that a con tinuation of atomic weapons tests at present levels could "constitute a hazard to the world's population" over the next few generations. In an analysis of its May and June hearings on the effects of radioactive fallout, the commit tee said the fallout hazard could be greater and come much soon er if the level of testing rises. The committee said in a re port Sunday that its hearings did not include the "potential hazards" created by X-ray machines, fluoroscopes, radio active waste and radium. The group said it plans to look into this question in the future. It said data needed-covering "industrial and weapons sources of radioactive contamination and radiation during peacetime" and "non-military protection, 52nd Year Med United Prev Full Leased Wir 16 Pages Stale Department Resents Charge Of Newsmen Spies Red Chinese Ask Reciprocal Privilege Washington (IP! The State Department said today it bitterly resents Red China's "fantastic" charge that the United States sought to use American news men as spies. Press Officer Lincoln White emphasized that this country is standing firm on its refusal to let Chinese Communist jiews men enter the U.S. The State Department an nounced last week it would authorize travel by 24 American newsmen behind the Bamboo Curtain, but would not grant reciprocal privileges to Red Chi nese reporters. Sunday, the Peiping Radio branded the decision as "com pletely unacceptable." It de manded that Red Chinese cor respondents be allowed to visit the U.S. and accused the U.S. of seeking to use the American newsmen "to collect intelligence" and to carry out "subversive activities." White said the department made it clear last Thursday that it would not permit Chinese cor respondents to enter this coun try. He said the department never even considered such an exchange. "The State Department bit terly resents the implication that it selected spies to go to Red Chaina," he added. "All of you know how fantastic that charge is." White pointed out that the 24 news organizations would pick the correspondents who would go to Red China. Furthermore, he said. Communist China had not given the "slightest hint" when it invited some American newsman last year that invita tions vere "on a reciprocal basis." "What seems to be the clinch er in all - this," White said", 'is tnat those invited last year Ty the Communist regime in China now suddenly become U.S. spies. The welcome mat was out last year, and now they sud denly become spies." : Photographers Protest White said in reply to ques tion that the department re ceived "a few letters" from news photographers protesting that none . were included in authorized travel to Red China. White said there was "nothing to prevent" any of the 24 desig nated organizations from choosing a photographer to represent them. The Red China broadcast headed the controversy back to its starting point the deter mined but nervous hands of the State Department. The department's stand drew an immediate blast from Sen. J, William Fulbright D-Ark.), who introduced a Senate resolution last Monday calling for removal of the administration ban against letting U.S. newsmen visit Red China. "If our script is better than theirs why isn't it good policy ot to let everyone know about it," Fulbright said. Salem an Gov. Robert D. Holmes today called attention to the need of extra precautions by motorists during the school year which starts soon for thousands of Oregon youngsters. Committee Warns Against survival, and recovery measures in wartime and in the post-war period." Meanwhile, at Stanfo, rd Calif., a Johns Hopkins biologist says the amount of radiation humans can absorb without hereditary effect or cell damage may be lower than estimated recently at the National Academy of Sciences. In a report read to the annual meeting of the American Insti tute of Biological Sciences, Dr. Michael A. Bender said his cur rent experiments at Johns Hop kins "lend great weight to the belief of many geneticists that ther is no 'safe' dose of radia tion." His findings were backed up Sunday by Dr. H. Bentley Glass, Johns Hopkins geneticist, who told a press conference that Bender's experiments on human tissue produced results which were "quite serious." FORD 'Couldn't We Get Ahead New Lane Proposed For Locai Airport An "approach light lane" for the municipal airport has been recommended to the city by the Air Navigation Foundation divi sion of the CAA, according to Robert Duff, city manager. Duff also said that Ray Pres ton, the consulting engineer hired by the city to plan high intensity lighting at the airport, will report on Sept. 4. The light lane will cost the city only land, according to Duff, who said the Federal gov ernment would build the lights and install them. Better safety for aircraft landing at night will result from the light lane, he added. Official authorization from the city council must be given before work on acquiring an additional 350 feet of land to install Jhe light lane, it is stated. Preston, wili . submit ..bis.xe- Parked Patrol Car Rammed By Driver Carol Edward Stayton, Mount Shasta, Calif., was cited by state police early Sunday for viola tion of the basic rule, when the convertible he was driving hit a parked state patrol car on high way 62, one mile north of Four Corners, police reported today. Clayton Randolph Brown, 146 Alder St., Central Point, was stopped by B. L. Collinsworth, state police officer, for violation of the basic rule shortly before the Stayton accident. Collins worth, who had parked the pa trol car behind Brown's vehicle, was checking the vehicle license on Brown's car when the sound of an approaching vehicle at tracted his attention. He shouted to Brown, who was standing with him, and they both ran from the roadway as a vehicle, driven by Stayton and pursued by another patrol car, hit the parked police car. Heavy damage was reported to the front end of Stayton's car, and the rear of Brown's car which was hit by the parked pa trol car in the impact. Damage to the patrol car was said to be extensive. No one was injured in the ac cident. . Some 3,000 biologists are at tending the annual meeting here of the AIBS which ends Thurs day. Some 2,000 ' scientific papers will be read to various sections of the meeting. . The National Academy of Sciences in. a recent report esti mated 10 roentgens as the maxi mum permissible average dose of radiation to human reproduc tive organs from conception to age 30. But, Bender said, his experi ments indicate that the dose re quired to double the number of cell breakdowns and thus to cause mutations in living organ isms "is less than 10 roentgens." "If the rates: of radiation-induced damage to human tissues are found to be corresponding ly high in further experiments, a sharp revision will have to be made in our estimates of 'safe' doses of radiation," he said. , MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1957 Of Them Some Time?' ports and plans for the $65,000 worth of high intensity lights to the council which will have to approve it and send it on to the CAA, according to Duff. The government will supply three-quarters of the cost of the lighting system with the city supplying the rest. The Med ford airport now has medium intensity lights'. Rape Charges Set For Medford Men Three Medford men were ar rested by sheriff's deputies Sat urday evening and lodged in the county jail on a charge of rape. Arrested were 'Leonard Eu gene Steege,- 24, of -401 East 12th st.; Larry William Irvin, 26,, of 215 Williamette ave.; and Darrold Lewis Johnson, 26, of 619 Palm st. The men were arraigned in district court this morning and are being held on a $5,000 bond each in county jail. Preliminary hearing was set by Judge James M. Main for 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 29. According to sheriff's depu ties an 18-year-old Oklahoma City, Okla., girl was assualted in the Sterling Creek rd. area Saturday afternoon. After es caping from her assailants the girl is reported to have stopped a motorist on the Jacksonville Phoenix highway who drove her to the Medford City police station. The city police notified sheriff's officers. The men were arrested later on the Roxy Ann rd. The girl, who was traveling with a business concern, was picked up by three men in the downtown Medford area, of ficers said. The suspects were represent ed in court by James A. Redden, local attorney. Firemen Rescue Cat From Ashland Flue A very black cat, later dis covered to be gray, was rescued from a chimney flue at the James Estle home at 1250 Iowa st., Ashland, by Ashland city fire men Saturday evening. Firemen reported that the cat was pulled from the flue after a ten-foot rope with a loop on the end was lowered to it. The cat didn't seem to mind the rope around its neck, they reported, it was so glad to get out. Firemen were called to the scene at 9:35 p.m. after the ani mal fell while playing with sev eral others on the roof. , Weather FORECAST: Considerable high cloudiness through Tues day. Low tonight 48. High Tuesdav 85. TEMPERATURE: Highest Yesterday 81 Lowest this Morning 46 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 5:30 a.m. Sunset 6:56 p.m. Moonset 7:27 p.m. 1st Quarter Aug. 31 PROMINENT CONSTELLATION Cassiopeia, high in northeast at midnight. VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, above the Moon. Venus, low in west, 7:47 p.m. Saturn, low in southwest, 9:23 p.m. pen Until 9 o'clock Tonight mmm Civil Rights Bill Out of Committee Washington Iffl The con gressional adjournment drive picked up new momentum to day. ! The House Rules committee cleared the biggest obstacle to adjournment by sending the compromise civil rights bill to the House floor for a final vote expected Tuesday. The measure had been stalled in committee for two weeks. Another major roadblock, the foreign aid bill, also headed for clearance. The Senate Appropriations committee voted to restore $500,900,000 of the $809,000,000 the House cut from the foreign aid program. It approved a bill carrying $3,025,660,000 in new money. This still fell $308,000, 000 short of the amount Presi dent Eisenhower wanted restor ed to the program. Will Support Increase Senate Democratic leader Lyndgn B. Johnson told Presi dent Eisenhower at White House breakfact conference that he will support a "substantial increase" in the foreign aid appropriation but not what the President wants. . "I hope we can get out at the end of this week or the middle of next week," Johnson told re porters. The amended civil rights bill was pried out of committee by a 10 to 2 vote after a bipartisan committee majority convened the group over the opposition of its southern chairman. Rep. Howard W. Smith (D-Va.). The measure contains a compromise jury trial amendment written Friday by congressional leaders of both parties. Johnson said that he and the President. did not get into a dis- Fisher Arraigned On Homicide Count Mrs. Eunice Fisher, 73, of Stockton, Calif., was arraigned in district court Friday after noon on a charge of negligent homicide. Preliminary hearing was set for Wednesday, Sept. 25, at 10 a.m. Mrs. Fisher, driver of a car that struck and fatally injured James Alfred McKitrick, 84, of 819 North Central ave., was re leased on a $1,500 bond. The title to her automobile was put up in lieu of bail until bond sat isfactory to the court has been approved. McKitrick was killed Aug. 22 while walking east on Main st. across the south intersection of Fir st. Fires Burn 170 Acres Of Bush and Timber By UNITED PRESS , Six fires in Coos county from Saturday noon to midnight last night burned about 170 acres of brush and timber. Two of the fires were still out of control today but were expected to be controlled short ly after noon. One fire that was started by a man burning brush without a fire permit was expected to be controlled , today after it had burned about 40 acres and a little . green owned by the Bureau of Land Management. Another fire discovered about 8 p.m. Sunday started from a permit fire and spread into some eld logging slash south of ,Ban don before it was controlled. Smokers were blamed for two fires started Saturday near Gay lord, Ore. One burned about two acres of brush and the other about six acres. . A fire discovered about 5:30 p.m. last night burned about 100 acres before it was halted north of Croft lake about midnight. Thirty men and three 'cats' fought the fire and prevented it from getting to some lake shore cabins. v In other parts of Oregon. to day forest and range fires were reported under control but the weather bureau warned of high fire danger throughout the state because of warm temperatures and low humidities. Tribune Ul cussion -of Congress' record. Eis enhower said last week he was "tremendously d i s a p p ointed" that more of his program had not been enacted. The Democratic leader said there was no protracted discus sion of civil rights except the extent that action may affect adjournment. H e reiterated hope that Congress can finish up "at the end of ths week or the middle of next week. Johnson 'told reporters he be lieves the Senate will restore about 500 million of the 809 million dollars the House slash ed from foreign aid funds. The President has called urgently for restoration of the full amount. Accident Reveals One Driver Wanted On Larceny Charge City police, conducting a rou tine auto accident investigation, found that one of the drivers in volved, Clifton Raymond Mas sew was wanted by Roseburg authorities. Following the auto accident, Massey listed his address as Gen eral Delivery in Banfield, Brit ish Columbia. Police checked with Sacred Heart hospital, where two of Massey's sons in jured in the accident were be ing held, and found he listed his address as 124 Chestnut st. in Medford. He was arrested at that address. . ' He was - wanted since Nov. by the Roseburg authorities on a charge of larceny where he is out on $1,000 bail. Police are holding him for the Roseburg authorities. Massey was cited earlier in the day for failure to yield the right-a-way after a car he was driving became involved in an accident with one driven by John Henry Johnson, 36 West Sixth in Eagle Point. Taken to the hospital were Stephen Charles Massey, 3, Clif ton Richard Massey Jr., 11, and Geraldine Johnson, 31. The Mas sey boys were passengers in their father's car while Mrs. Johnson was with her husband. Clifton Massey Jr., suffered a bruised knee and lacerations about the head in the accident. He was released from Sacred Heart hospital today. Stephan Massey and Mrs. Johnson were treated for minor injuries and released. The accident took place at Eastwood dr. and McAndrews rd. on Sunday afternoon about 1 p.m., according to city police reports. Grace May Be Expecting, Prince Rainier Hints Schonried, Switzerland U) Prince Ranier of Monaco hinted strongly today that Princess Grace is expecting another child. He told a United Press corres pondent from his Swiss vacation hideaway that he is "waiting for medical confirmation" before making any announcement on the subject. Public Hearing Scheduled For Proposed A public hearing will be held within the next ten days to re view the proposed county sub division ordinance, county court members announced today. The court members stressed that according to law, a public meeting must be held before the ordinance may become legal. The ordinance, which was ap proved by the Jackson county planning commission and re ferred to the county court at the July meeting of the commission, would make it unlawful for anyone to sell or contract to sell any subdivision until all the requirements listed in the ordin ance are complied with. The county court said today that they were studying the Price 10 United Press Full Leased Wire No. 135 TRIAL Airman Denies Japanese Charge; Appears Tired Trial Adjourned Until September Maebashi, Japan (IB The Lgovernment charged today that Specialist 3c William S. Girard fired 'two or three times" at other Japanese before he fired the shot that killed Mrs. Naka Sakai and started a passionate in ternational controversy. The prosecution read its state ment on the opening day of the trial. At the end of the day, trial was adjourned until Sept. 6. Dur ing the opening moments Girard pleaded innocent to manslaugh ter charges and his attorney made a motion to get the case thrown out of Japanese courts. Girard met with newsmen later at U.S. Army Camp Drew and emphatically denied ti& charge read against him in court. 'The facts in the indictment are not true," he said. Some 40 newsmen attended the news conference. Girard opened the meeting with a brief statement thanking the reporters for "your interest and for your help." Looks Tired He looked extremely- tired. Asked by a reporter how he felt in court, he replied warily, "How would anyone feel in my situa tion?". He refused to comment on the court proceedings, saying, "I am not an expert on Japanese law." Girard talked with newsmen for 20 minutes before leaving to meet his wife, Candy. The prosecution statement said that on the same day Girard fired at Mrs. Sakai he also fired at the feet of a man identified as Isamu Yadoyara and at scrap scavengers named Toshizo Ko yama and Katsuzo Kanae. Chief Procurator (prosecutor) Yoshio Konawa announced he would call nine witnesses to tes tify, including Girard's Army buddy, . Specialist 3c Victor Nickel of Inkster, Mich., who was with Girard at the time of the shooting. The prosecution charged that Girard lured Mrs. Sakai toward him by throwing out used car tridges and calling "mama-san, takusan ne woman, plenty, eh." It charged he fired one shot at Hideharu Onozeki, who was with Mrs. Sakai, just missfng his feet, and then loaded his gre nade launcher again. Ran, Shouted It said Girard ran toward Mrs. Sakai, shouting "get out hey," and fired from a distance of about eight meters (nine yards), hitting her in the back. Judge Juzo Kawachi adjourn ed the first day's .session after the prosecution completed its opening statement. Japanese trials usually run for months with frequent and lengthy recesses. However, Judge Kawachi had promised that he would speed up tha trial as much as possible without in terfering with the procedure of the court and the fairness of the treatment of the defendant. Girard's attorney, Isurro Hay ashi, one of Japan's top crimi nal lawyers, asked to have the trial thrown out of Japanese courts on jurisdictional grounds. Judge Kawachi reserved de cision. Ordinance pioposed ordinance thoroughly and would not comment on it until the study had been com pleted. The Jackson county planning commission will discuss the pro posed ordinance at their month ly meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the office of the planning commission in the county court house. To 3ate three petitions have been filled with the county court requesting revision of the proposed ordinance. The peti tions contain some 266 names. The petitions ask that the pro posed ordinance be changed to permit small land owners to sell land or develop it for build- ing.
